Aircraft crashed at RAF Cranwell
 

Reports are coming in on the radio of an aircraft crashing at or around RAF Cranwell today. Both crew members are reported to have walked away...

It is believed to be a tutor...

A more correct headline would be "Tutor makes successful forced landing ivo RAFC Cranwell"

Hopefully not another prop failure otherwise there'll be some red faces around.

Glad to hear they both walked away...not a good period for the Tutor fleet.

Fleet grounded.

Glad I got current this morning then!

Hmm, how long for this time, I wonder?

I've complained to the BBC about the exaggerated headline. Let's see if they change it.

And by the looks of the grainy photograph the undercarriage stayed intact. Quite a result given recent rainfall.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image...605_tutor1.jpg

Crew did a good job. Thankfully it wasn't a poor weather day.

Rumour is it was another prop blade loss but on a younger airframe.

No doubt they'll be more official detail on here soon:

Military Aviation Authority | Occurrence Reporting

It's going to be a while if it is another prop blade...

RAF Grob 115E Forced Landing
 

Another Grob 115E (known as the Tutor) has made a forced landing after departing RAF Cranwell around 12:25 today.

View video: BREAKING NEWS AND VIDEO - RAF Cranwell trainer damaged after forced landing - Local - Sleaford Standard

From the above link:

Wouldnt surprise me to learn that someone at MoD is working on a plan to get the job done by amateur volunteers!

These are getting like Starfighters, buy a field and sooner or later one will drop in.

Glad everyone walked away from it.

Similarity fails on the basis that we don't have 700+ Tutors!

Make more Chipmunks, the perfect trainer.

Neptunus Rex Make more Chipmunks, the perfect trainer.


Gets my vote :ok::ok::ok::E:D:}

And to think we had over 700 of those wonderful little aeroplanes ... and we owned them not "hired" under a ludercrous PFI deal :{