Royal Wedding

[Possum3]

Am I correct in saying that Kate Middleton's grandfather Peter Middleton was a flying instructor? I have no further details, does anyone?

[wrecker]

Peter flew Mosquitoes in the RAF and then joined BEA. I believe he ended his career on the Trident.

[Zulu Alpha]

... and William's Dad flew and crashed a BAE 146.

[patowalker]

Not a crash, just a puncture. Then the captain put the nosewheel off the runway.

http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/65F3C...00_29jun94.pdf

[Zulu Alpha]

...beautiful: 1245mtr runway, touched down with 745mtrs remaining at 32 kts too fast with a 13kt tailwind.

Locked the wheels and burst both main tyres. Then ran off the end and damaged the nosewheel.

I wonder what the CVR would have revealed if there had been one!!

[Possum3]

Thanks for your reply Wrecker, I was curious as to the type of aircraft would have been used for instruction during the late 40's early 50's, I guess we can rule out the Mosquito!