Light aircraft crashes at Shoreham Airport
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Light aircraft crashes at Shoreham Airport
From the BBC;
Light aircraft crashes at Shoreham Airport
The pilot left the plane uninjured after the landing
A light aircraft has crashed on landing at Shoreham Airport in West Sussex.
Sussex Police said there had been no fire and the 75-year-old experienced pilot from Cranleigh, in Surrey, had walked away with minor cuts.
The two-seater plane, a Taylorcraft, somersaulted on landing, ending up on its roof, at the end of the runway.
Fire crews turned the aircraft upright following the incident, which happened just before 15:00 BST. There were no passengers on board the plane.
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Very pleased that there were no reported injuries
Light aircraft crashes at Shoreham Airport
The pilot left the plane uninjured after the landing A light aircraft has crashed on landing at Shoreham Airport in West Sussex.
Sussex Police said there had been no fire and the 75-year-old experienced pilot from Cranleigh, in Surrey, had walked away with minor cuts.
The two-seater plane, a Taylorcraft, somersaulted on landing, ending up on its roof, at the end of the runway.
Fire crews turned the aircraft upright following the incident, which happened just before 15:00 BST. There were no passengers on board the plane.
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Very pleased that there were no reported injuries
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Not a crash, but simply the perogotive of the pilot to park inverted.
It makes much more sense now that we are entering the Autumn/Winter period when stronger winds are expected and precludes the need to constantly move a high wing aircraft into wind.
It makes much more sense now that we are entering the Autumn/Winter period when stronger winds are expected and precludes the need to constantly move a high wing aircraft into wind.
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Not a crash, but simply the perogotive of the pilot to park inverted.
And its not a somersault either - only a half somersault, shurely?
