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Post by bell407 on Jan 4, 2014 15:15:48 GMT 12
I've just got back from Ardmore and saw two fire trucks and two police cars around the wreckage of what looked to be a light plane on or near the 21 threshold of 03 / 21, ATIS said the airfield is closed and any traffic returning was taking 03 Grass.
I hope everyone is okay.
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Post by machpants on Jan 4, 2014 15:26:43 GMT 12
Yeah hope everyone is fine.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 4, 2014 15:33:01 GMT 12
Oh no, I hope the occupants are ok
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Post by bell407 on Jan 4, 2014 15:39:41 GMT 12
My parents saw it coming over their house, they said what got their attention was that it was spluttering and sounded to be having engine problems, my mom even commented that she hoped it would make it to the airfield because it really sounded bad, she said it looked like a small plane, like a glider prop hybrid, that is what I could recognize from the burnt wreckage (At least it looked partially burnt but was not readily recognizable as a plane.
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Post by Bruce on Jan 4, 2014 16:36:11 GMT 12
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Post by rhyno on Jan 4, 2014 16:42:35 GMT 12
Is that a vari-eze?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 4, 2014 17:01:00 GMT 12
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Post by bell407 on Jan 4, 2014 17:05:36 GMT 12
Good, at least no one was hurt.
Can't believe how different it looked from the range and angle I saw it, I could ID it as a plane at all other than a wing, this and the fact I saw it was burnt and the odd canopy open and twisted / melted made it look like wreckage.
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Jan 4, 2014 18:21:02 GMT 12
Fortunately, as the article above mentions, they had landed and taxied off the runway when it caught fire. Good thing the fire didn't happen in flight or the outcome could have been different. Certainly looked dramatic though - a pile of burning wreckage is never something you want to see on an airfield!
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jan 5, 2014 18:09:12 GMT 12
From the clues given above, looks like the Barber Snark HA/3 ZK-JEK. It's Ardmore based.  |
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Jan 6, 2014 18:03:14 GMT 12
Yes that's the one. It's still sitting outside the Aerotech hangar - it's been moved clear of where it was originally (between the taxiway and runway) but looks pretty sad. Was a bit awkward today taxiing past a couple of times with trial flights and having to explain why there was burnt aircraft wreckage by the taxiway...
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Post by slackie on Jan 7, 2014 1:40:44 GMT 12
I remember a few years back when that wrecked Mooney sat on the side of the runway for ages... was always a "talking point" for passengers when taxiing past it!!
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Post by nuuumannn on Jan 7, 2014 13:01:25 GMT 12
Glad the pilot wasn't hurt. Egads! Never seen a Snark before! Looks like the results of someone getting bits of a Bede Microjet and a Transavia Airtruk mixed up!
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Post by baronbeeza on Jan 7, 2014 13:22:34 GMT 12
Flight of the Phoenix stuff, you reckon.
What are the chances of this one arising from the ashes though ?
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Post by nuuumannn on Jan 7, 2014 18:17:46 GMT 12
Don't fancy it... They could use the second Airtruk boom to begin their next project.
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Post by craig on Jan 8, 2014 6:01:07 GMT 12
They were designed and built by Bill Barber (Southland NZ) and incorporate some really interesting design features. A very high tech microlight. Shame there is now one less....
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Post by philip on Jan 8, 2014 7:40:11 GMT 12
There's one on trademe at the moment. Cool little plane
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