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Post by joey05 on Jun 12, 2017 8:19:08 GMT 12
PR XIX PS890 rolled forwards onto her back on take off. Pilot has been reported as ok, but a piece of prop has struck a member of the public in the crowd.
Im no expert on flying warbirds (wish I was) but it looks as if brakes were still engaged and/or tail was brought up far to quick (not naturally).
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jun 12, 2017 8:28:28 GMT 12
$$$$$$$
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Post by skyhawkdon on Jun 12, 2017 10:17:07 GMT 12
Anyone know how the pilot is? Lucky it didn't catch fire.
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Post by joey05 on Jun 12, 2017 11:03:27 GMT 12
Reports say the pilot is ok, a young woman was struck by propellor schrapnel, no further information, looking at the video again looks like ground may have been soft and the RH gear dug in a bit, you can see the elevators go fully up to lower the nose but it was too late. Lucky it wasn't a bubble canopy as it may have been a lot worse for the pilot.
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Post by ZacYates on Jun 12, 2017 16:22:20 GMT 12
Amen - someone at WIX said it reminded him of Sir Tim's accident in NH799. The pilot here was wearing a soft helmet too.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 12, 2017 21:12:02 GMT 12
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Post by baz62 on Jun 13, 2017 16:00:51 GMT 12
The pilot here was wearing a soft helmet too. Or could have been one of the old style looking modern NZ helmets with the hard top? Glad he's ok. |
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Post by angelsonefive on Jun 13, 2017 16:31:10 GMT 12
Longer video here. Shows the pilot in the cockpit.
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Post by ZacYates on Jun 13, 2017 16:54:44 GMT 12
The pilot here was wearing a soft helmet too. Or could have been one of the old style looking modern NZ helmets with the hard top? I know Campbell helmets from experience but, in the interests of keeping the thread on track, I won't post my selfies!  It looks very much like a soft cap - here's a screenshot of Cedric strapping in a few minutes before:  Over on the Key Publishing Forum some folk were worried about amateurs/uninformed members of the public helping to rescue him. A small part of me agrees, but a larger part says good on those people for acting selflessly and doing their bit to help!! |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 13, 2017 17:29:41 GMT 12
Amateur untrained people rescue others from car accidents every day. The fact that there was actually no fire or rescue services on site for the air display is the big thing thy should worry about. I have seen comments the fire engines took 30 minutes to arrive.
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Post by ErrolC on Jun 13, 2017 18:14:59 GMT 12
Amateur untrained people rescue others from car accidents every day. The fact that there was actually no fire or rescue services on site for the air display is the big thing thy should worry about. I have seen comments the fire engines took 30 minutes to arrive. Apparently a club open-house type event, rather than an air display. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 13, 2017 18:46:41 GMT 12
In that case many of the spectators were probably fairly experienced around aeroplanes.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 13, 2017 22:39:21 GMT 12
Check out this footage. The accident is about 3 minutes in
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Post by planecrazy on Jun 14, 2017 9:48:25 GMT 12
Hope the pilot and the members of the crowd are okay, wow the
debris sure flew along way towards the crowd, around 3.20 you
can see why someone in the crowd was hit.
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Post by ZacYates on Jun 14, 2017 14:38:05 GMT 12
Latest word online is a spectator suffered a broken arm. Nasty incident all-round, but thank goodness it wasn't worse.
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Post by McFly on Jun 16, 2017 17:58:25 GMT 12
Noting the lack of clearance between the prop tips and the ground in the big griffon powered Spitfires. With reference to this photo of the French Spitfire making contact prior to going over, I wonder how close our own NH799 came to touching the ground with the below photo showing it at Omaka (albeit landing and not taking off) during the recent Yellands Classic Fighters Airshow. Both aircraft seem quite 'tail high' which didn't/doesn't leave much room for error....! Spitfire Mk XIX PS890  (Photo: Kenneth Koeyers) Spitfire Mk XIV NH799  (Photo: Compy2.6) |
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