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Post by Mark Griffin on Dec 18, 2013 19:15:28 GMT 12
Hi All, Brother in London sent me this which he has had for a few years in his files, This would have made the front page at the time of the event, well one would think. Can anyone shed some light on this event? or is the photo a little dodgy. Rgds Mark  |
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Post by baronbeeza on Dec 18, 2013 19:20:10 GMT 12
Genuine photo. I believe the pilot survived. I can't remember if the aircraft did.. Image SearchThis is from a reply on one of the other forums that featured in that Google search. |
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Post by suthg on Dec 18, 2013 21:34:20 GMT 12
It certainly looks like a long low greenhouse in the background... and not a lot of speed reduction before landing in it... the parachute would have hardly had time to open and deploy even. Great pic! I love the reaction of the tractor driver...
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Post by baz62 on Dec 18, 2013 22:05:16 GMT 12
Hi All, Brother in London sent me this which he has had for a few years in his files, This would have made the front page at the time of the event, well one would think. Can anyone shed some light on this event? or is the photo a little dodgy. Rgds Mark This is a real photo. The tractor was being photographed for a magazine (case of right place right time)and yes pilot survived although injured I think? |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 18, 2013 22:35:01 GMT 12
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Post by Mark Griffin on Dec 20, 2013 15:44:10 GMT 12
Magic, Thanks for the update gent's, Appreciate it.
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Post by suthg on Dec 20, 2013 18:06:25 GMT 12
The tractor a Fordson Major, (I think) was using a cyclic sickle mower as can be seen in this pic - when you mow long grass for hay.  |
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Post by The Red Baron on Dec 20, 2013 19:36:48 GMT 12
Tractor drivers story...... here |
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Post by davidd on Jan 1, 2014 9:25:25 GMT 12
Shortly after this accident, the photo was used quite extensively in advertising by, I presume, Martin Baker. Shameless, but can you blame them? I quickly looked through my (incomplete set of) Air Pictorials, but could not find any featuring the photo- must have been in Flight, and others too no doubt.
David D
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Post by shorty on Jan 1, 2014 10:07:47 GMT 12
Pretty sure it was used in RAF Flying Review (I never subscribed to Flight)could go through them all to find it but that would possibly be a bit pointless.
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Post by baz62 on Jan 1, 2014 12:19:15 GMT 12
Shortly after this accident, the photo was used quite extensively in advertising by, I presume, Martin Baker. Shameless, but can you blame them? I quickly looked through my (incomplete set of) Air Pictorials, but could not find any featuring the photo- must have been in Flight, and others too no doubt. David D I saw it in an issue of Aeroplane monthly fairly recently david, maybe a series about the Lightning? |
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Post by baronbeeza on Jan 1, 2014 13:14:41 GMT 12
 Well it seems the aircraft didn't make it. 'whhooooof' The runway is just 100 metres or so to the left of the pic. That earlier post with a link to the farmer's story made some interesting reading. Thanks for providing that Red Baron. |
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Post by suthg on Jan 1, 2014 21:16:10 GMT 12
The centreline of the runway is marked by the navigation approach lights and ILS system with no trees on the fenceline so he was about 50m to the left of the approach path when she went in. The runway proper is as BB said, probably 200m further on into the airfield as seen here... www.eyemead.com/NOISE-1.htm The hay mower seems it was starting the job that finished with the hay bales we see there now. The drain the young tractor driver talks about is seen to the right of the approach path before the hay area. This drain is where the photographer was approaching along and presumably took the photo from, and where the tractor driver said he wanted to discuss the authority he had for being there. The stories are a bit disparate but the story generally is supported by each witness. |
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Post by nuuumannn on Jan 3, 2014 14:41:58 GMT 12
I have a book with that image in it with the similar caption to that already provided, although the aircraft, XG332 was an English Electric P.1B pre-production prototype Lightning. There were 20 development batch aircraft, of which this was one, that evaluated the type in service before the definitive first production Lightning F.1 entered service. XG332 was engaged in trials with the type's Firestreak and Red Top air-to-air missiles. The development batch aircraft followed a number of pre-production P.1Bs.
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