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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 5, 2020 12:22:01 GMT 12
It's so sad that the warbird world lost Volker Schülke, the owner of the famous Hangar 10 collection in Germany, killed in the crash of his Pilatus P2 yesterday.  And more sad news today when the Norwegian Historic Flight's Sea Fury crashed into trees after an engine failure and attempted forced landing. Thankfully the two onboard escaped with minor injuries but the poor Sea Fury (which used to be owned by The Fighter Collection) is fair rooted. |
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Post by baz62 on Aug 5, 2020 13:23:34 GMT 12
That is sad news. At least the Seafury accident wasnt fatal.
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Post by ZacYates on Aug 5, 2020 14:19:28 GMT 12
I had seen a couple of Facebook posts about the Pilatus but hadn't registered who the pilot was. What awful news. the poor Sea Fury (which used to be owned by The Fighter Collection) is fair rooted. I'm sure most people thought the same after its accident thirty years ago. We could yet see her resurrected a third time! |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 5, 2020 14:22:30 GMT 12
Another dataplate rebuild?
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Post by vultee43 on Aug 5, 2020 20:00:46 GMT 12
Sad to hear. Glad the Sea Fury crew are okay.
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Post by planecrazy on Aug 6, 2020 14:52:26 GMT 12
Found some footage of her and post crash, credit to the design that
the crew were okay considering the damage in the cockpit area!
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Post by Mustang51 on Aug 7, 2020 14:22:54 GMT 12
On a happier note, the French Mk.XIX Spitfire flew from Duxford on its maiden post rebuild flight.Thanks to Peter Hallen for the info
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 7, 2020 14:25:56 GMT 12
Good to hear. That's the one that nosed over on take off?
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Post by ZacYates on Aug 7, 2020 15:35:34 GMT 12
Good to hear. That's the one that nosed over on take off? One and the same! John Romain and his team have worked PS890 back to seemingly just how she was before the crash. Brilliant work. |
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Post by Mustang51 on Aug 7, 2020 16:31:19 GMT 12
Had it not been that mark of Spitfire when the incident occurred the pilot would have been killed
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Post by ZacYates on Aug 12, 2020 14:58:02 GMT 12
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Aug 12, 2020 15:17:20 GMT 12
I've read a lot of Dave Unwin's flight report articles on UK Pilot magazine. I suspect this might form the basis of a future article in some way or another! Glad they're both relatively ok.
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Post by planecrazy on Sept 2, 2020 10:08:13 GMT 12
Just realised I have some pic's of this Sea Fury, glad all concerned were okay!    Is this the same machine that belly landed due to engine failure some years back when with the Royal Navy Historic flight? |
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Post by baz62 on Sept 2, 2020 12:57:09 GMT 12
Just realised I have some pic's of this Sea Fury, glad all concerned were okay! Is this the same machine that belly landed due to engine failure some years back when with the Royal Navy Historic flight? Yes I believe so. Hopefully someone decides to rebuild her again. |
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