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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 29, 2021 8:20:39 GMT 12
Sad to see that Navy Wings (formerly RNHF) has crashed their Sea Fury T.20 VX281 today. Apparently the crew survived but the aircraft is a total write off.
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Post by delticman on Apr 29, 2021 8:27:40 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 29, 2021 8:45:48 GMT 12
Got to laugh at the Navy Wings' statement, or understatement...
''Sea Fury T.20 Navy Wings’ Sea Fury T.20 made a precautionary forced landing in a field next to RNAS Yeovilton following a problem with the engine on a routine training flight this afternoon. Both pilots are safe and well and have been taken to Yeovil district Hospital for a precautionary check-up. The cause is under investigation and both the CAA and Air Accident Investigation Branch have been informed. No further information is available at this time.''
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2021 12:54:46 GMT 12
I saw "forced landing" and was relieved, then I saw a photo....!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 29, 2021 14:04:25 GMT 12
A hell of a lot of force in that "forced landing"
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Post by l29 on Apr 29, 2021 18:25:38 GMT 12
Well you can see why it crashed.... The engine fell off!
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Apr 29, 2021 19:02:59 GMT 12
One official statement described it as a precautionary landing. Often this is followed by an off-airfield takeoff...
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Apr 29, 2021 20:22:30 GMT 12
This is maybe the first situation where the news article refers to it as a "forced landing" (well, initially at least) and I would call it a crash!  Very unfortunate to see that, but I'm glad the crew are ok. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 29, 2021 22:01:27 GMT 12
They probably tried to play it down because they have already destroyed loads of other warbirds in the past and people might start to ask questions.
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Apr 30, 2021 8:14:20 GMT 12
Is that the third Sea Fury they've lost?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 30, 2021 9:35:19 GMT 12
TF956 was lost 10 June 1989.
WG655 was seriously damaged 14 July 1990, sold and rebuilt at Duxford
VX281 was damaged 31 July 2014, and rebuilt, now written off this week
Any others?
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Apr 30, 2021 11:03:31 GMT 12
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Post by 11SQNLDR on Apr 30, 2021 13:11:52 GMT 12
A sad loss to the UK warbird scene, had the pleasure of seeing her fly at the Yeovilton airshow in July 2018. They put on a nice display / mock dogfight with the twin-stick MiG-15.   |
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2021 0:27:15 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 1, 2021 8:43:59 GMT 12
If that is what they call an exemplary forced landing, I'd hate to see one that went wrong.  |
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Post by johnnyfalcon on May 1, 2021 9:06:28 GMT 12
The pilot did the right thing though. Don't try to stretch the glide and make the runway (which was close) in order to save the plane. Even some of the best and most experienced pilots have failed in this respect, and paid for it with their lives
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Post by baronbeeza on May 1, 2021 9:59:11 GMT 12
The pilot did the right thing though. Don't try to stretch the glide and make the runway (which was close) in order to save the plane. Even some of the best and most experienced pilots have failed in this respect, and paid for it with their lives Indeed one case I am familiar with there was another Sea Fury. I saw it take off from Humberside Airport and shortly afterwards I left in the car. As we were driving, passing Waddington Air Base there was a burnt out wreckage on the other-side of the road, very near the bomb dump. It turned out it was G-FURY that we had seen less than an hour earlier. It was a Sunday afternoon, August 1981, but Waddington was a QRA base with Vulcan's at that time. Fortunately for Spencer Flack the emergency services were at the site within a few minutes. I think I have written here before about the incident but he must have crashed just 300 or 400 metres short of the runway. I am sure the aircraft would have been a total loss, there was little to be seen of it after the fire. It was only the RAF crash crews that saved his life that day. ***EDIT*** This is the previous thread from here and I see I wrote near identical comments then. rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/21780/rnhf-fury-undercarriage-collapse-culdrose |
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Post by Dave Homewood on May 1, 2021 17:52:48 GMT 12
The pilot did the right thing though. Don't try to stretch the glide and make the runway (which was close) in order to save the plane. Even some of the best and most experienced pilots have failed in this respect, and paid for it with their lives My comment was not aimed at the pilot, only at the Navy Wings' public relations people's choice of, perhaps, downplaying the reality of the crash. In Kiwi terms, that Sea Fury is fair rooted. |
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Post by baz62 on May 1, 2021 18:13:35 GMT 12
Well although the aircraft is badly damaged the crew survived which in my book is a good result but wow that poor Seafury. I would put their survival down to the fact she came apart like she did taking away energy which may have otherwise been worse for the crew. And I recall reading that if a Bristol sleeve valve engine's oil pressure drops, even slightly the next action is LAND NOW! Sadly they were lined up well to land until the engine finally gave up.
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Post by baz62 on May 1, 2021 18:16:48 GMT 12
And a forced landing is just that, forced to land, doesn't mean it's wheels down nor undamaged.
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Very unfortunate to see that, but I'm glad the crew are ok.
