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Shoreham air show horror
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Sun Aug 23, 2015 1:57 pmby HamiltonWest
Re: Shoreham air show horror
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Sun Aug 23, 2015 2:26 pmby Ian Warren
I seriously hate when that happens ... authorities really go overboard , 1988 was the worst year after the Ramstien AFB airshow crash.
From the that look off the video , looks he simply just mushed out ... nothing under the wings ... Hawker Hunters are well know for being a very forgiving aircraft.
Re: Shoreham air show horror
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Sun Aug 23, 2015 2:58 pmby cowpatz
Yes with this and the recent Gnat crash at another airshow I imagine the authorities will be reviewing airshows and that might be really unfortunate.
As well as the loss of life involved I hate seeing rare aircraft get destroyed needlessly like this. Displays of this type of aircraft need to be conducted at several mistakes high.
Re: Shoreham air show horror
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Sun Aug 23, 2015 3:15 pmby Ian Warren
One way off putting it ... the 'Black Ice' of the air, it is a pity about about the Hunter , I did not here about the Gnat .. be another disappointing loss.
Re: Shoreham air show horror
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Sun Aug 23, 2015 5:24 pmby Charl
Difficult to imagine how the pilot was pulled from the wreckage, alive.
It must've been pretty close to a near-miss event.
Re: Shoreham air show horror
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Sun Aug 23, 2015 5:33 pmby Ian Warren
Charl wrote:Difficult to imagine how the pilot was pulled from the wreckage, alive.
It must've been pretty close to a near-miss event.
There is a well known account and photos , a Grumman Panther and a ramp strike on the .. from memory USS Phillipean Sea , literary snapped the aircraft in half and the cockpit module slid along the deck saving the pilot .