 | Hurricane crash| WWII Events Discuss Hurricane crash in the News & Announcements :: READ forums; news just in about a plane crash at Shoreham (UK)
No details yet,but it said a Hurricane ....dont know ... |
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09-15-2007, 12:10 PM
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news just in about a plane crash at Shoreham (UK)
No details yet,but it said a Hurricane ....dont know which one yet....
and the pilot was killed... | 
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09-15-2007, 01:04 PM
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09-15-2007, 01:09 PM
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09-15-2007, 01:15 PM
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09-15-2007, 01:19 PM
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09-15-2007, 01:57 PM
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Country: | It seems that every week there's been a mishap for the past couple months. I hope it does not result in a knee-jerk reaction from politicians resulting in overregulation of GA.
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09-15-2007, 02:22 PM
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09-15-2007, 02:48 PM
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sports aviation in general.
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09-16-2007, 08:51 AM
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Country: | I have tried to assemble the known facts about this accident here. Sadly not only the pilot died, but the aircraft appears to be completely destroyed in the resulting fire. http://www.spitfiresite.com/blog/
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09-16-2007, 11:05 AM
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It was a Hurricane XII ( G-HURR ) painted as AEC BD707 based at Duxford with The Real Aeorplane Company.
The pilot was Brian Brown.. | |
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09-16-2007, 01:31 PM
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09-16-2007, 01:50 PM
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09-16-2007, 06:28 PM
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Country: | I've posted this on another thread,but Trackend has pictures of the Hurricane on his warbird display thread | |
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09-17-2007, 08:09 AM
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Country: | Sounds like a stall/spin in at low altitude. Not the first time it's happened and won't be the last. Too many of these dogfights go on at 1,000ft so the crowd can see them. As a consequence, when a guy tries to cut a corner too tight, they fall out wihtout enough room to recover. Saw it happen to an AT-6 in Oklahoma some years back.
Too low, gain some altitude and do it. | |
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09-18-2007, 05:07 PM
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Country: | In WW2 low level aerobatics (victory rolls etc) were not allowed,at least in the RAF (they still did it !) and a lot of pilots notes for these aircraft say no below certain heights.
I dont know the statistics...maybe someone here can supply them....but a lot pf pilots were killed in accidents and stunts. | |
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