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Title: Warbird down
Post by: Enduro on February 14, 2006, 10:40:04 AM

http://www.avweb.com/newswire/12_07a/briefs/191576-1.html

I'm not familiar with the model, but still a shame.

Title: Warbird down
Post by: Maverick on February 14, 2006, 11:29:54 AM

That's what they get for going to a rugby tournament instead of an airshow.......

In all seriousness, it looks like minor structural damage and the bird should be quick to repair back to airworthyness. Glad to hear no one was injured. I wonder if the gear lever is near the flap lever though. Could be a pilot oopsy.

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Post by: Lye-El on February 14, 2006, 12:12:16 PM

At least it looks repairable rather than spread all over the countryside.

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Post by: Wolfala on February 14, 2006, 12:12:16 PM

Gear up, 2 engines, props and some bent metal, 6 months if they got the cash handy.

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Post by: Seagoon on February 14, 2006, 02:04:09 PM

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Originally posted by Wolfala
Gear up, 2 engines, props and some bent metal, 6 months if they got the cash handy.

Hate to say it, but that looks like the majority of my AH2 landings :D

- SEAGOON

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Post by: Mustaine on February 14, 2006, 02:15:08 PM

you have ditched

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Post by: icemaw on February 14, 2006, 03:15:54 PM

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Originally posted by Mustaine
you have ditched

Naw thats on the runway thats a "you have landed"

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Post by: DREDIOCK on February 14, 2006, 07:09:04 PM

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Originally posted by Seagoon
Hate to say it, but that looks like the majority of my AH2 landings :D

- SEAGOON

Yea well perhs you can get the almighty to help you more with your landings and less with your bullets. Particularly when their headed my way

Then we will both be more happy ;)

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Post by: RAIDER14 on February 14, 2006, 07:22:54 PM

who let rugby fans fly in a VINTAGE WARBIRD :furious

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Post by: Excel1 on February 15, 2006, 03:58:59 AM

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Originally posted by Maverick
That's what they get for going to a rugby tournament instead of an airshow.......

In all seriousness, it looks like minor structural damage and the bird should be quick to repair back to airworthyness. Glad to hear no one was injured. I wonder if the gear lever is near the flap lever though. Could be a pilot oopsy.

I havn't heard what was the cause of that Devon accident, the CAA are probably still investigating it. But talking about oopsy moments it would be hard to beat the local farmer who took his Hawker Hunter up for a spin and then land it wheels up on the tarmac... he forgot to lower the landing gear.

Although the damage done wasn't all that bad and the plane was fixed I could hear the screeching of metal on tarseal from my place about a mile away.

Excel

Title: Warbird down
Post by: Enduro on February 15, 2006, 09:22:30 PM

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Originally posted by icemaw
Naw thats on the runway thats a "you have landed"

...successfully, even.  ;)