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Title: spitfire crash in Norway
Post by: save on August 21, 2010, 06:20:21 PM

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3077774/Re_Spitfire_crash_in_Norway.html

Pilot died :(

Title: Re: spitfire crash in Norway
Post by: BulletVI on August 21, 2010, 06:25:45 PM

Please pass my condolences on to his family ( Big Spitfire Fan and Lover Of the Spitfire ) This is a sad day for the aviation historical society.
Not only have we/ They  lost a Family member. We may have lost an idol as well.  :(

I hope that in future the pilots family decieds to restore the Spitfire as a true mark of respect to a great man :)  :salute

Title: Re: spitfire crash in Norway
Post by: TwinBoom on August 21, 2010, 06:45:51 PM

(http://g.api.no/obscura/www.retten.no/698x698r/03398/1282416174000__DSC0045_3398064698x698r.JPG)

Title: Re: spitfire crash in Norway
Post by: Guppy35 on August 21, 2010, 11:33:56 PM

Argh :(

That Spit 18 has only been in Norway a short time.  No doubt the plane will be rebuilt.  You can't replace the pilot though :(

Title: Re: spitfire crash in Norway
Post by: save on August 22, 2010, 12:08:49 PM

Bertil Gerhardt had over 31.000 flight hours prior to this accident

This  , another spitfire , and a p51 was owned by a Swedish retailer company ( Biltema) , and are hangared in the south of Sweden

Title: Re: spitfire crash in Norway
Post by: BMathis on August 22, 2010, 01:02:51 PM

What a shame. Perhaps he ground looped the plane; an easy thing to do with the mains being so tight. My condolences to his family & Friends...