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spitfire crash in Norway
« on: August 21, 2010, 06:20:21 PM »
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Re: spitfire crash in Norway
« Reply #1 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
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Re: spitfire crash in Norway
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2010, 06:45:51 PM »
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Re: spitfire crash in Norway
« Reply #3 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 :(
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Re: spitfire crash in Norway
« Reply #4 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
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Re: spitfire crash in Norway
« Reply #5 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... 
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