Cold War Jets Open Day

[John]

TBH Ben I think thta's why they are trying to cover it up

It could be the last fast run of anything anywhere...in the UK at least

Garry

Oh that'd be awful

Kind regards

John

[Garry Russell]

I can just imagine the H&S kill-joys just waiting for an excuse.

I just hope they will see it as a one off.

Garry

[SkippyBing]

It's an interesting one. I'm curious as to if there are any regulations relating to the condition the aircraft have to be in to be taxied, certainly I can imagine a number of scenarios where things could rapidly go wrong once airborne if certain systems are no longer functional. There's also the issue of having enough runway to stop on once you've got airborne as you'll have used up some of your braking distance trying to get back on the ground!
Still I suppose if they were within a half wingspan of the ground they could claim it was a wing in ground effect vehicle, which aren't covered by the CAA last time I looked.

[Hot_Charlie]

TBH Ben I think thta's why they are trying to cover it up

It could be the last fast run of anything anywhere...in the UK at least

Garry

What I find annoying is that their any apparent attempts at covering up (which are and will be futile), will in the long run probably do more harm than good. In days gone by they'd have asked for film and tape to be handed in to aid the inevitable investigation. In the days of digital media, this will be a little different.

Somehow, they may a large balls up, for whatever reason, and the circumstances that let it happen need to be openly investigated. Taking an un-airworthy, big aeroplane flying is very serious indeed, and I suspect very illegal.

[John]

You know I don't think anyone s trying to cover anything up, it's more likely that they're trying to stop wild flights of fantasy (excuse the pun) by the media and to let the CAA examine the situation without all the hullabaloo.

That's my 10 peneth

John

[Hot_Charlie]

You know I don't think anyone s trying to cover anything up, it's more likely that they're trying to stop wild flights of fantasy (excuse the pun) by the media and to let the CAA examine the situation without all the hullabaloo.

That's my 10 peneth

John

Maybe covering up is the wrong term. Hopefully they've all the evidence they need without needing the general public's photos and videos of the incident.

[Techy111]

Defo not a cover up....the owners want to present their case...and have every photo oppertunity to show what happened...Hope it doesn't get too out of hand though....

Nice piccies still out there....

Tony

[SkippyBing]

Just wondering, do the people doing the taxi runs have any pilot training? I'm guessing it's a bit of a grey area legally as there's no reason you'd need to have any formal training at all just to drive an old aircraft round an airfield.

[Techy111]

I would think so Skip....Systems management and what not....I'm sure that the guys doing the runs are like "Superb" at Brooky...trained pilots.....correct me here Dave...?

Or at the very least a close tie with the A/C...?

Tony

[Quixoticish]

There are some interesting comments on a well known aviation site from another well known Victor "operator" in the UK that make interesting reading.