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"Airshow horror............."
Posted: 10 Apr 2009, 18:26
by Prop Jockey
You gotta love the Daily Mails sense of drama .........................
Airshow horror as biplane takes off without pilot and crashes into trees
Shame about the Stampe tho :-(
Cheers
Rich
Re: "Airshow horror............."
Posted: 10 Apr 2009, 18:33
by Techy111
Oh for goodness sake....what poor reporting...."The Throttle came loose"....LOL Where did it go....? Did it do a runner..... :roll:
Yup i agree...poor Stampe....might be fixable though...?
Tony
Re: "Airshow horror............."
Posted: 10 Apr 2009, 18:38
by T6flyer
That was the first Stampe that I flew in.....G-BEPC. I seem to have a habit of flying in an aeroplane and something happens to it. I use to fly in a Wassmer Europa a lot in the 80s and then after a gap of sitting in the back of Harvards for a few years, had one more Wassmer flight and then within three weeks, it flew into a hill near Teignmouth. A year later I had a flight in a DR400 and a week later that was written off too.
Don't ever ask me to go flying with you!
Best wishes,
Martin
Re: "Airshow horror............."
Posted: 10 Apr 2009, 19:09
by Techy111
Hey Martin that ain't fair....
Maybe if i come Chippie flying we can get another pilot to take me.... :roll:
Tony
Re: "Airshow horror............."
Posted: 10 Apr 2009, 19:42
by Nigel H-J
I seem to have a habit of flying in an aeroplane and something happens to it. I use to fly in a Wassmer Europa a lot in the 80s and then after a gap of sitting in the back of Harvards for a few years, had one more Wassmer flight and then within three weeks, it flew into a hill near Teignmouth. A year later I had a flight in a DR400 and a week later that was written off too.
Don't ever ask me to go flying with you!
I think you actually mean................don't fly in any aircraft I have been in!!
Regards
Nigel.
Re: "Airshow horror............."
Posted: 10 Apr 2009, 21:19
by DaveB
Indeed Nigel.. that would be a more accurate statement. I think Martin leaves them possessed!
ATB
DaveB :tab:
Re: "Airshow horror............."
Posted: 11 Apr 2009, 10:49
by Tom Everitt AFG
This should be a lesson to all. NEVER try and handswing an aircraft without chocks...........
Tom.
Re: "Airshow horror............."
Posted: 11 Apr 2009, 12:50
by Erick_Cantu
It had chocks, it just jumped them.
Re: "Airshow horror............."
Posted: 11 Apr 2009, 13:34
by Tom Everitt AFG
Hi Eric - take it from someone who was there - no it didn't!
This chap had also been warned about doing this a few days before at another aerodrome.
Tom.
Re: "Airshow horror............."
Posted: 11 Apr 2009, 14:05
by Garry Russell
Sounds like this guy's a liabilty
He should be Stamped on :roll:
Garry