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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.... :lol:

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!! :lol:

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! :lol:

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