crash at duxford today [2011]

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by BigPickle

Duxford has a terrible cross wind, and in years gone by this has been blamed. The state of the runway is dreadful, it is littered with FOD all over from the damage to it which is never or rarely repaired.

whoa whoa whoa, there's no terrible crosswind in Duxford man, who said that? Besides, you can't always blame crosswind for a landing accident, it's normally cos people venture out when they shouldn't.

It is a great shame as Flying Legends is the only place to see all these beautiful aircraft at once, but thats part of the problem, too many aircraft in the air and on the ground at once without extra vigilant co-ordination.

There is something deeply wrong with the display's setup and co-ordination, 4 deaths and countless accidents resulting in the loss of some very rare aircraft including the Blenhiem, P38, Air Cobra, Hurricane and Spitfire just to name the major ones in the last 15 years shows that actions need to be taken.
I think their future looks very bleek right now and as sad as i am to say it quite rightly so.

Completely agree on this one.

Crowd managment is a shambles, you can actually walk around to the back side of the field to watch the display! If ever a plane came down there, there would be major fatalities.
Last year with the 16 spitfires, my life ! It was a stunning sight but take off was like wacky racers, it looked totally un organized. Scary stuff.
Also they push the boundaries in how close they fly to the crowd for sure.

well some of the nearby fields are privately held, and you can't forbid people to go there if the land owner is ok with it unfortunately.

But yeah, they're pushing the boundaries and there are two or three usual suspects that fly well outside safety measures..

[Trumper]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

well some of the nearby fields are privately held, and you can't forbid people to go there if the land owner is ok with it unfortunately.

But yeah, they're pushing the boundaries and there are two or three usual suspects that fly well outside safety measures..

The airfield is surrounded by roads and a built up area on 2 sides.
Luckily the fields are big enough to lessen the chances of a major incident BUT i personally have seen Black 6 109 bounce over the M11 , a Harvard land in the field opposite,Firefly crossing a public road and crashing into a field adjacent to housing,P38 debris bouncing over the M11.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by Trumper

The airfield is surrounded by roads and a built up area on 2 sides.
Luckily the fields are big enough to lessen the chances of a major incident BUT i personally have seen Black 6 109 bounce over the M11 , a Harvard land in the field opposite,Firefly crossing a public road and crashing into a field adjacent to housing,P38 debris bouncing over the M11.

yeah, it's a bit of a short blanket, you can't cover all safety aspects. But they really really need to brief pilots better and make sure things are clear and redundant, it's not a racing or aerobatic competition.

I am afraid that after this one they will receive SERIOUS restrictions, if not a shutdown.. let's hope they're allowed to redesign their display with safer parameters.