Red arrows crash 20/08/11

[U2RATTLEHUM]

My prayers goes out to the family, friends,and his team

[Hicks-81]

RIP John Eggin. My condolences for his family, friends and colleagues

[Ze-Jamz]

Originally Posted by Hicks-81

RIP John Eggin. My condolences for his family, friends and colleagues

+1

[McQ59]

Wingman down!
Rest in peace pilot.
My thoughts to the family, colleagues and friends.
So very, very sad...

[617Squadron]

If you watch the footage, he did manage to level out, so I don't think it was a wingtip stall, even though he did turn very sharply. It's more likely to have been a compressor stall or flameout, and at that altitude he would not have been able to recover and restart the engine in time.

I suspect he stayed with the aircraft rather than ejecting, due to there being housing on the flight path and that he chose to 'spike' the aircraft into the ground in a field and it went horribly wrong. A truly brave man.

The AAIB will report as to the actual reason for the crash in due course, so these comments above are just my opinion.

[P-51]

As others have said, and having seen more than my fair share of accidents, I hope his family are coping.

All I can say was it wasn't a flame out or engine cut off - the smoke was still on - meaning the exhaust gass temp was still high.

[Davedog74]

i think i have posted this before,but do so again in tribute to jon egging and the red arrows

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbGO1...feature=relmfu

[617Squadron]

This was written a long time ago; however, it seems totally appropriate under the circumstances....

"High Flight"

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air....

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace.
Where never lark, or even eagle flew —
And, while with silent lifting mind I have trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
- Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

Rest in peace, John Egging; a truly brave and selfless pilot....

[bobbysocks]

its truely a sad day. our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.

[617Squadron]

There are comments in today's press that bird remains were found amongst the wreckage of Red 4, hinting that a birdstrike may have been a likely cause.

A birdstrike would almost certainly have caused a flameout and John would have had no chance to recover. His final act of protecting others as the plane fell was an outstanding act of airmanship.