crash at duxford today [2011]

[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.

[bongodriver]

I have seen 3 fatal crashes first hand, one was the sea fury 'baby gorilla' which Paul morgan was killed in, and in 2 separate incidents I have lost 4 colleagues and a good aquaintance (Ted Girdler) killed in a display at eastbourne.

it may seem 'inhuman' to some the concept of filming a fatal crash but the footage would be more than usefull for investigations and could even be beneficial to answer questions bereaved relatives may have...when they are ready for it, if you are filming anyway....like many do at airshows or just aviation enthusiasts who film everything that fly's then dont stop recording for the sake of some misguided 'respect', just dont give the footage to the media or youtube first.

My 2C