Northern Ireland Aviation Enthusiast's Forum
Military Aviation => Historical Military Aircraft => Topic started by: Sonic Boom on June 12, 2017, 11:14:03 AM
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Footage of Spitfire crashing in France yesterday on take off, hope the pilot is ok he was taken to hospital.
http://www.airlive.net/breaking-a-spitfire-crashed-on-takeoff-few-meters-from-public-during-airshow-in-north-of-france/
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One also injured in the crowd from debris from the prop.
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Yikes,just seemed to nose over as throttle was applied,maybe too much throttle too soon :-\
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Looks as if it was turning just before the prop hit the ground? Also why did they all start running at the end??
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I would imagine the crowd ran when someone mentioned fuel leaking.
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A sad day on all counts.
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Aero Legends Spitfire landed with the Undercarriage not fully locked today.
We are very sad to have to advise you that our two seat Spitfire Elizabeth experienced a landing today where the undercarriage was not fully locked down. The passenger and pilot are unhurt and the damage to the aircraft appears to be light. We will post a more comprehensive report on the damage when the engineers have properly assessed it's condition. We thank everyone for the kind messages that we have been receiving and hope to get Elizabeth back in the air as soon as possible
(https://scontent.fman2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/q85/p235x350/19105889_1872909189636554_5733844140166699813_n.jpg?oh=64f2cb0dd59a4d87f31ad5a83349fd8f&oe=59E13097)