Yak crash

[insurance_jon]

Yak down from North Weald.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26803778

[Hooli]

A Witless said:

the plane attempted to do a somersault unsuccessfully

I wonder wtf that means?


RIP the people involved.

[Total loss]

Please be careful with any comments, as a PH'er Ed Harding has a Yak 52
A sad loss, condolences to all involved.

[Simpo Two]

Total loss said:

PH'er Ed Harding has a Yak 52

I thought of that too..

[eharding]

Simpo Two said:

Total loss said:

PH'er Ed Harding has a Yak 52

I thought of that too..

More than one Yak driver here in fact chaps. Very sad turn of events, and as I'm sure you'll appreciate, at times like this best not for those of us in what is a fairly small part of the aviation community to make any further public comment.

[IforB]

Very sad news indeed.

[Simpo Two]

eharding said:

best not for those of us in what is a fairly small part of the aviation community to make any further public comment.

I'm sorry I bothered to have my condolences ready. All people are entitled to make public comment, not just those in the elite.

[eharding]

Simpo Two said:

eharding said:

best not for those of us in what is a fairly small part of the aviation community to make any further public comment.

I'm sorry I bothered to have my condolences ready. All people are entitled to make public comment, not just those in the elite.

I think you misunderstand me, ST. I wasn't referring to your comments.

[anonymous-user]

Hooli said:

A Witless said:

the plane attempted to do a somersault unsuccessfully

I wonder wtf that means?


RIP the people involved.

Rubbish reporting of an aerobatic move, I assume. Perhaps the aircraft (which was of course fully aerobatic) was performing a loop or another figure that begins with a rapid pitch up shortly before it got into difficulty, but sometimes observers on the ground mistake any pitch or roll change for aerobatics.

[anonymous-user]

An RV6 suffered an engine failure after take off and force landed heavily at Tibenham yesterday. The pilot is bruised but OK. The aircraft is a write off. Local press reports erroneously refer to the aircraft as a a powered glider.

[R1nur]

Watched it take off :-(

[eccles]

Breadvan72 said:

An RV6 suffered an engine failure after take off and force landed heavily at Tibenham yesterday. The pilot is bruised but OK. The aircraft is a write off. Local press reports erroneously refer to the aircraft as a a powered glider.

Well it's an easy mistake to make .... Probably a journalist with a little knowledge adding 2+2 and getting RF4

http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/tibenham_man_taken_to_h...

Edited by eccles on Wednesday 2nd April 18:35

[Scotty2]

Is it just me or did that aircraft have a "private plate" type registration?

G-NADZ

Or is it my dirty mind...

[Boatbuoy]

Lot's of UK civvy aircraft take advantage of the registration system. Some that I can think of:

London's 'Helicopter Emergency Medical Service' started with an Aerospatiale Dauphin, registered as G-HEMS. I believe this aircraft now operates with the Great North Air Ambulance service. The current London air ambulance has a rearrangement of letter, now G-EHMS.

Castle Air, a charter helicopter operator from Cornwall, had/have a pair of Agusta 109's which were painted in an aggressive looking black and yellow scheme. One of their specialisms is aerial filming. The two aircraft in question were G-MEAN and G-TELY.

So, you can have a sort of private plate.

[anonymous-user]

I learned to fly in a Beagle Pup called G-TSKY, and later had a share in a Pup called G-IPUP. There are also G-OPUP and G-PUPP, and so on. There is a Bulldog called G-DOGG, and Yaks are called things like G-YAKK and so forth. There may for all I know be a Chipmunk called G-CHIP or G-MUNK.

I also flew some proper old registrations such as Tiger Moth G-ANDE. A mate has a Cap 10 called G-BECX that really needs to be in a formation aerobatics team with G-POSH, but that reg isn't on a Cap 10, alas.

Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 3rd April 14:05

[Scotty2]

There was an old thread that had a pic of an Irish farmer who had a light aircraft.

Reg: E-IEIO

It wasn't made clear if it was a Mr McDonald or not but would have bee an epic tale if it was...

[anonymous-user]

Irish, therefore MacDonald, but hopefully yes.

None of this banter should be understood to detract from the sadness of this thread's subject matter, but aviation and life must go on, despite tragedies such as the North Weald Yak crash.

[Eric Mc]

EI-EIO actually.

EI is the ICAO national designation for Ireland.

Once upon a time the CAA were very reluctant to allow "special" registrations - and when they did, they had to be close to the "normal" sequence.

The rot set in about 40 years ago. Nowadays, virtually any set of letters can be obtained provided it is in the G-XXXX format, isn't rude and isn't currently allocated to an active aircraft.

[Hooli]

Breadvan72 said:

Hooli said:

A Witless said:

the plane attempted to do a somersault unsuccessfully

I wonder wtf that means?


RIP the people involved.

Rubbish reporting of an aerobatic move, I assume. Perhaps the aircraft (which was of course fully aerobatic) was performing a loop or another figure that begins with a rapid pitch up shortly before it got into difficulty, but sometimes observers on the ground mistake any pitch or roll change for aerobatics.

Kind of what I thought, I'm just surprised they bothered to quote such an obviously daft comment.

[Eric Mc]

I expect the witness being quoted was not "au fait" with the correct terminology. Sadly, most reporters these days are also not that knowledgeable about such matters.