Sea Fury crash - Yeovilton
Discussion
Psycho Warren said:
I know the phrase "any landing you can walk away from is a good one" applies here, but upside down in a field doesn't quite sound like a "precautionary" forced landing but more like a crash.
Navy spin. A bit like the leak on the QE carrier that resulted in buckled bulkheads, and crew needing counselling after witnessing colleagues almost drown, as a ‘minor leak’. Smollet said:
Good that the crew are unhurt. Shame as it must be written off now. I was looking forward to seeing it at Shuttleworth this weekend. The P47 has had to pull out as well.
Thankful that the crew were unharmed - Sea Furys have a bad reputation in accidents where the fuselage ends up inverted or substantially so - although I think some of this is down to cases where the roll-over protection structures have been removed to add a jump seat, presumably not the case here.
BrettMRC said:
“ ...followed by the Sea King from Portland circling overhead for about 20 minutes."Really?
Tony1963 said:
BrettMRC said:
“ ...followed by the Sea King from Portland circling overhead for about 20 minutes."Really?
BrettMRC said:
Ropey Sea King video from the garden:
Hmmmm......that doesn't look like a HeliOps one, as they are dayglo orange over grey.....?Mind you, they have acquired quite a lot of them recently, although I thought they only had 3 flyers for German Navy SAR training, and all 3 were in the dayglo orange/grey scheme?
It's not too clear from the pic of the plane in the field, other than the engine has clearly ripped off it's frame, but are the wings also off?
If they are, then that's er, scrap, isn't it? (Not sure that the wing spars arrangement of the airframe is, but normally that's obviously a pretty strong bit of the plane......
If they are, then that's er, scrap, isn't it? (Not sure that the wing spars arrangement of the airframe is, but normally that's obviously a pretty strong bit of the plane......
Max_Torque said:
It's not too clear from the pic of the plane in the field, other than the engine has clearly ripped off it's frame, but are the wings also off?
If they are, then that's er, scrap, isn't it?
They are both off, and yes, very likely its scrap now (or rather a parts donor)If they are, then that's er, scrap, isn't it?
808 Estate said:
Saw her flying at Yeovilton a couple of years back. Beautiful plane and such an evocative sound.
Pictures of her dont look good, but glad the crew are OK.
2014 was the last time she flew. I thought I saw her at the Duxford warbirds iirc in 2018 but it obviously wasn’t this one but another Centaurus engined plane. Pictures of her dont look good, but glad the crew are OK.
aeropilot said:
Hmmmm......that doesn't look like a HeliOps one, as they are dayglo orange over grey.....?
Mind you, they have acquired quite a lot of them recently, although I thought they only had 3 flyers for German Navy SAR training, and all 3 were in the dayglo orange/grey scheme?
Mind you, they have acquired quite a lot of them recently, although I thought they only had 3 flyers for German Navy SAR training, and all 3 were in the dayglo orange/grey scheme?
Standard Portland heli taken a week or so ago -
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