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May 31^st, 2003 at 6:19pm

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A pilot has been seriously injured when a plane crashed shortly after take-off during an air show, police said.

The incident happened at the Coventry Classic Airshow in front of crowds of onlookers, Warwickshire Police said.

Eye witness Paul Middleton, 37, of Colchester, Essex, described how he saw the aircraft, a replica of a 1920s model, "disintegrate" before plummeting to the ground.

The aircraft was a replica of the Spirit of St Louis in which Charles Lindbergh made the first non-stop solo flight from New York to Paris in 1927.

Mr Middleton, who was attending the event, described the scene.

"It was taking off and it just got level by the edge of the airfield at about 1,000ft when it just broke up into pieces. It looked like structural failure.

"The structure just seemed to give way and disintegrate.

"The whole wing folded upwards and as that happened the whole aircraft came falling down.

"People just started saying 'oh my God' and then they went silent. Everyone was just standing around."

Inspector Rob Calvert, of Warwickshire Police, said ambulance crew were tending to the injured pilot at the scene. The incident took place shortly before 5pm.

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Reply #1 - May 31^st, 2003 at 6:41pm

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I hope the pilot makes a full recovery soon

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Reply #2 - May 31^st, 2003 at 6:42pm

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Yeah... We have Dan as our very own witness to this... Its a couple of topics down... Tongue

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Reply #3 - Jun 2^nd, 2003 at 5:34pm

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ja and as i posted, Pierra Hollander later died in Selly Oak, birmingham.

Dont want to offend anyone but i am posting the video of the crash in a few minutes time.

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Reply #4 - Jun 2^nd, 2003 at 6:17pm

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ja and as i posted, Pierra Hollander later died in Selly Oak, birmingham.

Dont want to offend anyone but i am posting the video of the crash in a few minutes time.

ok here we go, need to be logged in mind you.
http://www.tlukdesign.co.uk/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?cid=6&lid=10

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Reply #5 - Jun 2^nd, 2003 at 9:41pm

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All reports of this situation stated that the left wing folded, but to my eye, the right wing is the one which has failed......?........anybody else ?

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Reply #6 - Jun 3^rd, 2003 at 11:29am

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im sure that when i saw it it was the left wing, hence it rolls; although that video shows otherwise...

anyone know whre the report can be found?

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Reply #7 - Jun 3^rd, 2003 at 11:42am

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im sure that when i saw it it was the left wing, hence it rolls; although that video shows otherwise...

anyone know whre the report can be found?

I should have clarified my source on this....the report I read was from a newspaper presentation done on CNN on the net .....

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Reply #8 - Jun 3^rd, 2003 at 2:20pm

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mhm.. isnt cnn an amerikanski thing?

i was an eyewitness.. not a news paper reader Wink

still, i sware it rolled off left!

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