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Jul 10^th, 2011 at 6:44pm

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Hi all,

Not seen a thread for this yet, but there were 2 incidents at Flying Legends today. Firstly, a Fokker DrI replica groundlooped whilst landing after a display.

Worse was to come though when during the run and breaks following the final Balbo, a P51 and skyraider collided. The skyraider lost about a third of the starboard wing and managed to land back at Duxford. The mustang was seen to nosedive into a field. Fortunately the pilot managed to bail out.

Photos:
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=110391&page=3

News article:
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/BREAKING-NEWS-Mid-air-incident-at-museum-ai...

Not a good fortnight for historic aviation after the Jungmann and Seafire incidents last week. Glad I went to the show yesterday now.

Finally, a photo of Big Beautiful Doll, the mustang involved in the collision taken yesterday. (SimV uploader not working for me at the moment...)

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6021/5923945398_cb27ab7fb2_b.jpg

Thankfully there were no injuries

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Reply #1 - Jul 10^th, 2011 at 6:57pm

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Looking at those photos I find it incredible that the P-51 pilot, Rob Davies* I believe, managed to bail out safely from that altitude. He must have lightning fast reactions. I'm delighted nobody was hurt.

From what I've read there were several incidents during the show. Perhaps the least said about that the better.

*PS. http://www.simplyplanes.co.uk/rob_davies_mustang_pilot.shtml

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Reply #2 - Jul 10^th, 2011 at 7:02pm

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Hagar wrote on Jul 10^th, 2011 at 6:57pm:

Looking at those photos I find it incredible that the P-51 pilot, Rob Davies I believe, managed to bail out safely from that altitude. He must have lightning fast reactions. I'm delighted nobody was hurt.

From what I've read there were several incidents during the show. Perhaps the least said about that the better.

Indeed, very quick thinking.

On the other matter, I did think yesterday that some of the displays may have been getting a bit low and overflying parts of the crowd. However, that's the flying that I go to Legends to see and it would be a real shame if it was diluted after these incidents.

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Reply #3 - Jul 10^th, 2011 at 7:08pm

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Hagar wrote on Jul 10^th, 2011 at 6:57pm:

Looking at those photos I find it incredible that the P-51 pilot, Rob Davies* I believe, managed to bail out safely from that altitude. He must have lightning fast reactions. I'm delighted nobody was hurt.

Quite the feat! They both reacted perfectly, IMHO. But they both were really lucky. A couple of feet and it would have been very different. Undecided

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How about that Sandy? Very tough; typical old-school Douglas product.

A bittersweet but happy ending!!

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Reply #4 - Jul 10^th, 2011 at 7:12pm

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Video is up as well.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qME7VefLxFw

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Reply #5 - Jul 11^th, 2011 at 3:06am

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This is terrible news but at least nobody was hurt. I saw Doll a while back at Duxford, sad to see the state she is in now Cry

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Reply #6 - Jul 11^th, 2011 at 6:52am

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The double blow, she had only just last month had a major service and new paint job..

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Reply #7 - Jul 13^th, 2011 at 7:55am

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A few words about the accident from the P-51's owner/pilot... includes a much clearer shot of the impact. Imagine deciding in a heartbeat to exit your precious Mustang in flight! Shocked

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLQsJS7zQOM&feature

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Reply #8 - Jul 13^th, 2011 at 10:18am

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beaky wrote on Jul 13^th, 2011 at 7:55am:

A few words about the accident from the P-51's owner/pilot... includes a much clearer shot of the impact. Imagine deciding in a heartbeat to exit your precious Mustang in flight! Shocked

Shocked

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLQsJS7zQOM&feature

Just shows how quickly he got out.

Ironically Rob Davies no longer owned BBD at the time of the crash. It had recently been sold to new owners in Germany. http://www.meiermotors.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=121&Item...

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Reply #9 - Jul 13^th, 2011 at 1:29pm

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I had concluded that the Skyraider clipped the P-51 but hesitated to say anything since the investigation was not complete and

I had to watch the video several times to be sure in my own mind. But after watching this last video, it's pretty obvious what

happened. I think Rob's attitude about the whole thing was exceptional and very professional.

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Reply #10 - Jul 13^th, 2011 at 8:03pm

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You think you had problems?

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Beech-N35-Bonanza/1950214/M/

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Fokker-Dr-1-replica/1949320/M/

It was still a good airshow... I actually got a tan that day... Roll Eyes

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Reply #11 - Jul 14^th, 2011 at 4:04am

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Hagar wrote on Jul 13^th, 2011 at 10:18am:

It had recently been sold to new owners in Germany. http://www.meiermotors.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=121&Item...

Thanks for that, I am going to Herringsdorf the week after next, better take my camera with me (just in case

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Reply #12 - Jul 14^th, 2011 at 4:06am

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skoker wrote on Jul 13^th, 2011 at 8:03pm:

You think you had problems?
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Fokker-Dr-1-replica/1949320/M/It was still a good airshow... I actually got a tan that day... Roll Eyes

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Duxford had one of those too Roll Eyes

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Oh Fokker it!

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Reply #13 - Jul 24^th, 2011 at 6:21pm

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patchz wrote on Jul 13^th, 2011 at 1:29pm:

I had concluded that the Skyraider clipped the P-51 but hesitated to say anything since the investigation was not complete and

Well, from the video it's fairly conclusive that the P-51 and Skyraider flew two completely different types of break; a fairly sedate climb then break by BBD, and an aggressive climbing break from the Skyraider. Sadly, a combination of both led to the fighting for the same space in the sky.

Run in and breaks are a potential minefield when flown in a "vic" formation as seen here - particularly if the leader breaks first. Had they broken from echelon, it probably wouldn't have happened.

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Reply #14 - Aug 16^th, 2011 at 7:20am

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Blimey. I took a shot of BBD at RAF Waddington, i think it was last year.....

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