So what happened yesterday at Biggin Hill?

[Brian-Gaff]

The airfield was shut for a couple of hours. I was dropping the eaves on
their atc and heard them declare the fieield losed due to an incident. Then
the police and helimed turned up, and the comments heard was they have
reached the cockpit and are getting him out, and later, its good to see him
up and about now, as the Police chopper went away after photo documenting
the site.
The Apex news copter was not allowed in and had to sit hovering outside
taking long distance pictures.
The Helimed refuelled and left so I'd imagine the guy was taken by ground
ambulance, as if he was walking about he was not badly injured. Since no
actual mention was made of what sort of incident it was and I heard nothing
on local stations, I suppose the are crashes that killed people lately won
out in the news stakes.
Brian

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[C. o'Jones]

It's on several sites but not the bbc. Here's the first non daily heil
one I found

http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2015-08-02/pilot-crash-lands-spitfire-at-biggin-hill-airport/

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"he won't get the green stuff on his knees"

[Phil Cook]

On 02/08/2015 18:42, C. o'Jones wrote:
> On 02/08/2015 18:37, Brian-Gaff wrote:
>> The airfield was shut for a couple of hours. I was dropping the eaves on
>> their atc and heard them declare the fieield losed due to an incident.

> It's on several sites but not the bbc. Here's the first non daily heil
> one I found
>
> http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2015-08-02/pilot-crash-lands-spitfire-at-biggin-hill-airport/

Not been a good weekend for hairycraft has it?

A Gnat went earthwards yesterday killing the pilot and there were
another four fatalities when an executive jet crash landed in a car
auction place at Blackbushe.
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[Ivan D. Reid]

On Sun, 2 Aug 2015 18:42:17 +0100, C. o'Jones <cojon...@gmail.com>
wrote in <mplkmq$gbb$1...@dont-email.me>:
> http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2015-08-02/pilot-crash-lands-spitfire-at-biggin-hill-airport/

"Scotland Yard said that no-one else was on board when the single seater
plane crash landed."

Well, they would say that, wouldn't they?

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[Edmund J. Burke]

"Brian-Gaff" wrote in message news:mplkcq$f2v$1...@dont-email.me...


Well, Brian. Some locals featured nakkid gurl buck-tooth mud wrestling.
That's wot I heard anywho.
Over........?

[C. o'Jones]

On 03/08/2015 03:55, Znep wrote:
> In uk.rec.sheds, (Ivan D. Reid) wrote in
> <slrnmrso30.q...@smtp.orangehome.co.uk>::

>
>> On Sun, 2 Aug 2015 18:42:17 +0100, C. o'Jones <cojon...@gmail.com>
>> wrote in <mplkmq$gbb$1...@dont-email.me>:
>>> http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2015-08-02/pilot-crash-lands-spitfire-at-biggin-hill-airport/
>>
>> "Scotland Yard said that no-one else was on board when the single seater
>> plane crash landed."
>>
>> Well, they would say that, wouldn't they?
>

> The most egregious statement of the blindingly obvious I've seen
> recently is the news that Cecil the lion's brother, "who is also a
> lion", was killed by poachers.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/aug/01/jericho-not-dead-cecil-the-lion-zimbabwe

[Skipweasel]

On Mon, 03 Aug 2015 03:54:30 +0100, Znep wrote:

> A bunch of bin Ladens, apparently. The wealthy ones, not the demented
> ones.

All tarred with the same brush, in the eyes of some, sadly.


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[Brian-Gaff]

If it was a single seat plane its bleedin obvious.
the police chopper was there very quickly but never landed, it was using
its special cameras to record the scene apparently for the investigators.
The air ambulance attended bt left after refueling for another job.
Only emergency aircraft movements allowed in the zone hence the waving off
of the reporters, who were quite peristent at trying to get a change of
mind.
So was the plane repairable? These are now very old aircraft and prone to
reliability issues of course.

Brian

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"Ivan D. Reid" <Ivan...@ivan.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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[Brian-Gaff]

Yes I saw that as well. Are these people paid by the word?

Brian

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"C. o'Jones" <cojon...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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[brun...@gmail.com]

On Monday, 3 August 2015 08:50:36 UTC+1, Brian-Gaff wrote:
> These are now very old aircraft and prone to
> reliability issues of course.

Not convinced. The number of failures per flying hour are probably much better than during the previous great unpleasantness

[C. o'Jones]

"This is an original Spitfire, it's just had two new engines and three
new fuselages" etc. etc.

[RustyHinge]

We in Norfolk got our tragedy in early.

http://www.oldbuckenhamairshow.co.uk/david-jenkins.html

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To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

[RustyHinge]

They don't have so many people shooting at them now.

[C. o'Jones]

On 03/08/2015 12:41, RustyHinge wrote:
> On 03/08/15 08:52, brun...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Monday, 3 August 2015 08:50:36 UTC+1, Brian-Gaff wrote:
>>> These are now very old aircraft and prone to
>>> reliability issues of course.
>>
>> Not convinced. The number of failures per flying hour are probably
>> much better than during the previous great unpleasantness
>>
> They don't have so many people shooting at them now.

The current pilots have also had much more training. Also diagnostic
checks are probably more thorough these days.

[Brian Howie]

In message <kvltra1eernahofmn...@4ax.com>, Znep
<E-0C0013...@cleopatra.co.uk> writes

>In uk.rec.sheds, (Ivan D. Reid) wrote in
><slrnmrso30.q...@smtp.orangehome.co.uk>::
>

>>On Sun, 2 Aug 2015 18:42:17 +0100, C. o'Jones <cojon...@gmail.com>
>> wrote in <mplkmq$gbb$1...@dont-email.me>:
>>>
>>>http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/update/2015-08-02/pilot-crash-lands-s
>>>pitfire-at-biggin-hill-airport/
>>
>>"Scotland Yard said that no-one else was on board when the single seater
>>plane crash landed."
>>
>> Well, they would say that, wouldn't they?
>

>The most egregious statement of the blindingly obvious I've seen
>recently is the news that Cecil the lion's brother, "who is also a
>lion", was killed by poachers.

He might have been Jericho the Liger, Cecil's half-brother ;-)

Brian
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[Phil Cook]

On 03/08/2015 08:03, Skipweasel wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Aug 2015 03:54:30 +0100, Znep wrote:
>
>> A bunch of bin Ladens, apparently. The wealthy ones, not the demented
>> ones.
>
> All tarred with the same brush, in the eyes of some, sadly.

The demonised one was wealthy too. That's how he funded his private
war against the infidels.
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[c...@post.netunix.com]

C. o'Jones <cojon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 03/08/2015 12:41, RustyHinge wrote:
>> On 03/08/15 08:52, brun...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Monday, 3 August 2015 08:50:36 UTC+1, Brian-Gaff wrote:
>>>> These are now very old aircraft and prone to
>>>> reliability issues of course.
>>>
>>> Not convinced. The number of failures per flying hour are probably
>>> much better than during the previous great unpleasantness
>>>
>> They don't have so many people shooting at them now.
>
> The current pilots have also had much more training. Also diagnostic
> checks are probably more thorough these days.

Engine failures happen most often during takeoff because that is the
only time that they are usually expected to produce maximum power.