Phil Perry Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yampy Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Very tragic .... I saw the Gnat display at Duxford a couple of years ago , and many times with the Red Arrows .. RIP the pilot and many condolences to the bereaved family and friends .. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted August 1, 2015 Author Share Posted August 1, 2015 That's nice of you Dave. . . ..we still don't know what the heck happened, but the dispay there was a pair of Gnats, which have been around for a while doing what they did. . . .last report was that one of them went into a slow roll, but didn't come out of it,. . .it just went straight into the deck, no ejection. . .but as far as I am aware, all military ejection seats have to be deactivated when military aircraft are sold to the public. . . as an "Armourer" has normally to be employed to activate an ejection seat pre-flight, and then deactivate it afterwards,. . .which could well be an expensive excercise for a civilian operation. . . if there was such a thing as a "Civilian" armourer. . . . which,. . .as far as I know,. . .there isn't. . .SO. . . this it's going to be an A.A.I.B. jobbie to find out what went wrong . . .if they can. . . .( Mind you, . . .THEY USUALLY DO,. . .THEY ARE BLOODY GOOD !!! ) This sudden blip of accidents is getting a bit worrying,. . . but that one is out of the ordinary, as it involved fast jets doing odd manouevres,. . . .let's keep the normal joyflip incidents to a minimum please people. . . .please. . . . .If your RotaxJabberwocky lets you down in midflight. . . .just put the thing down gently somewhere and don't make too much damned fuss. . . . . if we do. . . . . people will talk. . . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEM Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 A terrible accident. Condolences to all. BBC footage shows the aircraft apparently flying through a smoke contrail just before the crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 are the Gnat's getting too old for low level aerobatics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Unless they have a structural problem, I can't see why. Many older aircraft DO have fatigue problems. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 their pretty old now, been out of service since 79 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikky Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Geez! I've been out of service since then! Sad news however. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Wonder who put the Youtube video together and why they used digital script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 loks like some of script which rips a webpage, animates the photos and reads the text? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Perry Posted August 2, 2015 Author Share Posted August 2, 2015 loks like some of script which rips a webpage, animates the photos and reads the text? Keeps the news correlation staff levels to a bare minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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