pigsty Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Spot of bother at Culdrose: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-28594569 But it seems the pilot is OK, phew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 That will buff out! Glad the pilots ok, they can fix the aircraft! Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Oh dear. The FAA seem to have bad luck with the type. TF956 had at least one undercarriage incident before it ditched and their previous T.20 wrapped itself around a tree. The main thing is that the pilot is ok. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brown Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Very sad but glad no one hurt. Rick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepureness Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 After spending the day at culdrose airday in cornwall the show was quickly brought to an end when one of the aircraft crashed in mid display. pilot is ok. http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-28594569 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Bummer. Looks an u/c failure. With their funding it will be a while before she's back in the air. Good to see no one was hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhaselden Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 At least the pilot's ok which is the main thing. Aircraft looks quite battered but anything's possible with funding (which, of course, there isn't any). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roof Rat Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 As the gents have said above I'm glad the pilot / nobody else was hurt, but why oh why the Sea Fury RR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Saw her on Saturday at the East Fortune show. Engine sounded lovely. Good display. Very sad to see her like that The commentator said the two seater had been acquired partly while the single seat was being repaired and to provide training and familiarisation on a tail sitter What rotten luck but thankfully no injury to the pilot and at the end of the day that's really 99% of what's important Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby57 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Poor bird, but also very happy pilot safe. She's my desktop wallpaper, but I know we'll get to see her flying again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggers Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Oh dear. The FAA seem to have bad luck with the type. TF956 had at least one undercarriage incident before it ditched and their previous T.20 wrapped itself around a tree. The main thing is that the pilot is ok. Trevor Surely not poor old Beatts driving again????!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungo1974 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 (edited) Glad the pilot got out ok,and the damage doesn't look too bad. Atleast it stayed the right way up which was always a big worry with the Sea Fury....my Late Grandfather pranged acouple during his time with Fleet Air Arm. His last ever Fury flight ended him having to be cut/dug out of the plane after it flipped trying to land following engine failure Edited July 31, 2014 by mungo1974 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepureness Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 It was an engine flame out and stall, smoke started to pour from the engine. Pilot tried to manually lower the carriage but it was on a low pass over the run way and didn't manage to to get the undercarriage lowered fully. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Apparently single wheeled landings were not recommended on the Sea Fury. On its last flight, TF956 had just this problem and despite many minutes of violent manoeuvring to dislodge the recalcitrant leg, the pilot had no option but to bail out over the Firth of Clyde. http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1989.htm I can only assume the T.20 pranged whilst taxiing otherwise another bailout would have been on the cards. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charley420 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Gutted, thats my favourite of the displaying egg whisks. Sounded awesome at farnbrough. Glad the pilot got out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 That's not going to buff out. Main thing is the pilot is fine, fingers crossed she'll be back in the air soon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby57 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 That's not going to buff out. Main thing is the pilot is fine, fingers crossed she'll be back in the air soon! Glad the pilot got out ok,and the damage doesn't look too bad. Atleast it stayed the right way up which was always a big worry with the Sea Fury....my Late Grandfather pranged acouple during his time with Fleet Air Arm. His last ever Fury flight ended him having to be cut/dug out of the plane after it flipped trying to land following engine failure Sea Fury...high performance...wide track...uber developed Focke Wulf with vices... http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r619/Nobby5710/IMG_0158_zps3218d56a.jpg This one didn't survive either, but a group build is painless (hurry up nobs!)....unfortunately the Dutch pilot in this crash didn't survive, and I'm surprised, that without expert training, there weren't more fatalities thanks to the T Mk.20 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Oops.... I am pleased that no one was hurt and the pilot got out safely. . damage to metal... precious metal at that too. ... can be repaired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 anything's possible with funding (which, of course, there isn't any). Surely there'll be an insurance payout? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby57 Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Chris Gotke did a great job considering. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_sf9OK8P6k&feature=player_embedded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Chris Gotke did a great job considering. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_sf9OK8P6k&feature=player_embedded Totally agree - he managed the energy magnificently to get back to the runway safely - just ran out of time to get the u/c locked up properly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HP42 Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Awwwe noooo..... my favourite fighter.... Saw this at Duxford recently. It goes with little saying that thankfully the pilot is ok. The aircraft looks very repairable, it's just a question of time and money I guess. I think the 'Flight' is civilian but with MoD links for the mechanical/servicing aspects. Next time I'm at an airshow I'll stick some cash in the bucket. Hopefully she'll be back in the air soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 (edited) Looks like he did a grand job after the engine packed up. Great video of the forced landing. A friend of mine used to work for a company that had rebuilt the Centaurus a couple of times. He reckoned some of the problems they were having would have been solved with modern lubricants/techniques but they couldn't persuade the FAA. Beautiful aeroplane, shame it's going to be out of service for a fair while now. Edited August 1, 2014 by Glen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamwalker Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Pity the plane was so broken bet its hard to get spares for them now days always liked the Sea Fury. We will not see that one in the air again for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Not sure if this is mentioned above but a bit more footage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28604824 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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