gunpowder17 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Looks like one of the Gnat display team has crashed at Chris evans Carfest. No word on the pilot as yet. Hope he is OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Doesn't look good at the moment. The press is already irresponsibly claiming 'stunt flying' of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feldr Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 typical media... hysteria with no facts.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Do these former military jets still have functioning ejector seats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VulcanXH558 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 (edited) Spitfire crashed at Biggin Hill also, pilot ok http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=191&t=1531755&nmt=Spitfire+crash+Biggin+Hill Edited August 1, 2015 by VulcanXH558 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Glad he's ok! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Gnat crash; News reports say the pilot ejected and is safe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Christ! That's not far from us, and Caz thinks she saw it earlier before it crashed. I really hope the reports of the pilot being ok are true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamS Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Oh dear, Chris Evans has just confirmed that, sadly, the pilot has lost his life. Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Oh dear, Chris Evans has just confirmed that, sadly, the pilot has lost his life. Graham Just heard the same, very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Av8fan Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 My condolences to the family & friends of the Gnat pilot. Glad the Spitfire pilot made it ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 They were operating out of Broughton Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Terrible news about the loss of the pilot The Gnat dropped it's wing and went in very quick :/ Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunpowder17 Posted August 1, 2015 Author Share Posted August 1, 2015 Thats so sad RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-33748256 RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastmcc Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 sad days ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depressed lemur Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 RIP, a sad loss. Our thoughts go out to the family at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The original Kit Builder Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Saw these at Culdrose airday on Thursday. Pilot Kevin Whyman was, sadly, killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-33748256 RIP. RIP, very sad. What expert did they get for the report? does he know the history of the Red Arrows? Aviation expert Julian Bray said the type of Gnat plane involved in the crash had been around since 1955. He said: "They had great ideas for these little aircraft but they didn't quite make it. The RAF did use them for training purposes but never for display purposes. They went with another variant. They sold theirs on, mainly. "The Heritage Trust has got some of these and they do these displays." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 (edited) Seems to be a self-appointed expert: http://julianbrayrecessionbuster07944217476.blogspot.com/ Never heard of him before..... Edited August 1, 2015 by Paul Bradley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Also some news agencies are reporting that the crashed aeroplane was the same type used by the Red Arrows - using present tense in their story line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 (edited) Bit of a bad run lately. A pilot I knew vaguely, Howard Cox, died last weekend. Then the Blackbushe crash. Now this. Over the years eight pilots I knew died in crashes. Another died in front of me. Three were friends. Being a pilot sucks sometimes. Edit: that was ten pilots. Spun in. I flew a missing man formation over a funeral once. That was a surreal moment. Edited August 1, 2015 by noelh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMP2 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Sad times, sympathies to the pilots family. As much as its a risk they take, you just dont expect it. And as much as Im no fan of Evans, he looks devastated. Not a nice position to be in at all. That sucks all round. Terrible loss and shame. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartp Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 The 'expert' has now corrected himself, apparently he meant that particular Gnat had never been used by the Red Arrows, not Gnats generally. Which isn't what he said of course. Very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 To be fair to the chap it's very possible he has been misquoted in the rush to get copy on line. I recall more than once words carefully chosen and expressed by me in court and reported in the press in a way that made me wonder if I had been there in the first place Condolences to his family. It's always a tragedy and a shocking loss when this happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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