Teasin Tina in the Express

[Nickolas]

Johnri on the Darkside alerted me to this.....

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/126006/Hero-70-lands-flyaway-bomber-

Top quality journo stuff. Must have been a slow day yesterday.

[Spitfire]

It's clearly a bad day in Fleet Street for news - an even bigger half a page in the The Mail too with several full colour pictures

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1211925/Hero-pilot-averted-air-disaster-pilot-hit-throttle-giant-bomber-mistake.html

Typical press - They've got a lot of facts wrong or twisted too

The co-pilot did not 'Hit the Throttle open'
There was no 'crowd in danger' at that end of the runway - and housing estate???
It was not a slow run 'photoshoot'
'Didn't have time to deploy the drag chute' - was one even fitted?
How do you land in a cloud of dust - on grass?

[Nickolas]

Well it seems there are rules for fat old aircrew and rules for the rest of us. Here are two chaps, in charge of a whopping great plane, neither with the neccessary stamps to legally fly em. They fly it and get a pat on the back instead of five years each for endangering all and sundry and a chunk of our heritage to boot. I on the other hand get dna tested, a night in cells and a caution for borrowing a pasty from Sainsburys. My excuse that I was hungry does not seem to count. Sounds a lot better to me than "I pushed the lever the wrong way, honest."
- Carlotti Creese, Spain, 09/9/2009 07:54

The above seems to be a bit upset for being caught STEALING.

This one below had me spitting tea all over the place,,,,,,,,,,,


Crikey! Didn't even wait for ' V2 Rotate'. Well done Bob Prothero, us Brylcreem Boys always come through in the tight moments. "There I was , twenty thousand feet, upside down, and nothing on the clock but the makers name"

Per Adua Ad Astra.
- John (Ex Pat Englishman), White Plains New York,USA., 09/9/2009 04:25

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z0Qb0Tl9NP

[Mayfly]

It made news at 10 last light

sorry to say this but its what happens with unqualified people at the controls!!!!

[Spitfire]

Daughter just rang me all excited - 'just heard on the news - 70 year old pilot saves old plane etc etc '

I reminded her I'd told her all about it back in May AND showed her the video - and discussed her going to Brunty with her new family ......... now it's NEW news .......Media eh !!!

[Dan4th]

I was surprised to learn that Victors have
a "Throttle Button". It was in The Mail so it
MUST be true!

Danf.

[Dangerousdave]

It made news at 10 last light

sorry to say this but its what happens with unqualified people at the controls!!!!

How hard can it be? Pull the control column back to go up, push it forward to go down. James Bond does it all the time!

[Mayfly]

well it was obviously very difficult

[Jigsaw]

I giggled at the throttle button as well D4th

[Mayfly]

its amazing how you can sensationalise something -

'they put down in a field beyond the runway'

[Hungry Haggis]

Love the express pic A victor similar to this ,Funny shape nose cone for a Vistor and i always knew the papers reported a bit late but nearly 4 months Were they on holiday.

[Nickolas]

It made news at 10 last light

sorry to say this but its what happens with unqualified people at the controls!!!!

How hard can it be? Pull the control column back to go up, push it forward to go down. James Bond does it all the time!

Pull stick back......houses get smaller.
Push stick forwards......houses get bigger.

Pull stick back and keep it there........houses get smaller then bigger again .............