Duxford Incident!!!

[Sooty655]

BBD appears to be intact and straightens up after being knocked sideways by the Skyraider, but the dive just gets slowly steeper and steeper.

I'm guessing damage to the elevator controls.

[Mayfly]

There is a pic on one of the fora that shows BBD damage - will see if I can find the link


Edit here it is... thanks to FC
http://fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=287&t=37273&start=100

[Minty4371]

Video has been removed by the person who put it on.

[Jigsaw]

Video has been removed by the person who put it on.

Saw that too.

[Mayfly]

http://www.flyingfilm.co.uk/

[Nickolas]

Blimey the P51 pilot only just had enough height for the canopy to deploy..........

That was tooo close for comfort.

[Last Lightning]

The lack of fire is interesting, did the pilot have time to switch everything off?

Whats the escape procedure?

Just because i cant help myself a shot of BBD arriving at Duxford on Friday

http://www.flickr.com/photos/last_lightning/5923321661/

[Dan4th]

The "Cut" out of the underside of the
tail is where all the controls to it run.

He very basically had no tail-end controls......

Lucky that the tail wasn't severed completely!

Danf.

[Mayfly]

The lack of fire is interesting, did the pilot have time to switch everything off?

Whats the escape procedure?

Just because i cant help myself a shot of BBD arriving at Duxford on Friday

http://www.flickr.com/photos/last_lightning/5923321661/

He appears [to me] to be very level headed and didn't panic, fair play to him he wasn't that high in the first place. I have seen it said he bailed at 400ft which is pretty low, he didn't appear to panic ...guess he did all the right things.

Gaz would you like to place a link to your pic in the BBD tribute thread in aviation photography?


Edit: The clip is back on utube.... the owner says nothing sinister he was only correcting the title.

[Dan4th]

Just found this on Yoo-Toob, and I don't
know if "IT" is on there as I haven't watched
it all yet.



Seems to be nice quality, though........

Danf.

[MOD]

[quote="Mayfly"]
Edit: The clip is back on utube.... the owner says nothing sinister he was only correcting the title.

BTW This is the one I posted on page one of this topic which had since disappeared. Some more good stuff from David Taylor. Thanks for reposting Pam.


ibw

EDIT re Danforth's posted video above I have a problem with this which may have something to do with my monitor.

Most of the props are either counter rotating or hardly seem to be moving. I watched the Stringbag flypast with a stationary propeller.

Does anyone else have this problem? It ruined a quite good video (as did the lack of a good tripod).

ibw

[Hihonyr8811]

Same effect here
Must be the camera they used

[Hungry Haggis]

good vid spoiled by the slow motion effect on the props strange as the aircraft seem to be traveling at a normal speed .Could it be frame rate ???

[Cluny]

Deffo frame rate , compensating for shooting into the sun [had the same issue last october there] .

Anyway , the accident hasn't appeared to have put off Rob Davies [BBD's pilot]
http://www.itv.com/anglia/pilot-speaks-about-crash48488/

[Last Lightning]

Gaz would you like to place a link to your pic in the BBD tribute thread in aviation photography?

No not really course tis done

[Dan4th]

I didn't have a problem with the stationary
props because I chose to ignore that factor.......

Kind of like ignoring the cracks and pops on
an old LP record played on a turntable.......

The rest of it was fine with me.......

Danf.

[Mayfly]

Some photos on Flickr of BBD

Beware not a pretty sight!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37660802@N03/5937873485/in/set-72157624496346485/

[Mayfly]

Good article by Rob Davies

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/aug/12/i-crashed-vintage-plane

[Dan4th]

Thank you, Pam........

I'm glad I got to read that, and I
wouldn't have if you hadn't posted
it up!

Danf.

[MOD]

Thanks Pam. What an uplifting story following what could have been a disastrous incident.

[Mayfly]

I know things have moved on [parachute design] but bailing at 250ft boggles the mind a bit!

[Jigsaw]

Thanks Pam, I thoroughly enjoyed reading that

[Xplumberlives]

I know things have moved on [parachute design] but bailing at 250ft boggles the mind a bit!

Far better than the other option!

[Cluny]

Some photos on Flickr of BBD

Beware not a pretty sight!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37660802@N03/5937873485/in/set-72157624496346485/

Thats restorable , Marinell was restored from a far worse state than that .

Good article by Rob Davies

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/aug/12/i-crashed-vintage-plane

Nice read and find

[Mayfly]

Some photos on Flickr of BBD

Beware not a pretty sight!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37660802@N03/5937873485/in/set-72157624496346485/

Thats restorable , Marinell was restored from a far worse state than that .

Good article by Rob Davies

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/aug/12/i-crashed-vintage-plane

Nice read and find

Oh I know, they have restored from a Data plate before now - but it does remind me of SFs broom...

"It's only had 5 new heads and 3 new shafts"!!