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By: 18th December 2011 at 18:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Not good news, one fatality. :(
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-16236184
By: 18th December 2011 at 20:17 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-:( R.I.P
By: 18th December 2011 at 21:04 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Condolences to those bereaved and RIP to the soul lost
Condolences to those bereaved and RIP to the soul lost.
By: 18th December 2011 at 21:58 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The aircraft involved are a Taylorcraft and a Pitts Special.
By: 18th December 2011 at 22:08 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I'm getting a very bad feeling
Moggy
By: 18th December 2011 at 22:11 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Moggy, im not trying to provoke anyone into posting info, but do you get a bad feeling as you feel it might be a forum member or someone you know personally?
I don't know anyone at Leicester but my heart goes out to those affected.
By: 18th December 2011 at 23:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The type info was here........ So So sad
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=140470
I was worried that it could of been one of mine as they use Leic all the time, So I know how they must be feeling, my thoughts to the families, not a nice time so close to Christmas for this to happen (if any time of the year is). :(
By: 19th December 2011 at 05:12 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The pilot of the Taylorcraft died in the accident. The aircraft was G-****. :(
Edit. Incorrect registration initially quoted.
By: 19th December 2011 at 07:41 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I have a fellow pilot / friend at Leicester who own a Taylorcraft and at first I feared that it might be he.
A PM today has resolved that, but still left me saddened as it was a close friend of his.
Moggy
By: 19th December 2011 at 15:30 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-That is good news for you but ASN has now removed the registration of the aircraft as there is some confusion whether the correct number was quoted.
By: 19th December 2011 at 15:50 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Glad to hear your friend is okay, Moggy. Indeed, sad nonetheless though as someone has died and a family is in mourning.
I believe ASN took a guess at the reg and got it wrong, from what I understand on pprune.
By: 20th December 2011 at 08:35 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Hope it happened at low level in a circuit pattern. Something like that happening at 2 or 3 thousand feet doesn't bear thinking about. Aerobatic aircraft can just pop up under you in an instant. :(
By: 20th December 2011 at 13:50 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Touche - given that it is reported that it was a Pitts Special
Touche VeeOne - given that it is reported that it was a Pitts Special, they can get anywhere and in any orientation in seconds.
Sad for the bereaved just before Christmas too.
By: 20th December 2011 at 21:14 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Information removed as its publication elsewhere was precipitate
Apologies to all
Moggy
By: 20th December 2011 at 21:53 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Aviation and Flying is a truely wonderful and life enhancing thing.
It's also bl@@dy heart breaking at times as well.
By: 21st December 2011 at 18:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Low'n'Slow would receive a reply to his PM if his mailbox was empty! ;):)
By: 21st December 2011 at 18:39 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Low'n'Slow would receive a reply to his PM if his mailbox was empty! ;):)
Thanks Newforest. Duly emptied....
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By: Wyvernfan - 18th December 2011 at 17:05
Been reported on the radio that two light aircraft collided over the Long Stretton area of Leics at around 2pm. No report of casualties or aircraft involved. :(