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By: - 2nd March 2013 at 13:03 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
This website (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/9158053/M25-coach-tour-as-it-happened.html) mentions it happened in 1979 and includes a photo of said aircraft.
By: - 2nd March 2013 at 13:04 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Jaguar
I remember a Jaguar landing on the newly built M55 to Blackpool in the early 70's
By: - 2nd March 2013 at 17:27 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
That was only because they couldn't find a runway long enough!
By: - 2nd March 2013 at 17:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Et Voila
By: - 2nd March 2013 at 18:05 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Part of the M25 or M11 was (or may still be) designated as an emergency
landing zone for military aircraft. I remember talking to a member of the
police force who had to go on a course, to enable him to make an ejector
seat safe.
By: - 2nd March 2013 at 18:11 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I seem to remember a student on a first solo had the engine stop over the M25 and successfully landed in a field right by it. I think he got an award?
mmitch.
By: - 2nd March 2013 at 23:54 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Et Voila
I think I remember that from BBC News at the time. BAC explained how the Jaguar could be a substitute for the Harrier, unless of course I remember wrongly.
By: - 3rd March 2013 at 08:54 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Beagle Terrier G-ASKJ also force landed on the M26 in the 80s, I've got a newspaper cutting somewhere.
By: - 3rd March 2013 at 09:01 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
When i was learning to fly at Biggin in the late 80's / early 90's the old Surrey and Kent flying club house had photo's of some of their old aircraft. One was of a Beagle Pup. The story was that one day a student had broken into the club and taken said plane for a joy ride, ending up on an un-opened section of the M25. I think that i was told it was his first solo and that he had flown so low over a house it had knocked a chimney pot off, though this last sentence might be confused with a different story told whilst sitting on one of those "Well the TAF says the fog should be clearing by lunchtime" type days.
By: - 30th October 2013 at 23:33 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Some more info for you on the landing of the beagle pup on the m25 (btwn Oxted and Westerham), in 1979. The pilot, 21yr old Ross Anderson, was well known at Biggin Hill Airfield, having spent most of his teenage years there, learning many aspects of aviation including flying. On the night in question, he had taken the aircraft at around 10pm,after the airport had closed, and flown it around Biggin Hill, and up towards Crystal Palace, where he flew around the two aerial towers, before returning to Biggin Hill. His intention was to land the aircraft and return home undetected. Unbeknown to him, the emergency services had been informed and had tracked him back to Biggin Hill, where they waited for him, police cars and other emergency vehicles helpfully covering the runway! He tried to indicate to them that he wished to land, but they mistook his intentions. He had never landed on the grass runway, and with partial cloud cover considered it would be a foolhardy attempt. With options now limited and fuel running low, he took the plane up to 3000ft and saw the unopened stretch of the m25 in the distance, where he landed without mishap, and waited by the beagle pup for the police to arrive. There was some slight damage to one of the wings, where it had clipped the top of a fir tree and a chimney pot, perhaps among a few other things. This was his first solo flight, maybe if he had been taking his flight exams for real, would he have passed?
By: - 31st October 2013 at 10:04 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I can imagine the Elf n Safety seeing that today !
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By: cypherus - 2nd March 2013 at 12:54
Recently trawling around the interweb I came across a sparse mention of an apparent forced landing on the M25 back in the days when we were ignorant of what a horror it would eventually turn out to be, info given was that it was found 'Abandoned' which I find strange, was later repaired in situ and then flown to Biggin hill.
Did a quick search but it turned up little more information than in the original find maybe someone might know something more about this one.