Club Arnage

I guess most people have seen this but I couldn't resist posting it...brown trousers time for all concerned!!!

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

you wouldnt know it from the papers or the idiot box, but this actually happened back on May (on the third!)

and the crew were ALL capable of dealing with it

As they did

just p....s me off  to see the media digging in now

(for reference the aircraft and crew have had another fast taxi event in August, without any further drama)

there are several pages of comments here: http://tinyurl.com/l53c5f

And no, I have nothing to do with any of the protagonists and have never even been to Brunty (YET)

And  yes I wish we could have had a preserved Victor with spare hours enough to make a "Back to the sky" operaton viable

even  though the poor old Vulcan is still perilously exposed economically

bill

Media probably able to publish now after all the Inquiries are finally signed off.  Reminds a tad of the famous Lightning incident, with the Engineering Officer who found himself inadvertently airborne, but his trip lasted 12 minutes before he managd to get it back on the ground.....it's the one in the Duxford museum now!  Full details in an interview with him at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iKFYaXDivs&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iKFYaXDivs&feature=related) and in narrative format: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=191&t=676440&nmt=Oops%20-%20accidental%20lightning%20pilot (http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=191&t=676440&nmt=Oops%20-%20accidental%20lightning%20pilot) 

MG Mark
 

I heard the Pilot talking about about it on 5 Live yesterday. He said his co pilot was handling the power while he was piloting. When he instructed the co pilot to ease off the power, there was no reply. Asking not so politely the second time without any answer, the pilot said that he had to take his hands off the controls to reduce power himself and as he did so, the nose lifted.
I don't know if that's true but that's what he said.

"Tower, are we cleared to crap ourselves?"

One and only time I went to Brunty was when Pilbeam Racing were doing a shakedown of the Dark Dog Team Bucknum MP91 ahead of the 2003 race. Took a couple of shots of this beauty as she sat 'mothballed' (we were just a few hundred yards from all the aircraft). Will dive into the MB archives and try to dig them out.....

Back soon!  ;D

It is indeed  fine line between a fast taxirun that lifts the nosewheel and ends up getting airborne, particularly in a low wing loading, large lift surface, stripped out, low fuelled aircraft....

MG Mark

Apart from the word "aircraft" you've just described my car :D

Found 'em! Apols for quality, took these with my very early Epson digi camera (a huge 1.2 megapixel!!) so quality is poor but still a beautiful piece of engineering  ;D

Four more.....

Where Peter, ???

It took off

stunning plan :)