P-51 Mustang "Big Beautiful Doll" down - Pilot ok!

[Russ]

Hate mentioning this but P-51 Mustang "Big Beautiful Doll" has crashed at Legends, after a mid-air collision with the French Skyraider. The pilot was seen parachuting out and is ok - this has been announced over the airfield. The Skyraider, missing a large chunk of it's right wing, was able to make a safe landing at Duxford. It happened after the break away at the end of the Balbo.

Info from DanO and Stuart Norris who are both there.

[Southendnick]

The most important thing is BOTH pilots are safe.

[UKTopgun]

Great to hear all are safe... was there also a landing incident with the Fokker triplane where pilot got out ok?

[centaurus18]

Good news about the pilots.
Hope it doesn't see the Firefly make a return to our screens, as someone is sure to have videoed the incident and it will make its way onto the tv...

[invading rupert]

The most important thing is BOTH pilots are safe.

seconded

[Russ]

Hope it doesn't see the Firefly make a return to our screens, as someone is sure to have videoed the incident and it will make its way onto the tv...

Apparently it happened some way away from the airfield, but was visible in the distance.

[PaulHP]

Which of the 2 French Skyraider's was it?

[UKTopgun]

awful few weeks for aviation, so many incidents, strange how they come in clusters often...
Was not there but guessing the mustang came down in fields far to the west?

[UK_Tomcat_Fan]

Good to hear the pilots are ok

Which skyraider was it?

[138EAW]

Good to hear the pilots are ok

Which skyraider was it?

It was AD-4NA Skyraider BuNo 124143 – AJBS

Glad to hear everyone is ok.

[jimbob1194]

Was good to hear the announcement of both pilots being ok. Was horrible to see! Fantastic pilot skill in the Skyraider! The pilot did bail out at some speed and BBD crashed in a field to the right of tank bank. The Spad was this one:



James

[Ian G]

Noooo! Was only looking yesterday at Dave S's pictures he took on the wing of BBD over London City Airport. Glad to hear both pilots are ok

[Arthur Tee]

Is somebody feeding the Daily Mail rubbish?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... crash.html

Arthur

[FGR2]

Noooo! Was only looking yesterday at Dave S's pictures he took on the wing of BBD over London City Airport. Glad to hear both pilots are ok

Was the one with the pics over Docklands BBD or the Microlight/replica BBD that is usually at Damyns Hall?

[st24]

Is somebody feeding the Daily Mail rubbish?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... crash.html

Arthur

Is that for real?! Morons.

What a wretched time for warbirds of late.

[smokey]

Is somebody feeding the Daily Mail rubbish?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... crash.html

Arthur

Thats an old link from the fairey firefly crash

[Pen Pusher]

Cambridge News

Brian

[Arno 01]

Noooo! Was only looking yesterday at Dave S's pictures he took on the wing of BBD over London City Airport. Glad to hear both pilots are ok

Was the one with the pics over Docklands BBD or the Microlight/replica BBD that is usually at Damyns Hall?

LCY one is the half scale replica, the one today is the ex duxford one which went to Germany at the start of the year. Glad the pilots are both ok

[UKTopgun]

Noooo! Was only looking yesterday at Dave S's pictures he took on the wing of BBD over London City Airport. Glad to hear both pilots are ok

Was the one with the pics over Docklands BBD or the Microlight/replica BBD that is usually at Damyns Hall?

The one that displayed at LCY last week was the 3/4 replica flown by Dave S...

[Ian G]

Noooo! Was only looking yesterday at Dave S's pictures he took on the wing of BBD over London City Airport. Glad to hear both pilots are ok

Was the one with the pics over Docklands BBD or the Microlight/replica BBD that is usually at Damyns Hall?

The one that displayed at LCY last week was the 3/4 replica flown by Dave S...

Ahhhhh thanks for that, I stand corrected. Thoughts to all

[Arno 01]

Link to skyraider pic from a French site
http://yfrog.com/klytbrj

[PChaplin]

Such awful news. Glad to hear both pilots are ok, It's been a terrible few weeks for warbirds.

[Scampi]

Damn! How much did he lose?

[keithjs]

Oh dear, thats not good. Glad everyone is OK tho'.........................Good job the P51 didn't come down in the ******* field then....

[BigBlackCat]

Oh dear, thats not good. Glad everyone is OK tho'.........................Good job the P51 didn't come down in the ******* field then....

There was actually some talk between various aircraft and the tower about people (about 30-40) in the field to the EAST of the runway (other side of the M11)....