Thunderbird Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 The news doesn't look good on this one I'm afraid looking at the wreckage and reading the eye-witness statements. They are keeping mum at the moment and I imagine relatives are being informed (both the 8 and the 1). All very sad if it turns out to be bad news. I'd like to be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltsmark Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Just gave out on Meridian News pilot died after ejecting sadly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 It wasn't the girl was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziplex Posted August 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Just gave out on Meridian News pilot died after ejecting sadly That's a sickener......bad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SXPhil Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Nothing official regarding the pilot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Sadly the pilot was killed. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SXPhil Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Yes very sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 sadly the pilot died Fl Lt Jon Egging aged 33 ,condolences to his family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samh6 Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Came down five mins from my house, on the Hurn court estate, very down mood here at the moment, most people is spoken to local are very shocked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlin vs Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 R.I.P. http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/behindthescenes/red4.cfm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack-ack Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Very sad news. Is it the first fatality for the arrows? I was watching some old Farnborough footage recently and there were some awful accidents in the 50's. The show just rolled on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny v Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Shocking news. My deepest condolences to his family, friends and all that flew with him. V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloke Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 R.I.P. And condolences to all who knew him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kes Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds — and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the long, delirious burning blue, I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace Where never lark, or even eagle flew. And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod The high untresspassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God. A brave man gone. I thought his wife's comments wonderful and having seen his crash, very brave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanj Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 Am I the only one who thinks that they are a waste of money? What purpose do they serve?If its an aid to recruitment then what a sham-we have a tiny Airforce with out-dated a/c and with stations being closed daily and pilots being laid off.At least the American display teams are combat trained and can be converted back to fighting status in a matter of days-the only use for the arrows in combat would be to block roads and cause a tailback.Its time we woke up to the fact that if most European countries wanted to invade us we could do little but bend over and take it.Decades of politics have raped the RAF of its ability to defend our shores-when will the general public realise that we need to dramatically increase spending on protecting our backsides and not on painting the sky pretty colours in obsolete aircraft. these guys are combat trained too........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds — and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air. Up, up the long, delirious burning blue, I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace Where never lark, or even eagle flew. And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod The high untresspassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God. Fantastic poem that I read every time I use the down-stairs loo. It says everything about being an aviator. Written by a young spitfire pilot just before he was killed in WW2. A sad day for the Red Arrows and his family. Sadly it will probably be months before the cause is determined due to the MOD refusing to fit flight data recorders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicW Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 Sadly it will probably be months before the cause is determined due to the MOD refusing to fit flight data recorders. According to the BBC news report,the Hawk does have a data recorder. Vic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 These are really great photos - I remember them flying out of RAF Kemble in the late 1960s - I was beating on the Bathurst Estate whilst a student at RAC Cirencester - at about 11.30 on - I think - a January morning, we heard an almighty crash in the distance and then saw smoke on the horizon - we later learned that two Hawk jets had crashed - RIP Subsequently, I next saw the Red Arrows doing a display over Bangor Bay in Northern Ireland in I think around 1996 - Me & the children were very lucky to have been invited up Helens Tower on a nearby Estate [it has been replicated on the Somme in France as a memorial to the 36 Ulster Divsion in World War 1] and we truly had a cockpit's eye view of the Red Arrows - after the display - our day was truly made when one of the Hawks peeled off and "beat up" Helens Tower where we standing - it skimmed the tower literally feet away - and we were just so thankful that such skilled pilots are on our side. Wow wow wow It was the 16th december 1969. One came down near RAF Kemble and one about 6 miles from RAF Fairford. Both Pilots infact ejected safely. The one near fairford was a stones throw from our School and we were up to the feild in no time at all on our bikes looking for trophies before the MOD police got there. The Pilot was a chap called Dicky Duckett...ive never forgotten that name as it just sounded so typically RAF fighter Pilotish.. http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/AEROBATIC/Red_Arrows/RED_ARROWS.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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