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Fairey Firefly landing accident in the USA

Posted: 04 Jun 2012, 15:28
by DarrenL
At the "Wings Over Gillespie" air show.

The pilot -- who was the only one onboard -- was able to get out safely. No injuries were reported.
The airplane was not a total loss.

http://www.10news.com/news/31148555/detail.html

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Re: Fairey Firefly landing accident in the USA

Posted: 05 Jun 2012, 03:47
by Airspeed
:( :(
There's a static example at the Moorabbin museum, probably the prettiest killing machine that Fairey produced IMHO.

Re: Fairey Firefly landing accident in the USA

Posted: 05 Jun 2012, 10:02
by emfrat

Re: Fairey Firefly landing accident in the USA

Posted: 06 Jun 2012, 03:04
by Airspeed
G'day MikeW,
I must have too much time to think....."emfrat" suggests to me an interest in locomotives, or is it some other electromotive force, or am I just jumping to conclusions? :S

Re: Fairey Firefly landing accident in the USA

Posted: 06 Jun 2012, 23:04
by emfrat
Airspeed wrote:G'day MikeW,
I must have too much time to think....."emfrat" suggests to me an interest in locomotives, or is it some other electromotive force, or am I just jumping to conclusions? :S
:lol: It's a signature I used in telegrams (remember them?) to the family back in Scotland...just em for Mike plus frat (short for the Latin word for 'brother'.)
I prefer steam as a motive force, although electrics are tolerable. No diesels, thanks.

:cheers:
MikeW

Re: Fairey Firefly landing accident in the USA

Posted: 07 Jun 2012, 07:57
by sketchy74
DarrenL wrote:
The pilot -- who was the only one onboard -- was able to get out safely. No injuries were reported.
The airplane was not a total loss.
Glad he was ok and she was not a total loss, it's always a refreshing change to see her fly in this part of the world.

Re: Fairey Firefly landing accident in the USA

Posted: 07 Jun 2012, 08:08
by Airspeed
Latin?! I'm a fool among kings!
That was only for the "R" (= removed) stream at our school; I only qualified for "A", next one down. Could've been worse, they proceeded down to "F" which I think meant that you had to be a good Fighter!
Like I said, they must give me too much time to think. B-)