AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR AT OLD WARDEN

[Blue Diamond]

A couple of days ago ZA671 made an emergency landing at Old Warden. Ironically it's the same machine that put down in a Dorset field last summer.
Here it is awaiting rectification as the erks guarding it bask in the sunshine.

2025-02-28 ZA671 CHINOOK RAF OLD WARDEN 8746 by KING COBRA 92, on Flickr

[Mustang531]

Thanks for sharing this with us, nice shot. Not the first current type to end up at Old Warden, a few years ago, a Harrier ended up at OW and having gone tech, was pushed into a hangar for a couple of days.

[Blue Diamond]

Thanks for sharing this with us, nice shot. Not the first current type to end up at Old Warden, a few years ago, a Harrier ended up at OW and having gone tech, was pushed into a hangar for a couple of days.

Remember Harriers at OW air shows back in the day but missed the one you've mentioned.

[paul langshaw]

Thanks Ian for the use of your ladder, which gave a little more hight so we can see some of the underside of the fussalarge .

[johnwayne]

Great shot and nice story boys

[Ghastly Whisper]

Thanks for sharing this with us, nice shot. Not the first current type to end up at Old Warden, a few years ago, a Harrier ended up at OW and having gone tech, was pushed into a hangar for a couple of days.

Was it Christine?

From what I've heard 671 has always been a bad luck airfame, besides the roundabout incident, it also had a very heavy landing at Yuma back in 2012, rumour is that it is not a Chinook, but a cheap imitation of one. Notice the two roundels, thats so it knows which way is forward.

[Stocky59]

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... april-2012
Reading the report and looking at the pictures it is surprising it was rebuilt. No wonder it is a touch unreliable.