Mustang crash lands Duxford

[rtalbott]

Looks like a mustang crash landed in a field at end of show . Hope pilot ok. Didn't look bad, wheels up landing

[MRTT]

Can you confirm it was wheels up?

Main thing is the pilots not injured.

[rtalbott]

Yes wheels up .. so FB reports... pilot ok

[Tink8597]

From source near to spot of force landing. Gear was down at point of initial impact and then ripped off.
Credit to the pilot with regards to decision making and airmanship. Best wishes to him.

[MRTT]

Just seen a picture on Twitter, wheels up.

[PeteHemsley]

First image I saw showed the wheels were down. Pilot is safe and well

[Dan D'Air]

Sun website says it is Miss Velma and as reported before, nobody injured.

[Usernamegoeshere]

see http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/ca ... sive&?00gg

if anyone works out which field it came down in please let us know and drag google map to the spot eg https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.08962 ... a=!3m1!1e3 and center the field on the map

cheers
dave

[bizfreeq]

Why on earth do we need to know what field it came down in?
The important thing is the pilot is ok and the aircraft has also survived

[Ghost from above]

Some great photos here, Superb flying viewtopic.php?f=19&p=915340&sid=d7c177e ... 78#p915340

Looks like undercarriage not locked and later photos shows the pilot in seconds cycling up the undercarriage for a belly landing.

Hats of to him in the timescale finding a field and getting levelled of from the turn whilst dealing with everything else. Glad it ended with Pilot safe.

[Agent K]

Or, of course, it could quite possibly be a completely different problem......

[Blackcat1]

Velma!? Ah you see these women always knock your undercarriage off lo!. Glad pilot is OK.

[CookipediaChef]

Some great photos here, Superb flying viewtopic.php?f=19&p=915340&sid=d7c177e ... 78#p915340

Looks like undercarriage not locked and later photos shows the pilot in seconds cycling up the undercarriage for a belly landing.

Hats of to him in the timescale finding a field and getting levelled of from the turn whilst dealing with everything else. Glad it ended with Pilot safe.

The FC post you originally linked worked very early this morning and had some amazing pictures. I've tried again since and it now shows as The requested topic does not exist.

Does anyone have a way to retrieve the original or maybe someone has the original photo source; Flickr link or similar?

[MRTT]

The OP removed the post, they've been posted on UKAR.

[CookipediaChef]

Ok - Thanks for the fast response!

[MRTT]

In fact, the pilot called 'engine failure' over the radio.

[C24]

?? What is the meaning of: OP & FB?

[gyvespa]

Update.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ca ... e-40561635

Is it just me or would you not expect an aircraft to be transported like this ?
I've seen quite a few ' roadrunners ' usually they are disassembled to a certain degree.

[JAWS]

?? What is the meaning of:

OP - Original Poster
FB - FaceBook

[Agent K]

Update.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ca ... e-40561635

Is it just me or would you not expect an aircraft to be transported like this ?
I've seen quite a few ' roadrunners ' usually they are disassembled to a certain degree.

Errrr... they were quite limited as it was in a field!!!! access to tools and equipment and workshop facilities to dismantle etc. to move just across the road were somewhat restricted.........