billi Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 (edited) This came up on the Aviationist blog today.https://theaviationist.com/?p=42403 Sea Vixen emergency landing at Yeovilton. Pilot did one heck of a job, but damage is bad. Bill Inglee Edited May 27, 2017 by billi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 What a shame, great news the pilot is safe though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MoFo Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Yeesh. Rough weekend for Red Bull aircraft. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 WOW.... First and foremost, glad the pilot is fine. Now that the most important part is established...what a sad thing for such a stunning, priceless piece of heritage and history!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flankerman Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Glad the pilot is safe and well. It seems I am fated to not seeing the Sea Vixen fly...... I went to Yeovilton with a friend from the Fly Navy supporters club - just to see it fly as advertised. But it went 'tech' and did not take to the air........ No matter - I'll see it at the Shuttleworth 'Fly Navy' show in June.. http://www.shuttleworth.org/whats-on/ Oh well....... Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gary1701 Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 (edited) Hi Ken/all, I was at Duxford to see this display, and didn't know what had happened until I got home. The Sea Vixen seems to get a lot of bad luck, and this was the first time I'd seen it fly since it left Red Bull and that colour scheme in 2007. Beautiful aircraft and well flown at Duxford yesterday, just a terrible shame, although obviously glad that the pilot is fine. Hope I'm not rubbing it in Ken, but here's a couple of pics from yesterday afternoon. Gary Edited May 28, 2017 by gary1701 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hawk10 Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 I was told a long time ago that there were two types of people flying aircraft with retractable landing gear - those who have bellied one in and those who are going to belly one in! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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