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Re: Red arrows crash « Reply #20 Posted: 08 November 2011 at 10:35 PM »
Sadly another pilot of the reds died today with an ejector seat problem my thoughts are with his family. Sad
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Re: Red arrows crash « Reply #21 Posted: 09 November 2011 at 09:43 AM »
Yes, My thoughts are with his family and the other Red Arrows .Lets hope they can definately sort the problems out with these planes for the future safety of all
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Re: Red arrows crash « Reply #22 Posted: 09 November 2011 at 10:06 AM »
I suspect it will simply be just an accident - one of the daily hazards of being a military pilot - and it would be a shame if the fallout got the Arrows disbanded.

Light aircraft crash regularly, and it's usually just local news - because it involves the Red Arrows it gets escalated by the media - in the same way the M25 crash has done. On the day that crash happened, 3 people died on Suffolk roads, I read. Nobody mentioned those poor people.
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Re: Red arrows crash « Reply #23 Posted: 09 November 2011 at 01:16 PM »
I agree about other deaths,I expect if the total of accidents on Uk roads was published for that day it would exceed the M25 crash.As always my thoughts are with the loved ones of those lost and the victims badly injured and trying to rebuild their lives.I know of this experience first hand.
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Re: Red arrows crash « Reply #24 Posted: 09 November 2011 at 01:28 PM »
I Haven't seen it mentioned here but this was not an in the air crash but something that happened on the ground, still very tragic though. 
This is a snippet from The Telegraph.

The family of Flight Lieutenant Sean Cunningham said that he died fulfilling a lifetime dream to fly with the Red Arrows and said they hoped his life would be an inspiration to others.

Flt Lt Cunningham, was flung from the Hawk T1 aircraft while sitting on the runway at the team’s base at RAF Scampton, Lincs, during a training session on Tuesday.

The 35-year-old was airlifted to hospital but died on the way.
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Re: Red arrows crash « Reply #25 Posted: 09 November 2011 at 02:19 PM »
Plenty of rumours on the aviation forums - 'an uncommanded initiation of the Martin Baker Mk 10 ejector seat' - and they've grounded all the other aircraft with this seat - hawks, Tornados and Tucanos - which all have the same ejection seat.

The use of the word 'flung' does suggest it threw him out of the cockpit rather than being strapped to it - but we'll just have to wait.
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Re: Red arrows crash « Reply #26 Posted: 09 November 2011 at 08:15 PM »
Have I missed something -  but the reference to the M25 crash - surely this should be the M5?
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Re: Red arrows crash « Reply #27 Posted: 09 November 2011 at 08:44 PM »
yep - well spotted, It was a test and you win the prize for observancy. Sorry about that.
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