The Red Arrows

A Red Arrows pilot died when his ejection seat fired him up to 300ft and he hit the ground with "tremendous" force, an inquest has heard.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-25667256

 

A Red Arrows pilot died after being thrown out of a plane by a type of ejection seat with a known problem, an inquest has heard.
Flt Lt Sean Cunningham was ejected up to 300ft into the air at RAF Scampton and fell rapidly when the main chute of his parachute did not deploy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-25684968

 

Pilots ejected without command input?



http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=55537

A few in the industry did not accept this was a pilot error incident.

 

Red Arrows pilot Sean Cunningham inquest: Seat mechanism 'useless'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-25943211

So sad that this accident was avoidable.

 

I remember when the Canberra entered service at Scampton,there was a groundcrew member killed when the ejector seat operated with the aircraft parked in a hanger.

The problem was that the seat had not been made safe on an after flight check presumably and inadvertently operated when the aircraft was entered for servicing.

Should be an account somewhere.

 

New Red Arrows tailfin design for 50th display season
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-26239748

 

Oh dear we had better put a stop to this devolution idea. We will need yet another new design for the tail fin and presumably need two fewer planes since we won't need the blue smoke!

 

I like the new tail look.
http://thelincolnite.co.uk/2014/02/red-arrows-unveil-50th-anniversary-tailfin-livery/

 

The season for rehearsals:


H0487/14: Formation flying will take place
Q) EGTT/QWVLW/IV/M/W/000/030/5304N00035W015
FORMATION TRANSIT BY RED ARROWS ACFT ROUTING:
531828N 0003303W (SCAMPTON) 1546
531458N 0002309W (VCY SCAMPTON) 1548
525542N 0001555W (SE SLEAFORD) 1551
525154N 0004701W (SW GRANTHAM) 1555
530627N 0005102W (NW NEWARK-ON-TRENT) 1557
531306N 0004654W (VCY WADDINGTON) 1558
531008N 0003118W (WADDINGTON) 1622
530802N 0002156W (VCY WADDINGTON) 1623
531318N 0001927W (VCY SCAMPTON) 1624
531828N 0003303W (SCAMPTON) 1626
FORMATION PLANS TO TRANSIT AT 2000FT AGL. TIMINGS, HGT AND ROUTE ARE
APRX AND MAY CHANGE DUE TO WX OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS. 14-03-0188/AS1

LOWER: Surface
UPPER: 3,000 Feet AMSL
FROM: 12 Mar 2014 15:30 GMT
TO: 12 Mar 2014 16:40 GMT

http://notaminfo.com/node/5




RESTRICTED AREA (TEMPORARY) AT RAF WADDINGTON FOR A RED ARROWS
DISPLAY WI 6NM RADIUS 531017N 0003107W. AREA ESTABLISHED UNDER
ARTICLE 161 OF THE AIR NAVIGATION ORDER 2009 (MIL ACFT SHOULD COMPLY
WITH THE MANUAL OF AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, CHAPTER 4 PARAGRAPH 27).
14-03-0132/AS1

LOWER: Surface
UPPER: 8,300 Feet AMSL
FROM: 12 Mar 2014 15:55 GMT

DELIVERY FLIGHT OF 3 TRISTARS AND POSSIBLE CIRCUITS WI 10NM RADIUS
522912N 0010748W (BRUNTINGTHORPE, LEICESTERSHIRE). POINT OF CONTACT
216 SQUADRON OPS:01993 897100. 14-03-0247/AS 7.

LOWER: Surface
UPPER: 3,000 Feet AMSL
FROM: 12 Mar 2014 11:00 GMT
TO: 12 Mar 2014 18:00 GMT

 

Red Arrows announce anniversary tour dates


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-26587250

 

Red Arrows photo wins RAF "image of the year" competition.

A public vote has been used for the first time to choose the winner of an RAF photographic competition.
The collection of pictures, which highlight the force's work at home and abroad, showed "the clear pride of each photographer in their subjects and the service," said Paul Hudson from the RAF Museum.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-29039511

 

Red Arrows aircraft crashes at RAF Valley on Anglesey

Red Arrows aircraft crashes at RAF Valley

 

Engineer in the back seat may indicate an air test.

Per Ardua Ad Astra

 

My thoughts and prayers with the friends and family. All those at Scampton as well.

 

By all accounts the engineer failed to eject.
Pilot injured.
Thoughts and prayers for families involved.
Just goes to show that there is always danger involved in flying.

Regards
Tom

 

Portsmouth,D-Day commemoration


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