Red Arrow Crash

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  1. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    Do you have any thoughts on what is the 'truth'?
    Best,

    Steve.

    Not really but things are not very often so clear cut.
     
  2. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    A Lincoln school has been chosen to help develop a new vocational qualification in memory of Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging.
    His widow Dr Emma Egging approached The Priory Witham Academy with the idea.
    Ten students are currently working with the Jon Egging Trust and personnel from RAF Scampton, RAF Coningsby and RAF Cranwell.
    It is hoped that once it has been developed the qualification will be rolled out to schools nationally.


    BBC News - Lincoln school works with Jon Egging Trust to develop course
     
  3. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

  4. Oldman

    Oldman Very Senior Member

    Craig
    Thanks for the updates!
     
  5. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    Craig
    Thanks for the updates!

    You're welcome.


    On Wednesday 20th June 2012, The Priory Witham Academy welcomed the trustees of the Jon Egging Trust, the pilots of the Red Arrows and other members of the RAF, in order to celebrate the achievements of eight of the school's pupils. The students have been working with the Jon Egging Trust for the past three months, engaging in teambuilding exercises at RAF Scampton, RAF Cranwell and RAF Waddington in order to help build their self-esteem and confidence.

    John Egging Trust Celebration Event | This is Lincolnshire
     
  6. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    An emotional crowd broke out in spontaneous applause yesterday when the Red Arrows returned to perform at the same air festival where pilot Jon Egging died last year.

    The display in Bournemouth, Dorset, was a poignant reminder of the heroic flyer, whose Red 4 aircraft plummeted to the ground.

    He managed to steer the jet away from houses and a theme park before crashing into a field where he sadly died.


    Red Arrows take to the sky where pilot died a year ago to perform memorial fly-by | Mail Online
     
  7. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    A glass and steel sculpture of three planes has been officially unveiled in memory of a Red Arrows pilot who was killed during an air show.
    Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging, 33, from Morcott, Rutland, died after his Hawk 1 jet crashed during a performance at Bournemouth Air Festival in August last year.


    Proud day as memorial to Red Arrows ace unveiled | This is Leicestershire
     
  8. Medic7922

    Medic7922 Senior Member

    I was lucky last weekend to have supported the Red Arrows while they where using Kemble Airfield to give fantastic displays and flying to other events during that weekend
     

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  9. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    The Military Aviation Authority (MAA) has completed its independent inquiry into the death of Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging.
    Part of the Ministry of Defence (MOD), the MAA is an independent organization tasked to investigate the cause of the tragedy.


    BBC News - Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging inquiry completed
     
  10. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    A Red Arrows pilot blacked out due to the effects of G-force seconds before he died in a plane crash.
    Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging, 33, suffered an 'almost loss of consciousness' when he pulled six times the force of gravity as he broke formation at an air show near Bournemouth Airport, an inquest heard today.


    Read more: Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging blacked out seconds before fatal crash | Mail Online
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  11. 379/101 HAA

    379/101 HAA Ubique

    This is commonly known as G-LOC, or G induced loss of consciousness. Basically if you pull a lot of G force very quickly the pilot doesn`t go through the usual experience of having tunnel vision of greying out, but simply blacks out without warning.

    When the USAF first introduced the F-16 into service many pilots and aircraft were lost due to G-LOC as this aircraft had such a dramatic increase in performance over previous generations of fighters, pilots could pull a lot more G`s far more quickly. The turn performance of the F-16 meant that 9G could easily be pulled in quick time but pilots had not experienced this before and it took a while to figure out why planes were crashing and pilots weren`t ejecting.

    Today, in fighters like the F-22, aircrew wear a new type of G-suit which not only pushes on the legs and abdomen, but also on the chest, such is the need to stop blood leaving the head.

    Here`s a small example of G-LOC.

    G-LOC - YouTube

    In many cases pilots don`t recover for much longer periods than this guy. This is also why pilots can often be heard tensing, grunting and straining (as in the video above). This is in an effort to stop blood leaving the head in high G manoeuvers.

    The only saving grace in John Eggington`s tragic death therefore is that fortunately he most certainly would not have suffered and been unaware of what was happening.
     
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  12. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

    A very enlightening post, not to mention the video.

    Regards
    Tom
     
  13. Gage

    Gage The Battle of Barking Creek

    No charges will be brought over the death of a Red Arrows pilot killed when he was ejected from his cockpit.
    Flt Lt Sean Cunningham died when the parachute failed to open after he was ejected while on the ground at RAF Scampton in November 2011.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-22358262
     
  14. 4jonboy

    4jonboy Daughter of a 56 Recce

  15. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-25943211
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    "The ejection seat's firing handle had been left in an unsafe position"

     
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    4jonboy Daughter of a 56 Recce

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