Jamie R

A black weekend

Posted in Aircraft by Jamie R on the September 16th, 2007

Many of you would have heard the news this weekend. The aviation world has been plagued with multiple crashes and fatalities this weekend.

I’d like to give my biggest condolences to the families of the people who lost their lives in crashes on Saturday and Sunday. The world rally champion Colin McRae and his five year old son Johnny died along with two friends when Colin’s helicopter, which he was piloting, crashed in the grounds of his home in Scotland.

The next crash which I heard about was that a Hurricane had crashed down at Shoreham Airshow, killing the pilot. The identity of the pilot and Hurricane has now been revealed. 49 year old pilot Brian Brown, of the Real Aeroplane Company, died when the Hurricane he was piloting crashed into a hill during a mock dogfight with Spitfires and Messerschmitt over Shoreham, Sussex.

It has now been confirmed that the Hurricane was a Mk XII (BD707) – G-HURR from Duxford. This fact is irrelevant at this sad time, and the inclusion of this fact in this blog post makes it seem that I think that the Hurricane is more important than the pilot. This is not the case, I’d like to clear that up. RIP.

Details are now emerging of a passenger jet crashing in Thailand.

What a sad, black weekend for the aviation world. We’ve lost a lot of hard-working, loved, dedicated people. My deepest, sincerest condolences to everyone who has suffered loss this weekend.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6997610.stm

http://www.colinmcrae.com/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6997875.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6997270.stm

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?p=1162090

Rest in peace.

Jamie.

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