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Lightning aircraft crash at Hatfield (2013)
- gort 9y agoArticle from 2013, the crash was in 1962.
- theoh 9y agoYes, and it's not to be confused with a recent (2009) widely reported crash of this type of aircraft in South Africa: http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=70066 http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=70066
- dmoy 9y agoOk thanks that was very confusing with the dates. Doesn't help that they mentioned the test pilot flying an unrelated plane in the 80s, the foreman's son starting in the 50s, or getting his age wrong by 8 full years, but w/e. Very cool read nonetheless, quite funny to learn that fake photos were prevalent back in the 60s, enough that newspaper companies would be so skeptical.
- cyberferret 9y agoMy main frustration with that article was that it was so difficult to get the actual date of the accident. Had to read through and decipher several paragraphs to deduce that the actual accident was in 1962. Nevertheless, fascinating video in that article of the De Havilland Mosquito - The "Mossie" is one of my favourite WWII aircraft.
- calimac 9y agoLet's get to 10M monthly users before we worry about 20M monthly. I like the thoughtfulness but don't think it is insurmountable.
- cyberferret 9y agoThere is still one Lightning flying in the world today - in South Africa. An interesting short documentary about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftt2q6zNQ1g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftt2q6zNQ1g