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pictures below sent to me by Ralph G0UWB.....added 05/06/07
Hi Alan.
I thought that you might like this photo. As to how it happened, well.......Some idiot on his own was starting his single engined plane by spinning the propeller by hand. He hadn't got the brakes on or the wheels chocked ( hard to believe ). Consequently when the engine fired, the plane careered across the hangar faster that the pilot could run after it ! It hit several aircraft en route, this being the last one. If you look carefully on the trailing edge of the wing you can see the remains of the propeller imbedded in it !
I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when he explained it to his insurance company !
73 de Ralph G0UWB
Spitfire Cockpit
thanks for use of pics richard MI1RDR
New Pictures added 01/12/07
Pictures added 03/12/2008
Pictures below added 03/06/2008
taken at netherthorpe airfield
