Last US flying HE 111 lost, 2 dead

[Steve in Florida]

link to news site, cut and paste

http://9news.com/satellite/Satellite...6-be8c3c80f8bd

[TJ Suter]

Thanks for posting the article. I live an hour from there and saw the story on the news. Of course, the news only identified it as a "Nazi bomber", but I figured it was an HE-111. I always hate to see those old birds go down.

[Charles_Rempe]

What a shame to lose another piece of history, The air shows
will miss that bomber and the two pilots.

[Brian M]

this is very sad news, especially for the two crew members.

[JaimeH]

Damn shame! I toured that plane a few years ago. The exhibitors were very knowledgable.

[J Melvin]

Ade, didn't a Spitfire crash at an airshow in the UK this weekend?

[TJ Suter]

JaimeH - If you have pics of that HE-111, could you post them here?

[J Melvin]

Here is a link to its webpage: HE111

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Guys, I am sorry to hear about the loss of life and the destruction of the He 111.

Hi Jack, here is a link about the crash at Duxford Air show, the plane was a 1949 Fairey Firefly. Two of my friends witness the crash.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_799376.html?menu=

Cheers, Ade.

[behblc]

U.K. Crash.

Jack,
It was a Firefly from Royal Navy Historical Flight which crashed at Duxford.
Both crew members died in the crash.
She appear to have been completing a loop when something went wrong , the aircraft appeared to shake and the pilot could not pull out .
Sad to loose the aircraft but the loss of life as in the U.S. crash is much regretted.
Saw a Hawker Hunter jet at a local air show last month on Northern irelands North Coast........the air craft crashed into the Bristol Channel on the way home , pilot was saved but sufferred from being in the water / mudflats until he was found and picked up.

[JYN]

Stop flying Warbirds... it's stupid !

Jean-Yves

[JaimeH]

I'll try to find the pictures I took, but the wife has a tendency to throw my Militaria photos in a huge box kept in a storage area.
(not photos of the Grandkids, oh no)

I disagree about flying vintage planes. These planes have been restored and are in excellent flying condition. The history and the interest they instill in young people is invaluble. The money raised is used to keep them flying and the restoration of other projects.

Don't let one tragic accident affect your opinion. If you think about it, most of the "air show " crashes involve cold war vintage jets than WWII planes.

[behblc]

Old Aircraft.

I think it would be question best directed towards the menr who fly them....none of whom would agree with grounding them.
I once listened to a gent who had just got out of the cockpit of a Spitfire and was having a cup of tea.
He explained that he was a lucky man.....he flew jets for a living and in his spare time was paid for flying a Spitfire...what he regarded as a real aircraft with life in it....he admitted that he would fly it for nothing such was his love of flying and the aircraft.
When this man talked you could see it I his eyes he loved flying the vintage aircraft.
I would have to vote no as to grounding them.........they are as well maintained and as safe as any aircraft flying.

[maxstiebritz]

I disagree about flying vintage planes

Stop flying Warbirds... it's stupid !

I disagree theres nothing more special to a youngster seeing a Corsair or a B-25 Mitchel flying through the air. After Falling in love with these airplanes as a kid and building the models. My father took me to see an airshow that featured both airplanes.

No history book, movie or model could have shown me what I saw those two warbirds do. It was truly magical. Something that I have always cherished - One day I will see a ME-262 fly

[behblc]

ME262 /FW190

The re build projects of these two types will be as close as we will ever get to seeing the life brought back in these two great aircraft.
Above all else the loss of the men who died is felt greatly above the loss of the airframes , but its hard to see men not wanting to fly them.
They are such great aircraft .
To say that its silly......alcohol , smoking , drugs of all kinds , cars of all kinds , french fries, steak , they all are to a greater or lesser extent bad for us ....I would put flying a Spitfire in a controlled enviroment with regulations on what can and cannot be done ( to ensure both safety and long life of the airframe) much less dangerous than unprotected sex or drug use (including alcohol).

Sorry for the sermon on the mount.