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Red Arrows Crash
- Thread starter IanHenry
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Ian,
Engineers do not usually travel in the Hawks of the red arrows.
I understand they were on their way home to Scampton from Valley and I expect the engineer was getting a lift home to Scampton.
So your remarks would be better that AN engineer died not THE engineer died.A very sad day for the arrows my condolances.
Please no speculations till the report is released.
Cheers Chris
PS The second rear seat in a hawk can be occupied by a navigator but the red arrows aerobatic team are flown single from the front cockpit.
Engineers do not usually travel in the Hawks of the red arrows.
I understand they were on their way home to Scampton from Valley and I expect the engineer was getting a lift home to Scampton.
So your remarks would be better that AN engineer died not THE engineer died.A very sad day for the arrows my condolances.
Please no speculations till the report is released.
Cheers Chris
PS The second rear seat in a hawk can be occupied by a navigator but the red arrows aerobatic team are flown single from the front cockpit.
A very sad loss for The Arrows.
My understanding of SOP's is each aircraft has its own Engineer who travels in the back seat when enroute to and from displays and practise sessions. There's a great YouTuber who's an Engineer with the Reds and has posted some great vids of his rear-seating during practise sessions.
This guy here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlpUvTzRGyg
All in all a very sad day indeed. Thoughts and prayers for his family and fellows.
My understanding of SOP's is each aircraft has its own Engineer who travels in the back seat when enroute to and from displays and practise sessions. There's a great YouTuber who's an Engineer with the Reds and has posted some great vids of his rear-seating during practise sessions.
This guy here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlpUvTzRGyg
All in all a very sad day indeed. Thoughts and prayers for his family and fellows.
IanHenry
Charter Member
Chris,
I'll have to disagree with you on this one. It's regular practice for the Red Arrows engineers to transit with "their" aircraft (they always wear a Blue flight suit), also the rear seat of a Hawk is not equipped for a navigator, it has dual controls, it is after all a trainer.
Regards,
Ian
Hi Ian .
Yes indeed the engineers transit with the aircraft but the second seat is a navigators seat.My point was you said that "sadly the engineer died" as if he was always in the rear seat.If you had said an engineer died it would have been more accurate.
Anyhow this matter is sad enough as it is perhaps the best thing is to leave the matter.
Cheers Chris
Yes indeed the engineers transit with the aircraft but the second seat is a navigators seat.My point was you said that "sadly the engineer died" as if he was always in the rear seat.If you had said an engineer died it would have been more accurate.
Anyhow this matter is sad enough as it is perhaps the best thing is to leave the matter.
Cheers Chris
