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Spot the problem with this shot (not mine i hasten to add!)...


Check this thread here...
http://forum.planetalk.net/viewtopic.php?t=1418

looks like one of the guns has broken, the one on the left of the three on the wing

cheers
james

No, the canopy is missing!

Poor germans...

Kind of goofy how they neglected to notify ATC of a canopy flying through the air, after which it crashed into a house....

lol whoops.

Kind of goofy how they neglected to notify ATC of a canopy flying through the air, after which it crashed into a house....

Wind noise::)

Matt

Hmmm. I wonder how that happened. Lucky it didn't fall on someone or the sh*t would really start flying. Even so, I expect there will be a full investigation leading to more restrictions on warbirds.

Kind of goofy how they neglected to notify ATC of a canopy flying through the air, after which it crashed into a house....

I can't find any reports on the incident so can't comment. Not much ATC could do even if they had been informed.

Kind of goofy how they neglected to notify ATC of a canopy flying through the air, after which it crashed into a house....

Er, yep, and what exactly would ATC have done about it - evactuated every house in the region within the space of a minute of two?

I'm sure they had more important things to worry about, such as the structural integrity of the aircraft which has just had a heavy lump of metal and perspex fall off...

Poor chap in the back, at least Mr D in the front had a helmet an visor. Must have been very traumatic for them both...

To coin a phrase "Bugger!"

To coin a phrase "Bugger!"

I would think that the guy in the jump seat was producing 10 pence coins

Matt

Here is a rough translation from the local paper the "Neue Westf

A daring pilot from England regardless of loosing his canopy, flew on to make a landing in Berlin. He made no SOS call over the international distress frequency


.... stated that flying without a canopy is basically allowed, however a radio call would be the standard procedure.

I challenge any of them to go and try and talk in a Merlin engined cabriolet... If there had been a grave danger of the aircraft falling out of the sky then maybe a call would have been given...

To coin a phrase "Bugger!"

..love it... ...!
...fantastic photo...
The one and only reply which can adequately represent the overall feeling of absolute despair... ...!

...but there you go...
As they say..."S**t  happens!"..."Gotta get used to it!"......!

LOL...!

Paul... ...!

I've saved that Photo to represent my feelings when I have spent ages getting all my motor-bike kit on, wheeled the bike outside, pressed the starter button....
...and...
...Nuffin...!!!
...Buggar...!

I challenge any of them to go and try and talk in a Merlin engined cabriolet... If there had been a grave danger of the aircraft falling out of the sky then maybe a call would have been given...

A Merlin engined cabriolet...nice turn of phrase Charlie. As I said Boys Own. It does not matter if it is a political report, Herr Schmitt has grown a prize winning leak or a car crash, it always starts, "it was a dark and stormy night".

Matt

PS Fozzer, I hate to be a smart ass, but how about testing the button before you kit up

I couldn't help wondeing what the German media makes of all those little swastikas painted below the missing canopy. I thought it was illegal to display the swastika in Germany on a German aircraft, never mind an American one.