Big Beautiful Doll has a little problem...

[F3Hadlow]

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


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

[lilley91]

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

cheers
james

[Theis]

No, the canopy is missing!

Poor germans...

[Mobius]

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

[Craig.]

lol whoops.

[expat]

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

[Hagar]

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.

[C]

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...

[ozzy72]

To coin a phrase "Bugger!"

[expat]

To coin a phrase "Bugger!"

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

Matt

[expat]

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

[C]

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...

[Fozzer]

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...!

[expat]

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

[Hagar]

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.