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The pilot ejected when the engine flamed out. The aircraft crashed into a forest two and a half miles (4 km) southwest of Swaffham. [3] WW633 Descended to 500 ft (150 m), but, unable to see the ground, he climbed away. The pilot ejected when the engine flamed out. The aircraft crashed into a field three and a half miles (6 km) northwest of ...
The aircraft was a 1950s two-seat Hawker Hunter T7, registration G-BXFI [7] serial 41H-670815, [8] displaying its former military serial number WV372 as part of its livery. Having first flown for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in July 1955, it was rebuilt following a fire, returning to service in 1959 after conversion to T7 specification . [ 9 ]
August 22 – 2015 Shoreham Airshow crash. A Hawker Hunter T7 (G-BXFI/WV372) crashed onto the A27 arterial road (dual carriageway) between Lancing and Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, while taking part in the 2015 Shoreham Airshow. Eleven people on the ground were killed and several others, including the pilot of the plane, were injured ...
On 7 February 1980 XV345 a Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer S2B of No. 15 Squadron RAF lost a wing due to fatigue during a low level exercise at Nellis ranges, Nevada, United States, two killed. [48] On 12 February 1980 XK151 a Hawker Hunter FGA9 of No. 2 Tactical Weapons Unit flew into a mountain on the Isle of Skye while in cloud, one killed. [48]
The Hawker Hunter is a transonic British jet-powered fighter aircraft that was developed by Hawker Aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was designed to take advantage of the newly developed Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet engine and the swept wing , and was the first jet-powered aircraft produced by Hawker ...
The Hawker Hunter Tower Bridge incident occurred on 5 April 1968, [1] when Flight Lieutenant Alan Pollock, a Royal Air Force (RAF) Hawker Hunter pilot, performed unauthorised low flying over several London landmarks and then flew through the span of Tower Bridge on the River Thames.
All 67 people on board the American Airlines regional jet and US Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair Wednesday night are presumed dead – a grim tragedy that has left a heartbreaking ...
Ford Hawker Hunter WT707 accident [143] [144] 25 January 1955 Ford, Sussex, U.K. Hawker Hunter F.1: 3 5 8: 75 (one on aircraft) Pacoima mid-air collision [145] 31 January 1957 San Fernando Valley, California, U.S. Douglas DC-7B and Northrop F-89J Scorpion: 3 4 7 † 3 Syerston Avro Vulcan crash [146] 20 September 1958 RAF Syerston ...