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Scimitar Crash Landing
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 3:19 pm
by jbryce1437
This is a series of photographs taken aboard HMS Ark Royal on the 1964/7 commission. They are of a Scimitar aircraft which came into land with her nose wheel still stowed when it failed to deploy. She flew into the crash barrier:
scimitar-nose-wheel-fail-1-.jpg
scimitar-nose-wheel-fail-2-.jpg
scimitar-nose-wheel-fail-3-.jpg
scimitar-nose-wheel-fail-4-.jpg
scimitar-nose-wheel-fail-5-.jpg
Re: Scimitar Crash Landing
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 9:22 pm
by ivorthediver
I also have a couple which I will try to display soon Jim , but thanks for those .
Re: Scimitar Crash Landing
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 6:04 pm
by jbryce1437
There was big cheers from the goofing deck when she came to a halt.
Jim
Re: Scimitar Crash Landing
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 7:41 pm
by ivorthediver
Great minds think alike ...then mine ......I was looking at the goofing deck as I ran through these Jim .....full house by the look of it eh ...