Culdrose RNAS, Cornwall, UK. 23rd Sep, 2014. The historic Royal Navy Sea Fury T20 G-RNHF (VX281) that suffered engine failure during a display manoeuvre at RNAS Culdrose Air Day on 31 July 2014, forcing the pilot to take swift action and make an emergency landing, will be transported from RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall to Weald Aviation Services, North Weald Airfield in Epping, Essex, on 24 September 2014 for full assessment and repair. Credit: Bob Sharples/Alamy Live News
The historic Royal Navy Sea Fury T20 G-RNHF (VX281) that suffered engine failure during a display manoeuvre at RNAS Culdrose Air Day on 31 July 2014, forcing the pilot to take swift action and make an emergency landing, will be transported from RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall to Weald Aviation Services, North Weald Airfield in Epping, Essex, on 24 September 2014 for full assessment and repair. The undercarriage of the iconic Hawker fighter collapsed on landing and the aircraft skidded off the runway and onto the grass, sustaining only minimal damage due to the quick thinking and skilled airmanship of the pilot, Lieutenant Commander Chris Götke Royal Navy. With the main focus of the investigation centred on the aircraft’s Bristol Centaurus eighteen-cylinder radial engine, the engine and propeller were removed from the aircraft shortly after the incident and taken by road to North Weald - and now the airframe is to follow. The move will be carried out by the Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transportation Squadron (JARTS), a specialist unit dedicated to aircraft post-crash management, recovery and transportation. In preparation for the recovery, the unit has been working together with air engineering teams from RNAS Culdrose and Weald Aviation to partially strip down the large fighter in order to reduce the width of the load for the journey through the narrow Cornish lanes. The fuselage, centre wing section and the two outer wings will travel as three separate loads on specially adapted transporters to ensure that the rare heritage aircraft is well protected and incurs no further damage during the move.
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Location: Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose, Helston, Cornwall UK
Photo credit: © Bob Sharples / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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