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• Aug 20, 2011

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Seems Red 4 has crashed just after their display at Bournemouth this afternoon.
Not much has been said as to what happened. other then the has pilot died.

Rip Flt. Lt. Jon Egging.

Speculation as to weather he did eject or not, but it seem to be thought that he stayed in the plane till late on to steer it away from houses.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14602900
http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/behindthescenes/red4.cfm

 

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• Aug 20, 2011

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Real shame.
R.I.P Fella.

 

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• Aug 20, 2011

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Love the red arrows
R.I.P red 4

 

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• Aug 20, 2011

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RIP such a shame.

From what the chatter is on teh armed forces sites my OH says it seems like he ejected quite late and parachute didn't have a chance to open :-(

 

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• Aug 20, 2011

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Britny said:

RIP such a shame.

From what the chatter is on teh armed forces sites my OH says it seems like he ejected quite late and parachute didn't have a chance to open :-(

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Yeah, that was one of the unconfirmed things I read, but not via any forces site.

 

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• Aug 20, 2011

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So sad, always liked the Red Arrows, not too far from me either .

 

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• Aug 21, 2011

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That's awful

Was meant to be seeingthem at Chatsworth House in a couple of weeks, but I doubt that'll be happening now.
Tbh, I could have sworn I saw two of them practicing near where I live (not far from Chatsworth). There were two red jets flying very close to each other performing various rolls and loops, and plenty of white smoke trails. Me and my little lad were watching them for a good 20 minutes, and even with only two of them, it was pretty amazing.
Maybe nothing to do with the Red Arrows, but I was so convinced

 

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• Aug 21, 2011

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Dominion said:

That's awful

Was meant to be seeingthem at Chatsworth House in a couple of weeks, but I doubt that'll be happening now.

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According to the BBC they are grounded until an investigation has been carried out. Just hope they don't use this as an excuse to ground them permanently.
Just reading the BBC and it seems that all 170 Hawk T1's have been grounded not just the arrows.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14605914

 

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• Aug 22, 2011

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A bit more regarding the incident;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...ed-Arrows-pilot-blacked-out-before-crash.html

This one says another plane was hit by a bird days before this crash;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...-emergency-landing-following-bird-strike.html

As i said on my repost,

the bloke is a hero, he could have ejected and saved his live and let his plane crash,

but he stayed in control of his Hawk T1 to the last minute trying to save the lives of the innocent below..

RIP Flt Lt John Egging

 

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• Aug 23, 2011

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It is sad, mymum lives at RAF Scampton so I have grown up with them. My Stepdads also a fireman at Scampton.

 

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• Sep 2, 2011

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Well, the Red Arrows flew at Chatsworth today, and they were nothing short of awesome :slayer:

They decided to fly the same formations as usual, but obviously with only 8 planes. The gap and lack of symmetry in each formation was a deliberate and poignant reminder of the death of Red 4.
The display was as emotional as it was amazing. I'm so glad I was there today

 

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• Aug 24, 2012

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Doesn't seem like it was just over a year ago.

 

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• Aug 24, 2012

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I work quite closely with the Reds and this is all i heard about for weeks last year. Sad loss of a Brilliant pilot and a sound bloke.
Thankfully apart from the Incident at Scampton a while back, no more incidents.