#3077685 - 08/21/10 06:07 PM
Spitfire crash in Norway :(
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A Spitfire XVIII crashed today at a small airfield in Tynset here in Norway. It was going to do a display at an airshow that was to be held there tomorrow. But it crashed during landing today, flipped over on its back, and the pilot died I never really knew him, but I talked to him a couple of times at Kjeller, the airfield I fly from, when the Spitfire was there, so we knew each other by sight. He used to fly for SAS, but retired. He was in his 70s, and his name was Bertil Gerhardt. So sad, both for the Spitfire, and most of all for the pilot. He was a really nice guy. RIP! This is the actual Spit in happier times:
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#3077703 - 08/21/10 07:16 PM
Re: Spitfire crash in Norway :(
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Really sad news. Condolences to his family.
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#3077768 - 08/21/10 09:03 PM
Re: Spitfire crash in Norway :(
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That's a damn shame on so many different levels. Condolences to the family..
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#3077774 - 08/21/10 09:28 PM
Re: Spitfire crash in Norway :(
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#3077813 - 08/21/10 11:04 PM
Re: Spitfire crash in Norway :(
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#3077906 - 08/22/10 01:55 AM
Re: Spitfire crash in Norway :(
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Sad as it is, hope they can fix the bird. Kinda like a tribute to the pilot...
Though, I must say I can only think of 2 or 3 ways that would be better to make a final exit that in a warbird.
Last edited by Timothy; 08/22/10 01:56 AM.
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#3077911 - 08/22/10 02:10 AM
Re: Spitfire crash in Norway :(
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Tragic. Any initial reasons for the crash since the Spit is slightly off the runway? At 70 years old, one can assume the pilot had clocked many hours on high perf machine. Slug
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#3078088 - 08/22/10 02:30 PM
Re: Spitfire crash in Norway :(
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Is that the Biltema Spitfire? Yep.. Tragic. Any initial reasons for the crash since the Spit is slightly off the runway? At 70 years old, one can assume the pilot had clocked many hours on high perf machine. Slug Dunno, but it might seem like the old Spitfire devils; narrow undercarriage and 2250hp reared their ugly heads.
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#3078189 - 08/22/10 05:27 PM
Re: Spitfire crash in Norway :(
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Well the problem is easy enough to see. When landing you are supposed to have the wheels the other way.
Really - a sad thing . Terrible loss of a pilot and much damage to an irreplacable machine.
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