Warbird Information Exchange

I hope the damage is minor and she is back in the air soon...

http://www.flyvintage.com/news/218/

This report said the gear collapsed during taxi:

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-13119191,00.html

I was 10 seconds too late and didn't witness the incident but it appeared to have been fairly 'gentle' and at least she ended the day on her own wheels, although unmove from the point of the incident!

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...and pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in Space cos there's bugger all down here on Earth!

Yikes!!

Bent blades!! Mister Merlin musn't be feeling too well now!!



I'm sure she'll be back up there in no time!!

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Olivier Lacombe -- Harvard Mk.4 C-GBQB

Interesting that the flaps are still down and that the right gear was able to be put back down after the collapse. Normally when a gear collapses due to mechanical failure or groundloop (overload), it can't be simply locked back into place as if nothing happened because the structure gets torn up....

Doesn't look badly damaged from here in California... Those wooden blades and the fact the engine was at idle power should minimize the chances for engine damage.