Military aircraft classics

[Alanbeeb]

Re: DH110 Farnborough & the Sea Vixen

one crashed at farnborough(early 50's) ...it was so screwed up it never really flew much in anger and was retired in early 70's.. it killed fifty one RN aircrew.

And after that crash, they carted off the bodies and injured, cleaned up...and on with the show - which drew bigger crowds the next day. Different world then.

If the Sea Vixen was so dangerous, surprised there are some still allowed to fly at airshows... I saw a fantastic display from one at the the East Fortune Air Day in the 2000's. It might have been a terrible plane, but it did look absolutely fantastic, like something straight out of a Dan Dare comic.