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The Spitfire PS890, c/n 6S-585110, was built in 1944 by Supermarine Aviation ltd. with a Griffon 66 engine, it was delivered on 9th April 1945 to the 6 Maintenance Unit before to be sent in storage at RAF Benson on 30th April 1945. On 13th June 1945, she joined the n°542 sqn RAF before to join the 82 Squadron at Seletar, Singapore on 22th January 1951. On 3 June 1954, she was given to the Royal Thai Air Force as U14-26/97 and in 1962 it was given to the Air Museum of Clairemount, California, USA, by the King Bhumibel of Siam where it was transformed with a Shackleton engine and with contra-rotative propellers in 2002 and was able to fly again under the direction of the association Plane of Fame, Chino, with the registartion N219AM. In 2005, the French collector Christophe Jacquard bought her and brought her on the airport of Dijon-Darois and gave her the registration F-AZJS. During a restoration during the winter 2008-2009, she received back her Griffon 66 engine and was painted with the markings of the 152 Squadron with the code that she had in South East Asia.
I do know this photo is far from being very good, the weather was very dark during her flight so the photos I took of her aren't exceptionnal, but this is probably one of the last photos of this Spitfire I've been given to take. Yesterday afternoon, on 11th June 2017 at around 15h, the Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XIX PS890 F-AZJS did flipped over at take off as the propeller touched the ground, the right wing was damaged, the propeller and probably the engine are dead, the vertical stabilizer and the canopy have been crushed, as for the human result, I don't know yet what they are, some sources say that nobody was hurt while I've got a source that say that the pilot, Cédric Ruet aka "Rut", former and first pilot of the Rafale Solo Display, was wounded (no precision on the gravity of the wounds) as well as a young woman in the public.
The aircraft is part of the Jacquard's collection, the same collection that lost, maybe a decade ago, a FW-190 over the Mediterannean sea due to an engine failure. The PS890 was the only airworthy Spitfire in France and follow a similar path of the Mosquito 3/4 that was destroyed in August 2015 when it also flipped over while taxiing, the fuselage was torn apart and the airframe was judged beyond repairs, the crew, for their part, were wounded but survived the accident.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-u.....ature=youtu.be
I do know this photo is far from being very good, the weather was very dark during her flight so the photos I took of her aren't exceptionnal, but this is probably one of the last photos of this Spitfire I've been given to take. Yesterday afternoon, on 11th June 2017 at around 15h, the Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XIX PS890 F-AZJS did flipped over at take off as the propeller touched the ground, the right wing was damaged, the propeller and probably the engine are dead, the vertical stabilizer and the canopy have been crushed, as for the human result, I don't know yet what they are, some sources say that nobody was hurt while I've got a source that say that the pilot, Cédric Ruet aka "Rut", former and first pilot of the Rafale Solo Display, was wounded (no precision on the gravity of the wounds) as well as a young woman in the public.
The aircraft is part of the Jacquard's collection, the same collection that lost, maybe a decade ago, a FW-190 over the Mediterannean sea due to an engine failure. The PS890 was the only airworthy Spitfire in France and follow a similar path of the Mosquito 3/4 that was destroyed in August 2015 when it also flipped over while taxiing, the fuselage was torn apart and the airframe was judged beyond repairs, the crew, for their part, were wounded but survived the accident.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-u.....ature=youtu.be
Category Photography / Miscellaneous
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File Size 470.8 kB
Tahnk you, V. It's the same for me, I just hope they could at least repair it for static exihibition but knowing a bit Jacquard's personality, he may just let it rot like this, as he left his Focke-Wulf in the bottom of the sea (while it was very near of the coast and was totally recoverable) to buy a Sea Furry instead...
I do hope so... I think that the Focke-Wulf he used to owned have been recovered by another association, though, they had to gather enough money to extract it, which means that the aircraft have been corroded by the salt of the sea. Now we'll have to see what will happen to her...
By the way, have you also heard about the Sea Vixen that belly landed few weeks ago?
By the way, have you also heard about the Sea Vixen that belly landed few weeks ago?
Though, the Sea Vixen was way less damaged than this Spit, I suppose the engine has to be changed, the underside as well and the hydraulic system too, it's the latter that forced the pilot to crash land her. And the pilot did an excellent job at landing his aircraft.
I do to, I never though it would have been the last time I would see it... Apparently, from what I heard for the moment, the state of the runway could be responsible for the accident, but we have to wait for further official informations to know what are the causes and if the aircraft can be repaired...
Found another angle of video, looked either like the runway caught up the tires or there was a mechanical failure causing the brakes to lock up.
The pilot for his part yanked back on the yoke, but didn't get out of the throttle. I suppose I can't blame him, it happened extremely quickly it's a lot to think about.
Initial reports I found said he survived, have you heard anything more?
The pilot for his part yanked back on the yoke, but didn't get out of the throttle. I suppose I can't blame him, it happened extremely quickly it's a lot to think about.
Initial reports I found said he survived, have you heard anything more?
I do think I see the video you watched, was it a 14 minutes video taken from the public and which had the Spit just on its profile when it did flipped over? But yes, as I wrote earlier, I've heard the runway was in bad shape and was full of potholes and with a such large propeller and a that short undercarriage, it don't let much chances to avoid this kind of accident... But the brake theory is also very probable, a Mosquito ended of this way during the summer 2015 in France, it flipped over and the fuselage broke in two.
And yes, he tried his best to avoid such things but as you said, when he acted, it was already too late, he could do anything anyways...
As for the news, I haven't any real news, I think the aircraft has to be sent back to Dijon and there will probably receive the visit of an expert who will make an account of the damages and the cost of the repairs. As for the human factor, I confirmed that there're three injured, an 18 years old woman who have been wounded by a part of the propeller on the shoulder, the pilot who has several traumatisms but whose life isn't in danger anymore and a 48 years old man who would have received a part of the propeller on the leg but, on the contrary of the two others, he wasn't sent to the hospital.
And yes, he tried his best to avoid such things but as you said, when he acted, it was already too late, he could do anything anyways...
As for the news, I haven't any real news, I think the aircraft has to be sent back to Dijon and there will probably receive the visit of an expert who will make an account of the damages and the cost of the repairs. As for the human factor, I confirmed that there're three injured, an 18 years old woman who have been wounded by a part of the propeller on the shoulder, the pilot who has several traumatisms but whose life isn't in danger anymore and a 48 years old man who would have received a part of the propeller on the leg but, on the contrary of the two others, he wasn't sent to the hospital.
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