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Lightning aircraft crash at Hatfield (2013) (fearoflanding.com)
92 points by davesailer on Oct 8, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments



There is still one Lightning flying in the world today - in South Africa. An interesting short documentary about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftt2q6zNQ1g


Article from 2013, the crash was in 1962.


Ok thanks that was very confusing with the dates. Doesn't help that they mentioned the test pilot flying an unrelated plane in the 80s, the foreman's son starting in the 50s, or getting his age wrong by 8 full years, but w/e.

Very cool read nonetheless, quite funny to learn that fake photos were prevalent back in the 60s, enough that newspaper companies would be so skeptical.


My main frustration with that article was that it was so difficult to get the actual date of the accident. Had to read through and decipher several paragraphs to deduce that the actual accident was in 1962.

Nevertheless, fascinating video in that article of the De Havilland Mosquito - The "Mossie" is one of my favourite WWII aircraft.


Yes, and it's not to be confused with a recent (2009) widely reported crash of this type of aircraft in South Africa: http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=70066




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