Spit and Hurricane collision

[Mike Kelly]

Hi Jon


The ME109 I spotted on the TV was at a airshow in the UK. The pilot just couldn't get it down on the runway .. it glided along the strip and it eventually crashed through a fence . They said it was the only flying example with the original daimler-benz engine fitted .. would have been 10 years ago . The pilot wasn't hurt from memory .

Didn't a restored Lysander prang somewhere ?

A friend of mine witnessed the millionaire Busch crash his P51 , in early 1970's , here in Victoria . He was killed in it .The P51 I saw flying at Moorabbin air show in 1970 VH-IVI ,later crashed .They had the BRAIN AND BROWN Anson flying there too, it had a replacement main wing spar and non-original engines fitted. We also witnessed a near fatal parachute jump there , the main chute tangled and we all watched in horror as he just managed to deploy the reserve in time .

Mike