The pilot of a replica Avro Triplane IV survived the slow-motion crash of the aircraft at the Wings and Wheels Air Show at Shuttleworth, near Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. The fragile-looking plane, a copy of a one-off design built by A.V. Roe and Company in 1910, took off from the grass and initially climbed before slowly descending, getting lodged in a tree. It took first responders several hours to get the pilot out of the plane, which was about 50 feet above the ground. The pilot was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. The fate of the plane hasn’t been released. The replica was built in 1965 as one of the entrants in the air race featured in the film Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines.
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Wasn’t there a photo of an airplane in a tree published years ago with a caption about aviation being unforgiving. Sound like we can update the picture now.
First thing I thought of; I had it on a plaque – dunno what happened to it.
— Captain A. G. Lamplugh
“The trouble with these international affairs is that they attract foreigners.”
Most revealing video of an airplane flying without an effective vertical tail, thus without any yaw stability!
If they had covered the fuselage behind the CG instead of ahead of it, this would not have happened.
Adding the flags did not help with the divergent yaw stability and the airplane just yaws until it produces too much drag the engine can’t overcome.
Hilariously stupid!
No REAL tails to tell…
This plane was built exactly as the Original A. V. Roe original. You will have to discuss the stupid construction issues with Mr. Roe.
My personal time machine always hiccups when a replica or historical movie is now older than the gap between the original event and when the replica/movie was made… e.g. 1910-1965 (55 yrs) vs 1965-2026 (61 yrs)…or go back the same 55 yrs to what was flying in 1971.