Shoreham Air Show

[madcampbell]

Did anyone go to the air show last weekend.

I escorted my 87yr old Dad he had VIP seats in the veterans pen. They were only 30 meters from the runway. A fantastic day and great displays. Unfortunately one of the planes crashed killing the pilot during the dog fight. There were apparently 20,000 people there on the day,who all went silent when the plane crashed into the back of the hill. I think I must have been one of many who saw it happening and thinking"go on pull up ..pull up.pull..." The show was paused for 30 minutes when they announced that they felt that the pilot (announcers personal friend) would wish the show to go on.

My heart felt feelings went to his family who where also there.

Where you there?

Mark

[tintin]

Was working in a house in Hove so the nearest i got was "hearing" lots of planes.
(always do airbourne tho')

Must try to make shoreham next year!

[John h]

The Pilot of the Hurricane was a man called Brian Brown, he was a personal friend of our family He was an excellent pilot and only volunteered to fly that plane because the 'new owners' were short of display pilots on the day. The Hurricane was at our Airfield for a few years (Breighton North Yorks) and Brian was the regular pilot for displays, we are still stunned at his loss and thank you for your Kind Concern

[M35A2]

I would like also to add my condolences. It is sad that this pilot has lost his life, and it is a very big loss loosing the Hurricane also.

I know this might sound funny, but I'm sure if he could have chosen a way to go, this would have been it, flying the plane he loved to fly, a WW2 Hurricane.

My best wishes go out to all his family and friends.

[adm_sx]

I had to attend the accident in a professional capacity, and was saddened that what is normally such a great weekend event was marred by the sad loss of this skilled pilot.

From what the local press were reporting it sounds as though he ditched it into the field to avoid the spectators on the hill outside of the airshow, if this was the case he diserves to be honoured properly. I can say that there did appear to be a lot of spectators in the vacinity, although with human nature being what it is they may have been drawn in by the crash and emergency service activity.

I'd also like to add my condolances to his family and friends, who will no doubt miss him terribly, although I hope that they may take some sollace from the fact he passed doing something he obviously loved.

Adam

[madcampbell]

The Pilot of the Hurricane was a man called Brian Brown, he was a personal friend of our family He was an excellent pilot and only volunteered to fly that plane because the 'new owners' were short of display pilots on the day. The Hurricane was at our Airfield for a few years (Breighton North Yorks) and Brian was the regular pilot for displays, we are still stunned at his loss and thank you for your Kind Concern

John if it's of any help, Brian and his fellow pilots provided a fantastic display to all. My Dad suffers from Parkinson (You loose control of your body even though your mind is willing) and had been looking forward to the day for weeks prior to the event. He is hardly able to communicate with us which is very sad as he was a very active farther, however the air show gave him a new lease of life and he was able to go back in time to when he was a pilot at 16yrs old(he lied to the RAF to get in) he has been so much more animated in the last week and the memories will live on. Again I feel for Brians family and wish them well at this difficult time. As mentioned above by others at the time I said to my Dad that he died doing what you could see he loved and in a way that he didn't suffer.

Mark