Givers and receivers
Thumbing through the February edition of FlyPast magazine I was saddened to see that the company behind English Electric (BAC) Canberra PR.9 XH134/G-OMHD and their equally charismatic Hawker Hunter T.7 XL577/G-XMHD (plus another T.7 XL600/G-RAXA) have called in the receivers!!
Absent from last year's UK airshow season, here the pair are seen flying a lovely topside pass during the 2014 Dunsfold Wings & Wheels show, but it can't be too much of a co-incidence that with the grounding of all Hunters following the tragic events at Shoreham's 2015 RAFA Airshow the inevitable knock-on effect seems to have already started.
Another casualty also recently announced due to higher insurance premiums is the cancellation of the 2016 seafront Airshow usually held at Dawlish.
Let's hope that in the end a balanced view will prevail and it won't be long before these beauties are back in the air again.
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Givers and receivers
Thumbing through the February edition of FlyPast magazine I was saddened to see that the company behind English Electric (BAC) Canberra PR.9 XH134/G-OMHD and their equally charismatic Hawker Hunter T.7 XL577/G-XMHD (plus another T.7 XL600/G-RAXA) have called in the receivers!!
Absent from last year's UK airshow season, here the pair are seen flying a lovely topside pass during the 2014 Dunsfold Wings & Wheels show, but it can't be too much of a co-incidence that with the grounding of all Hunters following the tragic events at Shoreham's 2015 RAFA Airshow the inevitable knock-on effect seems to have already started.
Another casualty also recently announced due to higher insurance premiums is the cancellation of the 2016 seafront Airshow usually held at Dawlish.
Let's hope that in the end a balanced view will prevail and it won't be long before these beauties are back in the air again.
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