The Basingstoke Police were the first to know that there was a missing aircraft, as the Lasham Gliding Society manager had phoned to ask about any reports of a forced landing or crash. Squadrons equipped with Hawker Hurricanes, Hawker Typhoons and Supermarine Spitfires operated from Lasham. Autumn came and the leaves began to fall. He was also a qualified glider pilot. An Aldershot police officer was asked to supervise the enquires and a general alert was broadcast to all stations. ", Kay Draper was flying solo on a trip from Lasham Airfield in Hampshire, The glider, powered by a small back-up engine, had come down in a cornfield near to Southwood Farm field breaking into piece. As well as Tony Deane-Drummond, other notable instructors at that time included Ann Welch, Lorne Welch and Philip Wills. Company registration no: IP15094R VAT Reg No: 818 2876 00 Privacy Statement| Terms of Use A scenario presents itself. "They were assessing and treating one patient for non life threatening injuries, following treatment at the scene by our crews the patient was taken to North Hampshire Hospital.". The two children of the British glider pilot killed on his 60th birthday in South Africa are 'devastated' and considering flying out to join their widowed mother. . Usually it supports commercial flight operations, It need not have a control zone, but anything less starts getting in the realm of aerodrome. Each day we'll be sending you a selection of our top stories from across our county, as well as breaking news so you can be the first to know. Gun and knife seen during fight in Sandown, Officers attended the scene and found a man with facial injuries. Required fields are marked *. As the wreckage was not found for two months, the postmortem analysis gave very little information. From 1951, the main activity at Lasham airfield became recreational gliding. In the end, the US Army purchased around 700 of the L-18C with another 156 going to other nations for military use. The aircraft dived into a dense wood in a steep nose-down and port wing down attitude. The pilot usually phoned from home to get the weather forecast before leaving for the aerodrome, but it is not clear if he did that day or if he saw the forecast on the notice board. 'A well-known Lasham personality and expert professional and glider pilot, he was a key member of our Airspace Team bringing massive technical knowledge of how airliners and other commercial traffic use the airspace in and around us. Lasham Gliding Society | Alton - Facebook Flybe airline captain Peter got into difficulties as he tried to climb and is believed to have stalled the glider and gone into a deadly spin and was unable to pull up the nose before crashing. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Is this the most quintessentially British seaside festival?
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