A De Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk (LV-NRY) struck an antennae almost ripping off the wing sending debris into the crowd watching the aircraft display. The pilot was not injured on November 5, 2022 at Bragado Airfield, Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Re: Chipmunk hits antenna!
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 3:42 pm
by OFSO
Lucky escape. Lucky a few rivets and I guess the spar held.
Re: Chipmunk hits antenna!
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 3:52 pm
by Boac
An aerial accident?
Re: Chipmunk hits antenna!
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 4:01 pm
by PHXPhlyer
Seems like someone put an antenna too close to an airport or vice versa.
PP
Re: Chipmunk hits antenna!
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 4:15 pm
by Boac
Nah! I reckon someone put a Chipmunk too close to an aerial?
Re: Chipmunk hits antenna!
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 4:35 pm
by PHXPhlyer
That too!
PP
Re: Chipmunk hits antenna!
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2022 8:53 am
by barkingmad
Or the Chipmunk was allowed into close proximity of someone alleging to be a “pilot”?!
Re: Chipmunk hits antenna!
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2022 11:07 am
by Rossian
One day a long time ago, I was the range control officer at Rashid Range near Dubai (where all the glitzy hotels are today) when the last Hunter rip-***** pilot of the day decided to "give the lads a bit of excitement" before he set off back to Sharjah. He put the wing tip round the back of the quadrant hut (30-ish ft high) at warp factor snot. Unknown to him there was a simple HFSSB aerial(wire) out to a stick in the sand about 100ft away. he lost about 3ft off the wing and wobbled away to a bit more height and headed for Sharjah. Didn't make it, lost control and ejected into the warm waters of the Gulf where he was duly fished out by the 72Sqn Wessex. On the a/c back to Bahrain the next morning on the way to UK - I often wonder what happened to him later. Did he become an Air Vice Admiral? Would have if he'd been in the Andrew.
