I have some pics too but have not got them up anywhere yet.
really great to meet everyone… got burned dag nammit, sun came out ![:slight_smile: :slight_smile:](https://forum.europeanaf.net/images/emoji/apple/slight_smile.png?v=9)
What the guys missed at the end was a small accident which fortunately no-one was injured in.
One of the dragon rapide passenger aircraft had a small engine fire on start up and its lower starboard wing burned all of its covering off…
they didn’t have any fire extinguishers in the tent next to it and had to run into the American hangar to get some!
Fortunately a member of the public saw the fire and shouted to a marshall who indicated to the pilot to switch off and get everyone out… if he had not of seen it to early I shudder to think what may or may not have happened.
The aircraft was left intact aport from the engine nacelle and lower wing as mentioned.
It was fantastic to see Sally B flying!!!
Their insurance company let them only insure it for flying during the 3 months of the display season and Richard Branson picked up the tab!!!
They still have to sort something out for next year so lets hope they do get it sorted.
If they cannt sort the insurance they will have to sell her (probably to someone in the USA) and she most likely won’t be seen in the UK again ![:frowning: :frowning:](https://forum.europeanaf.net/images/emoji/apple/frowning.png?v=9)
Guys please see this from their website and sign their petition:
Sign our petition Every signature counts.
Click here to download and return the petition to us as soon as possible. B-17’s address is on the bottom of the petition.
Everything depends on the public’s reaction to our campaign and their generosity in making donations to The B-17 Charitable Trust. But if no permanent solution is found, this will be Sally B’s last season flying in this country.
Here is the link for the download http://sallyb.dcgservices.com/petition.doc
Here is the news page with the details on how they have sorted it and full details of what the problem is:
http://sallyb.dcgservices.com/news_frameset.php