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Didn't really know where to post this as it's not about an airline or an airport and doesn't fit easily into any of the aviation forum categories.
To an extent it's an indulgence on my part as I have personal connections with the aircraft.
The linked report below describes a Tiger Moth on a pleasure flight with pilot and passenger that lost most of the power from its engine and made an emergency landing on a beach near Geelong, Victoria, Australia at the weekend.
The incident occurred on a public holiday on a warm day so the beach was relatively populated. Fortunately, the aircraft landed without incident although some beach-goers apparently had to move a bit quickly.
My particular interest lies in the fact that in 2012 I flew as a passenger in the self same aircraft, VH-DHK, on a pleasure trip along this coast. I have a DVD of the trip and confirmed the registration number from that.
Furthermore, my daughter and son-in-law were on duty as volunteer life guards on a neighbouring beach but were not involved with the incident.
The aircraft has since been flown off the beach.
[textarea]Near miss for beachgoers as Tiger Moth makes forced landing at Barwon Heads
Beachgoers scrambled out of the path of a biplane that made an emergency landing at Barwon Heads in what onlookers say was a "very close call".
A mechanical fault forced the Tiger Moth biplane to land on the sand at Thirteenth Beach shortly after 1.30pm on Monday.
Witnesses say as many as 50 people were on the beach on the public holiday, and many began running and panicking as the aircraft descended.
It was a near miss for Jeanne van Amerongen, 62, who was visiting from the Netherlands, and her young granddaughter Robin.
She whisked Robin away "just in time", and the plane missed them by about a metre.[/textarea]
Full report including picture at: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/near- ... 31inp.html
To an extent it's an indulgence on my part as I have personal connections with the aircraft.
The linked report below describes a Tiger Moth on a pleasure flight with pilot and passenger that lost most of the power from its engine and made an emergency landing on a beach near Geelong, Victoria, Australia at the weekend.
The incident occurred on a public holiday on a warm day so the beach was relatively populated. Fortunately, the aircraft landed without incident although some beach-goers apparently had to move a bit quickly.
My particular interest lies in the fact that in 2012 I flew as a passenger in the self same aircraft, VH-DHK, on a pleasure trip along this coast. I have a DVD of the trip and confirmed the registration number from that.
Furthermore, my daughter and son-in-law were on duty as volunteer life guards on a neighbouring beach but were not involved with the incident.
The aircraft has since been flown off the beach.
[textarea]Near miss for beachgoers as Tiger Moth makes forced landing at Barwon Heads
Beachgoers scrambled out of the path of a biplane that made an emergency landing at Barwon Heads in what onlookers say was a "very close call".
A mechanical fault forced the Tiger Moth biplane to land on the sand at Thirteenth Beach shortly after 1.30pm on Monday.
Witnesses say as many as 50 people were on the beach on the public holiday, and many began running and panicking as the aircraft descended.
It was a near miss for Jeanne van Amerongen, 62, who was visiting from the Netherlands, and her young granddaughter Robin.
She whisked Robin away "just in time", and the plane missed them by about a metre.[/textarea]
Full report including picture at: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/near- ... 31inp.html
