Safe forced landing in Scotland.

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Many photos of the plane after landing with, presumably both engines stopped. Aircraft is a PA.31, N66886 and believed to be on a delivery flight from the US to France. Good landing by the ferry pilot.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2600871/Pilot-injured-emergency-landing-forced-bring-twin-engined-plane-ploughed-field.html

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Humph!

How come I didn't make the Daily Mail?

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They knew what your reaction would be!:D

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Looks like the Stb isn't fully feathered, so would have been windmilling... the dreaded drag

They didn't put your's in Moggy as they do not normally cover Glider crashes.. :p

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I hate you two! :D

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Looking at the standard of reporting the Mail would never dare feature Moggy in there news articles, they simply couldn't take the aggro.

The plane is variously reported as "single seat" and "single engined", they would have had G-NADZ down as a warbird.

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Better than 'powered glider' as perceived by the East Anglia local press.

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At least you missed the school full of children and/or the over-dramatic screaming dive.... that's why you were overlooked by the DM ;)

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Yup, of the kids shoe, when ever they show a bombed building in Afghan, there is a kids shoe front and centre, the camera crew must have a car boot full to place at each site...

Yup
Surprised it doesn't mention the school thirty miles away ( that an aircraft crashed 20 miles from in 1932) which he managed to steer clear off when he lost the engine.... Mention's the squirt of foam to put the fire out? What fire?

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Aircraft was for sale in Washington State for $100,000 and was a freight carrier, therefore only two seats inside. May have been staying at Wick for a little while ;)

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At least you missed the school full of children

A few hundred yards further on there is a micro-brewery. I would certainly have struggled with the controls to avoid that.

Lying strapped to a board with a potential (but thankfully not actual) broken spine, neck or pelvis I was breathalysed.

Bet they didn't do that in 1940.

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Lying strapped to a board with a potential (but thankfully not actual) broken spine, neck or pelvis I was breathalysed.

I bet you were pissed alright, but in a none alcoholic way..

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Yes, that about sums it up. :(

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"Extinguished: The aircraft was covered in a chemical foam as firefighters battle to put out the blaze?"

Any sharp eyed members spot where the blaze was? Chemical foam? really serious stuff!