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[3][4] H\j0~ As they climbed safely over the cables, the Super Cub entered the clouds. Highly experienced Peter is a member of the Lasham Gliding Society in Alton, Hants, where he instructs and has also been their vice chairman and media spokesman. It later signed a long lease on the airfield from the Ministry of Defence. 'He is a very experienced glider pilot with over 6000 flying hours under his belt and a further tragedy is that he had gone up to fly to celebrate on his 60th birthday. The reason why the pilot decided to leave the traffic pattern of the aerodrome will probably never be known. Ann Welch, Nicholas Goodhart, Ralph Hooper, Frank Irving and Peter Twiss were also members for many years. It may have a paved runway, but does not usually support commercial flights. When the aircraft were not needed for towing, the pilots were encouraged to use them for private flights. With operations run as loose as they were 50 years ago, flight safety came down to the common sense of the pilot and a lot of luck. Lasham Gliding Society. One clearing pass to see there were no cars on the road, taxi up into the parking lot of the Baptist Church and it was only a 2 block walk to grandmothers house. 84 Group Support Unit (? 6060. Peter and Ingrid married in 1987 and had son Guy, 28, who is an informatics scientist with llika in Southampton and a daughter Gemma, 26. 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Cakes and jams kept duo at Alton Friday Market for decades. The report stated that the Super Cub had departed Lasham at 14:00 on Saturday with enough fuel for about three and a half hours flight, destination unknown. We also have the use of a caravan for accommodation and cooking facilities, and a seperate workshop - all free of charge. I completed my first solo cross-country flight in weather conditions that were no better, over the Nigerian jungle. (3) That consideration be given to the development of a reliable carbon-monoxide detector for aircraft cabins. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please Over 242 gliders are based at Lasham which are used by 623 flying members, plus social members. In mid-1943, the airfield was transferred to RAF Fighter Command. Derek was active in gliding well after his official retirement from instructing. That day, the cloud base was about 600 feet above mean sea level with a light drizzle. There was nothing obviously wrong with the aircraft, other than the filler cap to the port fuel tank was missing. The pair took off heading west on runwway 27 at 11:30 local time. In the meantime, the Surrey Gliding Club and Imperial College Gliding Club were both seeking a new home because Redhill Aerodrome had many other users. A pilot has been killed after two gliders collided in mid-air above a Hampshire field. In the back seat was a non-pilot friend. GU9 7HL Tel: 01252 725224 [emailprotected], I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from Farnham Herald. They said that the aircraft was visibly rocked by turbulence but didnt appear to be in difficulty. The Super Cub departed southbound and was seen passing north of Petersfield and over Burinton towards the Buriton railway tunnel, flying low and struggling with turbulence. This caused severe damage to the tail and left wing. Lasham Gliding Society (LGS) was established in 1958 to unify operations of the gliding clubs that had been operating since 1951. On 14 September 2006, a memorial at the entrance was dedicated to those who served at Lasham between 1942 and 1948. Not only was the aircraft missing but no one knew where the pilot had intended to fly to. A busy day of glider launching at Lasham. A scenario presents itself. Lasham Gliding Society Registered address: Lasham Airfield, The Avenue, Alton, Hants, GU34 5SS, Registered in England. The aircraft tilted left, as if hit by a gust of wind. By the time that they were clear of the clouds, the Super Cub was diving through the tree tops, seconds from impact. OTOH much smaller nearby operations at Lawrence and Norwood call themselves airports. The accident site was 15 nautical miles south of the aerodrome and at an elevation of 475 feet above mean sea level with young beech and ash trees of 45-50 feet. One glider crashed on the airfield with two persons on board. 'You get incredible lift but have to be very wary of it and constantly on the alert. More than twenty firefighters from across north Hampshire have dealt with a serious fire at Lasham gliding club near Alton. The runway, or unpaved landing area itself is typically no more than 1000 metres long. That evening, they were notified that the aircraft was officially overdue. The two men were found still strapped in their seats, heavily decomposed. "If any safety issues are identified, we may issue safety recommendations intended to prevent similar accidents in the future. Gun and knife seen during fight in Sandown, Officers attended the scene and found a man with facial injuries. 09:34 BST 22 Nov 2018 The Surrey club and Imperial College therefore moved to Lasham in August 1951. It's one of those truly devastating things and we are all terrible sorry.'. Without knowing where the pilot was headed, there was little that they could do. Climatology Temperate Marine climate/Oceanic climate (Kppen climate classification Cfb). If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can. The club also operates five tugs: and can call on several privately owned tugs in busy periods. At the last minute, he saw the cables in his path and pitched up steeply while increasing the engine power. In early 1951, he ordered Major Deane-Drummond to restart the club at Lasham. Indeed, initially the pilot appeared to turn back, lining up to land back at Lasham after accidentally flying into the low cloud. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. VAT Reg No: 818 2876 00 A spokesperson for SCAS added: "We were called at 15:58 to a glider that had come down in Lasham. With a map that had large white segments with the comment: No relief data due to incomplete survey. As the light faded from the sky, so did the hope. In the end, the US Army purchased around 700 of the L-18C with another 156 going to other nations for military use. 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. During the subsequent landing, the glider touched down hard and a ground loop incident occurred. In the front seat was a 25-year-old private pilot with 94 hours flight time, of which 31 had been on Super Cubs, towing gliders for the Society. z|C2sHg `>i_i`&qgb&FEl5qyQ~_xH? Its not clear when the police discovered that the actual departure time was actually two and a half hours earlier, at 11:30. cgPMi:waY&muy&d;i Ox/~;% Charlie Hogarth, 20, who lived next-door to the pilot all her life, said: 'He was a nice, considerate guy and very smart. The tops of the pylons carrying the cables are at 575 feet above mean sea level. I suspect that once you get away from centers of population (into the less-settled areas where private flying is a useful way to get from place to place), a lot of more-careful practices become less common; some of the experiences above seem completely alien to my flying days, which were based just outside Boston. Four police . The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by: Schempp-Hirth Discus glider, substantially damaged 1 September 2022 in an accident at Lasham Airport, Lasham, Alton, Hampshire: During the winch launch, the spoilers were not locked and extended. Flying with an ATC cadet as co-pilot in the National Gliding Championships, he established a British two-seater altitude record climbing to over 17,000 feet (5,200 m) in a thunderstorm over Sheffield. Eventually he probably got vertigo, or maybe he became victim of fumes from a broken heater. The visibility that day was variable, with a warm, moist and cloudy airstream covering the area. As the wreckage was not found for two months, the postmortem analysis gave very little information. A frosty and bitterly cold day at Lasham today didn't stop us from flying. Jamie Pyatt In Cape Town For Mailonline Lasham Gliding Club said the plans would lead more light aircraft to overfly its area New controls on flights around a Hampshire airport have been upheld by the High Court, despite a gliding. However, when Piper L-18C aircraft moved from military service to the civil register, they once again were assigned the PA-19 designation. In the 1960s the Space Department of the Royal Aircraft Establishment with its HQ at Farnborough, sited a number of satellite tracking and receiving dish aerials on the south side of Lasham airfield, one enclosed in a large white dome. In 2008 these included aircraft from XL Airways UK, Futura International Airways, Zoom Airlines. endstream endobj startxref Someone mentioned that the pilot might have flown to Scotland.They waited until dusk, hoping the Super Cub would appear and it would all be a big laugh. Unsubscribe at any time. It had been imported into the UK that same year and added to the British Register as a PA-19 on the 13th of July 1971. Then there are small airfields, typically owned by a local private operator or flying club. One glider crashed on the airfield with two persons on board. The police officer noted the information but it did not occur to anyone that the public sightings should be revisited to see if any had been dismissed based on timing. Also displayed were photographs and other details of aircraft and personnel of the squadrons that flew from Lasham and are listed below. Crash report calls for glider review. Nearest towns include Basingstoke, Winchester, Guildford and there are great road and rails links close by. These three terms seem not exactly synonymous, but appear to have considerable overlap in their meaning. %PDF-1.5 % The fire broke out early yesterday morning and has caused serious damage to the clubhouse. Th airfield was built on farming land in 1942 as a Royal Air Force Station during the Second World War. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. It operated at Odiham Airfield, but after two accidents, the Commandant of Sandhurst ordered it to suspend operations. All I can comment is: my stupidity only resulted in a few weeks grounding by my instructor. Mist and fog covered the tops of the South Downs. The Super Cub had dived into the forest with a westernly heading, the nose and the port wing at an angle of 70 down. In 1953 Piggott received the Queen's Commendation for work on developing and introducing new instructional techniques for gliding in the ATC. Dan-Air ceased trading in 1992, and after a period of operation by FLS Aerospace, the facility was let by the society to aircraft maintenance company ATC Lasham Ltd. On 2 October 2015, the holding company of ATC Lasham went into administration and closed its Southend branch with immediate effect. They contacted the Coastguard and other ships asking for any sightings of the aircraft. He would have been doing 250kph. Only moments earlier, the aircraft had seen to be bouncing in the turblence. The heater system controls were set to off but that wasnt necessarily meaningful; the levers had been struck on impact such that they would have been forced closed if open. 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Cq`cJfXd8/tP yi'l zOq endstream endobj 30 0 obj <>>> endobj 31 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/Rotate 0/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 609.449 793.701]/Type/Page>> endobj 32 0 obj <>stream The accident happened on April 26 last year and resulted in the death of 68-year-old Alan Purnell, an experienced glider pilot from Fleet. All of the staff had already left for the day and the person who answered the phone wasnt able to help. A system that was good enough for short local area flights with gliders made it impossible to determine that the pilot and plane were overdue, in the first instance and then left search and rescue teams with no way to organise useful ground or aerial searches. The airfield was built on farmland in 1942, causing the A339 (Alton-Basingstoke road) to be diverted to the west from Lasham village. A shop worker was attacked by three men after he confronted a thief who stole a sandwich. READ MORE: M3 vehicle fire closes two lanes near Basingstoke. His total flying time was not really great, not enough to embark on a cross-country flight in very marginal weather These have now been removed, as have most of the buildings dating from World War II. In this video I analyse this accident, where a number of factors combine to create this accident. Lasham Gliding Daily Flying Briefing on Wednesday the 18th of January 2023. endstream endobj 34 0 obj <>stream Nearest towns include Basingstoke, Winchester, Guildford and there are great road and rails links close by. These gliders pick up enormous speed very quickly when they go into a vertical dive. A Gannett Company. At some point on the following day, the Lasham Gliding Society contacted the Centre to correct the departure time from 14:00 to 11:30. The difference between an aerodrome and an airport is not really very clearly defined. ), This page was last edited on 18 April 2023, at 07:44. We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. Travelling at 60-70 miles per hour (96-112 kmh), it impacted nose first, almost vertically. The Lasham Gliding Society manager phoned Basingstoke police and the duty officer at the Department of Trade and Industry to ask if there had been any reports of a forced landing or crash. "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.". Lasham Youth run a Saturday Evening gliding course during the summer months which is open to everyone, providing an environment where young members can fly with people of similar ages. Schempp-Hirth Discus glider, substantially damaged 1 September 2022 in an accident at Lasham Airport, Lasham, Alton, Hampshire: During the winch launch, the spoilers were not locked and extended. It is thought wife Ingrid was relaxing at the airfield cafe awaiting the return of her husband who had clocked up over 40 hours of flying so far during their gliding holiday. Something went wrong, please try again later. 48 views 3 weeks ago Lasham Gliding Daily Flying Briefing on Tuesday the 17th of January 2023. He was also a qualified glider pilot. The police had the task of filtering through these sightings and following up on those that seemed signicant. People phoned in from all over the country to see that theyd seen the plane. Pausing briefly yesterday, to see a Boeing 727 depart from our friends at 2Excel. Ukraine war: Russia strikes Ukrainian arms depot to thwart counter attack, Scottish chef who became Australian MasterChef judge dies aged 46, Air pollution exposure can damage the heart within hours, Don't kill the Coronation with trendiness. The South African Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that a fatal glider accident occurred near Gariep Dam on Monday morning and that it is being investigated. Lasham Gliding Society (LGS) was established in 1958 to unify operations of the gliding clubs that had been operating since 1951. The following units were here at some point:[1]. The aircraft, which was not equipped for instrument flying, went into cloud when taking action to avoid power cables while flying low in poor visibility and subsequently went out of control. (2) That all police authorities should include in an appropriate form in their disaster orders the relevant details of the search and rescue facilities as published in the United Kingdom Air Pilot. By The only control was the verbal agreement from an official, with no paper trail. Each aircraft had a log in which the pilots noted all flights, which was handed into the office at the end of the day. Just purchased! He presumed that the reports were referring to one of these two aircraft. Sign up here to receive my weekly post in your inbox. To the north, the cloud base was between 1200 and 1800 feet. Kay Draper, who won the first British Women's Championships for hang-gliding before joining the talented British team, was flying solo on a trip from Lasham Airfield in Hampshire when her aircraft came down near Bradley, less than 10 miles away. It was impossible to prove when it had come off, but it didnt really matter. Initial RAF operations (from November that year) were by 38 Wing, Army Co-operation Command. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. By endstream endobj 33 0 obj <>stream She phoned again on Monday morning and explained that her brother had now been missing for two nights and she was worried. 2 Group RAF, part of the RAF Second Tactical Air Force. (Lawrence doesnt even have a tower; airport may be a hangover from when Northeast Airlines flew DC-3s to New York City, over 60 years ago. it was unlike him to be away from home with no message. ?&)R"c7-tYbY$vj;M7lHcJ+TQ,TDiEQ,")"H %I9} &aEv,,D0$clXbg"TCa*8R:)%X&QZ zu1N))iS#}'T4iZ`el>s94ihm/v#M88OF Lasham Gliding Society Registered address: Lasham Airfield, The Avenue, Alton, Hants, GU34 5SS, Registered in England. The official was not surprised by the news; the Society had a Super Cub out on loan for a week, which was returned around lunchtime that day. Police were also informed. Mr Purnell was declared dead at the scene as a result of multiple injuries and an inquest jury in September last year returned a verdict of accidental death. On the 31st of October, two months after the flight had disappeared, a member of the public walking along a track through the forest saw the wreckage about 50 yards away. The mother-of-two was said by members of Gariep Dam Gliding Club to be 'inconsolable'. Emergency services attended the scene around 11.55am on Wednesday but were unable to save Mrs Draper. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Powered aircraft at Lasham are rare, with an obvious exception of tugs for the gliders, and inbound flights need special permission unless there is a genuine emergency.
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