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 In 1999, Lasham Gliding Society completed the purchase from the Ministry of Defence of the freehold to the airfield, making the final payment in 2001. Nearest towns include Basingstoke, Winchester, Guildford and there are great road and rails links close by. endstream endobj 33 0 obj <>stream Unsubscribe at any time. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. This information is added by users of ASN. A man has died after the glider he was piloting crashed into a field in West Sussex. With a map that had large white segments with the comment: No relief data due to incomplete survey. 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. 'We have daily safety briefings and we stress all the time 'weather, weather, weather'. With no visibility, no instrument training and only minimal instruments, the pilot quickly lost situational awareness. Copyright & Trade Mark Notice & 2013 - 2023, Contact Us Newspaper House Highly experienced Peter was on his ninth day of pleasure flights during a gliding holiday with wife Ingrid when tragedy struck as he went up to fly alone. The airfield's boundaries were reduced but it still occupies over 500 acres (200 ha). 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. Unfortunately, theres no way to know if the heating was on that Saturday, throwing fumes into the cockpit. 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. Firefighters from both Basingstoke and Alton were called to the scene and crews from South Coast Ambulance Service (SCAS) and the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance also attended. [13] It has 93 student members. They passed the information that an aircraft had gone missing to all Hampshire stations, including the Aldershot police, who are responsible for Lasham and the surrounding area. Jordan Bridge - Deputy Chief Flying Instructor - LASHAM GLIDING SOCIETY "PrI@f`X,mPG U contact the editor here. But Ive just finished first-time author John Lancasters The Great Air Race: Glory, Tragedy, and the Dawn of American Aviation (about a cross-country-and-back demo/race set up by Billy Mitchell in 1919), which says that airdrome was used for fields that were relatively near communities (rather than just being convenient to the route between Long Island and San Francisco). This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. The power cables were not marked on the pilots chart. ), Dangerous Aerobatics : C-17 crash at Elmendorf (2010). At the last minute, he saw the cables in his path and pitched up steeply while increasing the engine power. We sent to the scene two ambulance crews, the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance and an ambulance officer. 'Our thoughts at this stage are with Peter's family.' I completed my first solo cross-country flight in weather conditions that were no better, over the Nigerian jungle. 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. We don't know what happened yet. 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. 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. This specific Super Cub had originally been purchased by the French Light Air Force. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. 148 K-13 substantial 08/08/15, 15:00 lasham GS 55/40 none/none 407 Introductory flight ended in a field landing. After getting the Solo permit, I would go to visit and land there, 1st in a Super Cub and later in a Luscombe. I agree. Stealth pun, Something definitely not correct here!!!! It has for most of its life flown from Lasham Airfield in Hampshire after transferring from Redhill in 1951. No one ever thought to mention that, at the time of both reports, there were two Super Cubs missing. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can Description Airfield owned by Lasham Gliding Society, located 6 nm south-east of Basingstoke, United Kingdom. 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. (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. 'We don't fully know what happened but something went very wrong. 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. Lasham Gliding Society - YouTube HlUyPT07FFTCCD 8HYZqwkMbh"rr(+nPkua?=GIuLUO{4h4{ux}My.#f>xe&3.02`j\zj^ #`K^K}C U d/T[dHKMMM`um}c That afternoon, another club member spoke to the same official and mentioned that a Super Cub was missing.
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