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thefrog
May 7th, 2018, 02:21
On the BBC news today. He landed on a Devon beach after engine failure. I can't work out what the aircraft is:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-devon-44023712/aeroplane-makes-emergency-landing-on-devon-beach

(the link may not work if you are outside the uk)
Ganter
May 7th, 2018, 02:25
Morane Saulnier - could be!
dhasdell
May 7th, 2018, 02:59
Morane Saulnier - could be!

Yes. It had been at a display at Bodmin. Good landing, though - the prop seems to have survived.
IanP
May 7th, 2018, 03:47
Ooh, that wing flex on touchdown made me wince. Very good flying there, though. Well done to him! Not tipping it over on a coarse gravel beach deserves even more kudos... I'm not so sure about carrying it up the cliff, though!

Ian P.
Bradburger
May 7th, 2018, 03:55
More details here: -

https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?145011-MS-317-Emergency-Landing-Sidmouth-Beach

A great piece of airmanship if you ask me!

Cheers

Paul
Crusader
May 7th, 2018, 08:23
Very skilled pilot , for sure .

Rich
michaelvader
May 7th, 2018, 09:58
Hi friends
it seems to me to be a Morane 315 or 317
Yours
Papi
gastonj
May 7th, 2018, 23:41
Hi friends
it seems to me to be a Morane 315 or 317
Yours
Papi

Yes she is a MS 317 !
JMC
T6flyer
May 8th, 2018, 07:21
Was a 317, but now fitted with a Rotec Radial and somehow referred to being a 315!

I was at Bodmin all day and saw it arrive and depart. Pilot is an old flying friend of mine (we fly to fly Austers and Cubs together) and I'm sure he knew what he was doing!

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/825/41071858655_1cb8f2d62b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25zo1E4)Moraine_2 (https://flic.kr/p/25zo1E4) by Martin Pengelly (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152681315@N03/), on Flickr

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/968/41071847975_3c545f93df_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/25znXtV)Moraine_1 (https://flic.kr/p/25znXtV) by Martin Pengelly (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152681315@N03/), on Flickr
DaveQ
May 8th, 2018, 08:47
That really did take skill. The shingle west of Jacob's ladder at Sidmouth is very deep and it's a miracle he didn't nose over. Watch as they pull him out; the wheels are inches (cms!) into it!
Ganter
May 8th, 2018, 09:19
Was a 317, but now fitted with a Rotec Radial and somehow referred to being a 315!

I was at Bodmin all day and saw it arrive and depart. Pilot is an old flying friend of mine (we fly to fly Austers and Cubs together) and I'm sure he knew what he was doing!



Tell him he's a bloody good pilot!