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If you've seen the TV series "Plane Resurrection" on Netflix, you've seen pilot Maurice Hammond, who restores and flies warbirds, based in the town of Eye, in England. The episodes were recorded in 2015. His daughter was also featured, as an engineer and pilot in Hammond's shop.
This isn't new news, but I just noticed that just a year later, in 2016, Hammond was involved in a fatal accident, in his P-51. He was flying his Mustang, with a passenger, and the passenger died.
In 2017 the AAIB investigatory report says that the plane hit a tree due to loss of control in a botched go-around, when there was a quartering cross-wind that gusted to 22 kts.
I enjoyed viewing the "Plane Resurrection" shows on Netflix recently, and probably like a lot of viewers I especially enjoyed Hammond and his daughter. You almost feel like you know them, after seeing so much of them in this show. After that, it was a surprise to read about the fatal crash.
This isn't new news, but I just noticed that just a year later, in 2016, Hammond was involved in a fatal accident, in his P-51. He was flying his Mustang, with a passenger, and the passenger died.
In 2017 the AAIB investigatory report says that the plane hit a tree due to loss of control in a botched go-around, when there was a quartering cross-wind that gusted to 22 kts.
I enjoyed viewing the "Plane Resurrection" shows on Netflix recently, and probably like a lot of viewers I especially enjoyed Hammond and his daughter. You almost feel like you know them, after seeing so much of them in this show. After that, it was a surprise to read about the fatal crash.
