19 June 2022 Duxford PICCIES: Dragon Rapide ended up on its' nose, 8 pax safe...

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19 June 2022 Duxford PICCIES: Dragon Rapide ended up on its' nose, 8 pax safe...

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...ahem... :oops:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -Show.html
Passengers are led to safety after 1930s de Havilland Dragon Rapide bi-plane CRASHES at Duxford Air Show after 'strong gust of wind'

A 1930s aircraft was damaged on a Cambridgeshire runway at IWM Duxford's Summer Air Show this morning

The aircraft was said to have had eight passengers and a pilot onboard, but no one was reported injured

Emergency services gathered around the de Havilland Dragon Rapide aircraft and a crane cleared the scene

PUBLISHED: 15:52 BST, 19 June 2022 | UPDATED: 21:19 BST, 19 June 2022
...judging from the pictures at
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -Show.html
the damage looks repairable... :|
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