Shoreham Airport - help!

[Gritt23]

I know this is a massive long shot, but I'm trying to track someone down who I spoke to a few ago at Shoreham Airport. If anyone has the vaguest clue who it is, could you please drop me a PM.

He was handing out flyers (pardon the pun) at Shoreham Airport, whereby he was concerned about a pilot who'd had a crash recently. They crash outside Chichester, but apparently normally flew at Shoreham, and the flyer was saying something about whether it was safe to have this person flying over his house etc. Not 100% sure, but it was something like that.


Anyway, if you have any idea who this person was, I really do need to find them.


Thanks

 

[surrey jim]

try the argus?? they may have done an interview or something, long shot i know

 

[Tooting Gull]

Sorry, don't have the name but good luck. Is it this story?


From the The Argus, first published Monday 11th Dec 2006.

A hero helicopter pilot who spotted the wreckage of a crashed stunt plane may have saved the trapped woman pilot's life.

The mystery Good Samaritan landed nearby and gave the woman vital first aid until emergency services arrived - then flew off without leaving his name.

Witnesses said his prompt actions possibly made the difference between life and death.

The woman, believed to be in her thirties, had tried to make an emergency landing in a field at Drayton, a hamlet near Chichester, at 11.30 yesterday morning.

As her Pitts S-1S biplane touched down it flipped upside down just metres away from a railway line.

Commuity fire warden Sue Long, who was one of the first people on the scene, said: "The plane was in a real state. She was lucky to escape alive."

The helicopter pilot had responded to a message put out to all aircraft in the area to keep a look-out for the biplane, which had made distress calls. He hauled the woman out of the cockpit with the help of a walker who was passing.

Five police cars and four fire engines made their way to the crash site, to the east of Drayton Lane, crossing muddy, rutted fields.

The woman, who had been flying solo, was carried across the railway line on a stretcher to an ambulance, which took her to St Richard's Hospital in Chichester. Mrs Long said that the pilot was conscious, with her eyes open. She said: "She looked very shocked but was OK."

The pilot was discharged from St Richard's yesterday afternoon.

A hospital spokeswoman said: "She had no serious injuries. She's a very lucky young lady."

An investigation has been launched in a bid to unravel the cause of the crash.

The biplane, serial number GBOXH, is based at Shoreham Airport and has been piloted to victory in a number of air show competitions.

Nobody from the airport was available to comment last night.

 

[The Large One]

They have several flying clubs down there. Call 01273 467373 - they'll have someone who knows everyone down there.

 

[Gritt23]

Sorry, don't have the name but good luck. Is it this story?


From the The Argus, first published Monday 11th Dec 2006.

Could well have been, I don't really remember. I just know there was someone stood around outside that day handing out leftlets about a pilot whpo'd crashed and he didn't want flying over Shoreham.

It's not about the story, I just need to know if he saw something / someone hanging around that day.

 

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could you try being a bit more vague? I may be able to help you then.

 

[Gritt23]

could you try being a bit more vague? I may be able to help you then.

Ok, here goes.

I spoke to this bloke once, somewhere in Sussex, sometime, erm, well, before yesterday, and after the Ice Age. Do you know him, or actually it could have been a "her"?

 

[Tooting Gull]

Ok, here goes.

I spoke to this bloke once, somewhere in Sussex, sometime, erm, well, before yesterday, and after the Ice Age. Do you know him, or actually it could have been a "her"?

Are you an American tourist, by any chance?

 

[Rougvie]

A guy called David Searle has been one of the most vociferous campaigners against Shoreham Airport when I used to fly there.

Could it have been him ?

 

[The Wookiee]

I just need to know if he saw something / someone hanging around that day.

Tell us more

 

[Dave the OAP]

It's not about the story, I just need to know if he saw something / someone hanging around that day.

someone with an anti aircraft missile?

 

[Parson Henry]

The Metro (newspaper) has a section that you can use if you see someone on the Tube, Bus or train and if you fancy them you can announce it so they get in touch for an intimate meal in a Bistro.

Why don't you try the Argus for a similar service. Do you want date with this guy?

 

[surrey jim]

The Metro (newspaper) has a section that you can use if you see someone on the Tube, Bus or train and if you fancy them you can announce it so they get in touch for an intimate meal in a Bistro.

Why don't you try the Argus for a similar service. Do you want date with this guy?

hope they sort it out soon, im plucking up courage to ask a bus driver out

 

[The Large One]

A guy called David Searle has been one of the most vociferous campaigners against Shoreham Airport when I used to fly there.

Could it have been him ?

You sure you're not thinking of Andy Horton aka Perseus aka Judas Istadium?

 

[Dave the OAP]

You sure you're not thinking of Andy Horton aka Perseus aka Judas Istadium?

 

[Del Boy]

Being nosey, why are you trying to contact him?

 

[Mr deez]

Being nosey, why are you trying to contact him?

Yes this sounds like an interesting tale...


(good luck by the way!)

 

[British Bulldog]

I've just walked all the way around Shoreham Airport and I still cant help thinking there's so much spare land around there it's just crying out for a football stadium to be built on it. Ok I know it got dismissed but it still makes sense to me and I certainly would'nt have been a nimby.

 

[Juan Albion]

I've just walked all the way around Shoreham Airport and I still cant help thinking there's so much spare land around there it's just crying out for a football stadium to be built on it. Ok I know it got dismissed but it still makes sense to me and I certainly would'nt have been a nimby.

Do you also find this incredibly interesting?