Badman wrote:
I was merely suggesting he could've gotten the plane on the ground sooner than he did. Who in the world thinks flying a typical landing pattern in any single engine airplane experiencing a partial engine failure as he did is the best choice
He wasn't flying a typical landing pattern, as stated in the video, it was at the end of the balbo formation and they were spilting in echelon for the extended circuit to run and break to then enter the standard landing circuit, so from where is was out in the 'outer' circuit, I can't see how could have got the airfield sooner, especially with the limitations of the field at Duxford, with the high ground running parallel to the runway along Grange Rd, and risking overflying Duxford village and as stated the proximity of the M11 'freeway' which with the Shoreham Hunter crash in every pilots mind, I think he did a bloody fine job of getting it down at all and walking away.