Any news on Maurice Hammond's recovery

[steve dickey]

Was wondering if anybody knew how he was doing and if any conclusions on what caused the accident?
Hope someday he rebuilds the Mustang.
Thanks.

[Brenden S]

AIIB Jan update says they are still investigating the accident.

[JohnTerrell]

This is from the Plane Resurrection Facebook page (Nik Coleman), posted just a few days ago:

"Hi Everyone, and especially those new viewers of Plane Resurrection on Netflix who have recently found us. Many many of you have further searched our featured aircraft and are naturally asking about Maurice Hammond from Hardwick Warbirds.

Thank you all for your very sincere comments and concern following the incident of October 2016. Firstly we acknowledge and honour John Marshall and his family and our prayers are with them as always.

Maurice is not yet at the controls of an aircraft, but yesterday he was at the hangar where winter scheduled maintenance on the rest of the fleet continues, and he was piloting a pretty mean electric oven and sandwich griddle as he cooked for the team. He is up and about, suffering quite a bit with the metalwork in his neck and 'looking forward' to more surgery. His recovery will take a long time but he is bit by bit recovering.

As you'd expect he's throwing his mental energy into the engineering company, his Merlin Engine business, and of course his family and grandchildren. All the family, Diane Hammond, Leah Young, Emma Hammond and all their partners have been magnificent during this time, and the support from friends, colleagues and the general public has been outstanding.

Janie, and the future?, well none of us know, but for now we are delighted that this special P51 lives on in a broadcast sense, while she's 'resting' with the AAIB before she is brought home, in perhaps a year or so."

[JohnB]

A very nice and talented man, I wish him the best.

And on the aircraft front, it sounds like a rebuild of the Mustang is possible.

[Yak 11 Fan]

We just need to finish the Stearman rebuild first.

[steve dickey]

This is from the Plane Resurrection Facebook page (Nik Coleman), posted just a few days ago:

"Hi Everyone, and especially those new viewers of Plane Resurrection on Netflix who have recently found us. Many many of you have further searched our featured aircraft and are naturally asking about Maurice Hammond from Hardwick Warbirds.

Thank you all for your very sincere comments and concern following the incident of October 2016. Firstly we acknowledge and honour John Marshall and his family and our prayers are with them as always.

Maurice is not yet at the controls of an aircraft, but yesterday he was at the hangar where winter scheduled maintenance on the rest of the fleet continues, and he was piloting a pretty mean electric oven and sandwich griddle as he cooked for the team. He is up and about, suffering quite a bit with the metalwork in his neck and 'looking forward' to more surgery. His recovery will take a long time but he is bit by bit recovering.

As you'd expect he's throwing his mental energy into the engineering company, his Merlin Engine business, and of course his family and grandchildren. All the family, Diane Hammond, Leah Young, Emma Hammond and all their partners have been magnificent during this time, and the support from friends, colleagues and the general public has been outstanding.

Janie, and the future?, well none of us know, but for now we are delighted that this special P51 lives on in a broadcast sense, while she's 'resting' with the AAIB before she is brought home, in perhaps a year or so."

Thanks so much, glad he's doing better

[twnugent]

I saw the "Plane Resurrections" episode with Maurice Hammond's restoration of his P-51, and just learned of his unfortunate accident last October. Judging from earlier comments, it looks like Mr. Hammond is recovering from painful injuries and "Janie" is out of commission, at least until the aircraft is rebuilt.

Is there any update on the cause of the accident? Any word on what happened?

[Yak 11 Fan]

No word as yet, the AAIB are still doing their stuff. Maurice has made amazing progress in his recovery.