Shearwater A. M. Fairey Firefly

[Triplane102]

I noticed in a recent video from the Shearwater Aviation Museum, that there is a shot of the ALREADY painted Firefly, sitting on Both gear, the chin cowl unpainted, & the outer wings off. does this mean that they have been doing some work to undo the damage from it's taxi accident ?

[Thomas_Mac]

I recall reading after the incident they didn't want folks taking pictures of the Firefly (understandably). When I was out in Nova Scotia on my honeymoon in October I saw no such notice so I took this one.

[Triplane102]

Thanks Thomas_Mac, Looks purrty much like what I saw in the Vid. Sure looks like it's going to be a decent Static !

[avenger2504]

Taxi? Take off gone wrong wasn't it?

[phil65]

I recall reading after the incident they didn't want folks taking pictures of the Firefly (understandably). When I was out in Nova Scotia on my honeymoon in October I saw no such notice so I took this one.

You got to go to a restoration hangar on your honeymoon...

Phil

[Dave Hadfield]

I believe it was a high-speed taxi test that went bad.

Apologies to the pilot if I got that wrong.