FRANCE: MICROLIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASHES AT START OF RECORD ATTEMPT скачать в хорошем качестве

FRANCE: MICROLIGHT AIRCRAFT CRASHES AT START OF RECORD ATTEMPT

(24 Mar 1998) Natural Sound A support aircraft involved in an attempt to fly a microlight around the world in 80 days has crashed in France - critically injuring the pilot on board. Philip Good received severe head injuries when the aircraft he was preparing for take-off spun out of control. He was one of a number of pilots flying cameramen filming the start of the world record attempt to circumnavigate the world in a microlight, which began on Tuesday in England. The pilot, Philip Good, had flown across the English Channel to Le Touquet in France, where the GT Global Flyer microlight making the record attempt had also stopped to refuel. Good, who was an experienced pilot, had been warming up his aircraft for a further take- off. When the pilot went to full throttle, he lost control of the microlight - colliding with other planes and a car. He then smashed into a glass and brick wall on the side of a terminal building at the airfield. Ambulance staff said Good received severe head injuries in the crash and was taken to a hospital in nearby Berck. The man who the pilot had ferried across the channel to film the flight of the Global Flyer, cameraman George Davies, watched events in disbelief. SOUNDBITE: (English) "When he landed in the park along with all the other microlights he was just doing the pre-flight check; just starting up, make sure everything was running okay. It appears that when he started it, basically went to full throttle straight away. He wasn't properly in the craft so it and he went off along the ground through the microlights; clipped one of the wings of one of the microlights which sent him towards the terminal building. He managed to steer away from the terminal building but still went into the side of the a car, round the side of it." SUPER CAPTION: George Davies, Eyewitness The microlights were preparing for the start of the second leg of the journey from France to Germany. Over 30 aircraft were monitoring the progress of the 'GT Global Flyer' which is making the record attempt. Brian Milton, a 55 year old a journalist and co-pilot forty five year old Keith Reynolds, a microlight instructor had planned their flight to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the publication of the book by Jules Verne - 'Around the World in Eighty Days'. Their route is mapped out to retrace, as far as possible, the route taken by the eccentric Englishman in the novel - Phileas Fogg. The pair plan to overfly 25 countries and cover a distance of over 24-thousand miles - with the GT-Global Flyer averaging 300 miles per day at an approximate speed of 60-65 miles per hour (100 kilometres per hour). When the accident happened the GT Global Flyer had already successfully taken off after re-fuelling and was heading to Germany. It was reported the attempt to fly around the world was to continue despite the accident. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...