Dave Unwin, pictured, and Eskil Amdal had been performing manoeuvres in a 1951 Hawker Sea Fury when the engine cut outA pilot has described his miraculous escape after the 69-year-old fighter plane he was flying crash-landed in a field and slammed into a tree at 130mph. Dave Unwin from Grimsthorpe, Lincolnshire, was in the cockpit of a 1951 Hawker Sea Fury with his fellow test pilot Eskil Amdal when it came down on Tuesday last week. The pair had taken off from Duxford airfield in Cambridgeshire in the afternoon, and had performed a string of rolls, loops and turns for a magazine feature. At about 5pm the engine cut out, causing the multimillion pound aircraft to plummet towards the ground. WWII-era fighter plane crashes down in Cambridgeshire fieldMr Amdal, the main pilot on the day, took control and tried to level the plane off while Mr Unwin desperately searched for a field

Source: The Times August 12, 2020 10:52 UTC