Uploaded September 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Not sure what happened but mid rotation loads of smoke appears from the main undercarriage then the nose wheel bounces back off the runway. Don't think there was enough runway left for the pilot to abort so he had no choice but to take off anyway, It was either that or end up on the grass (or possibly worse!)
XW324 was built at Warton as the 38th Jet Provost T.5. She was accepted by the RAF in September 1970 entering service with 3FTS at RAF Leeming and coded '38'. During her tenure at Leeming she was used for basic pilot training, and was also used by the School's aerobatics team 'The Gemini Pair' during 1973.
Not sure what happened but mid rotation loads of smoke appears from the main undercarriage then the nose wheel bounces back off the runway. Don't think there was enough runway left for the pilot to abort so he had no choice but to take off anyway, It was either that or end up on the grass (or possibly worse!)
XW324 was built at Warton as the 38th Jet Provost T.5. She was accepted by the RAF in September 1970 entering service with 3FTS at RAF Leeming and coded '38'. During her tenure at Leeming she was used for basic pilot training, and was also used by the School's aerobatics team 'The Gemini Pair' during 1973.
