Pilot awarded Air Force Cross
A Royal Navy pilot who avoided crashing a rare vintage plane into a packed crowd of spectators has been awarded the Air Force Cross.
Pilot who stopped plane from crashing into crowd awarded Air Force Cross
A Royal Navy pilot who avoided crashing a rare vintage plane into a packed crowd of spectators has been awarded the Air Force Cross.
Lieutenant Commander Chris Götke was flying the 1950's Sea Fury at the Culdrose Air Day last July when it suffered an engine failure and crash landed on the runway.
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