Richmond Harding's experience came in handy when he had to crash-land his Spitfire last night. Photo / Thinkstock
Spitfire pilot runs into problems with landing gear
When pilot Richmond Harding got in trouble last night in his replica Spitfire, the first thing he did was call his wife Heather on the radio.
And what did Heather do? "What do you think I did? I panicked. I'm too old
for all this jazz," she said.
When Harding's landing gear failed, Richmond knew he'd have a bumpy landing. But Heather notified emergency services by radio and kept talking to her husband.
Richmond said the landing gear failed to retract properly after he took off from Wanganui on his way home after catching another flight to Ardmore for the day.