tankbuster81 wrote: Sabre, the airshow is 2 weeks away ,so maybe hope yet??
Nope. From what I understand the wing has to come off the Sabre just to get at the leak. A job for winter maintenance.
Brian.
tankbuster81 wrote: Sabre, the airshow is 2 weeks away ,so maybe hope yet??
tankbuster81 wrote:.... ,i feel the admission price is a total disgrace at duxford,especially with all thats goin on in the country at present.....
EMarsh wrote:At least the flying it 1330-1630, so there *should* (provided the IWM don't go into "lockdown" mode half an hour earlier...) be a little longer to explore the hangars and enjoy the golden Autumn skies (hah!), post-show.
The past few Autumn shows - from about 2003 onwards, I'd say - have generally been as good as the other DX shows, rather than the older format of a relaxed, gentle day of flying from the based aircraft with a few outsiders thrown in.
Take 2005 for example - KC135, F15E pair, Matadors, Hawk, C130J, Cassutt pair/Cosmic Wind, Dakota, Aerostars, Catalina, Fennec pair, Hawk 75, Mustang trio, F86, T33, Pembroke, Leopard Moth/Hornet Moth/Dragon Rapide, Hurricane, Black Cats and a seven Spitfire formation finale and tailchase. That was a show!
Thumper wrote:Thats cr@p news about the Sabre especially with all the debate over whether it's going over to the US or not, was possibly going to be the last chance to see it fly in this country so to have a problem and just put it to one side for winter maintenance does suck considering how popular the aircraft is and we may never see it here again.
I don't have a problem with the admission price as such but I do have a problem with the ever decreasing line-up and the fact that they do not seem to be getting any replacements in. It was only a week ago that the website still said Typhoon on it yet how long have Duxford known that the Typhoon display season is over.
Strategic marketing?
Give it 2 more weeks and the line-up will probably be the Dragon Rapide... and thats it
Beefsteak wrote:Me and my two mates were the only ones to brave the Flightline walk when it opened, chucking it down with rain Hardcore British weather, fingers cross for those golden Autumn skies
James
lanemiker wrote:Sure would be nice to see some of TFC's aircraft get up for this last Duxford show of the season. My first Duxford show after arriving in the UK was the Autumn Show last year and was treated to the P-40B, P-39, P-75, PBY along with the Spitfire Mk IX and the P-51D. Have yet to see the F6F and F8F get up for a Duxford Show. Would like to see a pair of Grumman Cats beat up Duxford with a few passes. Maybe couple that with the FG-1D Corsair and make it a US Navy flyby.
Lance
Pen Pusher wrote:the wing has to come off to get at the leak. Not something you can do in five minutes as actually it's the fuselage that has to be lifted off the one piece wing and then the leak found and if it wasn't for winter maintenance it wouldn't fly at all during the summer.
In case you didn't notice the line up has increased since the pdf list went up and as has already been stated, there is still a couple of weeks to go for it to change and I don't remember the Typhoon being down on the list the IWM issued. It was on someone else's wish list, besides I'm not exactly a jet person but I would rather see an F-16 display over a Typhoon any day and there is nothing wrong with a Dragon Rapide display.
Brian
Beefsteak wrote:Me and my two mates were the only ones to brave the Flightline walk when it opened, chucking it down with rain Hardcore British weather, fingers cross for those golden Autumn skies
James
Thumper wrote:Just thought I was stick this in here, hope it's in the right place.
I really cannot decide what to do on Saturday. It's either Mildenhall (never been there) or Duxford to maybe catch some arrivals and practise. I won't be getting to either until about lunchtime but I dont know where to go on Saturday and what I will see. If anyone can give me any clues to help me decide that would be great!
Thumper wrote:Just thought I was stick this in here, hope it's in the right place.
I really cannot decide what to do on Saturday. It's either Mildenhall (never been there) or Duxford to maybe catch some arrivals and practise. I won't be getting to either until about lunchtime but I dont know where to go on Saturday and what I will see. If anyone can give me any clues to help me decide that would be great!