One of the world’s largest planes suffered serious damage after it skidded off the runway during a botched emergency landing in Russia. Miraculously, no casualties were reported on the aircraft or on the ground despite part of an engine crashing through the roof of a warehouse near the airport on F...

I can't resist it..............

do they have a naughty field???

now i'll run for cover!!!!

Air-Britain Stansted branch's latest virtual meeting will take place on November 3rd (tonight) on the branch Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/AirBritainStanstedBranch commencing at 8pm. it will also be available on our website from 8pm, there's a link to it on our home page: https://airbritain...

after a 14 year break F1 returned to Imola this weekend for the Emilia-Romagna GP, seems all the drivers are raving about the track so lets hope for a good race. I was at the track 3 weeks ago in the Parc Aqua-minerale which is inside the circuit - my daughter lives in the hills above Imola - we can...

https://twitter.com/mzulqarnainbut1/status/1321144997949919234?s=21 well that's encouraging if true but we have seen several stories about preservation of these aircraft. Being cautious or sceptical which ever you prefer - how accurate are his sources because it seems a very ambitious proposal, is ...

Duxford turned down a Nimrod and a Hercules because they had no where to park them so all this talk of a 747 going to Duxford and its runway lengths is meaningless. noted Brian and agree that there is limited space available BUT assuming the runway could take it, would the attraction of a 747 to Jo...

I've only been around the area during Wings and Wheels but there's a small flat area N of the runway which soon becomes a substantial hill with a couple of minor access roads and some farming / residential land none of which is presumably up for grabs. This is Green Belt after all you can't just bu...

Can I also add that what the owner wants to do may no be to the liking of the local authority. Planning and building control rules are there for a reason, turning an aircraft into a habitable home will not be easy. It is one thing to turn a bizjet into a caravan, or a helicopter into a garden shed,...

Andrew, Excellent shots of a rare beast! I must try and find this lane next time I'm there - did you use the Ash Pub carpark? I don't think this lane is noted on your Stansted guide on Civilian Aviation. It's the track next to the Ash Roger, unless i'm actually going in the pub for a coffee or bite...

This beauty arrived at Stansted on Monday and is nicely positioned for photos from the northern fence line ( accessed from the track by the Ash pub in Burton End), lovely to get so close to one of these, an 18-55mm lens was sufficient... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50494256332_64ae928a4e_h.j...

this arrived on Tuesday evening and departed yesterday evening just as the sun came out, a rather nice movement https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50441372318_d11fd7155c_h.jpg UR-UKR An-148 Ukraine Government Stansted 09-10-2020 7197 by Andrew Goldsmith , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/655...

Our 6th virtual meeting will be available on line this evening from 8pm on both our facebook noticeboard https://www.facebook.com/AirBritainStanstedBranch and our website although the latter is not interactive but tends to 'flow' better. You can reach the meeting either way by using the links on our...

I'm hearing that the Rossiya rumour is wide of the mark. I guess we'll soon find out. Very nice, if rather sad, photograph. It won't be the same without the 747. It seems that you are far more accurate than the origin of the 'news'. It seems to have started from a post on Flyer last evening but tha...

I think all those at Kemble will be for the chop......and have all flown for the last time, given that a couple of them flew in there in the past couple of weeks from storage at Cardiff. Some of those still at LHR and maybe still at Cardiff will likely be the best of the fleet and may find a new ow...

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Sun 20 Sep 2020, 7:03 am

Hi Andy. A good day out then by all accounts.....

indeed it was, and so good that I went back for more on Thursday!
andy

a few of the evening returnees at Lakenheath from my trip to Suffolk and Norfolk last Monday.... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50347150463_14c45e1d3c_h.jpg 88-0532 F-16 USAF RAF Lakenheath 14-09-2020 2700 by Andrew Goldsmith , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50347150368_35c3a8fa4...

Covid has brought about the demise of British Airways' mighty Boeing 747 fleet after 49 years of operations, they were one of the last major operators of the type. These are 5 of 7 currently stored at Kemble awaiting their fate - probably at the hands of the scrapman although BA hope to find new own...

It would work for smaller shows like Shuttleworth. Never happening. That's almost exactly what Shuttleworth did for their first two shows this year. They allowed some movement before the flying started at the September event but until then it was stay in your allocated space except for toilet and f...

part of my trip to Norfolk and Suffolk on Monday was a visit to Marham for the lunch time launch of the US F-35Bs, here a re a few of my pics..... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50344224461_b944f74131_h.jpg 169589 'CF 04' F-35B US Marines Marham 14-05-2020 1681 by Andrew Goldsmith , o...

I made another trip to Old Warden yesterday for their 3rd 'drive in' airshow and once again it was an excellent day out with a few new aircraft that I hadn't seen there before, here's a selection and there are loads more in my flickr album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/125470545@N07/albums/72157715...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50293695622_6d3a0de027_h.jpg virtual meeting header September 2020 16-9 by Andrew Goldsmith , on Flickr Our next Virtual Meeting will take place tonight. Tuesday 1st September at 8pm over on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/AirBritainStanstedBranch T...

thanks for the kind comments guys
Andy

very nice Dan, and as Peter aid above - that cloud certainly made for some good backgrounds

which zone were you in BTW?
Andy

I made another trip to Old Warden on Sunday for the 2nd drive-in airshow and again it was an excellent event, here are a selection of photos..... this was the first time I'd seen the Jetstream display and it was very enjoyable.. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50186967618_4a3d2cc854_h.jpg G-NFLA...

another month gone by and it's time for another of Air-Britain Stansted Branch's virtual meetings......... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50187571607_2bc88bbd5c_h.jpg virtual meeting poster August 2020 by Andrew Goldsmith , on Flickr Our next Virtual Meeting will take place this evening (Tuesda...