It says we “may” lose access, not “will”, but I agree. I’m not sure how that makes a difference from a security point of view at all. Everyone passes through the same gate/checks. It’s just that FRIATers get to go through that entrance up to those security gates 30 mins early, and then the punters j...

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Driving through the rainy Swedish countryside this week, Mr. R and I agreed that a grey Jordanian C-130 could be quite cool for the sake of variety. It also may be one of those cool “snapshot in time” images you have on your hard drive if, in future, they repaint them into desert camo like the other...

(Credit to Peregrine for spotting)

Splendid stuff, mate!

Seaside shows are not usually my bag (mostly just because of geography/participation) so a selection from Rhyl in 2013 and Weston in 2018. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gh0c49pu99jtbjkgosse1/DSC_0331.jpg?rlkey=m69rgw7q6znzjl0oa8wlonk98&raw=1 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/a9zsd86dj9c0a88cmdkxn/...

…now that it is going to riat/ duxford and now old buckenham it does steal some of Cosfords thunder I’m not sure it does, does it? Or if it does, does it matter? Perhaps it does, idk. In my opinion, it’s far more encouraging that the RAF appears to be building confidence to perform the F-35 at lots...

Didn’t expect to see the thread bumped, but thanks again for the kind words!

If anyone was interested, my JASDF Komatsu aggressors article is out now in the latest Air Forces Monthly issue on shelves now.

capercaillie wrote: ↑

Fri 05 Apr 2024, 6:39 pm

Sadly your Kaan has no spice and definitely no variety! Just my wrath!

Almost not worth writing home about, but still kind of neat.

Is one of the German Tonkas going to be the specially painted 50th Anniv jet? The mentioned Tornados are from TLG51 (Tiger) and WTD61 (Test). The 50 anniversary Tornado is with TLG 33. Could be wrong, but my gut tells me from the tone of the comms put out that the jet is perhaps being loaned to WTD...

Cosford might not be what it was to enthusiasts, but I daresay to the members of the public who attend, they probably don’t mind. If that’s the direction the show wants to go, they’re welcome to - and if it sells out, then they’re justified in doing it. I’m not sure about the “seaside show, premium ...

https://twitter.com/britairdisplays/status/1775790603625738600?s=46&t=MrByk9E0ZD1fN2EAXOlQkw This has been mentioned elsewhere, but I thought to start a dedicated thread, for anyone who wishes to express condolence or share memories of his displays around the U.K. A nice obituary above. As a sta...

Cheers Neil