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by speedbird2639
Wed 20 Mar 2024, 11:14 am
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: 'The face of things to come'
Replies: 51
Views: 5024

Re: 'The face of things to come'

I think RIAT will need to evolve quite a bit in the not too distant future and in fact that was hinted at during last year's FRIAT Forum. Truth is a good proportion of the attendees are not enthusiasts and they will generally prefer a variety of aircraft and activities . Couple that with there bein...
by speedbird2639
Sun 07 Jan 2024, 2:27 pm
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: RIAT 2024 - discuss most things thread
Replies: 976
Views: 621226

Re: RIAT 2024 - discuss most things thread

The Western Loop was out of bounds/beyond the barriers on the Friday show day. I only went that day and missed the Harriers/Phantom/Fitter etc. Just a word of warning if you are thinking of going on the Friday in case it is the same again. From memory, the green zone (west end) has always been clos...
by speedbird2639
Thu 16 Nov 2023, 11:41 am
Forum: RAF Cosford Air Show
Topic: Cosford Airshow 2024 - 9th June 2024
Replies: 148
Views: 34943

Re: Cosford Airshow 2024 - 9th June 2024

Being down the road ill probably end up going, but i think this year is going to be very sink or swim . Only from the point of view of aviation 'enthusiasts' - the locals and families will turn up anyway as long as the Reds, BBMF and the Typhoon are scheduled. Indeed, they probably don't even consu...
by speedbird2639
Wed 18 Oct 2023, 8:16 am
Forum: RAF Cosford Air Show
Topic: Cosford Airshow 2023 (discuss everything)
Replies: 739
Views: 221828

Re: Cosford Airshow 2023 (discuss everything)

Their website is just a holding page at the moment - tickets for 2023 went on sale 18th Nov 2022 so I would check back then to see if they are up and running with their new website. Following them on X is probably the best way to be informed. https://twitter.com/cosfordairshow?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle...
by speedbird2639
Tue 22 Aug 2023, 12:09 pm
Forum: General Photography
Topic: A Car Weekend
Replies: 4
Views: 3692

Re: A Car Weekend

"Mustang doughnuts around Mike Brewer"

Based on the photographic evidence Mike is partial to doughnuts!

Was there a competition where you had to guess how much more than the 5.0 Mike weighed and the closest to it won the car?

Try a salad once in a while and buy a bicycle
by speedbird2639
Mon 14 Aug 2023, 8:31 am
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: RIAT 2024 - discuss most things thread
Replies: 976
Views: 621226

Re: RIAT 2024 - discuss most things thread

You cannot force people to the other enclosure if they don't want to go there. But they could sell an 'end specific' ticket. When 'East' was sold out then you could make the choice of 'Do I buy a 'West' ticket and assume it may be a slightly 'lesser' experience or do I not bother?' Do many people v...
by speedbird2639
Mon 14 Aug 2023, 7:28 am
Forum: Historic Aviation
Topic: UK Heritage Aviation Trust
Replies: 461
Views: 299911

Re: UK Heritage Aviation Trust

You all really can’t help it can you?. I’d trust them with my money on a project long before I’d trust any of you keyboard warriors on here. There's a lot of names commenting on this thread who, far from being keyboard warriors, I know to be "roll up sleeves and get hands dirty" types in ...
by speedbird2639
Tue 08 Aug 2023, 2:27 pm
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: RIAT 2024 - discuss most things thread
Replies: 976
Views: 621226

Re: RIAT 2024 - discuss most things thread

I've never understood the 'limited tickets will be available on the day' stance. They know what the safe capacity of each end is. They know how many FRIAT tickets have been sold. As most people will gravitate to the East end (assuming a Westerly wind) then the number of tickets available for sale is...
by speedbird2639
Sun 16 Jul 2023, 9:14 am
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: RIAT 2023 Discuss everything thread
Replies: 4140
Views: 942349

Re: RIAT 2023 Discuss everything thread

We'll soon find out how much 'reach' RIAT reckon the have. When I logged on to Youtube to have a look at anything that had been uploaded the first 'Suggested for you' is a live feed apparently being filmed from the Welford Rd - so we'll see how long lasts!
by speedbird2639
Sat 15 Jul 2023, 12:41 pm
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: RIAT 2023 Discuss everything thread
Replies: 4140
Views: 942349

Re: RIAT 2023 Discuss everything thread

Due to our enhanced 100% bag search requirements for this year, it is taking us longer to enter the showground from the car parks today. We apologise for the inconvenience caused and thank you for your patience. And we can thank those (insert any expletives you wish) at Just Stop Oil for the extra ...
by speedbird2639
Wed 12 Jul 2023, 11:53 am
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: RIAT 2023 Entry queues
Replies: 10
Views: 3678

Re: RIAT 2023 Entry queues

I don't think there is much to choose between the various queues - unfortunately from you point of view they will all be fairly busy especially on Sat as that day is sold out. Maybe ring DBH and ask what provisions they have in place for people such as yourself to accommodate your requirements. If y...
by speedbird2639
Thu 06 Jul 2023, 9:15 am
Forum: Historic Aviation
Topic: No to digging up Gibson's dog
Replies: 27
Views: 5357

Re: No to digging up Gibson's dog

It's just a dog for goodness sake You don't understand history Yep that's right - the entire dambusters raids hinged on whether the bloke in charge had a pet dog with a wildly inappropriate name. Just get it dug up and get the site redeveloped asap. This sort of nonsense sentimentality belongs in t...
by speedbird2639
Thu 06 Jul 2023, 9:03 am
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: Weather watch 23
Replies: 282
Views: 45142

Re: Weather watch 23

This has been commented on before that the BBC (or probably more correctly, their forecast providers) go with a 'worst case scenario' with their daily symbols on forecasts so if you just glance at the overall picture you can get a misleading idea of the forecast weather. Example: Currently for my ad...
by speedbird2639
Tue 04 Jul 2023, 9:11 am
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: FRIAT 2023 ticket increases discussion
Replies: 305
Views: 69201

Re: FRIAT 2023 ticket increases discussion

https://i.imgur.com/UCmqxUk.jpg Premium and Premium Plus are sold out so there unlikely to be any available seats there but Standard Plus seems to have sold very poorly so anyone in Standard who fancies a higher seat in the grandstand could move up with little chance of being in someone's seat as l...
by speedbird2639
Mon 03 Jul 2023, 10:31 am
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: FRIAT 2023 ticket increases discussion
Replies: 305
Views: 69201

Re: FRIAT 2023 ticket increases discussion

A quick view of FRIAT bookings and I am surprised to see that many "standard" and "standard plus" seats are available, 10 days before the start ! Given the current financial climate in the country/ World possibly not THAT surprising. If people are being 'railroaded' into buying ...
by speedbird2639
Thu 22 Jun 2023, 10:55 am
Forum: Seaside Shows
Topic: Weston 2023 - Axed
Replies: 4
Views: 3981

Re: Weston 2023 - Axed

vbombers2 wrote:
Wed 21 Jun 2023, 3:23 pm
Probably not helped by Weston turning into a craphole in the last few years.
I thought that had always been Weston's USP?
by speedbird2639
Sun 11 Jun 2023, 12:29 pm
Forum: Aviation Waffle
Topic: Disband BBMF?
Replies: 111
Views: 13306

Re: Disband BBMF?

If you want to save money in the UK defence budgets the obvious thing to do is to offer to 'repatriate' the 3700 people who live in the Falkland Islands to the UK and save the £61m pa it costs to defend the Islands. It has cost, at today's prices, £2.5bn and rising to defend a glorified sheep farm w...
by speedbird2639
Sat 20 May 2023, 10:49 am
Forum: RAF Cosford Air Show
Topic: Cosford Airshow 2023 (discuss everything)
Replies: 739
Views: 221828

Re: Cosford Airshow 2023 (discuss everything)

It’s too late for this year, but if Cosford wants to move back to a more “seaside” format, then that’s absolutely fine. This is the reality of Cosford Air Show - it is basically a seaside show 100 miles from the sea. They could put on the Reds, BBMF and the Typhoon and it wouldn't be far off a sell...
by speedbird2639
Thu 06 Oct 2022, 8:12 am
Forum: Historic Aviation
Topic: UK Heritage Aviation Trust
Replies: 461
Views: 299911

Re: UK Heritage Aviation Trust

For those not following them on Facey UK Heritage Aviation Trust have been advised by Gatwick that time has run out and Handley Page Dart Herald G-CEXP will shortly be no more. Their announcement is below: Dear Supporters It is with a heavy heart that we have been informed by Gatwick Airport that we...
by speedbird2639
Tue 20 Sep 2022, 9:19 am
Forum: Historic Aviation
Topic: Wellesbourne Vulcan incident
Replies: 55
Views: 14098

Re: Wellesbourne Vulcan incident

Additional post today from their Facebook: Well, this is not quite the report we were expecting to write this weekend! As you will already be aware our Fast Taxi Event had to be cancelled as the aircraft ran off the end of the runway following our practice session on Friday. We haven’t really had mu...
by speedbird2639
Sat 17 Sep 2022, 11:19 am
Forum: Historic Aviation
Topic: Wellesbourne Vulcan incident
Replies: 55
Views: 14098

Re: Wellesbourne Vulcan incident

(I can smell Horse :poop: ) Exactly. They've taxied that aircraft numerous times without incident and so should know exactly where to apply the brakes regardless of the accuracy of cockpit instrumentation. (Tongue in cheek side note: on the aerial photos you can see there are no tyre marks between ...
by speedbird2639
Fri 26 Aug 2022, 9:21 am
Forum: Aviation Waffle
Topic: The rarest Western military type to visit the UK
Replies: 56
Views: 5723

Re: The rarest Western military type to visit the UK

The OP has (un?)intentionally started a great debate. By not outlining any specific criteria for the definition of 'rare' the debate can be open ended and wide ranging. Is 'rare' defined by the number of visits to the UK? Is 'rare' defined by the number of airframes for that type, regardless of the ...
by speedbird2639
Fri 19 Aug 2022, 11:12 am
Forum: Historic Aviation
Topic: Vulcan XH558 to leave Doncaster, possible ferry flight
Replies: 413
Views: 85973

Re: Vulcan XH558 to leave Doncaster, possible ferry flight

it’s a Vulcan in first class condition having had £millions spent on it. It's a Vulcan that is 60+ years old and has been stood outside in the wind and the rain for the last 7 years. So it's debatable how much of the benefit of the millions of £ spent remains. My two penny worth is that there is ze...
by speedbird2639
Mon 15 Aug 2022, 12:34 pm
Forum: Aviation Waffle
Topic: Red Arrows - Seven aircraft display 2022
Replies: 168
Views: 35967

Re: Red Arrows - Seven aircraft display 2022

From the reports being made it certainly seems that the Reds operation is developing into some sort of Alpha male 'clique' which is being headed by absentee managers/ commanders who seem oblivious to it all. A cynical person might even suggest they are encouraging it to hasten the windings up of the...
by speedbird2639
Sun 17 Jul 2022, 10:39 am
Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
Topic: RIAT 2023 Discuss everything thread
Replies: 4140
Views: 942349

Re: RIAT 2023 Discuss everything thread

Super Earlybird ticket price announced.

Fri - £34

Sat/ Sun £59