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- Tue 26 Mar 2024, 7:16 am
- Forum: General Photography
- Topic: A D-Day Journal
- Replies: 16
- Views: 475
Re: A D-Day Journal
Fascinating document, thanks for posting. Looking forward to the remainder. The "unintelligible" section on 5th June appears to read "Saw HMS Nelson Destroyer shooting at mine drifting through convoy". Alan Thanks Alan, I do believe you are right!! Rest coming later with a bit o...
- Fri 22 Mar 2024, 10:31 am
- Forum: General Photography
- Topic: A D-Day Journal
- Replies: 16
- Views: 475
Re: A D-Day Journal
I think your "fighting" is almost certainly "Lightning" (P-38).
- Mon 18 Mar 2024, 5:09 pm
- Forum: Themed Photo Threads
- Topic: Topic of the week #97 : Olympics
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1079
Re: Topic of the week #97 : Olympics
I definitely love a bad pun so I'm up for this week's game! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51152783439_eda042eebf_b.jpg 20100717 (28)_308_Sukhoi_Su-22_Fitter by John Dixon , on Flickr One from the Pole vault https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51150571964_4a88aed549_b.jpg 20100717 (75)_00172_Bo...
- Mon 18 Mar 2024, 3:38 pm
- Forum: Farnborough International Airshow
- Topic: FIA 2024
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1575
Re: FIA 2024
Display at Farnborough, that's a laugh these days. Couple of flat flypasts and endex.airbusA330_200 wrote: ↑Sun 17 Mar 2024, 4:27 pmFarnborough Airshow 2024, not hoping for much but hopefully they can pull something interesting from RIAT to display
- Fri 15 Mar 2024, 11:37 am
- Forum: Aircraft Modelling
- Topic: A pair of 1/144 HS Tridents
- Replies: 4
- Views: 567
Re: A pair of 1/144 HS Tridents
I agree, the nose on the Trident I looks more accurate as I remember the aircraft (as a young spotter the G-ARP* Tridents were one of the fleets I had most of, chiefly at LHR.)
Flew once on a Trident III from Heathrow to Zurich, a joint route with Swissair - came back on a much more comfortable A310!
Flew once on a Trident III from Heathrow to Zurich, a joint route with Swissair - came back on a much more comfortable A310!
- Sun 10 Mar 2024, 7:32 am
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Ace ?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1480
Re: Ace ?
Edit: Perhaps relevant: were WWII fighter pilots awarded a kill for shooting down a V1? Unmanned and not manoeuvring..... If I recall correcftly, they were awarded half of a kill. Not quite correctly: the original edict was that a kill over the sea counted as one whereas a kill over England counted...
- Fri 08 Mar 2024, 9:03 am
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Ace ?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1480
Re: Ace ?
Most of the night kills during WWII were performed by expert pilots sneaking up on an aircraft flying straight and level whose crew were completely unaware of their impending destruction. This is not an obstacle to claiming a kill. Edit: Perhaps relevant: were WWII fighter pilots awarded a kill for ...
- Tue 27 Feb 2024, 9:40 am
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: New Medium Helicopter - Discuss
- Replies: 53
- Views: 10236
Re: New Medium Helicopter - Discuss
Whomever is awarded it (I hope it is Leonardo), I just hope the MoD pulls their finger out. Much as I love them, the Pumas are very tired and were supposed to be replaced with this new type next year, yet a contract hasn’t even been issued! Other nations have been able to draw up requirements, tend...
- Mon 26 Feb 2024, 11:23 am
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Top 10 Airshow Moments of 2023
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1070
Re: Top 10 Airshow Moments of 2023
I've very little quarrel with the ten selected but for me the highlight of the year was the airshow debut of Sidney Cotton's Electra Junior G-AFTL, one of the most historic airframes of British aviation, marking not only the Entente Cordial co-operation between the French secret service and the Brit...
- Tue 20 Feb 2024, 1:44 pm
- Forum: Warbird & Classic Jet Photos
- Topic: Duxford Diary 2024
- Replies: 133
- Views: 45698
Re: Duxford Diary 2024
Including a contribution to the Berlin Airlift, definitely qualifies for Cold War warrior status.Pen Pusher wrote: ↑Sun 18 Feb 2024, 10:18 amCold war Started in 1947 (according to wiki) and the Sunderland retired from RAF service in 1959.
- Fri 09 Feb 2024, 9:48 am
- Forum: Aircraft Modelling
- Topic: Revell 1/48 B-17F
- Replies: 1
- Views: 703
Re: Revell 1/48 B-17F
That is a beast and a half! Nice finish and interesting camo.
- Sat 03 Feb 2024, 12:45 pm
- Forum: Themed Photo Threads
- Topic: Topic Of The Week #92 - Pride Of Ukraine
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1392
Re: Topic Of The Week #92 - Pride Of Ukraine
Mriya displaying at Farnborough https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53506356505_acf641d42b_b.jpg 20240203 (5)_Antonov_An-225_Mriya by John Dixon , on Flickr Cub at Boscombe Down "Not RIAT" airshow https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53506085758_6e468b88bb_b.jpg 20240203 (6)_2105_Antonov_An...
- Mon 29 Jan 2024, 4:42 pm
- Forum: Themed Photo Threads
- Topic: Topic of the week #91 - F-16 Fighting Falcon
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1930
Re: Topic of the week #91 - F-16 Fighting Falcon
The future's bright https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51192771512_fa83b187f1_b.jpg 20100717 (166)_J-015_General_Dynamics_F-16A_Fighting_Falcon by John Dixon , on Flickr Thunderbirds are go https://live.staticflickr.com/4512/37597918140_587b5de1f2_b.jpg 20170715 (212)_Thunderbirds by John Dixon , o...
- Mon 22 Jan 2024, 4:46 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Interesting Internet
- Replies: 2417
- Views: 895745
Re: Interesting Internet
85-0085 apparently. One I hadn't photographed - not going to now.bobby 1211 wrote: ↑Mon 22 Jan 2024, 12:02 pmhttps://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/c ... akota-base
Image of B-1B that crashed
- Sun 21 Jan 2024, 4:09 pm
- Forum: Themed Photo Threads
- Topic: Picture Of The Week #90, Retired since 2010
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2099
Re: Picture Of The Week #90, Retired since 2010
https://live.staticflickr.com/4265/34835197993_aedb41838e_b.jpg 20170531 (11)_ZA472_and_ZA554_Panavia_Tornado_GR4 by John Dixon , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52757143603_52c8e5b71e_b.jpg 20230315 (4)_ZH101_and_ZH102_Boeing_E-3D_Sentry by John Dixon , on Flickr https://live.staticf...
- Wed 17 Jan 2024, 1:53 pm
- Forum: General Photography
- Topic: Firecrest
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1518
Re: Firecrest
Excellent work on a typically hyperactive crest. Challenging but exciting!
- Tue 16 Jan 2024, 9:14 am
- Forum: General Photography
- Topic: 1:48 Tiger 131
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3403
Re: 1:48 Tiger 131
Very nice John. My wife and I often holiday down in Weymouth as it is a good base to visit our two favourite areas down there, Bovington and Portland. We spend many an hour at Bovington, mostly by the tank training area, and often pop into the museum's cafe. It is an exceptional museum, and very we...
- Sat 13 Jan 2024, 8:50 am
- Forum: Aircraft Modelling
- Topic: Revell 1:48 Rafale C
- Replies: 2
- Views: 634
Re: Revell 1:48 Rafale C
Yep, looks good to me too. Nicely understated weathering.
- Sat 13 Jan 2024, 8:48 am
- Forum: Aircraft Modelling
- Topic: Eduard 1/48 MiG-21MF Czech AF 1998
- Replies: 3
- Views: 559
Re: Eduard 1/48 MiG-21MF Czech AF 1998
That's a hell of a set of decals to get on. Looks amazing!
- Thu 11 Jan 2024, 11:05 am
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: New CAA registrations G-RNTB / RNFA
- Replies: 48
- Views: 12663
Re: New CAA registrations G-RNTB / RNFA
Same owners as the Gnats at North Weald looking at Companies House. Apparently the F/A.2 is merely a signature away from flying, according to some sources. Maybe, but there is a massive burden of responsibility on the owner of that signature, especially in these (post Shoreham) times. Maybe, but th...
- Mon 08 Jan 2024, 12:24 pm
- Forum: Themed Photo Threads
- Topic: Topic of the week #89 Animal Print
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1755
Re: Topic of the week #89 Animal Print
Beluga https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52253002631_05220c87fd_b.jpg 20220716 (86)_F-WBXL_Airbus_BelugaXL by John Dixon , on Flickr Zebra https://live.staticflickr.com/7256/7610070612_7a90a20a71_b.jpg 2012_07_01_Flying_Legends (12) by John Dixon , on Flickr Falcon https://live.staticflickr.com/88...
- Mon 08 Jan 2024, 11:11 am
- Forum: General Photography
- Topic: 1:48 Tiger 131
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3403
Re: 1:48 Tiger 131
Really like that, FJ. I used to live near Bovington (mid 60s) and what is now the tank museum was in a very fledgling state with lots outside. We used to go by every week as the school used the army pool for swimming lessons. Thank you Iain! I can recommend a return visit to the Tank Museum now esp...
- Wed 03 Jan 2024, 1:45 pm
- Forum: Themed Photo Threads
- Topic: Topic of the Week #88 - Low Level
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1673
Re: Topic of the Week #88 - Low Level
Sadly I've seen more than I've ever had chance to photograph, but hopefully one or two pleasing images for you: BAe's Mosquito in the Derwent valley, May 1993: 50th anniversary of Op Chastise https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53439949948_d57daee579_b.jpg 199305_day_unknown_RR299_De_Havilland_Mosqu...
- Sun 31 Dec 2023, 1:40 pm
- Forum: General Photography
- Topic: 1:48 Tiger 131
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3403
Re: 1:48 Tiger 131
Just to finish off the story of my Tiger 131 build, two more photos, one of the original during the re-enactment of its capture and the other of the model on its final display base depicting the same re-enactment event in the Kuwait Arena at the Tank Museum. I've been meaning to do this but never qu...
- Thu 28 Dec 2023, 12:45 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Women viewed as ‘property’ in Red Arrows amid culture of male entitlement, RAF admits
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6949
Re: Women viewed as ‘property’ in Red Arrows amid culture of male entitlement, RAF admits
I don't know about a permanent disbanding- though those aircraft are not going to last forever- but it was interesting to hear in the news report that grounding them for a year had been considered. Hell of a disruption to the flying currency, though. I've worked in a similarly male dominated enviro...