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- Fri 12 Apr 2024, 8:55 am
- Forum: Themed Photo Threads
- Topic: Topic of the Week #100: Hundredth Anniversar...eh? (RCAF 100)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1114
Re: Topic of the Week #100: Hundredth Anniversar...eh? (RCAF 100)
Not much to choose from for me: https://live.staticflickr.com/3872/15061939518_6c29937440_b.jpg 2014_09_13_Goodwood (58)_Lancaster_B10_Vera by John Dixon , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/1837/43877903902_bb16daaf23_b.jpg 20180714 (142)_188776_McDonnell_Douglas_CF-188_Hornet by John Dixon , ...
- Thu 04 Apr 2024, 8:32 am
- Forum: Historic Aviation
- Topic: Blackburn Beverley anyone?
- Replies: 126
- Views: 26629
Re: Blackburn Beverley anyone?
Bravo and an excellent cause.
- Tue 02 Apr 2024, 12:42 pm
- Forum: Themed Photo Threads
- Topic: Topic of the week #98:A10
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1533
Re: Topic of the week #98:A10
Can someone explain why the front wheel and the mental gun at the front are both off centre? Is it just because they get in each other's way? Yes, that's the reason, for me. The A-10 was actually built around the gun itself. EDIT : that's the reason for which the front wheel is off-centre. For the ...
- Tue 02 Apr 2024, 7:54 am
- Forum: Themed Photo Threads
- Topic: Topic of the week #99 - Anyone for a flake?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 878
Re: Topic of the week #99 - Anyone for a flake?
Red sauce with my flake please.... https://live.staticflickr.com/5588/15257734081_ff9251ee59_b.jpg 2014_08_31_Bournemouth (24)_The_Blades by John Dixon , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/5566/15083315500_c0164d9d30_b.jpg 2014_08_31_Bournemouth (96)_Heritage_Flight by John Dixon , on Flickr ht...
- Mon 01 Apr 2024, 9:28 am
- Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
- Topic: RIAT 2024 - discuss most things thread
- Replies: 1140
- Views: 652957
- Tue 26 Mar 2024, 7:16 am
- Forum: General Photography
- Topic: A D-Day Journal
- Replies: 16
- Views: 650
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: 650
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: 1235
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: 2348
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: 646
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: 20
- Views: 1830
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: 20
- Views: 1830
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: 11140
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: 1132
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: 144
- Views: 51919
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: 736
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: 1423
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: 1951
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: 2464
- Views: 912105
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: 2124
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: 1547
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: 3598
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: 652
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: 579
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: 12705
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...