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- Thu 13 Feb 2020, 9:29 pm
- Forum: Historic Aviation
- Topic: Bruntingthorpe Closure?
- Replies: 237
- Views: 66877
Re: Bruntingthorpe Closure?
Or you could take the view that the Vulcan would have enabled the development of a heritage facility with unrestricted runway use and good access. Lots of aeroplanes at Bruntingthorpe that would have been far more attractive alongside the Vulcan. Given that none of them fly, do they need unrestrict...
- Thu 13 Feb 2020, 9:24 pm
- Forum: Historic Aviation
- Topic: Shackleton WR963 - [Official Topic]
- Replies: 506
- Views: 295803
Re: Shackleton WR963 - [Official Topic]
We even let this forums favourite Meteor fettler have a go, and I've honestly never seen him smile so much, even though we had a starter motor failure. Yes, me smiling has been known to happen! https://i.postimg.cc/sgDjRTRW/67890537-2561490603909329-5507014742037757952-n.jpg looking forward to havi...
- Thu 13 Feb 2020, 9:21 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Future of Airshows in the EV World
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5210
Re: Future of Airshows in the EV World
With the announcement by the Government that they are bringing forward the date for stopping sales of Diesel / Petrol vehicles, could the Electric Vehicle revolution spell the end for airshows and other events at remote sites. I always enjoy these slightly myopic "but what does X mean for airs...
- Sun 28 Jul 2019, 3:25 pm
- Forum: Other UK Airshows and Events
- Topic: Scotland's National Airshow 2019 (East Fortune)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 10553
Re: Scotland's National Airshow 2019 (East Fortune)
A bit of a shame, this. They've not had any luck for the past few years. 2017 was completely washed out (discounting a wobbly flypast from a Cub and an invisible Typhoon). Last year the lineup was curtailed extensively by weather, and same applied yesterday. The hint of bad weather and all the histo...
- Sun 23 Dec 2018, 1:54 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Gatwick Airport Closed Due to Something, possibly
- Replies: 199
- Views: 28185
Re: Gatwick Airport Closed Due to Drones
I feel sorry for the couple, and I hope they consider legal action. The guy looked like an RC 'scaler' with, among other things, a nice looking P-51 model. Everything from their social status to their ages, and to their physical appearance, has been under the knife on social media. A lot of folk hav...
- Sun 25 Nov 2018, 9:35 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Peter Teichman's thoughts
- Replies: 62
- Views: 14737
Re: Peter Teichman's thoughts
Brevet Cable wrote:And still trying to work out how the hell any portion of the blame could be attributed to the Chinook crew!
Because they didn't play the game and let a cavalier old man play at fighter pilots with immunity. Nobody likes a grass!
- Sun 11 Nov 2018, 5:09 pm
- Forum: Historic Aviation
- Topic: Shackleton WR963 - [Official Topic]
- Replies: 506
- Views: 295803
Re: Shackleton WR963 - [Official Topic]
Shackleton To The Skip! If this thing ever flies I will eat my hat. An interesting project ruined by amateur hobbyists, and some petty turf war that has more than a whiff of 'pikey' about it. Same guys have been saying for years that the Shack-shaped scrap metal at Long Marston is going to be worked...
- Wed 24 Oct 2018, 3:13 pm
- Forum: Airshow & Aviation Videos
- Topic: Interesting Mach Loop pass...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6004
Re: Interesting Mach Loop pass...
The Mach Loop spotter community sound like the biggest gang of utter planks possible. Lets be honest here, this sort of person isn't capable of feeling empathy, so they can drop the line about the poor airman being dobbed in. They don't want to see their one hobby taken away. I've heard about this l...
- Fri 05 Oct 2018, 10:42 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Hellenic Air Force Dakotas
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2562
Re: Hellenic Air Force Dakotas
Apparently they are still there! https://www.flickr.com/photos/erwinalexander/31078472432 Give this a bash. You can see a small dump of Dakotas on the edge of the airfield here: https://www.bing.com/maps?q=40.529762%2c+23.031534&FORM=HDRSC4 Aerial imagery is obscured on Google maps for Greek mil...
- Fri 05 Oct 2018, 10:35 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: What is the aircraft behind Poppy's garden centre, Romsey ?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1499
Re: What is the aircraft behind Poppy's garden centre, Romse
I think you are looking at Supermarine Scimitar XD332. It belongs to Solent Sky and was restored to an immaculate cosmetic standard... and then dumped outdoors in the location you describe.
- Thu 13 Sep 2018, 6:13 pm
- Forum: Heads Up/OTT
- Topic: Edinburgh RAF flypast 13 September
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1183
Re: Edinburgh RAF flypast 13 September
Was a Typhoon around 13:30 or so. There was talk of it flying over the city, but this didn't happen.
- Thu 13 Sep 2018, 6:12 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Travelodge LHR Central
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4357
Re: Travelodge LHR Central
It was stopped for that good old scare tactic, "security reasons". There is a certain hotel where you didn't need to be hotel guest to use their terrace, but that has been stopped due to the inconsiderate and downright rude attitude of some spotters towards staff and other guests. If you ...
- Thu 06 Sep 2018, 10:36 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Will the classic jets ever return?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4762
Re: Will the classic jets ever return?
The answer is 'no', the classic jets won't be returning. It isn't as simple as Shoreham stopping the 'fun' overnight, or the CAA cracking down on the fun either. The overall count of classic jets in the display circuit has been on the decline for a while; at least since the late '90s. It is also int...
- Mon 13 Aug 2018, 9:35 am
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Where has XH558 thread gone?
- Replies: 2297
- Views: 366020
Re: Where has XH558 thread gone?
If VTTS fail I think the future for XH558 is dire. As I've said before; there are other B2s out there. Being the last flying Vulcan isn't that distinguishing an accolade. There are more complete B2s out there, and enough in secure indoor storage to ensure the survival of the type. Chop her up! Nobo...
- Mon 13 Aug 2018, 9:27 am
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Climate Change - Airshows
- Replies: 180
- Views: 30764
Re: Climate Change - Airshows
Airshowhammer wrote:This thread just makes me want to see 10 B-52’s scramble at RIAT in thick black fumes!
Snowflakes such as yourself can now get Viagra on the NHS, and confine these odd Freudian delusions to the dustbin.
- Mon 13 Aug 2018, 9:24 am
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Key Publishing Forums?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4920
Re: Key Publishing Forums?
It actually has quite a few, all of them extremely up their own arses. Have a read of what youve put again, and then figure out what is wrong with that statement....... It has some members with 'Moderator' as their title, but they do the bare minimum of moderation, if any at all. The only one I can...
- Sun 12 Aug 2018, 7:05 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Horizon Air Q400 Crash.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3620
Re: Horizon Air Q400 Crash.
A very sad story, and unfortunately people seem to consider this guy some sort of hero in some quarters. People are even suggesting that he was somehow a skilled pilot because he pulled off that roll. In another universe he planted that Q400 straight into the water; it was blind luck and nothing els...
- Sun 12 Aug 2018, 3:17 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Key Publishing Forums?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4920
Re: Key Publishing Forums?
Marathon, which of their aviation forums has the mods you refer to? The Flypast forum doesn't have any moderators, so it can't be that! It is the only forum with the 'quote' function disabled simply because the mods are too lazy. ARRSE was down for about 4 or 5 days recently. And they brought it ba...
- Fri 03 Aug 2018, 9:48 am
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Where has XH558 thread gone?
- Replies: 2297
- Views: 366020
Re: Where has XH558 thread gone?
Not so much 'out of the frying pan & into the fire', but more a case of 'one step closer to being a pan'. Out of the frying pan, into the wok. VTTST's acquisition of the Canberra was scatterbrained and regrettable. However the Twin Pin that was likewise loitering at Coventry has become a glampi...
- Fri 03 Aug 2018, 9:42 am
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Another jet warbird gone? Canberra to India?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 7369
Re: Another jet warbird gone? Canberra to India?
Probably a good job its not going to the scrapman, who's going to step up and save the other one? You see the same chat on all the car forums whenever a photo is posted of an old Jaguar sent to the banger racing oval. The consensus is "pikeys in rigger boots, wrecking a classic motor!!! Argggg...
- Fri 03 Aug 2018, 9:35 am
- Forum: Heads Up/OTT
- Topic: Edinburgh Tattoo Flypasts 2018
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3015
Edinburgh Tattoo Flypasts 2018
Some info has finally trickled out. To quote 'stu5748' on the Fighter Control forum, who is himself quoting 'jimauckland2000' on the ScotAvNet... The exact aircraft have not yet been confirmed however I can tell you that there will be a variety of planes and helicopters. The fly over dates and times...
- Wed 01 Aug 2018, 2:08 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Another jet warbird gone? Canberra to India?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 7369
Re: Another jet warbird gone? Canberra to India?
Wow!! Well that flushed out the staffers! They don't like it up em!! I suggest you look up the word Xenophobic as in no way can my post be classified as such. Once again if the staffers views or comments are challenged they remind us all that it is their ball and they can take it home if they want....
- Tue 31 Jul 2018, 1:23 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Another jet warbird gone? Canberra to India?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 7369
Re: Another jet warbird gone? Canberra to India?
And, side note, why is it with anything to do with India that sodding "foreign aid " comments crop up? I'm surprised that, as a member of staff, you are surprised at this given the core demographic of the spotter community. The heaps of peak Daily Mail thought process and behaviour that p...
- Mon 30 Jul 2018, 6:15 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Another jet warbird gone? Canberra to India?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 7369
Re: Another jet warbird gone? Canberra to India?
Why would India want a Canberra version they've never operated?? Because there is more to life than pathetic rivet-counting. I doubt anybody offered a freebie of this magnitude would turn it down for such silly reasons. Perhaps the Indians simply would prefer to get any sort of historic aircraft in...
- Sat 28 Jul 2018, 4:55 pm
- Forum: Other UK Airshows and Events
- Topic: East Fortune Airshow 2018
- Replies: 44
- Views: 11292
Re: East Fortune Airshow 2018
After last year it was a case of 'once bitten twice shy' for me. I backed off getting a ticket until I saw a weather forecast for today, and it got to the stage that I woke up this morning to 'Holywood special effects' levels of heavy rainfall, with bands of heavy rain straddling the country. From w...