I suppose Gove has not yet worked out that there are ports to the continent other than in Kent

Another reason to develop Scampton as a national historic aviation and technical centre with apprenticeships etc, restoration, flying, etc with BBMF shifted out of Coningsby. Trouble is it would need a lot of disparate groups to join up without a whole lot of issues getting in the way, finance of co...

The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, The Red Arrows will conduct flying display rehearsals at Royal Air Force Valley, Anglesey, on 13th August 2020.

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Well if this is really going to work I hope a good number of you have been sitting in your car since 3am. At around 6 you get out and stand outside your house with a trolley, rucksacks full of stuff, chairs, and a ladder. At 07.30 you then sprint around 400m up and down the street before settling do...

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The R5 with around 45MP per image and IBIS is going to eat away far more than the R at battery life. Still getting one though!

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Mon 06 Jul 2020, 11:25 am

On the subject of the cigar. I hadn't even noticed it. Probably a really bad prop. He's supposed to be Russian as its the mig 27 at Newark.

Cuban cigars were popular in Soviet times and imported a great deal as part of the Soviet support of Cuban communism.

Thanks Eric

As an rare viewer of ADS-B - is there a US F35 at Marham or is it an error or part of the training unit - on ADSB now with RAF ZM150

FB translation of F7 80th celebration for anyone who happens to be on the west of Sweden tomorrow Tomorrow, July 1, Skaraborg's air naval flight turns 80 years old. It is celebrated with a ceremony at Såtenäs as well as an over-flight with both contemporary and historic aircraft. Unfortunately, due ...

Parliamentary question answers: The number of occasions Voyager ZZ336 has been used on Prime Ministerial or Ministerial business since it was converted for its VIP role is given in the table below. Voyager ZZ336 use in VIP role FY 2016-17. 7 FY2017-18. 8 FY2018-19. 6 FY2019-20. 4 FY2020-21*. 0 The V...

Yes that was from the flypast on 9 May - the main parade was postponed

https://youtu.be/1AIQd0shQgY

Flypast at about 1.09.26

Yes she would fit right in - great track record of defending the WMD lies.

Royal Society is promoting the National Aerospace Library video archive at www.aerosociety.com/movies. See where Burt Rutan got some ideas from with the Miles Libellula!

Does anyone actually think that by removing a bunch of statues of people, that in the main no one has heard of or do not know the significance of, is going to eradicate racism from society? Not in the slightest, and I’m a bit worried that the British “that’ll do” spirit will see that be seen as “we...

Does anyone actually think that by removing a bunch of statues of people, that in the main no one has heard of or do not know the significance of, is going to eradicate racism from society?

USA a third world country? Yes. Surely there are many different areas and facets to a country to compare in order to give it a rating as third, second or first world? The US is, on overall assessment, a very first world country. Looked at from a rational and objective position and not a pejorative ...