It will be interesting to know what they will do differently to make the airport viable this time around... I have to say, does the UK really need 6 airport running across a narrow belt? Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, East Midlands, Humberside and again, Doncaster.... How many do we need???

Is the hardstanding surrounding the old HHA sheds being used for temporary accomodation so they wanted these well out of the way? Seems an odd decision to vacuum pack them and leave them there. Is the Buccaneer in the process of being wrapped or unwrapped? :face_with_monocle: No, the sheds aren't b...

I will pass on the message (it's the first time that I personally recall hearing that information) - back in the early days those doing the work went into a 'recycling' phase i.e. using up spare paint (perhaps not our finest hours); the most noticeable representation being the grey/green tail surfa...

Its great to see an AOP9 in a museum but its such a shame that the restoration team got the colours wrong... I pointed it out several times in the early days of the restoration.... The cockpit area tubing should be Satin Black on an AOP9, not primer grey.

How long will the contract with Cox Automotive last? The sad thing is that the larger jets, all corralled in an enclosure at the other end of the airfield, will easily start to deteriate if not maintained. It’s hard to believe the three large jets have a long term future. We are unlikely to see fas...

cg_341 wrote: ↑

Thu 19 Oct 2023, 9:09 am

Why Ollie, who I don't know

Exactly.... You hit the nail on the head there!!!

I can’t understand at all why the Vulcan to the sky trust haven’t already started dismantling the aircraft. At least drop the engines, start to disconnect the system etc. They have pretty much 4 months to get her moved off the airfield and at this moment they still don’t know where she’s going. It a...

https://www.instagram.com/p/CgjKMvts5Su/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Had no idea the Mi-30 was )still) in development - could be an elaborate fake. I’m pretty sure it is an “elaborate fake“. The description says it’s the first flight yet the aircraft looks pretty heavily weathered to me. You’d expect the f...

I'm pretty sure that the reason a single blade is painted yellow (its the same on the SAR Seakings) related to airfield lighting and night ops... I dont know the numbers but airfield lighting run at XX Htz. That means that the light pulses on and off XX times per second. If the rotors a turning at t...

Its an interesting question Andy.I have been wondering the same thing with regards to the An124's that are currently outside of Ukraine. I understand that they are still active and operating for Antonov Airlines, but what will happen to these aircraft when they need maintenance? They cant go into Uk...

The 2 are related yes.. I realise that!🤨 My point is that the person who started the thread wasn't criticised for reporting on the loss of a fat transport aircraft when innocent civilians are loosing their life... yet when someone comments on their sadness for not ever seeing the aircraft then they...

Now that really has upset me, never saw it always wanted to. I'm gonna stick my neck out here and suggest that you really should have been getting upset quite a long time before a cool looking aircraft that you've never seen fly got destroyed. #firstworldproblems Theres no need for it... Unknown 74...

I am very sad to hear of the passing of Sqn ldr David Thomas. David was perhaps best known as the Vulcan Display pilot, but to me he was an inspiration and a mentor in my early years. With the exception of my Dad, I don’t think any other person offered me the help, support and guidance that David of...

NAM Updater wrote: ↑

Thu 27 Jan 2022, 8:15 pm

Today's been an enjoyable one at the museum!

Pleased it was a good day! Very happy to have played a small part in making it happen

K5054NZ wrote: ↑

Wed 01 Dec 2021, 2:54 am

For what it's worth I've read the airframe may have been ZM152. Poor guy!!

Please excuse my ignorance but is there any significance to ZM152??

This feels like such a shame to me. I was really happy to hear that WT327 would be coming back to the UK, only to have my hopes dashed when I heard she was in the hands of VTTS. I don't believe that WK163 will ever fly again, and now, we've just 'destroyed' another cancer in the process. I think its...

HeyfordDave111 wrote: ↑

Wed 11 Nov 2020, 12:33 pm

For what exactly?

For putting his hand deep in his pocket and securing a museum area so many of the airframes are safe??

Answer is very easy to find on Wiki, but pasted here anyway: If everyone removed their ‘easy to find on wiki’ questions there’s be even less stuff on here than there already is. Surly the idea of a forum is to ask a question and then read the follow up discussion..... last time I looked there wasn’...

LN Strike Eagle wrote: ↑

Mon 10 Aug 2020, 12:40 pm

So pathetic. What a stupid country this has become.

Why do you think that? Not trying to be argumentative... its a genuine question!

The VC10 group want £480k to dismantle & rebuild in a taxiable condition https://www.gofundme.com/f/vc10-rescue-and-relocation?utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_cp%20share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&fbclid=IwAR3N9sfOLJ48rdrsUDmyzzj25Sq0Yw3JjW0aL3p4R2uFTeoK5f9zDRwtFw0 I wish the...

Nice pics! I could hear them from my house but couldn't see them.... Had to use Plane Finder to confirm what they were!!

I'm just going by what they put on their facebook page... They talk about a series of flights so maybe they don't expect it all to go "according to plan"!!!!

The Blue Angels C130 is at Cambridge and will be conducting a series of maintenance flights over the next few weeks. I dont have any more details.

I think Doughnut is right. I'm pretty sure that this is an 'airshow' back patch produced by Terrane back in the early 90's. Terrane did a lot of work for the TR-1's at Alconbury back then. This was probably made for an Alconbury / Mildenhall airshow.

Based on statements that have emerged over the past couple of days, the TBAG group is moving to Kemble, David Walton is trying to put up buildings to house aircraft next to the 'Q' shed, just outside of the airfield (he owns the Comet, Nimrod and Victor) and the VC10s have been asked to leave by Oc...