AndyXH558 wrote: ↑

Fri 05 Mar 2021, 9:12 am

...a testament to the Late Richard Grace who rebuilt ML407...

*Nick* Grace

Lakenheath F-35A
Heritage Flight with F-35 and P-51

Tommy wrote: ↑

Tue 02 Mar 2021, 11:46 am

RIAT Air Ops wrote: ↑

Tue 02 Mar 2021, 11:42 am

(PS: Less than 500 days to go until RIAT 2022 so I'm surprised at the lack of wishlist thread... )

Don’t start! I was hoping we could hold out on “Swedish Historics?” until at least June

Can we have some German MiG-29s too please?

Andyph wrote: ↑

Fri 12 Feb 2021, 3:42 am

I was hoping to catch the FE2's at Masterton...

I think there's only one flying now, as they wrecked the other one a few years back

No B-52?

That's pretty much how the early ones were run last year, you had to stay within your 5m x 5m car space except for visiting the toilets or food vendors.

I don't see any reason why the May shows could not go ahead on that basis again.

The RAF/MoD/government don't seem that bothered really by their heritage and I wonder if that's deliberate at times. They don't want too many seeing what the air force used to have or its size, compared to its state nowadays. Yes, I'm sure that's why they fund: BBMF RAF Museum Hendon RAF Museum Cos...

Who’s going to be first with the 2022 wish-list thread?

CCF at school for me Flying in Husky, Chipmunk and Cadet Mk 3, Gliding wings from Swanton Morley in Ventures, Flying Scholarship giving 30 hours in Cessna 150s at Cambridge, leading to a PPL once I'd paid for another 10 hours myself. Shooting (competitions with .303 SMLE & SLR, plus GPMG & SMG), cam...

Let’s not forget that obviously some sort of planning has taken place sufficient for the US Air Force to commit its A-10 display, and all the support to do with that, including tanking machines across, maintenance personnel, pilot commitment. It’s quite a job to commit CONUS assets to an internatio...

sdad wrote: ↑

Sat 06 Feb 2021, 12:33 pm

Pen Pusher wrote: ↑

Fri 05 Feb 2021, 5:15 pm

The former LWH area will be landscaped and the airline collection will be parked there leaving the front of the hangars clear as a heritage area.

What is a "heritage area"?

The IWM want to have the apron area clear of parked airliners and looking something like it did in the 1950s

I had heard they only broke about even in 2019 so i think its the end of IAT Instead of relying on something you heard from your wife's mother's hairdresser who knows someone from the pub who heard that RIAT only broke even in 2019, you could just take a look at the accounts for yourself. :rolling_...

Provisionally rescheduled for 26-27 June

I’ve lost count of the number of Edwards shows that have been announced and cancelled over the past 12 years since their last one in 2009. I hope this year’s does go ahead, the last one was a cracker.

capercaillie wrote: ↑

Thu 21 Jan 2021, 11:47 am

...a Ryanair 737 flight to Malmo (Brussels)...

^^^
This

iainpeden wrote: ↑

Thu 14 Jan 2021, 10:32 am

I'm going to have to check how much Chimay Blue and Duvel I can bring back to the UK!

La Chouffe was the tipple of choice the the last time we were at Sanicole. Highly recommended!

A real shame it clashes with Melun.

BAE Systems are not in the business of collecting old aeroplanes.

GeeRam wrote: ↑

Thu 07 Jan 2021, 5:53 pm

...given its the only Fw190 they have, and its unique etc.

They have another, a single-seater (previously on loan to the IWM) at Cosford.

Three from me: Firstly, Flabob Express getting airborne from its home base, near Riverside, CA in 2011. It was quite surreal to see this sitting on the hallowed turf of Old Warden in 2019, something I never imagined in my wildest dreams. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50807006413_de385d6c3b_b.j...

Aren’t they shipping many of them to the US to be broken up for parts for the new AH-64Es?

It flew up until around 2008 or so. The cost of maintaining and operating two R-2800s vs the dwindling number of bookings CAF SoCal were getting led to it being parked up.

Tinker Belle has been the only C-46 flying in the Lower 48 since then.

A great bunch of guys at Camarillo. Sadly that C-46 has been sitting for over a decade now and is unlikely to fly again.

As much as I am extremely grateful for the excellent way Shuttleworth have handled the pandemic and managed to give us some superb airshows this summer, the whole idea of cramming several hundred snotty old men into a restricted indoor space for several hours at a time over the Christmas break was u...

BossMann wrote: ↑

Fri 18 Dec 2020, 3:03 pm

I thought they were building a new facility at RAF Waddington for the new aircraft?
With the E-7 now going to Lossiemouth, the RC135s going to Fairford and the sentinel and E3ds being what will happen to RAF Waddington?

The Reds are due to move there.