x2 on the catch. Didn’t risk my camera but was watching from what looked like the same spot of the eastern threshold. Held my breath for a moment but when he recovered it, was hoping someone had got the shot.
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- Mon 17 Jul 2023, 7:12 pm
- Forum: Airshow Photos
- Topic: Yet another RIAT photo thread (Updated Aug 1st)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2928
Re: Sunday's Harrier at RIAT
- Mon 17 Jul 2023, 12:01 pm
- Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
- Topic: RIAT 2023 Discuss everything thread
- Replies: 4140
- Views: 952983
Re: RIAT 2023 Discuss everything thread
Aircraft aside, my only real negative comment regarding everything else would be the lack of water filling points, although that might have just been me missing them! I only saw one and that was in the viewing village (I'm sure there were two there last year) but it was tucked away in the corner be...
- Mon 23 Jan 2023, 8:42 pm
- Forum: Warbird & Classic Jet Photos
- Topic: Duxford Diary 2023
- Replies: 468
- Views: 245556
Re: Duxford Diary 2023
where else can you see 7 airworthy Hurricanes plus the only flying Hawker Fury under one roof...? Definitely agree with that I just think the exhibition element could have seen better curation, for example keep the Nimrod in place and position it with the Sea Hurricane? It's not so much the space i...
- Mon 23 Jan 2023, 7:42 pm
- Forum: Warbird & Classic Jet Photos
- Topic: Duxford Diary 2023
- Replies: 468
- Views: 245556
Re: Duxford Diary 2023
Intrigued now as to how it has all been re-arranged, the Sea Hurricane looks to have gone where the Fury was. Mind you cant help thinking the whole layout is/was a missed opportunity. Granted they had not got the same technical scope of the Spitfire marks from last year but it just seemed very ad-ho...
- Tue 27 Dec 2022, 11:02 am
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Big jet TV YouTube channel
- Replies: 311
- Views: 63393
Re: Big jet TV YouTube channel
Still a bit of a shock to see him as the mystery guest on the Ch4 Big Fat Quiz of the Year last night.....
Definitely been a year he won't forget no matter what comes next.
Definitely been a year he won't forget no matter what comes next.
- Tue 22 Nov 2022, 11:15 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Red Arrows Statement
- Replies: 51
- Views: 22797
Re: Red Arrows Statement
It's been something of an Annus Horribulus for the team. Aircrew scandals, ageing jets, birdstrikes, fewer jets displaying, and an underwhelming, stale display. If the Reds to are to have a future, they need to take a good look at themselves and reset in all aspects for 2023. Well you and I have ve...
- Tue 05 Jul 2022, 1:21 am
- Forum: Airshow Photos
- Topic: Fly Navy
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1160
Re: Fly Navy
Really like the close up of the Cat with the dark sky behind it.
- Sun 19 Jun 2022, 10:44 pm
- Forum: Airshow Photos
- Topic: Thunder over Dover '22, Dover AFB, Delaware 21-22 May
- Replies: 0
- Views: 879
Thunder over Dover '22, Dover AFB, Delaware 21-22 May
In the US on business which included a free weekend that coincided with the return of Dover AFB's airshow, Thunder over Dover. Totally free and well organised event, 75000 visitors over the two days. Temps hit 95 degrees on the Saturday which meant human silhouettes for the static as everyone sought...
- Sun 19 Jun 2022, 9:52 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Modelling
- Topic: Some more of Grandad's models!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7219
Re: Some more of Grandad's models!
Happened to be in the US recently and was able to attend the Thunder over Dover airshow at Dover AFB in Delaware where I saw the following, a modern T1 Jayhawk, in WW2 colours and markings. First thing I thought of was Grandad and his models, not so WHIF after all :grinning: . https://live.staticfli...
- Thu 14 Apr 2022, 9:16 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Modelling
- Topic: Some more of Grandad's models!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7219
Re: Some more of Grandad's models!
Not just WHIF on the markings. Never seen a DH Beaver with wheel spats and Grandad has also changed the engine as well as the cowling looks like it might house a Bristol Mercury or something similar with those cylinder head bulges. Love to see a side view of the A5 from the first set as I’d like to ...
- Mon 26 Oct 2020, 11:12 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Modelling
- Topic: Aurora 1/48 DH-10
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2263
Re: Aurora 1/48 DH-10
That is excellent Derek, a real rarity as well by the look of the box or is that loft longevity at work? I keep toying with the idea of WWI options but my fear of biplanes and rigging is strong, perhaps if you make your current builds theme a WW1 option I might be tempted to join in. Again, great bu...
- Wed 17 Jun 2020, 4:48 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Boris Force One?
- Replies: 101
- Views: 12284
Re: Boris Force One?
The cost may well be quoted to be £900,000, however ALL aircraft must undergo a full repaint every X number of years. (Figure varies, generally every 5 to 10 years). So this one is probably due a respray anyway. The figure we really need is how much extra this is going to cost, compared to painting...
- Thu 11 Jun 2020, 11:11 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Modelling
- Topic: Another lockdown return to aircraft modelling & request for help
- Replies: 0
- Views: 617
Another lockdown return to aircraft modelling & request for help
Like a lot of you, lockdown has got me back into aircraft modelling. The stash has a decidedly Canadian look and the first two builds are shown here, the HobbyCraft 1/72 kits of two Avro Canada products, the CF105 Arrow and the CF100 Canuck. Neither are particularly good kits (a glaring flaw can be ...
- Fri 29 May 2020, 3:56 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Cool Moves
- Replies: 32
- Views: 5868
Re: Cool Moves
Massed helicopter approach at Middle Wallop shows, especially the ones where they all climbed into view together from the low lying land on the other side of the airfield. Forget the exact numbers but believe it was around fifty or sixty. 'Ride of the Valkyries' or 'Crockett's Theme' on the PA.... M...
- Thu 28 May 2020, 10:58 am
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Social Distance Spotting
- Replies: 84
- Views: 14180
Re: Social Distance Spotting
I know many decent, talented people who can't tell the difference between a Hurricane and a Spitfire.... Not that I'm calling myself talented (or decent) but I once did a Air Britain aircraft recognition test at RAFM Hendon and managed to get a Mosquito with external fuel tanks confused with a Lanc...
- Wed 20 May 2020, 10:54 am
- Forum: Historic Aviation
- Topic: The Historic Helicopters Thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 42283
Re: Sea King flies
No worries Flyholt, you and I once had a bit of a disagreement on this very forum when you had reason to make your authority on airshow matters very clear, in fact I think it ended with you calling me an 'a**e' :grinning: Shame you don't post more often, but I can see why you might not, we are a str...
- Mon 18 May 2020, 12:09 pm
- Forum: Historic Aviation
- Topic: The Historic Helicopters Thread
- Replies: 68
- Views: 42283
Re: Sea King flies
If you speak with authority, please state what that authority is. "We" is insufficient if the reader does not know who "we" are. The staff have already made this point to everyone. I really don't know why they won't enforce it. Get over yourself, you have been on this forum long...
- Thu 07 May 2020, 8:29 am
- Forum: 'Golden Oldies' Photos
- Topic: Unidentified fuselage San Diego Gillespie Field
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2480
Re: Unidentified fuselage San Diego Gillespie Field
Well that was an interesting couple of hours last night, trying and failing to get the answer. I got as far as googling US wartime training aircraft but kudos to Mike for getting it. We used to do a 'what's the obscure aircraft.....' style spotting competition with the winner choosing the next one. ...
- Sun 03 May 2020, 10:25 am
- Forum: Old Warden Air Displays
- Topic: Season Premier 2020- 3rd May
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8334
Re: Season Premier 2020- 3rd May
Agreed but if you can I would suggest paying more, loss of airshow revenue will hit Shuttleworth hard.Spiny Norman wrote: ↑Fri 01 May 2020, 5:17 pmA nice little way of showing support. Especially for £2.50!vintage ATCO wrote: ↑Fri 01 May 2020, 3:19 pmShuttleworth Season Premiere Online Airshow
Available from 08:00 Sunday May 3.
Please see this link https://bit.ly/2ykS3Rh
- Sat 25 Apr 2020, 9:21 am
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: UAVs to be used for meds delivery
- Replies: 1
- Views: 807
Re: UAVs to be used for meds delivery
Headline-grabbing nonsense, if there is an 'urgent need' then hire a plane and a pilot to get it done easier and faster. If it is just a continuation of planned R&D then there is no need to announce it as if it will make a real difference to the current emergency.
- Sat 18 Apr 2020, 11:58 am
- Forum: Warbird & Classic Jet Photos
- Topic: Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum 15 March 2020
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2407
Re: Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum 15 March 2020
Nice pictures and I'm pleased to see pictures of B-17 "Swamp Ghost", as I'd lost track of her in recent years! What is the wreck in picture 10 though? It looks Japanese but only because I don't recognise it as an American airframe but then again, USAAC/USAAF is not an area that that I'm t...
- Sat 18 Apr 2020, 11:03 am
- Forum: Warbird & Classic Jet Photos
- Topic: Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum 15 March 2020
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2407
Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum 15 March 2020
A business trip to Hawaii in the middle of last month gave me a weekend to check out sites associated with the Pearl Harbour attack, before everything closed down. This is the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum on historic Ford Island which was subject to intense attacks back in 1941. The museum is impres...
- Sun 09 Feb 2020, 8:31 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: BA112 record crossing!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2197
Re: BA112 record crossing!
NAM Updater wrote:He's managed to get a clip on the BBC website!
Loved the excited references on the video to a 'touch and go', I always thought a touch and go landing was a planned manoeuvre, pretty sure that was not what the BA pilot was planning at that moment...
- Fri 31 Jan 2020, 10:32 pm
- Forum: Warbird & Classic Jet Photos
- Topic: Aircraft Preserved in Malta
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4584
Re: Aircraft Preserved in Malta
Fort St Elmo and the museum are both very impressive with the exception of the way that particular aircraft is displayed. Its a long running saga but I will never understand why the Glad isn't out at Ta'Quali with the Malta Aviation Museum...
- Wed 11 Dec 2019, 11:55 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Electric Commercial Aircraft
- Replies: 2
- Views: 991
Re: Electric Commercial Aircraft
No and for two reasons;
1. I don't trust the technology
and
2. To do that to a De Havilland Canada Beaver is tantamount to sacrilege
1. I don't trust the technology
and
2. To do that to a De Havilland Canada Beaver is tantamount to sacrilege