I just find it slightly confusing as to why the RNZAF snubbed RIAT, which is the official celebration of RAF 100, and a larger event, with three days in which to display rather than one. I mean I'm going to both, I just think it's a shame that they can't manage to send a static item to RIAT. It cou...

I'd be surprised to see anything other than the 'classic' display line featuring at the airshow this year.

Amongst the RAF and the airshow itself, it sounds like all is in hand.

Pringles wrote:

exocet_uk wrote:I'm lead to believe that the Reds issue has a good chance of manifesting itself at other locations to come this season. It is absolutely not the Cosford team that have decreed it.

Seems that yes, it was the Cosford team that decreed it

I watched online and thought Preoch and team put on the best show they could have, only let down by the weather and the RAF. The RAF need to go away and take a long look in the mirror. How many more ludicrous changes of display axis will we see this season? Contradiction there, as has been pointed ...

Nige321 wrote:Before anyone gets too excited, the ATOL extension is for 12 DAYS...

Perhaps there's reason for a rather non-arbitrary figure of 12 days?

CJS wrote:

Rammstein wrote:
As for Monarch I'm not basing anything on speculation. Gone by Friday.

Umm...

Glad for everyone concerned that they do seem to have at least made it to the weekend.

Now would you look at that, eh?

Hampshire Aviation wrote:Miami Air 737 went home today...

Rammstein wrote:Military charters LOL. It may be disguised as 'the AOC wasnt renewed' but believe me, they cease trading before the weekend. Lots of planning going on........

If, this morning, the rumours seemed to be self-perpetuating and were being fuelled by internet forums and social media then I thought it might be wise if UKAR didn't get involved in passing on half-baked speculation with little or no basis in fact. That's all. Sorry if that upset you. Hopefully th...

Playing Devil's advocate, you could extrapolate that to the hobby in general. Any pilot looking for a nearby field to put-down in is arguably going to be suffering from a mechanical failure rather than being out of control or misjudging aerobatics, so what's the distinction between people being in ...

Anyone know when the next French strike is? Seen mention of something on 26th May but hope not a have a flight booked to Geneva for EBACE. This week's 0630 did not get away till gone 1000 which seems strange as the Zurich flight around the same time more or less was on time.Any thing to do with the...

With all due respect the minister is talking ballcocks! because............... From the aforementioned link; "I've not actually landed a 747 at Heathrow but I've landed the simulator and the pilot has a lot of other things to concentrate on so we're not quite sure what they saw so I think we s...

Are they routing back the same way per chance?

Oh yes, I also shot a lot of civilian stuff (+/- 115 airliners) but it's another matter.

The only reason I ask is I was down there on the March 3rd. Not often you get line up next to a pair of A-4s.

Nice, looked good. Don't suppose you shot any of the civilian stuff whilst there?

But their President has probably assured CMD that there aren't any problems at the airport. Or possibly this : A Ministry of Defence source says a small team of UK military personnel are in the resort to advise officials on logistics and security Also from the BBC website : UK airlines have said &q...

The Dornier is there every summer for several weeks usually.

How long left for the wedge?

vulcan1 by Michael Hind, on Flickr

TCAS RA, mulitple GPWS alerts, very high, very fast...

Yeah, that should work out alright.

I wouldn't usually think much of the error but the fact that I'm going to an event with a night time air display in Australia only next week did unfortunately awake my irritating pedantic side!

They must love you.

Oh well at least you can get a good close look at a Spitfire in a natural setting surrounded by hundreds of people. Shake that money tin.

Might as well poke your lens through the fence at Coningsby.

Parts for a car manufacturer located very close to BHX.

Last year I did FRIAT commuting daily (wont be doing that again ) from Birmingham, the quickest route was down the M40 get off at the Stratford junction, down through Burford and Lechlade it took about 1.45hrs each way. It also helps that its also a very good drive, avoid the M5 route though the on...

It was the same pair twice. Went north and turned back south shortly after near Penn.