Yak 18!

MiG_Eater wrote:Obvious question... but I wonder if they'll be painted up. If so they would be by far the most beautiful F-35s around.

Some of the 64th's F-16s are going the other way, several are now in the Have Glass scheme.

boff180 wrote:We need to make the most of this years events.

Flight Global are reporting that Northolt will be closed from Spring 2018 for an undisclosed length of time due to a major runway resurfacing.

No runway = no nightshoots.

Except for helicopters!

To those of you in the know, is there anything going on at Nellis when there's not a Red\Green Flag on? I might be going to Nevada in April and was wondering if it's worth spending a couple of hours near Nellis even if there's no exercise going on at that time? There's often stuff happening at Nell...

Lovely stuff Mark!

Haynes actually publish a large range of aircraft manuals!

Hi viz jackets are mandatory at lots (but not all) airports and airfields. Gatwick and Heathrow are two that require them (and wearing them isn't enough, they have to be fastened up), Barbados is another (!!), but Headcorn is a hi-viz free environment (ah........), for the moment, anyway

A380Heavy wrote:Why are the intakes different on the engines on the first Chinook?

Don't know if it's relevant but that one's a Mk6, the others are Mk 4s.

The 'wart' on the OT F-15 is something to do with the Talon HATE pod (which you can see in your shot 8582), there are two jets carrying the pod (022 and 026) and they both have it.

Passed over east East Sussex (between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings) heading west, mid afternoon. Looked like four Gazelles and a Puma

Passed away, at the age of 95.

A legend. RIP

http://www.boeing.com/commercial/joesutter/index.page

His book is well worth a read, a fascinating insight into what to took to create the 747:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/747-Creating-W ... sutter+747

Hopefully it'll get reprinted, and the price will come down!

A Junglie Sea King, pleeeeeeeeeaaaasssssseeeeee

Oh and the A346 can give the B777 a run for its money on Pax and Cargo uplift !!

That'll be why it sold so well ................. !!!

First time I've seen an MPA run and break, any idea why? Because he can?! There was a German P-3 at Wittmund for the F-4 retirement event and it did something similar on arrival, but the weather wasn't good so that may have precluded a run and break. He went for a low, high speed pass instead. You ...

Worth having a look at McCarran as well:

http://www.fencecheck.com/forums/viewto ... 0&start=20

The tricky bit is deciding where to go! It depends what you're after. If there's a northerly wind, landings on the 3s are likely so if you want landing shots Cheyenne is the place to be, morning and afternoon. http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii150/747woody/Red%20Flag%2013-3/729Nellis26thFebruary2...

Have a look here: m and here: m If you keep an eye on this you'll get a feel for what's there: m Guessing that you'll be there mid June? There's a Green Flag that finishes on June 12th, GF is a close air support exercise and usually involves just one unit, and could be anything taking part - A-10s, ...

Believe it's also known as FRED - Flipping Ridiculous Environmental Disaster (or something like that!)

It has been done before:

http://www.fencecheck.com/content/index ... Nellis_AFB

Address here:

http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?c ... gmark=BVGE

There was always talk of various "black projects" being tested by the USAF out of Machrihanish,although at the height of the cold war were unconfirmed. These days most of the Aurora projects are the SRxx and YFxx demonstrators just flying out of Nelllis AFB. One aviation journalist in par...

Have a look here:

http://www.scramble.nl/airfield-guide/spain

At Albacete, as long as you stay away from the fence, you don't seem to get bothered. However I know people who have been moved on from Torrejon and Moron.

Alternatively, have a chat with this guy!

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=61917

Bit unusual though. Although RVSM rules allow 1000' separation it should be in opposite directions, ie east bound traffic always uses the odd flight levels, 37,000' , 39,000' etc and east bound traffic uses the even flight levels. So D-ABVM should be at 39,000'. Nothing unusual about that crossing ...

I refer you to your company's 747 pilot stopping within 1100m.

Suggest you count the number of wheels, and therefore brakes on each type.

The 747, with 16 wheels (and brakes), has phenomenal stopping power. At nearly 400 tons (maximum take off weight) it can land and stop in 7000 feet.

Ronoz wrote:Hi, great pics & just a question, some reports have it that F35 has greater engine noise, did you notice this compared to the other traffic while you were there ? Thx Ronoz

Having seen the Nellis ones fly a few times, imho it's very noisy!