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- Mon 30 Nov 2020, 8:53 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Airshow melancholy.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3128
Re: Airshow melancholy.
Well, I started young; 2020 will be the first full year out of my 64 so far, without attending a single airshow...
- Tue 20 Oct 2020, 2:45 pm
- Forum: Historic Aviation
- Topic: Catalina loch Ness difficulties
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5468
Re: Catalina loch Ness difficulties
I trust the rib owner/driver will take responsibility for hitting her. A Catalina isn't exactly small. To be fair, we don't know the full circumstances. It might be that the rib was invited to approach by the Catalina crew, in an effort to help with their difficulties. A boatman can't necessarily b...
- Sat 01 Aug 2020, 10:59 pm
- Forum: Historic Aviation
- Topic: Bruntingthorpe Closure?
- Replies: 248
- Views: 46525
Re: Bruntingthorpe Closure?
Bruntingthorpe moments, XH558 delivery XS904 delivery Tristars delivery in the dark Standing mid way on the runway with the other Lightning, nose in air about 15' away, chute popping and dropping in front of us, the Lightning disappearing from view Watching someone walking up to a Lightning after a...
- Fri 10 Jul 2020, 7:24 am
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Battle of Britain: 3 Days That Saved the Nation - Channel 5, Tues 7th July, 9pm
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1406
Re: Battle of Britain: 3 Days That Saved the Nation - Channel 5, Tues 7th July, 9pm
...and quite emotional at times. ... Indeed. Episode 2 featured 99 year old ex-armourer Ronald Pountain who, 70 years on, still had tears in his eyes as he described the occasions when 'his' pilots didn't come back... And on the closing titles, I notice that the programme was "Dedicated to the memo...
- Thu 18 Jun 2020, 7:54 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: B-52H Flak Bait II
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1305
Re: B-52H Flak Bait II
B-26...GeeRam wrote: ↑Thu 18 Jun 2020, 7:31 pmNice touch honoring the legendary B-25 Marauder Flak Bait.
https://www.edwards.af.mil/News/Article ... sdale-afb/
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As you say, it's always nice to see a tip of the cap to the past.
- Tue 02 Jun 2020, 6:27 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Cool Moves
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4420
- Mon 01 Jun 2020, 9:22 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Cool Moves
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4420
Re: Cool Moves
B-52 fast pass and awesome zoom climb at Finningley - someone with better records might know the year...
- Fri 15 May 2020, 11:02 am
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Aircraft music?
- Replies: 80
- Views: 7199
Re: Aircraft music?
Sydney from a 727 - Paul Kelly
(747 in later versions...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pRthfLnpX8
(747 in later versions...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pRthfLnpX8
- Mon 11 May 2020, 12:42 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Social Distance Spotting
- Replies: 84
- Views: 11193
- Mon 11 May 2020, 11:22 am
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Social Distance Spotting
- Replies: 84
- Views: 11193
Re: Social Distance Spotting
The new rules do state that - From Wednesday, people in England will be able to spend more time outdoors "for leisure purposes" ... Brian Sorry to be pedantic, but where have you found that quote? The only 'official' guidance I can find is BJ's speech, which says: "...And from this Wednesday, we wa...
- Mon 11 May 2020, 10:00 am
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Social Distance Spotting
- Replies: 84
- Views: 11193
Re: Social Distance Spotting
...from Wednesday the UK governmental rules will permit travel to spot: explicitly leisure activities that are not exercise have been cleared to resume, with social distancing.... Can you point to where this is explicit? What I've seen, is that you can travel by car for exercise / sport, and that y...
- Tue 05 May 2020, 8:41 am
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: US spy planes could be pulled from Britain
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5539
Re: US spy planes could be pulled from Britain
Cue the next round of half-baked conspiracy theories...!rockfordstone wrote: ↑Tue 05 May 2020, 8:21 am...Covid 19 has given the government the perfect excuse....

- Tue 05 May 2020, 8:21 am
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Google Streetview plane-spotting.
- Replies: 130
- Views: 12954
Re: Google Streetview plane-spotting.
Saw this on take off from Pisa airport last year and didn't realise you could see it from the road. I think its a boxcar. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@43.6944836,10.3947058,3a,75y,84.83h,85.98t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sT-yKienSjyigI3QHKNEJAw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Indeed, a Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, ...
- Sun 08 Mar 2020, 10:34 pm
- Forum: Historic Aviation
- Topic: Bruntingthorpe Closure?
- Replies: 248
- Views: 46525
Re: Bruntingthorpe Closure?
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 A Monument can be (among other things) - "A site comprising any vehicle, vessel, aircraft or other moveable structure (or contains the remains of one)" "Damage to a monument is a criminal offence and any works taking place within on...
- Sun 26 Jan 2020, 2:54 pm
- Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
- Topic: RIAT 2020 Wishlist
- Replies: 170
- Views: 41619
Re: RIAT 2020 Wishlist
F35C, looks like something straight out of Star Wars, there was rumours of the US navy displaying it this year. I seem to remember seeing on scramble a deployment scheduled of Marine F-35's (i could be wrong on all counts mind) to Marham late summer. Maybe? just Maybe? That wouldn't quench Airshowh...
- Thu 23 Jan 2020, 8:26 am
- Forum: Historic Aviation
- Topic: Fort Paul Closed?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2387
Re: Fort Paul Closed?
Andover wrote:I think the only British post war production type no longer in existance is the Avro Tudor....
That thought sounds like a challenge....

DH Hornet / Sea Hornet? (Hopefully, soon to be corrected, of course!

VS Spiteful / Seafang?
Any more...?
- Tue 21 Jan 2020, 3:17 pm
- Forum: Historic Aviation
- Topic: A-W Meteor NF.14 WS788 Restoration Project
- Replies: 448
- Views: 182089
Re: A-W Meteor NF.14 WS788 Restoration Project
wallace wrote:Because they didn't have the right size spanner?
...or the right size brain...?

- Tue 14 Jan 2020, 5:14 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Aircraft 'Top Speeds'
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2591
Re: Aircraft 'Top Speeds'
And yet it also claims to have 'an operational top speed of Mach 2.83' (well over 2,000 mph!), which presumably is therefore nonsense - because it wouldn't achieve anywhere near that operationally. Only just caught up with this, but just to clarify: At the altitudes where these speeds are feasible ...
- Fri 22 Nov 2019, 7:31 am
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: New Forum Section Needed?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4992
Re: New Forum Section Needed?
+1 That's a great idea. Such a section would probably be my first port of call, each time I visit the forum. Do you think threads should only be started by 'representatives' of the project in question, or should anyone be allowed to start a thread on a project that doesn't yet promote itself here...?
- Thu 21 Nov 2019, 11:23 am
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Your favourite UK airshow 2019?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4549
Re: Your favourite UK airshow 2019?
With Cosford being off the menu (family wedding ), there were just two stand-outs, this year: - For me, RIAT is always a highlight, just for being 6 days of sustained dyed-in-the-wool aviation, plus a few special items for good measure. And this year, the specials were pretty special! However, never...
- Tue 10 Sep 2019, 2:44 pm
- Forum: Historic Aviation
- Topic: P-51 hard landing at Le Touquet airport
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3382
Re: P-51 hard landing at Le Touquet airport
Do two wheels and a wingtip count as a three-point landing...? 

- Sun 25 Aug 2019, 6:45 pm
- Forum: Heads Up/OTT
- Topic: Israeli Deployment to Waddington - Sept 2019 - Info Thread
- Replies: 102
- Views: 27626
Re: Israeli Deployment to Waddington - Sept 2019 - Info Thre
boff180 wrote:And in English?
For the three weeks of the exercise, flying will be on Mondays and Wednesdays (08.30-13.00Z) and Fridays (08.00 - 12.00Z) only.

- Sat 10 Aug 2019, 6:19 pm
- Forum: Aviation Waffle
- Topic: Interesting Internet
- Replies: 481
- Views: 154644
Re: Interesting Internet
You can't make this up.. We actually have people setting up camp on the Helipads here... m Well apparently, you can make it up, because that's what News 1130 have done...! The SAR spokesman has said that campers and other visitors are using the Helipad as a viewing platform, not that they're pitchi...
- Sat 10 Aug 2019, 4:50 pm
- Forum: Royal International Air Tattoo
- Topic: RIAT 2020 - CANCELLED
- Replies: 1085
- Views: 187549
Re: RIAT 2020
To sum up it has all the hallmarks of a marketing team driving the direction of the show and saying "You don't need to know anything about aircraft to market a successful air show". It remains to be seen what effect, if any, the new chap has on the direction of the show. My fear is we are...
- Sun 28 Jul 2019, 7:35 pm
- Forum: Heads Up/OTT
- Topic: Israeli Deployment to Waddington - Sept 2019 - Info Thread
- Replies: 102
- Views: 27626
Re: Possible Israeli Air Force to Coningsby - Sept 2019
iainpeden wrote:Road closures around Waddington from 15th August to 23rd September.
https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/notices/Tr ... 4c48dc544e
(Thanks to FC)
Not too problematic, thank goodness; additional speed limits, parking restrictions and no overtaking. No road closures.
