That's a hell of a set of decals to get on. Looks amazing!

Same owners as the Gnats at North Weald looking at Companies House. Apparently the F/A.2 is merely a signature away from flying, according to some sources. Maybe, but there is a massive burden of responsibility on the owner of that signature, especially in these (post Shoreham) times. Maybe, but th...

Beluga https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52253002631_05220c87fd_b.jpg 20220716 (86)_F-WBXL_Airbus_BelugaXL by John Dixon , on Flickr Zebra https://live.staticflickr.com/7256/7610070612_7a90a20a71_b.jpg 2012_07_01_Flying_Legends (12) by John Dixon , on Flickr Falcon https://live.staticflickr.com/88...

Really like that, FJ. I used to live near Bovington (mid 60s) and what is now the tank museum was in a very fledgling state with lots outside. We used to go by every week as the school used the army pool for swimming lessons. Thank you Iain! I can recommend a return visit to the Tank Museum now esp...

Sadly I've seen more than I've ever had chance to photograph, but hopefully one or two pleasing images for you: BAe's Mosquito in the Derwent valley, May 1993: 50th anniversary of Op Chastise https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53439949948_d57daee579_b.jpg 199305_day_unknown_RR299_De_Havilland_Mosqu...

Just to finish off the story of my Tiger 131 build, two more photos, one of the original during the re-enactment of its capture and the other of the model on its final display base depicting the same re-enactment event in the Kuwait Arena at the Tank Museum. I've been meaning to do this but never qu...

I don't know about a permanent disbanding- though those aircraft are not going to last forever- but it was interesting to hear in the news report that grounding them for a year had been considered. Hell of a disruption to the flying currency, though. I've worked in a similarly male dominated enviro...

Futuristic looking beast for 1937 but from the sound of it maybe not the ideal mount. Nice model anyway, very much out of the ordinary!

Stunning stuff, definitely looking forward to week 2!

Five: Reds Rolling https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52251371775_7afc252126_b.jpg 20220716 (69)_The_Red_Arrows by John Dixon , on Flickr Four: Fighter Command Fighters https://live.staticflickr.com/8564/27946742304_5da90a88fb_b.jpg 20160710 (119)_1940_Fighter_Command_Fighters by John Dixon , on Fl...

Too late for the competition (enjoyed everybody else's though) but a Christmas Goose in every sense including probe and drogue:

20231211 (57)_Brent_Goose by John Dixon, on Flickr

Merry Christmas everybody!

According to Aviation Week, in April 2022 of 51 Tigers, just nine were serviceable. I’ll bet there’s a bit of familiarity (dare I say nostalgia?) amongst the upper ranks, too. Certainly an interesting move, though. About a million years ago I was conferring with the Germans and Italians over the To...

Very nice!

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Tue 05 Dec 2023, 12:20 pm

A Bally B-17 also fits the bill: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bally_B-17

Not sure it has the payload capacity though.

Boeing's already been ruled out!

A Liberator would be better (range and payload) but perhaps a DC-6 even more so. How about a Martin Mars?

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Tue 21 Nov 2023, 10:46 am

Damn! Think I read that P-8 was only built in 2020. Thankfully all survived

It does re-emphasise the folly of "Battlestar Galactica" procurement as practiced by our own clowns in government: you have to have numerical resilience in your fleet of anything.

Reckoned over-thinking was the greatest risk so a quick selection process. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52993153968_2bca927238_b.jpg 20230617 (31)_Kings_Birthday_Flypast_Voyager_KC3_and_A400M_Atlas_C1 by John Dixon , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53075912282_8c292f3ebf_b.jpg 2...

That misty first one is great!

From September 1987 to August 1991 I worked in the Tornado Project Office in London, so the Tornado is my favourite fast jet by a long way: great subject choice this week. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53334266690_484189eb71_b.jpg 20231115 (1)_ZA447_Panavia_Tornado_GR1 by John Dixon , on Flick...

The best thing to do would be for the team to have a few years off and reorganise. And then how would you track behaviour development? Monitoring is the only correct response, though I suspect that given the essentially transactional view of sex across the Services at all levels and by all flavours...

Very nice. The dive is particularly well caught!

There are some great models there (I like the Fiat G91 best of the aircraft) but that last one of the modeller in his den is off the chart! It's a great model, but I fear it's not that accurate, I mean where's the huge pile of ubuilt kits?🤣 In the loft I expect! :rofl: My wife kindly makes me tea o...

There are some great models there (I like the Fiat G91 best of the aircraft) but that last one of the modeller in his den is off the chart!

When it shows it's wonderful but I missed it by twenty minutes Sunday morning and it hadn't returned by dusk.... well jell Dave, great pix!

Always a dynamic angle! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53185651042_cd6bd7d116_b.jpg 20230903 (80)_G-ACSS_De_Havilland_DH88_Comet by John Dixon , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48335290376_369aeaaba5_b.jpg 20190717 (26)_05714_Lockheed_MC-130J_Hercules by John Dixon , on Flickr htt...

If we have nine female fast jet pilots it would make a point to let them become the team. It would make a better point to ensure that membership is entirely on merit without any quota of any kind and all treated equally. We need an RAF that considers fast jet pilots just as fast jet pilots and is b...