Big decision is of course during which item do you go for a tom tit ?
TBM700 ?

Really nice shots all pin sharp
The 1-11 with the tree shouldn't work but it does.

Very nice, GR9's are great

From http://www.canberracrazy.co.uk/ "It all started on friday May the 13th , 1949 the English Electric A1 jet bomber made its first flight from Warton, near Preston, Lancashire, one of the greatest postwar British aircraft and multirole, as well as selling well over seas.The Canberra was the i...

Will gain some good publicity for the Reds, the Press will love it.
Anyone care to guess the headline when it's in the Sun ?

Congrats to both, i'm sure they'll do a great job

Rick

ChrisR wrote::sad: Poor Mach2 ticket buyers! Only Mach3 has the elevated seat in the FRIAT toilett!

Mach 2 buyers are lucky, this was the Mach 1 toilets last year http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpvLnyaR8TQ

Nice shots.
Like the 'weathered' look on the Sea Hurricane.
Don't know if it's man made like the P40 ,either way she looks luvvly

Rick

Lawks a mercy that is the business, lovely shots
Is there any chance of it visiting these shores ?

Superb
Was there much else on the Loop yesterday ?

Rick

That is aviation porn, superb

It may make a helicopter more stealthy, but they have a lot of issues with regards to stealth, and as the undercarriage on a Merlin isn't actually enclosed it's unlikely to make any difference in that case. Can you define what you mean by 'enclosed'? Puma-retractable Merlin-retractable Sea King-ret...

ChrisG wrote:It's Ed Hamill in a Pitts Viper, the Pitts 12 has a Vedeneyev engine on the front.

OK cheers.
Strike Eagle next, should be loads of vapour

Looks like a Pitts 12 on now

Isn't it heading East? The flight tracker I've looked at shows its departure airfield as TXKF - LF Wade International (Bermuda), inbound to Lajes on Friday 8th May. Oh yeah East is what i meant , it was late and i'd just got in from an evening at the local. Thats my excuse and i'm sticking to it. R...

Noticed on a flight tracker that NASA926 flew into Lajes this evening.
Wonder where it could be heading next ?

A couple of late ones from me from a superb show, congratulations to all involved After you : http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/Canberra_pr9/Abindgon%20Fayre%202009/Abingdon2009C17-01.jpg http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll165/Canberra_pr9/Abindgon%20Fayre%202009/Abingdon2009C17-02.jpg http...

For unnecessary programs read anything not already in service and any outstanding orders Typhoon Tranche 3 JSF Carriers Nimrod etc etc Its all gone a bit quiet on the Benson front, last we heard anything they were getting another Puma sqn (from Aldergrove) however one has to bear in mind that its V...

StevenH wrote:

Lomcevak26 wrote:Indeed. Without boaring anyone, I hamticipate great things ahead!

Stop telling Porkies...

Won't see any A-10 Warthogs at airshows this season then....

Does anyone have a list of the current NATO Common Frequencies ?
Did the UHF one's change when the allocated airfield frequencies were changed in 2006 ?

Cheers

Rick

Apologies for going off on tangent but i couldn't help noticing this photo on the Sukhoi site http://www.sukhoi.org/eng/gallery/?id=1838&gallery_id=5&cur_gallery_id=32

All nice shots but i really like the Hawk. Cracking light, lovely and sharp.

Cheers

Rick

How often do you format your CF cards (or any other type of card for that matter) ?
I've looked in the Sandisk website and can't find anything about this.

Cheers

Rick

alienation wrote:Price is the same aswell so can only guess it performs about the same when copying.Good of you to mention it and have you used it yourself.

Hi alienation,

I haven't used the SRB slide copier but had seen it mentioned in the photo mags.
Certainly looks a lot quicker than scanning.

Cheers

Rick

wv383 wrote:Already a thread for this:

http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8604&p=87634&hilit=Aerobatic+Challenge#p87634

This thread began 16th April.