chrisward123 wrote:On to the flying fairly underwhelming performances from the Swedes, very high - BUT still amazing to see a flying Viggen at Southport. Going to Blackpool airport tomorrow to catch it taking off twice, 1st for display and secondly takeoff back home at 4pm.
Pat Murphy wrote: J37 Viggen (distant?? Not from the crowd line it wasn't and as for high, that's just the altitude it needs and the sky was clear, what's not to like??)
JJC wrote:George Bacon mentioned something about the Swedish jets being required to be 4000ft away to use their afterburner?
bigfatron wrote:JJC wrote:George Bacon mentioned something about the Swedish jets being required to be 4000ft away to use their afterburner?
Seems a weird requirement when the Typhoon is spanking past with the fires fully lit.
JJC wrote:bigfatron wrote:JJC wrote:George Bacon mentioned something about the Swedish jets being required to be 4000ft away to use their afterburner?
Seems a weird requirement when the Typhoon is spanking past with the fires fully lit.
Not sure I heard what he said correctly, but afterburners and 4000ft was mentioned at least twice when the Swedes were on. Maybe that was the max height for the display box?
Couldn’t say. Maybe I’m barking up the wrong tree, but there wasn’t much use of the A/B at all from the Swede pair.
bigfatron wrote:JJC wrote:bigfatron wrote:JJC wrote:George Bacon mentioned something about the Swedish jets being required to be 4000ft away to use their afterburner?
Seems a weird requirement when the Typhoon is spanking past with the fires fully lit.
Not sure I heard what he said correctly, but afterburners and 4000ft was mentioned at least twice when the Swedes were on. Maybe that was the max height for the display box?
Couldn’t say. Maybe I’m barking up the wrong tree, but there wasn’t much use of the A/B at all from the Swede pair.
There's only the Viggen that has reheat out of the two anyway? Just flicking through my pics and its showing at least some reheat in a fair few pics as it turns away. I'm not sure how much the thrust reversers hide of it from a visibility PoV when its on passes etc.
One small observation from today was did the Viggen get a bit out of position? It did a vertical climb up through the cloudbase and seemed to come back in from behind the crowd on the way down.
JJC wrote:bigfatron wrote:JJC wrote:bigfatron wrote:JJC wrote:George Bacon mentioned something about the Swedish jets being required to be 4000ft away to use their afterburner?
Seems a weird requirement when the Typhoon is spanking past with the fires fully lit.
Not sure I heard what he said correctly, but afterburners and 4000ft was mentioned at least twice when the Swedes were on. Maybe that was the max height for the display box?
Couldn’t say. Maybe I’m barking up the wrong tree, but there wasn’t much use of the A/B at all from the Swede pair.
There's only the Viggen that has reheat out of the two anyway? Just flicking through my pics and its showing at least some reheat in a fair few pics as it turns away. I'm not sure how much the thrust reversers hide of it from a visibility PoV when its on passes etc.
One small observation from today was did the Viggen get a bit out of position? It did a vertical climb up through the cloudbase and seemed to come back in from behind the crowd on the way down.
The Tunnan also has an afterburner, it certainly did at Waddington in 2013!
chrisward123 wrote:Went Airside to Blackpool Airport on Sunday - very enjoyable day.
Got to sit in most of the aircraft, will post pictures later.
Regarding the Swedes - spoke to the team yesterday, what a nice bunch.
Sat in the Viggen, Tunnan and there support Citation as well as getting a free cap, patch and sticker.
They stated they had to remain high and far from the crowd which they didn't enjoy, they were not allowed to start display in formation and they were only permitted to use A/B on Y axis while exiting manoeuvre.
They also confirmed they got offered to chance to display at RIAT this year but they refused due to the fact they were only permitted to conduct straight, high flypasts - which is there own words is not there style.
chrisward123 wrote:Went Airside to Blackpool Airport on Sunday - very enjoyable day.
Got to sit in most of the aircraft, will post pictures later.
Regarding the Swedes - spoke to the team yesterday, what a nice bunch.
Sat in the Viggen, Tunnan and there support Citation as well as getting a free cap, patch and sticker.
They stated they had to remain high and far from the crowd which they didn't enjoy, they were not allowed to start display in formation and they were only permitted to use A/B on Y axis while exiting manoeuvre.
They also confirmed they got offered to chance to display at RIAT this year but they refused due to the fact they were only permitted to conduct straight, high flypasts - which is there own words is not there style.
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