RAF100 Rehearsal
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RAF100 Rehearsal
Afternoon all,
An ACN has been published for the rehearsal of the RAF100 flypast, the datum will be College Hall Officers Mess at RAF Cranwell 3rd July at 1200z (4th, 5th and 6th in reserve if needed) just in case anyone wants to catch it.
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An ACN has been published for the rehearsal of the RAF100 flypast, the datum will be College Hall Officers Mess at RAF Cranwell 3rd July at 1200z (4th, 5th and 6th in reserve if needed) just in case anyone wants to catch it.
If this has already been posted please remove as required.
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Does anyone have an idea of which direction they will fly over the college? I assume they are using it to mirror Buckingham Palace, so would imagine somewhat parallel to Cranwell's runway?
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Probably the same route they take for the Queens Practice fly past .
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Re: RAF100 Rehearsal
Probably the same route they take for the Queens Practice fly past .
What would that be? Sorry, not terribly familiar with Cranwell.
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Charles022 wrote:Probably the same route they take for the Queens Practice fly past .
What would that be? Sorry, not terribly familiar with Cranwell.
I'm Not Sure Either To be honest
The QBF Parctice route starts at Southwould i believe then heads North east Clipping Marham then turns a bit more North to head over the main Cranwell building which they use to simulate Buckingham palace i think.
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I don’t officially know but it would be safe to assume that because college hall faces south that they will transit in a south to north track much like the practice for the QBF. Unfortunately the ACN doesn’t specifically state the routing as such.
If you looked at google maps on satellite you can see that there’s a nice line leading up to college hall which is easy for the pilots to pick out
If you looked at google maps on satellite you can see that there’s a nice line leading up to college hall which is easy for the pilots to pick out
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Charles022 wrote:Probably the same route they take for the Queens Practice fly past .
What would that be? Sorry, not terribly familiar with Cranwell.
For the Queen's Birthday Practice I parked on the grass at the following links. Facing south the flypast went from left to right over the runway heading for the College Hall.
https://goo.gl/maps/XibPa4WK1V82
https://goo.gl/maps/6hTaCBFS5V92
See following guide. The location above is "L" on the link.
http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk ... anwell.php
AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION CIRCULAR M 043/2018
http://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/eadbasic ... -06-07.pdf
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Another massed launch from RAF Coningsby about 30mins ago, with at least 30 jets up.
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T_J wrote:Charles022 wrote:Probably the same route they take for the Queens Practice fly past .
What would that be? Sorry, not terribly familiar with Cranwell.
For the Queen's Birthday Practice I parked on the grass at the following links. Facing south the flypast went from left to right over the runway heading for the College Hall.
https://goo.gl/maps/XibPa4WK1V82
https://goo.gl/maps/6hTaCBFS5V92
See following guide. The location above is "L" on the link.
http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk ... anwell.php
AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION CIRCULAR M 043/2018
http://www.ead.eurocontrol.int/eadbasic ... -06-07.pdf
If you're taking photos the sun will be in your face from here, I'd recommend going to the west side of Cranwell for better lighting
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I always get mixed up with "current rime" and zulu; is it 12 noon - as we are now - or 1 in the afternoon?
(Mark Twain: There are lies, there are damn lies and then there are statistics)
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iainpeden wrote:I always get mixed up with "current rime" and zulu; is it 12 noon - as we are now - or 1 in the afternoon?
Zulu is easiest to remember as Greenwich Mean Time, we are currently on British Summer Time, which is GMT+1 hour. In wintertime we revert back to GMT.
( I know it’s Universal Time but that’s the colonials trying to distance themselves from Greenwich by going on about the Earths axis and stuff !)
It’s not too bad living in a country that has Zulu/GMT for 6 months of the year, just needing to add an hour in summer. It’s one of the perks of living in the country that invented Universal Time
If you always have a clock showing Zulu/ GMT/Universal time on your ship or aircraft it doesn’t matter what local time is.
If you take off from New York at 10:00 Zulu and fly for 4 hours and land in any other State you will arrive at 14:00 Zulu. You don’t need to change the clock as you fly over each State that has a different time to the one you just left. You and the controllers on the ground work in Zulu time. You just need to remember to add or subtract the corrent number of hours ahead or behind to display local time on tickets and arrivals/departures boards for the passengers.
Disclaimer-I have spell/grammar checked this post, it may still contain mistakes that might cause offence.
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Harvo266 wrote:It is currently 20:15 Local time/BST, 19:15 Zulu time/GMT
So 12 o'clock Zulu will be 1 o'clock local.
I reckon get to Coningsby by 10.30 local to see the launches then drive to Cranwell; as long as you leave Coningsby by 12 (local) then you should have sufficinet time to find a spot.
Thanks.
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Hi guys, where can i find out if it is definately happening today. I have a 3 hour trip to get there, many thanks
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I bet the likes of Coningbsy and Marham can't wait for the flypast to be over. It's virtually wiped out station flying
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adethorne wrote:Hi guys, where can i find out if it is definately happening today. I have a 3 hour trip to get there, many thanks
I thought the practise was happening tomorrow (3rd)?
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stealth117 wrote:I thought the practise was happening tomorrow (3rd)?
Correct.
From AIC M043/2018 ( as posted previously, available here : http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/public/index.php%3Foption=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=162&Itemid=59.html )
A large formation of military aircraft will form the RAF’s 100 Anniversary Flypast on 10 July 2018; rehearsals for this flypast will be held during the period 3 to 6 July 2018
Tôi chỉ đặt cái này ở đây để giữ cho người điều hành bận rộn
아직도 숨어있다
아직도 숨어있다
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st24 wrote:And we still don't know numbers...
Quite! As you really only need Section Leaders in fixed distance trail to complete a practice! All other aircraft & wingmen will formate on those to create the components. Theoretically you could practice timings & spacing for the RAF 100 with as little as 12 aircraft.
About time somebody showed a graphic for the practice & actual day, instead of the 'Sammy side-on' artwork with no detail on element participants?
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Well there were 12 Valley Hawks up today practicing their element, reports also of 12 Linton(?) Tucanos doing the same.
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아직도 숨어있다
아직도 숨어있다
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Stagger2 wrote:st24 wrote:And we still don't know numbers...
Quite! As you really only need Section Leaders in fixed distance trail to complete a practice! All other aircraft & wingmen will formate on those to create the components. Theoretically you could practice timings & spacing for the RAF 100 with as little as 12 aircraft.
About time somebody showed a graphic for the practice & actual day, instead of the 'Sammy side-on' artwork with no detail on element participants?
Yep, I just don't get this secret squirrel guff, just tell us what you're putting up, you do it every year for QBF and other events. There's a thread on twitter about public engagement or rather, lack of and this just serves to underline it...
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Don't know the order/formations but this is what I've seen:
3x Puma
10x Chinook
1x Jupiter with 2x Juno
3x Prefect
9x Tucano
9x Hawk T1
9x Hawk T2
2x Phenom
2x Shadow
1x Sentinel
1x Rivet Joint
1x Sentry
1x Hercules
1x Atlas
1x Globemaster
1x BAE146
1x Voyager
7x Tornado
3x Lightning
22x Typhoon
RAFAT
BBMF (2x Hurricane, 4x Spitfire, Lancaster & Dakota)
3x Puma
10x Chinook
1x Jupiter with 2x Juno
3x Prefect
9x Tucano
9x Hawk T1
9x Hawk T2
2x Phenom
2x Shadow
1x Sentinel
1x Rivet Joint
1x Sentry
1x Hercules
1x Atlas
1x Globemaster
1x BAE146
1x Voyager
7x Tornado
3x Lightning
22x Typhoon
RAFAT
BBMF (2x Hurricane, 4x Spitfire, Lancaster & Dakota)
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That'd be 98... surely they can drag a couple more along from somewhere to make a nice round ton.
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borismorris wrote:That'd be 98.
Errmm.......try again!