Spitfire2865 Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Some who do not follow the "Non-railway modelling" thread may not be aware. Recently I had the pleasure of taking a trip to an aerodrome in my home state. I have 998 photos from the event on my Flickr. Their collection mostly contained items from 1900-1930s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 Oooooooooops! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 5944 Posted October 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2018 A video of the Antonov landing. That looks nice and bouncy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperlad Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 .....and the unfortunate result of the above 'bounce'. Location is Khartoum and the event was a military training flight culminating in a formation landing. I'm lead to believe that the crew aboard the second Antonov, which bounced multiple times, didn't survive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukebox Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 Probably not the bounce that was fatal, but the contact with the aircraft ahead: https://youtu.be/CwnGeq9-ULA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetmorgan Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 I've finally gotten my finger out and fiddle with a few photos recovered from an old hard drive taken at the 2007 Biggin Hill air fair....one of the last I think until recent years. As next year I understand will be the retirement year of the Tornado I thought I'd post up a few that I had taken. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Nice photos - Tornado retirement will complete a trio of major British aircraft programmes that I spent my career on, Sea King and Harrier/AV8B being the other two. Retired like me...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PMP Posted October 23, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2018 B747 arrival at Doncaster today 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Not quite a picture of aircraft, but for those who like the sound of a RR Tay, today was my first flight in a Fokker 70. Cheers Dacid 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2018 These two flew over me while I was waiting for the RHTT the other day 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcanbomber Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Found these old pics I took over 40 years ago 1970 Pan at RAF Changi Singapore and Visiting USAF Star-lifter in from Vietnam. We often used to get in a an old DC3 visiting which quite often had bullet holes in it! Pan and RAF Wessex which had been airlifted out from UK for exercise Bersatu Padu 1970. (Probably one of the biggest UK exercises since the Second World War)., 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted October 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2018 These two flew over me while I was waiting for the RHTT the other day DAS_6919.jpg 2 x F-15's from RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk - 2 miles from where I am sat right now! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BMacdermott Posted October 26, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2018 (edited) Hello everyone This is more of a 'test posting' than anything else as I haven't posted any photos before. The pic was taken a few days ago. Landing 27R at Heathrow. It's actually a 'screen grab' from a video taken on my mobile phone. Brian Edited October 26, 2018 by BMacdermott 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Nice photos - Tornado retirement will complete a trio of major British aircraft programmes that I spent my career on, Sea King and Harrier/AV8B being the other two. Retired like me...... Ah yes, seeing the Wessex picture means I have to correct my previous comment. I actually worked on the Gnome engine for the Sea King and the similar lower power Gnomes for the Wessex and Whirlwind. All De Havilland versions of the GE T58. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperlad Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 (edited) Hello everyone This is more of a 'test posting' than anything else as I haven't posted any photos before. The pic was taken a few days ago. Landing 27R at Heathrow. It's actually a 'screen grab' from a video taken on my mobile phone. Brian A nice pic of one from my old outfit. I can't see the registration but I'll have 'a few hours' on it. Clearly shown is the strange 'bump' above the nose landing gear. It's there to alter the position of the nose gear and gives the freighter a higher nose during ground ops, thereby leveling the cargo deck for loading/unloading. The passenger 330 has a distinct nose down attitude when on the ground. PL Edited October 28, 2018 by Paperlad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BMacdermott Posted October 28, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2018 Hello Paperlad Many thanks for the info. My son is more 'plane technical' than me as he training for his commercial licence having passed the PPL about three years ago, and he will be pleased to hear that. My video was timed at 14.17 on 17 October. A quick 'playback' on Flightradar 24 shows her as operating QR 8293, registration A7-AFV. All the best Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paperlad Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Hello Paperlad Many thanks for the info. My son is more 'plane technical' than me as he training for his commercial licence having passed the PPL about three years ago, and he will be pleased to hear that. My video was timed at 14.17 on 17 October. A quick 'playback' on Flightradar 24 shows her as operating QR 8293, registration A7-AFV. All the best Brian From my log book, I last flew AFV on 27/10/2016: 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 From my log book, I last flew AFV on 27/10/2016: That is one neat logbook, I long since gave up writing the arr and dep times in mine, block times only. At least with long haul we’re not constantly filling pages . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Does one from a plane count ?must have been feeling arty.. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BMacdermott Posted October 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 31, 2018 Hello everyone Many postings back, I mentioned that I had taken a photo of the Playboy Jet at Heathrow. I have now attached that below. Please note that it was a long way off when I took the photo and the camera was probably a simple Instamatic. Although my photo isn't dated, records seem to indicate that the plane was there on (from?) 29 July 1970. That would tie up (roughly) with my memory and the fact that the friend who was with me (cropped out) was in shirtsleeves. Brian 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BMacdermott Posted November 3, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2018 Hello everyone I'm not sure if this is 'old news' but it is something I have only just found on Flightradar24. It may be different on phone-based screens and you might need to be a Gold member, but on my laptop up towards the top right, there is a drop-down box which was headed: Map View (Default). If you click down into that list, you will find: Multi-select. This enables you to highlight many aircraft and see their tracks all at once. An interesting feature! Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetmorgan Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 A couple of screen shots from the film Sons of the Sea. Showing an RAF Bristol Blenheim mk 1 being a mystery aircraft...bombing a Royal Navy launch in this espionage drama. I know there is inter service rivalry but the RAF bombing the Navy!!! Sadly not a very good film apart from some very nice colour film of the Dartmouth naval college and the surrounding area, including Churston station (see the posting in the Railway footage in feature films thread) Only thing interesting about the film is that is was a colour film shot in 1939 just before the outbreak of war. You can clearly see the undersides of the aircraft with the early camouflage pattern of black on the port side and white on the starboard but with the ailerons on each side in the opposite colour. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 A couple of screen shots from the film Sons of the Sea. Showing an RAF Bristol Blenheim mk 1 being a mystery aircraft...bombing a Royal Navy launch in this espionage drama. I know there is inter service rivalry but the RAF bombing the Navy!!! Sadly not a very good film apart from some very nice colour film of the Dartmouth naval college and the surrounding area, including Churston station (see the posting in the Railway footage in feature films thread) Only thing interesting about the film is that is was a colour film shot in 1939 just before the outbreak of war. It's not like the Royal Navy ever shot at the RAF, is it?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2019 One to watch out for. BA are due to release a 747-400 in heritage BOAC livery next month. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/pictures-ba-reveals-boac-747-400-retrojet-more-t-455159/ Cheers, Mick 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 They must be close to retirement by now - perhaps it is to be preserved in this livery..... Delta retired its ex-Northwest ones recently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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