For those who like Aircraft pictures

[Metr0Land]

James Bond didn't need a cockpit either.  Wallis Autogyro G-ARZB 'Little Nellie' from You Only Live Twice, Dunsfold Jun75 with Cmdr Wallis almost at the controls.

[Metr0Land]

That shot at Dunsfold reminded me.  Don't you feel old realising the Hawk is a 50 year old aeroplane?  My first shot of one was Farnborough 74.  My next one was XX154 at Dunsfold Jun75 undergoing external load trials.

 

[Jeff Smith]

And still with a variant of the original engine.  Military aircraft don't have to abide by noise restrictions like civil aircraft.....

[rob D2]

2 hours ago, Jeff Smith said:

And still with a variant of the original engine.  Military aircraft don't have to abide by noise restrictions like civil aircraft.....

There’s noise restrictions ??

[rob D2]

3 hours ago, Metr0Land said:

That shot at Dunsfold reminded me.  Don't you feel old realising the Hawk is a 50 year old aeroplane?  My first shot of one was Farnborough 74.  My next one was XX154 at Dunsfold Jun75 undergoing external load trials.

 

Classic paint scheme. Makes me hum the “ fighter pilot “ BBC theme tune of 1980 organs and synths …

[Johann Marsbar]

The crossing gates on the A970 are closed as a Loganair ATR comes in to land at Sumburgh Airport last Sunday afternoon.......

 

[jjb1970]

Noise abatement...I was buzzed by a pair of F15's flying low and fast a couple of days ago, they really don't do noise abatement here.

 

Here's a couple of shots highlighting the differences between the two Fokker F50 variants of the RSAF. Most of them are maritime patrol aircraft which patrol the anchorages looking for naughty ships, boats trying to land on the island, supporting the police etc (they can also be armed with Harpoon missiles) while there is a smaller sub-group of vanilla transports. The patrol aircraft are much more visible, always flying around. The two things under the wing tips are optical units to look for pollution.

 

It's quite nice to still see these old birds, much nicer looking than the ATR which seems to be the mainstay of turpoprop airliners these days.

 

[jjb1970]

Special liveries are the marmite of airliners (probably trains too), done well they add some variety and colour and can be very attractive, done badly they can just look awful.

 

I think this China Southern 787 is a special livery done pretty well, colourful without looking like technicolour vomit, the Eva 777 is another of those Asian cartoon liveries which makes me ask 'why?' (the answer being that they're crazily popular in Asia).

 

 

 

[Johann Marsbar]

Some more Loganair from Sumburgh last weekend....

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BMacdermott]

Hello everyone

 

Nice numberplate!

 

Brian

 

Edited July 15, 2023 by BMacdermott

[J. S. Bach]

I am curious, why is that?

[jjb1970]

A pair of these buzzed me this week, the noise was bonkers. The RSAF doesn't do noise abatement. This was a rare sight, you see the F15's all the time over the East of the island and quite a few over Marina Bay, but where we live in the west they are rare as the F16's rule the airspace on this side of the island. 

 

[jjb1970]

The last variant of the queen of the skies, the Boeing 747-8. The 747-8 was somewhat unusual in finding very limited sales for the passenger variant, the 747-8F outsold the 747-8I by more than 2:1, it didn't cut it against the A380 (which itself wasn't the success Airbus hoped for). The 747-8F was reasonably successful, but by nothing like enough to make the 747-8 a viable ongoing proposition, however I suspect those built will be well used for many years. It'll be interesting to see if anyone tries a P2F conversion on the few 747-8I's given the line is now closed. I'm not sure there are enough airframes to make it worthwhile when the 777 offers a large alternative.

 

[BMacdermott]

2 hours ago, J. S. Bach said:

I am curious, why is that?

 

Hello JS Bach

 

Modern UK numberplates are configured 'Letter/Numbers/Letters'.

 

I thought it was amusing that 777 might be Boeing 777 and DXB is airport code for Dubai. Might be pure coincidence but I wonder if the owner is a pilot or plane spotter!🙂

 

Brian

[rob D2]

2 hours ago, jjb1970 said:

The last variant of the queen of the skies, the Boeing 747-8. The 747-8 was somewhat unusual in finding very limited sales for the passenger variant, the 747-8F outsold the 747-8I by more than 2:1, it didn't cut it against the A380 (which itself wasn't the success Airbus hoped for). The 747-8F was reasonably successful, but by nothing like enough to make the 747-8 a viable ongoing proposition, however I suspect those built will be well used for many years. It'll be interesting to see if anyone tries a P2F conversion on the few 747-8I's given the line is now closed. I'm not sure there are enough airframes to make it worthwhile when the 777 offers a large alternative.

 

4 engines for pax, is hard to make money now . 
The 787 burnt about 5000kg an hour , the 747 10-12000kg , the numbers still work for freight but not people.

 

Airbus philosophy for 380 was fly big aircraft from mega hubs, Boeing fly smaller twins from wherever you need . I think Boeing won that one 

[rob D2]

4 hours ago, jjb1970 said:

A pair of these buzzed me this week, the noise was bonkers. The RSAF doesn't do noise abatement. This was a rare sight, you see the F15's all the time over the East of the island and quite a few over Marina Bay, but where we live in the west they are rare as the F16's rule the airspace on this side of the island. 

 

Live in Singapore and fly F15s…..I wonder if they need any expats 😝

[burgundy]

8 hours ago, jjb1970 said:

A pair of these buzzed me this week, the noise was bonkers. The RSAF doesn't do noise abatement. This was a rare sight, you see the F15's all the time over the East of the island and quite a few over Marina Bay, but where we live in the west they are rare as the F16's rule the airspace on this side of the island. 

Did you not appreciate that the thrust of military aircraft was measured in decibels?

Best wishes 

Eric 

[St Enodoc]

9 hours ago, BMacdermott said:

 

Hello JS Bach

 

Modern UK numberplates are configured 'Letter/Numbers/Letters'.

 

I thought it was amusing that 777 might be Boeing 777 and DXB is airport code for Dubai. Might be pure coincidence but I wonder if the owner is a pilot or plane spotter!🙂

 

Brian

B777DXB? That was where I boarded my first flight on that type. That's not my car though...

[St Enodoc]

7 hours ago, rob D2 said:

4 engines for pax, is hard to make money now . 
The 787 burnt about 5000kg an hour , the 747 10-12000kg , the numbers still work for freight but not people.

 

Airbus philosophy for 380 was fly big aircraft from mega hubs, Boeing fly smaller twins from wherever you need . I think Boeing won that one 

That's probably true for short- and medium-haul but the intercontinental business is still hub-and-spoke. Personally, I prefer the A380 over any other type for long-haul sectors.

 

Sometimes you can catch a big bird on a short fill-in sector, which is always nice. We recently flew from Sydney to Christchurch and back by Emirates A380.

[6990WitherslackHall]

I went to the Flying Legends airshow at Leeds East Airport in Church Fenton yesterday and I've got a load of photos from that day. 

 

C-47A Skytrain (also known as a Dakota)

 

B-25J Mitchell Bomber

 

 

P-38L Lightning

 

 

Buchon and a Gloster Gladiator

 

A pair of P-51 Mustangs

 

 

A row of Spitfires. There was 14 Spitfires at the event. (12 flying, 2 on display)

 

 

Mk I Hurricanes

 

 

Eight Spitfires flying towards the crowd. 

 

A formation of a Hawk 75, P-36C, and 2 P-40 Warhawks.

 

A P-47D Thunderbolt flies behind a Spitfire

 

A Swordfish flies towards the crowd

Edited July 16, 2023 by 6990WitherslackHall
Swordfish next to the Buchon was actually a Gloster Gladiator.

[55020]

17 hours ago, BMacdermott said:

 

I thought it was amusing that 777 might be Boeing 777 and DXB is airport code for Dubai. Might be pure coincidence but I wonder if the owner is a pilot or plane spotter!🙂

 

My neighbour has a white Tesla with the registration B787 FLY, which no doubt came with a big price tag.  He's a pilot with Virgin 😉

 

 

Steve

[BMacdermott]

Hello Steve

 

One other that I have seen is FL60LHR - but that was on a 'common or garden' car and I suspect the owner wasn't aware of any aviation context.🙂

 

Brian

[Lochgorm]

5 hours ago, 6990WitherslackHall said:

Buchon and a Swordfish

 

 

Sorry, but that Swordfish is in fact a Gloster Gladiator!

Charlie

[6990WitherslackHall]

2 hours ago, Lochgorm said:

Sorry, but that Swordfish is in fact a Gloster Gladiator!

Charlie

It appears you are right. There was a Swordfish at the show as I saw it flying. Think I just got mixed up as they're similar in appearance.

 

This is the Swordfish:

Edited July 16, 2023 by 6990WitherslackHall

[6990WitherslackHall]

These are the two Spitfires that were on display. They are both Mk IXs though SM520 is a two seater. SM520 is fully operational and airworthy but MK805 is a static non-flying replica.

 

 

Spitfire Mk IX TR SM520

 

Spitfire Mk IX LF MK805