steve1 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Dug these out. They come from The Smithsonian in Washington. If you get the chance, all the Smithsonian museums in Washington are worth visiting. steve 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcanbomber Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Yes and they all free Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Abel Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Scenes from the de-ice pad, MSP (Minneapolis-St. Paul International) Monday April 3rd. 2018 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Dug these out. They come from The Smithsonian in Washington. If you get the chance, all the Smithsonian museums in Washington are worth visiting. IMG_0480.jpg Your photograph of the F4B-4 (a later Naval variant of the Boeing P12) hiding in the Navy hall reminded me very much of the Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk - which operationally was launched and recovered from a hangar inside the Zeppelins USS Macon and USS Akron. Being contemporaries, that shouldn't be too surprising, but I was struck by how very similar they were. Early 1930s aircraft are quite fascinating as transitional designs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted April 14, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 14, 2018 Great visit to IWM Duxford for my birthday with Mrs Dava today for our flight with Classic Wings DH Rapide over Cambridgeshire. The Rapide is 72 years old, built by Brush Coachworks in Loughborough, near where we live, under license. There was a lot of aircraft activity with the Classic Wings Tiger Moths, Spitfire and a P51 Mustang all active today. Enjoyed seeing the displays and planes under restoration at IWM. Dava 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Looking a bit sad and sorry after 32 years exposed to the elements and wildlife. EE Canberra Mk 20 A84-238 first flew in 1956 and entered service with No.2 Squadron RAAF. It saw combat in Vietnam in 1969-71 and in 1973 was one of 6 RAAF Canberras converted for cartographic survey work. Last flew in 1982 and in 1985 was prepared for transfer to a proposed Vietnam War museum. But it it never went ahead and 238 was plinthed at Willowbank, Queensland in 1986.Interestingly there is another even more derelict Canberra (A84-248) in an adjacent paddock and only just visible from the road.CheersDavid 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) The show-stealer along the Mall today. Edited July 10, 2018 by LNER4479 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Who needs to go to the Mall? So jolly nice of those RAF chaps (and chapesses) to treat me to my own personal flypast right outside my bedroom window. 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted July 10, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2018 A great display. All that was mising was for them to loop the 22 Typhoons to match the 22 Hunters of 111 Sqdn! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Who needs to go to the Mall? So jolly nice of those RAF chaps (and chapesses) to treat me to my own personal flypast right outside my bedroom window. IMG_1542.jpg IMG_1545.jpg IMG_1570.jpg IMG_1572.jpg IMG_1576.jpg Thanks for posting the BBMF photo in particular. I video'd that so it was difficult to make out the individual aircraft in the formation. Both Hurricanes and three Spitfires accompanying the Lanc - magic! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted July 10, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2018 By the Thames next to Hungerford Bridge 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ryde-on-time Posted July 10, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2018 Great photos and must of been a glorious sight Not sure why every news report I have heard though says that it was the first public display of an F35. An F35 displayed at RIAT 2 years ago? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted July 10, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2018 I did like the AWACs etc 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) Great photos and must of been a glorious sight Not sure why every news report I have heard though says that it was the first public display of an F35. An F35 displayed at RIAT 2 years ago? Not just a great sight - the sound and energy given off by twenty-two Typhoons in formation was deeply moving. Edited July 10, 2018 by EddieB 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Not just a great sight - the sound and energy given off by twenty Tornadoes in formation was deeply moving. Agreed - I do believe though that the '100' formation were Typhoons? (and there were 22 of them, being even more of a pedant!). It was billed as 'up to 100 planes'. I count 90 from my pictures and I missed a couple of the formations so it could well have been spot on the 100. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rembrow Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Agreed - I do believe though that the '100' formation were Typhoons? (and there were 22 of them, being even more of a pedant!). It was billed as 'up to 100 planes'. I count 90 from my pictures and I missed a couple of the formations so it could well have been spot on the 100. When the formation came over us in south Suffolk before getting to London, I counted 23 Typhoons followed by the Red Arrows. One Typhoon flew back over us at speed, at about 1210, possibly was a spare in case of a problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted July 10, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2018 Great photos and must of been a glorious sight Not sure why every news report I have heard though says that it was the first public display of an F35. An F35 displayed at RIAT 2 years ago? Watching the Beeb on TV they were saying first appearance of F35's over London which was correct (unless they stealthily flew over some other time!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Agreed - I do believe though that the '100' formation were Typhoons? (and there were 22 of them, being even more of a pedant!). It was billed as 'up to 100 planes'. I count 90 from my pictures and I missed a couple of the formations so it could well have been spot on the 100. Thanks - proves I can neither count not tell the difference between tropical storms! (Post corrected). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Smith Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Just watched the BBC coverage, it was a shame that the commentators were not watching a monitor as several times they were discussing aircraft not in camera...nevertheless less a great spectacle, must have been a planning nightmare. Presumably Heathrow traffic would have been disrupted... I worked on prototype Tornado engines during development in the seventies, now they are being retired next year, just like me last year.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted July 10, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2018 Just watched the BBC coverage, it was a shame that the commentators were not watching a monitor as several times they were discussing aircraft not in camera...nevertheless less a great spectacle, must have been a planning nightmare. There's something strange about BBC coverage of flypasts at Buckingham Palace. This seems to happen repeatedly where the commentators are talking to pictures on one monitor whilst we the viewers are seeing something else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 It was quite busy on the Mall. Most offices, mine included, emptied out to go and have a look: Great atmosphere - really enjoyable. David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Who needs to go to the Mall? So jolly nice of those RAF chaps (and chapesses) to treat me to my own personal flypast right outside my bedroom window. IMG_1542.jpg IMG_1545.jpg IMG_1570.jpg IMG_1572.jpg IMG_1576.jpg Where are the "lucky So-&-So" and "Dead Jealous" smileys??!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) There's something strange about BBC coverage of flypasts at Buckingham Palace. This seems to happen repeatedly where the commentators are talking to pictures on one monitor whilst we the viewers are seeing something else. Ah, that's why the description I heard was incorrect. Not as bad as the Swansea Evening Post's recent aeroplane gaffe however, describing the twin-seat Hunter that was recently removed from Fairwood Aerodrome as an Anson. Where on earth did that come from? It's good that someone shifted the Hunter, after many years standing in all weathers, it was beginning to suffer. It's been replaced by a GR1. Wales Online still has this: '...The Tornado aircraft is a display model which has been recently reassembled and replaces a former Anson aircraft which was on display at the airport previously, until it went to a museum in France...'. Ah well.... Tony Edited July 10, 2018 by Prometheus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Grampus Posted July 10, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2018 A couple from the flypast rehearsal at RAF College Cranwell last Tuesday. Per Ardua ad Astra. Paul 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 (edited) Presumably Heathrow traffic would have been disrupted... Stopped as planned in advance. No landings or take-offs for something like 30 minutes or more. London City airport was also affected. Looking at FlightRadar24 and another tracking app, it was incredibly strange to see absolutely no Heathrow bound aircraft anywhere over the whole of the SE of England, the Midlands or the English Channel. At that time of day too!!!! Not being able to get up to London for the event, I watched it on TV. A pleasant surprise was that as the formations dispersed on their various pre-planned tracks, the historic Battle of Britain formation turned south towards Basingstoke, before splitting up. The Dakota and Lancaster turned at Basingstoke and headed west, but the Spitfire and Hurricane formation headed for the south coast and Southampton. A few minutes later they appeared at low level right over my house, not far from the Solent foreshore and then proceeded to orbit (circle) 3 times directly around us, before turning off to head for what looked like a low run up Southampton Water, towards the city centre. The noise from the engines of the 5 aircraft circling our house in formation for several minutes was fantastic. What a sight and what an unexpected bonus. . Edited July 11, 2018 by Ron Ron Ron 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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