I think they should let the inmates of Area 51 out for the day, to do a little probing.

Brilliant, that means the whole fleet will move to Waddo.

Never mind the great shots and stunning landscape, where can I get one of those hats?

Thanks for the info re the AP LM47

Those fast packs don't look like they can hold much fuel. Tucanos on steroids, nice. Anyone know why the armour plating is a single piece on the right side, but two pieces on the left?

What bugs me is when a PFI deal comes to and end the Contractor walks away all the assets and can resell them on the open market, assets which have been paid for by MOD./quote] I'm not a fan of these PFI's, but these assets haven't been paid for by the Mod. The aircraft were bought by the company s...

Zonan wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 17, 2019 10:36 pm

Did I miss something?
Was there an engine fire? I saw this bird fly over my home in the Netherlands in the morning, together with a second one.

Link here http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=83894 Fire is in the No7 engine

Arthur Tee wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 08, 2019 7:24 pm

It’s probably the US funding the deal - easy way to get the latest Soviet hardware and then work on the flaws!

And vice versa, the soviets getting their hands on the F35's techy stuff.

Thanks for that info. I was wondering about that myself, and funnily enough I did think it was an APU.

There's an ad in most of the aviation mags, for aviation related t shirts, in which a stock picture of a guy in a t shirt is used, and they appear to photoshop the various designs on to the basic image. That's what this looks like!

Anyone any info of departures to Duxford in the next few days?

Vulcan74 wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2019 5:29 pm

But now allowed to bring the Aircraft Carrier back to port!! you couldn't make it up, Not April fools is it!!

He was apparently helicoptered off, before it left Rosyth, according to news reports in Scotland

Can you imagine being a serviceman up on a charge for using a service vehicle for private use, and having the officer in front of you sentancing you for it, when he's done the same, and had nothing happen to him? In the forces you can't just take a service vehicle and use it, on your civvy driving l...

Wolf22 wrote: ↑

Fri May 17, 2019 6:58 am

... not sure what to make of heat haze in Scotland...

Make the most of it, summers coming!

alanp wrote: ↑

Wed May 15, 2019 8:41 pm

Great that you had a grand day out, wish I could have come up for the F-16's but too much workie stuff currently.

It's a bummer when work gets in the way of your hobby Alan.

BFM wrote: ↑

Wed May 15, 2019 11:14 am

Anyone know if Devil 1 came back with Jayhawk still attached.

It didn't.

Headed up to Lossie, the main aim was to get a pic of the Jayhawk on an F16. Luckily I did get it, as the aircraft returned without it. I was told it was the last one they had brought with them, so a stroke of good fortune there. There were 3 P8's throughout the day, and 9 Typhoons flying, but only ...

Nice job getting the 4 on the runway Ross. As you say, a good day.

I call it a rip off because they are advertising tickets at a price, then loading additional "costs" on. If a ticket for the Saturday is £11.25 then it's £11.25, not £10 and £1.25 additional costs. Why don't they just say £11.25? I'm sure all those folk who can claim back the VAT, as a business expe...

All tickets, +fee and VAT. Another ticketing rip off.