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- Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:48 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: 2024 Typhoon Display Jet
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1887
Re: 2024 Typhoon Display Jet
This is the current status of Tranche 1 jets I believe. Happy to be corrected. ZJ800 Eurofighter Typhoon T3 f/f 14/02/2003, d/d Case White 29/04/2004, d/d Coningsby 09/03/2006, G.I. Humberside Humberside ZJ801 Eurofighter Typhoon T3 f/f 01/10/2004, d/d Case White 29/10/2004, d/d Coningsby 04/05/2005...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:43 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: 2024 Typhoon Display Jet
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1887
Re: 2024 Typhoon Display Jet
Fewer, Tim!
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:07 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: 2024 Typhoon Display Jet
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1887
Re: 2024 Typhoon Display Jet
Tranche 1 jets are due to be retired in March next year, that's everything through to ZJ943.
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:27 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: 2024 Typhoon Display Jet
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1887
Re: 2024 Typhoon Display Jet
Looks superb. Bravo!
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:23 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Anatoly Kvochur
- Replies: 6
- Views: 901
Re: Anatoly Kvochur
Shook his hand at Waddington. Vice like grip, hand hurt for days! RIP.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:46 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: F1 2024
- Replies: 224
- Views: 14269
Re: F1 2024
For all those thoroughly fed up with another dull F1 season, check out the US MotoGP from this weekend which will be on ITV4. What a race! Also World Superbikes from Barcelona a couple of weeks ago, more lead changes than you can shake a stick at.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:05 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: RAF Boeing H-47ER
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5584
Re: RAF Boeing H-47ER
I expect there will be at least 14 retirements from the existing fleet, if not all originals bought in the early 1980s.
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:38 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: RAF Hawk display pilots
- Replies: 13
- Views: 17475
Re: RAF Hawk display pilots
Thanks all
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 5:46 pm
- Forum: RAF Wittering & Cottesmore
- Topic: Apache at Cottesmore
- Replies: 0
- Views: 615
Apache at Cottesmore
Viper 1 ZM721 seems to have operated out of Kendrew Barracks this afternoon.
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 11:15 am
- Forum: Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic Photography
- Topic: RAF Leeming Air Fairs '92 - '95
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2957
Re: RAF Leeming Air Fairs '92 - '95
Ah yes, we flew in by Vauxhall Carlton courtesy of my mate Dave who did the trip from Stowmarket, Suffolk in just under two hours. Plus the A1 still had roundabouts back then
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 10:44 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Masters of the Air - USAF Mighty 8th in East Anglia
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6186
Re: Masters of the Air - USAF Mighty 8th in East Anglia
I think it's superb. Captures the horror and stress of combat missions and also life at an East Anglian airfield. Yes, the CGI could be better in places, but as a narrative on the Eighth I think it hits the spot. Also if you've taken out an Apple subscription just for this, have a look at Tom Hanks'...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:58 am
- Forum: RAF Leeming
- Topic: Log 29/11/23
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1294
Re: Log 29/11/23
Thanks - saw 135 was up today.
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 12:43 pm
- Forum: RAF Leeming
- Topic: Log 29/11/23
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1294
Re: Log 29/11/23
Does anyone know why ZB135 and ZB136 are very shy to come out? MTIA
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 5:55 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: 2024 Typhoon display pilot
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1004
Re: 2024 Typhoon display pilot
He's very welcome to do all his display practises over Cottesmore...
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Resident of South Witham
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 3:08 pm
- Forum: RAF Coningsby
- Topic: ZJ940
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4709
Re: ZJ940
I've found evidence of ZJ945 departing for the Falklands on 12th September 2009 (https://www.fast-air.co.uk/raf-coningsby-falklands-typhoon-flight-1435/) but it returned to Coningsby on Tuesday 22nd September as ASCOT 9615, so I guess it got as far as Ascension island. That flight may mean the airfr...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 1:23 pm
- Forum: RAF Coningsby
- Topic: ZJ940
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4709
Re: ZJ940
Resurrecting an old thread, but have ZJ940, ZJ945 and ZJ948 ever flown since arriving at Coningsby 17 years ago?? With the imminent Tranche 1 withdrawal they must be the three with the lowest hours, I'd be surprised if it was double figures for each!
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 2:39 pm
- Forum: RAF Wittering & Cottesmore
- Topic: Wittering runway resurfacing.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1119
Re: Wittering runway resurfacing.
Grobs will stay at Wittering and use the north taxiway as a runway while the main runway is done. As much as I'd like F-35s there, Marham has plenty of space and it'll be decades, if ever, the RAF gets 130 of them. Looking forward to more transport ops though.
- Wed Dec 27, 2023 1:58 pm
- Forum: Other Airshows & Events
- Topic: Air Fete banished to History.....Prediction?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2759
Re: Air Fete banished to History.....Prediction?
There was a genuine attempt to bring the airshow back in about 2012 (can't recall the exact year). Base personnel contacted the Waddington Airshow team to find out what was required in terms of organisation as all previous Air Fete personnel had moved on. Why it didn't happen is probably only known ...
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 12:12 pm
- Forum: RAF Valley & Mona
- Topic: AMRO coming & goings on VAS apron
- Replies: 41
- Views: 14072
Re: AMRO coming & goings on VAS apron
Apologies, don't know how I missed that thread!
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 4:29 pm
- Forum: RAF Valley & Mona
- Topic: AMRO coming & goings on VAS apron
- Replies: 41
- Views: 14072
Re: AMRO update
Just to clear things up a bit, as of 30 Jan the following aircraft are In the AMRO hangar :- XX177 RAFAT XX187 /CN 100 Sqn XX189 No markings XX198 / CH 100 Sqn XX221 /- 100 Sqn XX239 /842-CU 736 NAS XX316 /849- CU 736 NAS XX348 /CQ 100 Sqn Bit of a long shot, but is there any update to this list? I...