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- Wed Jun 21, 2017 3:28 pm
- Forum: RIAT
- Topic: RIAT 1985 Flying display list.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8034
Re: RIAT 1985 Flying display list.
I won't be going as it bores me. That's my choice. Saying that, I think it's important to remember that 99% of the people paying for tickets to RIAT are families on a day out. They aren't really the people who look at aviation bulletin boards or know how many pounds of thrust the latest eurofarce ha...
- Thu May 25, 2017 2:23 pm
- Forum: Northern England
- Topic: Barton Heliport 23/05/17
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4349
Re: Barton Heliport 23/05/17
Two just departed and heading south as a pair
- Tue Apr 25, 2017 10:07 am
- Forum: Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic Photography
- Topic: RAF Spadeadam
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4242
Re: RAF Spadeadam
The privately owned hind seems to have been moved over the past year? I don't remember it being so close to the mock airfield.
- Tue Apr 25, 2017 10:05 am
- Forum: Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic Photography
- Topic: RAF Spadeadam
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4242
Re: RAF Spadeadam
They do tours but urbex types tend go for the long wet slog across the moors.phantommadman wrote:.....Dare I ask how you got access
- Sat Jan 21, 2017 2:40 pm
- Forum: The Vulcan XH558 Forum
- Topic: Hard times again!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 18022
Re: Hard times again!
There certainly does appear to be a lack of 'planning ahead' when it comes to 558's future. TVOC seem to take each day for granted & plod along quite happily without anyone looking out to see what might be coming over the horizon, until it jumps up & bites them on the @rse! Should be SNAFU then as ...
- Mon Aug 08, 2016 9:09 am
- Forum: General Photography
- Topic: Drone Pics
- Replies: 64
- Views: 16394
Re: Drone Pics
Dervish, I feel it's a real shame you have decided to get nitpicky about figures rather than complimenting the shots and the videos :S 'nitpicky' - not at all. Perhaps you don't think it's important to operate these things within the CAA regulations (a stance I'd find odd on an aviation bulletin bo...
- Sat Jul 02, 2016 1:16 pm
- Forum: General Photography
- Topic: Drone Pics
- Replies: 64
- Views: 16394
Re: Drone Pics
I was at 400ft, this particular model can go up to 19,000ft! :o The Max Service Ceiling Above Sea Level is 6000m There is nowhere in the UK you can fly it at that height. For most countries you'd have to be at 5880m on take-off to reach 6000m legally (though so far DJI have allowed their software t...
- Fri Jun 17, 2016 9:01 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Listening in on scanners
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3434
Re: Listening in on scanners
And you are not quite correct. 1. licensed broadcasting stations; 2. Amateur and citizens' band radio transmissions 3. Weather and navigation transmissions The first 2 are irrelevant to this but number 3 is not. Air traffic control is a system to provide safe navigation of aircraft between points. ...
- Thu Jun 16, 2016 10:35 am
- Forum: The Newbie Forum
- Topic: Best Binoculars
- Replies: 28
- Views: 11955
Re: Best Binoculars
In no way is this an endorsement of aldi or items they sell but whilst looking for something else I have just noticed that in next thursdays offers there is a spotting scope and some binos. Given the prices, £20 each, they are probably worth a punt?
- Thu Jun 16, 2016 7:55 am
- Forum: The Newbie Forum
- Topic: Best Binoculars
- Replies: 28
- Views: 11955
Re: Best Binoculars
"Best" is not a sensible word to use - if it was then all replies would tell you the same thing "buy Swarnikcanex bla x blah". Forgetting brands and going back to basics for a moment. I use 8 x 42 bins. The first number is the magnification - ie. how much bigger the subject will look than it would w...
- Tue Oct 20, 2015 8:30 am
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: BBC 2: Britain's Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF
- Replies: 28
- Views: 11159
Re: BBC 2: Britain's Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF
Such a shame that the narration completely ruins what would otherwise have been a good way to spend an hour. There's enough time for the other episodes to be edited with narration that is in keeping with the subject.
- Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:26 am
- Forum: Current Military Photography
- Topic: The sun sets on 22 Sqn A Flt, Chivenor
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3408
Re: The sun sets on 22 Sqn A Flt, Chivenor
That first shot is a beauty Mo.
- Thu Oct 01, 2015 7:25 am
- Forum: Photography Q & A / How to post photos
- Topic: Entry level camera for teenage daughter?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1284
Re: Entry level camera for teenage daughter?
Her reason for Canon was it felt better and no other influence was put to her. This is FAR more important than the badge on the front. If she finds the camera comfortable in her hands she'll find it easier to use and then be able to concentrate on the creative process. As for glass...what does she ...
- Sat Sep 19, 2015 6:58 am
- Forum: Other Airshows & Events
- Topic: Southport Airshow 2015
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3771
Re: Southport Airshow 2015
Sadly rumours suggest the Flypast over Widnes Bridge is cancelled (See NWAN). If you do want maximum number of people to see it, would seem obvious to route South of Man TMA and toward HAW before then turning North up the Mersey ! Announced on VttS website late yesterday afternoon that it was cance...
- Fri Sep 18, 2015 3:33 pm
- Forum: Northern England
- Topic: Typhoons over Widnes
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1564
Re: Typhoons over Widnes
It was ZK320/BR & ZK353/BQ into Liverfool for the Southport airshow
ZK026/Q & ZK028/S Hawk T2s also just gone over to Liverfool
ZK026/Q & ZK028/S Hawk T2s also just gone over to Liverfool
- Fri Sep 18, 2015 9:25 am
- Forum: Other Airshows & Events
- Topic: Southport Airshow 2015
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3771
Re: Southport Airshow 2015
Related to this. The tin triangle will fly over the Runcorn/Widnes bridges at 13:40 as a salute to Roy Chadwick (who was born in Farnworth) then meet up with the sparrows as they come back from Kleine Brogel. Reds continue into Warton and triangle pootles about over the beach at Southport.
- Sat Sep 05, 2015 7:32 am
- Forum: The Vulcan XH558 Forum
- Topic: possible October farewll tour announced in newsletter
- Replies: 103
- Views: 42751
Re: possible October farewll tour announced in newsletter
Would it not have been better to retire it to somewhere like Manchester alongside Concorde? A stones throw from Woodford ! AVRO Heritage have a tin triangle outside at Woodford and the aviation viewing place at Ringway is already becoming stupidly expensive as car parks go. Part of the plan for thi...
- Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:16 pm
- Forum: The Vulcan XH558 Forum
- Topic: Salute to the V-Force Tour Details
- Replies: 110
- Views: 27570
Re: Salute to the V-Force Tour Details
Like Barton Aerodrome? (or has it grown significantly since being renamed "City Airport")Pen Pusher wrote:The flying tour is as the title says, 'Salute to the V-Force' so why fly over somewhere there isn't a V-Bomber on display?
- Mon Apr 13, 2015 7:00 am
- Forum: Current Military Photography
- Topic: Hoot & Roar...with 84 Sqn
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4018
Re: Hoot & Roar...with 84 Sqn
Some cracking photos but I think you'll find last Thursday was in 2015 not 2013.
- Sat Sep 20, 2014 9:29 pm
- Forum: Other Airshows & Events
- Topic: Southport Airshow 2014
- Replies: 57
- Views: 20613
Re: Southport Airshow 2014
Glad you were able to get your dad over to see them. I imagine the view of Vera (in particular) was good from the dunes as she waited for Thumper to clear the runway.mikeysoft wrote:Mission accomplished. [/url]