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RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day 2013

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RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day 2013

Post by balamorybuzzed » Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:21 am

At long last it has been officially announced on the website and Leuchars Facebook page that this years show goes ahead on Saturday 7th September! Let's hope it's a spectacular event and perhaps Leuchars can bring back their own Role Demo like the old days in place of the XV Squadron demo!

Mikey :D

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Re: RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day 2013

Post by ChrisG » Sat Mar 23, 2013 8:32 am

Catalina booked on their website.

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Re: RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day 2013

Post by Stuart Green » Sat Mar 23, 2013 11:49 am

new website looks fab, vast improvement on the last one :thumb:
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Re: RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day 2013

Post by tomcat79uk » Thu Apr 04, 2013 12:36 pm

No F-16 display this year as the Dutch and Belgium F-16's are down for the Czech Republic on the same weekend.There goes two of the big ones out of the display line up then. :grr:

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Re: RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day 2013

Post by balamorybuzzed » Fri Apr 05, 2013 1:39 pm

Dutch F-16 isn't down for anywhere that weekend yet!?! Granted though, the Belgian and Danish teams are listed for the Czech Air Fest that weekend. Am I missing something! :huh:
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Re: RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day 2013

Post by prefontaine72 » Sun May 05, 2013 9:11 am

Now confirmed on official Website Typhoon, RAF Falcons RAF Seaking and also the Tucano.

Also noticed on the Swedish Airforce Historic Flight site they are down for Leuchars, but not been confirmed yet.

Lets hope for a bit more foreign participation :whistle:

All the best Dougie :D

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Re: RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day 2013

Post by Dunk » Tue May 14, 2013 5:42 pm

AJS37 is the Viggen not Hunter

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Re: RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day 2013

Post by Mike » Tue May 14, 2013 6:04 pm

Dunk wrote:AJS37 is the Viggen not Hunter
The Hunter is a J34 and seems to be confirmed with the Viggen and Saab 105 on their own website.

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Re: RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day 2013

Post by Dunk » Wed May 15, 2013 11:13 am

Fantastic news, that the Swedish Historic flight are confirmed on their own site for Leuchars.

Just need them to confirm for Waddo, VLN and RIAT!

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Re: RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day 2013

Post by Dunk » Thu May 23, 2013 4:50 pm

At the Request of some members, Leuchars section created :thumb:

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Re: RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day 2013

Post by Gary » Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:39 pm

Leuchars have announced they have got the Swedish Air Force Historical Flight AJS 37 Viggen, Hawker Hunter and Saab 105 :thumb:. Might have to make the trek to Leuchars again this year :thumb: Would love to see them arrive over the beach end :Wow: :cool:

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Re: RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day 2013

Post by iain s » Thu Jun 06, 2013 3:06 pm

Gary wrote:Leuchars have announced they have got the Swedish Air Force Historical Flight AJS 37 Viggen, Hawker Hunter and Saab 105 :thumb:. Might have to make the trek to Leuchars again this year :thumb: Would love to see them arrive over the beach end :Wow: :cool:
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Re: RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day 2013

Post by prefontaine72 » Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:06 pm

Brilliant update there and still 3 months to go :thumb:

The theme this year is 'Attack and Protect' so hopefully plenty from the home team, what you think guys?

All the best Dougie :D

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Re: RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day 2013

Post by Unknown74 » Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:39 pm

May I just say, this is the last opportunity I'm going to have before the Airshow to get on here but Good and Best of Luck to everyone both involved with the organising and attending the Show, Let's hope we all enjoy the Day, and that the Weather is behaving itself especially for Friday and Saturday(Fingers Crossed).

Good Luck and Best Wishes....................

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Re: RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day 2013

Post by balamorybuzzed » Thu Sep 05, 2013 6:47 am

Ditto! Let's hope for a grand day Unknown!

Best wishes

Mikey :)

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Re: RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day 2013

Post by leuchars12 » Sat Sep 07, 2013 7:52 am

Leuchars air show what a joke the flight line has been pushed back nearly on top of the static planes
Speakers are in view in every test shot so far
Really peed off

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Re: RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day 2013

Post by ranger703 » Sat Sep 07, 2013 9:52 am

leuchars12 wrote:Leuchars air show what a joke the flight line has been pushed back nearly on top of the static planes
Speakers are in view in every test shot so far
Really peed off
Are you for real?? You have been there for what? Less than an hour when you posted this! I could understand if you were a professional photographer, well maybe not,if you were you would make the best of the situation and not winge about it! Then again you quite often post your pictures for everyone to see,NOT! Get a grip and enjoy the day man,some of us are not able to be there.

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Re: RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day 2013

Post by onemac » Mon Sep 09, 2013 8:48 am

Well said Mr Ranger. Perhaps leuchars12 picked the wrong spot to stand as there are no speakers in any of my pics. I applaud the organisers for having the crowd line free of traders making more room for the paying public - a real bonus these past few years. Really enjoyed the show - every minute of it.

Well done DJ and all who helped to make the last RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day the roaring success that it was :clap: :clap: :clap:

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Re: RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day 2013

Post by leuchars12 » Mon Sep 09, 2013 1:01 pm

lol i wont get involved from a slagging match flight line rope was far to close to the static line most of us had to move away from the dutch tanker as they started up its engines for 20 mins about 10 spectators had to move as the noise was deafing
i was at 08 end and most shots of take offs had some sort of speakers on them now remember guys not all of us have expensive lenses for the basic joe bloggs it was a pain at one point the rope was actually force way fwrd at one point because some of the tanker static planes were far to close to the spectator line and at times it was like sardines

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Re: RAF Leuchars Battle of Britain at Home Day 2013

Post by Ross Forsyth » Mon Sep 09, 2013 2:08 pm

I`d imagine all the KDC-10 did was start his APU up,if he had indeed started his engines most of you would have found yourself in the fortunate position of being on the southside of the display line with the sun on your back!

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