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Thunderbirds

Please post movements and activities to do with RAF Fairford here
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sabrejet
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Re: Thunderbirds

Post by sabrejet » Mon Jul 10, 2017 6:09 pm

Ah fair point - well 3,4 and 7 were the same Friday to Monday, confirmed by airframe differences.

I'll check for the rest to see if I can tell for the rest.

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bizfreeq
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Re: Thunderbirds

Post by bizfreeq » Mon Jul 10, 2017 6:11 pm

Thanks for the quick reply and appreciate the effort
Cheers
Mark



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sabrejet
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Re: Thunderbirds

Post by sabrejet » Mon Jul 10, 2017 6:14 pm

5 same too. Can't say for sure for 1, 2, 6 and 32.

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Re: Thunderbirds

Post by sabrejet » Mon Jul 10, 2017 6:19 pm

TB4 is easiest to identify: it has a prominent scab patch on the port/LH-side intake which means that the thin blue line there is interrupted.

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Re: Thunderbirds

Post by steve36uk » Mon Jul 10, 2017 8:57 pm

Presume the multiple roars over Cheltenham about 3ish headed north east were them returning from Lakenheath-lot of people looking upwards but of course my window faced the wrong way!

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sabrejet
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Re: Thunderbirds

Post by sabrejet » Mon Jul 10, 2017 9:52 pm

3-ish they transitted just west of Fairford, did a detour to Stonehenge (no kidding) and then back to Fairford. I would like to see the photos of their neolithic sightseeing trip for sure.

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Re: Thunderbirds

Post by Rob666 » Tue Jul 11, 2017 9:17 pm

Yes they do change them if one bird is tech they will go to the spare and ensure that before the pilot has climbed in the number and crew name has been changed.

Rob

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Re: Thunderbirds

Post by skywatch1 » Wed Jul 12, 2017 3:58 pm

For those that have UHF.... their air to air frequency is 235.250 :thumb:

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Re: Thunderbirds

Post by Firefighter » Thu Jul 13, 2017 8:42 pm

Pictures of their British and French tours on their Facebook page.

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