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cat1
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by cat1 » Thu Mar 24, 2022 9:14 am
everyone is properly aware,
but the navy hawks will perform their final flight under the royal navy 736 Squadron today around Cornwall.

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Supra
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by Supra » Thu Mar 24, 2022 10:12 am
They probably are aware!
I've seen a schedule somewhere with timings & locations, including Newquay, but never mind! It isn't a 'Grand Tour' or sufficiently significant to me to be concerned for 4 or even only 3 Hawks

in formation when we can still see 9 red ones frequently!

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DavieB
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by DavieB » Thu Mar 24, 2022 11:05 am
Sadly I think the significance of this will be totally lost on 99% of the population, same with 100 Sqn, etc.
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Supra
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by Supra » Thu Mar 24, 2022 12:04 pm
Breaking News... This is such a poignant occasion in aviationthat they're mustering a whopping TWO Hawks to fly this route!
RNAS Culdrose@RNASCuldrose
Timings are approx. March 24, 2 Hawks will fly to Plymouth then fly clockwise around #Cornwall 3.30pm depart Culdrose 3.30; Tregantle 3.40; St Austell 3.43; Culdrose 3.47; Penzance 3.50; Sennan 3.52; St Ives 3.54; Newquay 3.58; Padstow 4pm; Bude 4.04. Depart up coast of Devon.
Be still my beating heart! Excuse me while I sit-down for a moment!

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DavieB
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by DavieB » Thu Mar 24, 2022 12:07 pm
Supra wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 12:04 pm
Breaking News... This is such a poignant occasion in aviationthat they're mustering a whopping TWO Hawks to fly this route!
RNAS Culdrose@RNASCuldrose
Timings are approx. March 24, 2 Hawks will fly to Plymouth then fly clockwise around #Cornwall 3.30pm depart Culdrose 3.30; Tregantle 3.40; St Austell 3.43; Culdrose 3.47; Penzance 3.50; Sennan 3.52; St Ives 3.54; Newquay 3.58; Padstow 4pm; Bude 4.04. Depart up coast of Devon.
Be still my beating heart! Excuse me while I sit-down for a moment!
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by Vulcanone » Thu Mar 24, 2022 12:26 pm
I suppose that depends how often Mr Happy chappy gets to see the Red Arrows. From memory they don't spend much time up in the far north these days
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Supra
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by Supra » Thu Mar 24, 2022 2:38 pm
It will be lost on more like 99% of aviation enthusiasts, I reckon? It's two bl**dy Hawks! Who cares? For the record I don't give a Turd for the Red's either! After the celebrations & final flights of previous RAF aircraft/squadron retirements before say 2000, this is poor in the extreme. This may well turn-out to be the high-spot in some youngsters spotting career, but it aint mine!
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Vulcanone
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by Vulcanone » Thu Mar 24, 2022 2:59 pm
Well enjoy it all while it lasts, although I don't think they will spare time for a Hercules flypast up north either. Still at least you can see some Typhoons
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by cat1 » Thu Mar 24, 2022 3:28 pm
i agree, however this is the SW, and anything happening at all is a shock to the system

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Malcolm
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by Malcolm » Thu Mar 24, 2022 4:10 pm
Hawk XX281 is up at the moment with the ADSB callsign showing as "BYEKERNO". Makes a change from "NAVYHAWK"
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David Thompson
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by David Thompson » Thu Mar 24, 2022 5:07 pm
Both XX281 and XX324 were delivered to Shawbury this afternoon . The beginning of The End for the T1 .
Youth is wasted on the young !
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Vulcanone
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by Vulcanone » Thu Mar 24, 2022 5:24 pm
Well apart from them Red painted jets
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by SeaFuryFan » Thu Mar 24, 2022 5:36 pm
Supra wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 12:04 pm
Breaking News... This is such a poignant occasion in aviationthat they're mustering a whopping TWO Hawks to fly this route!
RNAS Culdrose@RNASCuldrose
Timings are approx. March 24, 2 Hawks will fly to Plymouth then fly clockwise around #Cornwall 3.30pm depart Culdrose 3.30; Tregantle 3.40; St Austell 3.43; Culdrose 3.47; Penzance 3.50; Sennan 3.52; St Ives 3.54; Newquay 3.58; Padstow 4pm; Bude 4.04. Depart up coast of Devon.
Be still my beating heart! Excuse me while I sit-down for a moment!
Only two Hawks due to one going to Shawbury already, one kept back for gate guard duties at Culdrose, one suffered a bird strike at Culdrose and will leave on a low loader probably, sad day for sure.
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Vulcanone
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by Vulcanone » Thu Mar 24, 2022 5:45 pm
Sadly Stupa can't find the enthusiasm for any celebration, but then he does seem to live under a bridge.
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by 1marshn30 » Thu Mar 24, 2022 7:55 pm
Could a L39 pilot convert quickly to a T1A ?
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Vulcanone
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by Vulcanone » Thu Mar 24, 2022 8:06 pm
Why. Who you know that flies L159s. And has the money to buy the triggers broom fllet of 40+ year old T.1 fleet left. Oh and then get authorisation from BAES
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by Blackcat1 » Thu Mar 24, 2022 8:11 pm
Kernow Cornish word for Cornwall isn't it? Nice flypast by 2x Hawks over Swansea today . Farewell 736NAS.
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by d555 » Thu Mar 24, 2022 8:56 pm
Sad to see the passing of 736 NAS. The skies around the SW will be even quieter from now on.
Blackcat. Yes, Kernow is correct, as in Kernow bys vyken!

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