I also used to watch Concord flying into Manchester as I was driving to work some mornings...
I also used to watch Concord flying into Manchester as I was driving to work some mornings...
51°28'28.69"N 0°26'10.87"W
Plug those co-ordinates into Google Earth and tell me I'm not seeing things.
PMK - model aircraft
how do you like this - the last one I designed and built before I started building boats. 72" span, carbon/glass fuselage and seriously fast on the slope {-)
( I still fly it occasionally)
Don
we DID have the Harrier :) who needs phantom when you can go from 500 to zero as the chasing mirage overshoots you whilst trying to get a lock-on. it sails by, and YOU fire off a sidewinder! click boom, adios amigo!
As to the Phantom, this aircraft never really came into her own till we used the RR Spey (I think) engines in her.
It could out perform all the yank ones hands down. And didn't we miss them in the Falklands>
Bob
ITHE OTHER AIRCRAFT I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED FROM DAYS GONE BYE IS THE BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER..... AGAIN A TWIN ENGINED BEATY LIKE THE MOSQUITO.........with a rather unique sleeve-valve engine! very very quiet!
Is that a 'Ready 2' I spied there PMK?
Great learning plane.
Hi ya there Colin and all
Didnt Jeremy Clarkson not have an English Electric Lightening sitting outside his front door - causing some harassment with his neighbours.....aye the English Electric was the MIG killer - that was what it was specifically designed for, and, to bring down the high-flying bombers.
aye
john e
bluebird
Hi all,
For me it's got to be the C-130 Hercules. Having spent many hours on board various types of this versatile aircraft while serving in the British forces (Army).
Hi all I read Vulcan 607, un-put-downable! I believe that was just one of the flights, I think it was done 5 times. One of the Vulcans failed during subsequent flights and had to land in South America (Brazil?).
The Ready 2 is ok, but as its moulded plastic it weighs a LOT, so needs at least an Irvine 53 to run well. It also does not glide or dead-stick very well at all
Few more of my favorite 'Sea planes'.........
PMK
Going back to much earlier post....
That glider over High Wycombe was well spotted! Took me a couple of minutes to find it. Difficult with the wings aligned to the topography?
Regarding lack of visible traffic over airports...
Satellite snapshots obviously only capture a split seconds worth of activity. Have you tried searching the flight paths? One of my clients has offices in Cheadle, and if I'm working over there I have to drive past the end of Manchester Airport runway. On a clear day it's easily possible to see the headlights of as many as six incoming all aligned on the runway and around 90 seconds (my guess) apart! Incoming traffic seems to be pretty constant most mornings. I think that they also give priority to the faster aircraft?
I guess it all depends on when the satellite takes the picture?
Regards, Malc
One of the Vulcans failed during subsequent flights and had to land in South America (Brazil?).
...for fantasy planes cant be MIG 31 FIRE FOX...
My absolute favorite aircraft is the Su-37
As for fantasy aircraft, I would like an English Tornado that actually works, an English Chinook that can fly over roads or rivers, an English Merlin that flies without being left in storage, and an English JSF to fly O0
We all have hopes....
(http://www.geocities.com/fighterplanelover/su37.jpg)
I'm told that one of the problems with the JSF is that once it's loaded up with ordnance it will be too heavy to get off the deck of the mew carriers. :(
BAe will be ordered to hurriedly come up with a new mark of Harrier, all on the quiet.
Yeah I had some fun with an ex Seaking pilot a few months back LOL :-))
Paul...
I had my first flight in a de Haviland Chipmunk, in 1958/59, at Cambridge Aerodrome, as a member of 1101 Squadron ATC.
Rick
As for fantasy aircraft, I would like an English Tornado that actually works, an English Chinook that can fly over roads or rivers, an English Merlin that flies without being left in storage, and an English JSF to fly
What's the major differences between the 777 and the 787?
(...apart from a nice paint job!)
Sorry Martin - I couldn't resist! :((Well done Guy, beat me to it.
Happy Christmas
Guy
Well done Guy, beat me to it.
Thing of beauty, I think not. ;D
Now this is a thing of beauty.
What's the major differences between the 777 and the 787?
(...apart from a nice paint job!)
a lot of them did not stay up ask the german airforceAlthough its only the German crashes that we remember,the Canadians lost 50% of theirs the Americans 36%, the only country that lost the minimun was Norway,
Well its probably easier to say what is common between a 787 and a 777.....the builder....Boeing :}
The Dreamliner (787) is made from composite, ie the wings and fuselage etc are made in Carbon Fibre....
Its going to be one fantastic Aeroplane when its in service.
"If it ant'e Boeing, I ant'e Going" :-))
Mark
Yes but the statistics ( size, seating, range.) seem to imply it's a replacement for the 777.
I thought it was going to be a lot bigger....
Slightly biased, I`ll say! How about the Albacore, the gentleman`s version ? O0
Hi there,
Now tell me, this is not the most beautiful aircraft you have set your eyes upon. To me.....it portrays the true British Spirit; politicians that do not know what they have, and, they are influenced by the outside world - the Managers of British businesses who make a mess of every decision and destroy all the British industries....they do not seem to realise what brilliant designers and inventors we have had and still have.
Aye, the TSR2. We had designed and built an aircraft far exceeding anything around at that time, but, what did the British Government go and do.....scrapped it...... :( .... what for, :( :( :(
Aye
john e
bluebirdThey were told to by their Russian Paymasters. The TSR2 exceeded every aircraft flying, it would have given NATO an advantage that would not have been equalled for another 15 years. That Government destroyed all the Building Jigs and Tooling so a later Govt couldn't revive the Project. (They had a Majority of 3 at the time.)
I saw a program about the TSR2 some years ago, it was scraped because the Americans wanted us to buy there plane , would not let us get a loan until the planes where scraped and all the jigs where destroyed, the American plane was then 3 years late .there was a plane at cosford and it was a lot bigger than you expect ,
This F6 Lightning my brother flew - he did 1200 hours on various versions including this 6 at RAF Hendon Museum (shame it's displayed with wing tanks). I spent some amazing weekends at Binbrook, Lincolnshire where the last two squadrons ( 5 and 11) were stationed. He flew the last Lightening scrambled on Q alert. A sound never forgotten. :o A film crew moved in and made 'Memphis Belle' when the lightnings were withdrawn and scrapped. {:-{ :-)
End of an era I totally agree. Same when the last Buccs went from Lossie.
In my opinion, nothing comes close to this, mind you I am a bit biased as that is me in the back.It's a dirty job, but someones got to do it...all the best.. 8) 8)..Smudge
You're right. So how did I miss that? I thought I scoured just about every inch of just about every UK airstrip.
Regarding GE, how come there never seem to be much activity around airports? Heathrow is supposedly the busiest airport in the world, yet you barely see any planes in the sky. The nearest I found are these...
51°22'54.05"N 2°45'27.78"W (Bristol)
51°36'53.58"N 0°49'47.00"W (High Wycombe)
50°13'0.41"N 8°52'2.67"E (Germany)
(Nice piece on Guy Fawkes, by the way - tnx).
Thanks for your reply Smudge. :-)) Yes, I do know of the Museum Wyvern. I last saw it on a visit about 15 ? years ago. It looks nice and graceful compared to the Barracuda. The swan and the ugly duckling springs to mind. The Barracuda appears as if it had bits and pieces added as an afterthought.
Alan.
Sorry, I missed this one. yes there is a large chunk of Barracuda at the Yeovilton Museum. The complete nose back to the windscreen, I also remember a friend of mine going to Norway to salvage some large chunks of one of the Tirpitz attack Barracuda's. Unfortunately he has passed over the bar so cannot confirm. I presume you know that there is a Wyvern at the Museum too, although it is the R R Eagle powered prototype, but it is the only one left...... All the best.....Smudge.. :-)).. :-))
For me it has to be the Sunderland flying boat.
As a boy I lived in a house that overlooked
RAF Pembroke Dock. There were two squadrons
based there in the 40's We could see them take off
and land every day. Also every kind of RAF vessel was
tied to buoys amongst the aircraft.
Everyone was sad to see them go
Yours Aye
Ned
Yes Thunderbirtds are the go eh ,,, Hmmm Typical Yank humour I guexsNo. 1960's, ITC, Gerry Anderson. Very UK, despite the crew accents and their inability to walk into the machine.
I saw a documentary on the 747 and in an interview with the first test pilot he admitted to taking that plane into a full barrel roll. There is no footage of that from the ground, but he was banned from ever doing it again. That would have been a sight to see.
It was definately a 747, I know the difference between a 707 and a 747.
Rachu, my pleasure.
RRS01, yes all 3 very similar, but neither was as good as the Brit's Mosquito, one of my favourite aircraft.
Want a full size hand made in moulds to original drawings, then made here in old NZ.
cheers
kiwi
Wasn't the Mosquito made out of "plywood" ???
How about this then? White Waltham Jubilee Airshow 1977........ flypast along the GRASS runway............
DUCK!!!!!
I have to say the VC10 is stunning. My next model after the moraine saulnier ac which im really looking forward to build is the xb-70a with retracting wing tips and 6 ducted fan electric motors.
what about the blackbird and concorde too
love the mosquito and the WW2 typhoon
You might Like to have a look at this R/C Jet Blackbird build.
http://www.mmrca.org/lance/sledframe.html (http://www.mmrca.org/lance/sledframe.html)
Mark
so is santa going to get it for him? lol
i got my A when i was 11. I progressed very quickly at that age and was flying full aerobatic within about 4 months. However, i ended up settling on 2-3 aircrafts which i loved to fly. they tend to be more the fun fly planes compared to the scale. wot4 is a brilliant plane to learn on
AHHH VC10 - very gracefull...Yes, I also loved to watch the VC10 in the 1970s as a child and always was excited when I could spot one, on our arrival at Heathrow with my parents for our regular UK holidays, while taxiing over the vast field to our final position,
I've been looking a few, quite a few, Air crash investigations and 'cockpit view' take off & landings on Utube lately, so many, I'm gonna put my hand up if I'm on an aeroplane and a stewardess comes forward and asks, "can anyone fly an aeroplane?"!!!!
Anyway, I suppose if you've been on more than 3 flights in the last 20 years, 1 of them will probably have been on the ubiquitous Boeing 737...... look on Wikipedea, the No.s a most impressive!
Huh, I hope I will never sit in the same aeroplane with you.
It was July 1970 and this callow youth had just started an undergraduate apprenticeship with BAC at Filton. Concorde 002 had flown off to Fairford the previous year and all efforts now were being put into making its successors and flogging them to the Americans.
Towards the end of one afternoon shift began a gentle movement of everyone out of the works and down to the airfield at Filton - no-one seems to have said anything but people were just heading that way. Soon the whole of the works and staff were lined up near the Brabazon Hall, wondering what the heck was going on. Fire drill? Nah - assembly points are all up the hill. Royal Visit? To see exactly what? Suddenly someone said "There it is!" and we all looked west, down the runway, to see what looked like a flying pencil about five miles away, heading south behind the hill. "Nah - it can't be". Two minutes later and there's a yell "Look over Patchway!!". A huge, white, elongated moth-shape had appeared over the end of the runway - flaps, "snoot" and gear down and nose well high. It was 002, bunking off high-speed testing down the Irish Sea for a fly-past. It flew the length of the runway (and it's a long runway). I tell you, there was not a soul who wasn't openly in tears. To top it all, Trubshaw then did a fast turn out over the Bristol Channel and came back for a reverse pass. This time it was clean; everything up, about 350 knots and two hundred feet straight down the runway, to culminate in a full reheat 45 degree climb-out at the end. Filton shook. Patchway shook. We watched with our ears and our hearts bursting. (I'm in tears remembering this).
What's my favourite aeroplane? Have a guess!
Photo slightly edited to include that other iconic British aircraft that gave a fantastic display over Filton just before Concorde came in.
I think as far as I recall my fluid dynamics lessons correctly that an elliptically shaped wing yields a circulation distribution with minimal induced vortices' drag.
The F15,got to be my fav aircraft the sheer power and nosie of these when they go ballistic is awsome
Yes ok Ive been watching far to Much Top Gun
What's my favourite aeroplane? Have a guess!
...but it makes the decision to stop Concorde flying ( for political reasons apparently) even more nonsensical!
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got that in one :-))
Nothing more to sayIs this a Mosquito?
Tri-Star. Yep weird but I just like the way tri-jets look!
Just watched it on callback, Sunday was busy with Le Tour, BSB, WSB and Moto GP. Pity they didn't acknowledge the fact that the flying Mossie was built in the land of the big white cloud and the big gun was a Mollins gun, the reloading mechanism of which was devised by the guy responsible for cigarette machine mechanisms.
Regards Ian.
A provost Jet trainer flew over my house today.......It was too quick for me to find my camera though..................didn't know any of those were still flying or where it had come from, sadly. {:-{
A provost Jet trainer flew over my house today.......It was too quick for me to find my camera though..................didn't know any of those were still flying or where it had come from, sadly. {:-{
lovely aircraft the Bucc. Spent four years doing minor servicings at Saints and Abingdon and I can remember many a great beat up on their departure back to the squadron.
There's actually quite a few still flying, mainly T3 and T5 (T5a) and I think there is a mark 1 still flying too with the gangly undercarriage. Most of RAF Cosford's T5s were sold off a few years back most were almost airworthy being used by us techie trainees to marshal them around for our line training.
Graham that looks like a fantastic build I would love to see more of it. Is it static or flying. Perhaps you can do it on here somewhere.
Chris
Has to be the Vulcan.
We were luck enough to be standing directly under at Naseby when the last one flew low over us, into the valley, then up the other side. The sound and the sight were awe inspiring.
Tony
Hi there,
Now tell me, this is not the most beautiful aircraft you have set your eyes upon. To me.....it portrays the true British Spirit; politicians that do not know what they have, and, they are influenced by the outside world - the Managers of British businesses who make a mess of every decision and destroy all the British industries....they do not seem to realise what brilliant designers and inventors we have had and still have.
Aye, the TSR2. We had designed and built an aircraft far exceeding anything around at that time, but, what did the British Government go and do.....scrapped it...... :( .... what for, :( :( :(
For me it just has to be the Mossie , nothing to beat wood and glue.Well all people are different and choices are personal usually from all feelings over time?? So I have several special favourites; yes one of the top ones is the Mossie, as you say ground breaking in design, Power, for the time, sound, speed and carry weight, and even with holes in the wood its mostly came back. As I mentioned before The Lockheed English Electric Lightning, getting close and flying low or high speed, again sound, and power, straight up wow as a fighting intercepter it was one of the best? so through the ages I believe there are different ones for different times. With the whole thing living the experience, not just a good photo, hear it touch it fly in it and watch it and compare it with others in its time enjoy all of them I still get goose pimples at air shows. And I am from England and Rugby where Frank Whittle and his first jet engine was made.
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Well all people are different and choices are personal usually from all feelings over time?? So I have several special favourites; yes one of the top ones is the Mossie, as you say ground breaking in design, Power, for the time, sound, speed and carry weight, and even with holes in the wood its mostly came back. As I mentioned before The Lockheed English Electric Lightning, getting close and flying low or high speed, again sound, and power, straight up wow as a fighting intercepter it was one of the best? so through the ages I believe there are different ones for different times. With the whole thing living the experience, not just a good photo, hear it touch it fly in it and watch it and compare it with others in its time enjoy all of them I still get goose pimples at air shows. And I am from England and Rugby where Frank Whittle and his first jet engine was made.
Yes I agree I could not make that last fly past, as before (Noise) Great I was at one of the many air shows at Gaydon where the Vulcan bombers 4 of them on the end of the runway at all times
In 1988 my son was stationed with No11 Lightening squadron at Binbrook and we went up there for the farewell flypast. FLYPAST ! , all operational planes (11 ) took off in close formation on full reheat into a vertical climb to reform and come back at Mach + to beat up the runway. Twas a bit noisy being downstream of 22 RR Avon engines all with the wick turned up full.
The biggest problem my son had was with leakage from the fuel tanks, the stresses on the plane caused the tanks to leak like a colander and in the hangers they had to position trays below the wings to catch the fuel which leaked out
For me it has always been the Mossie, reason. my late fathers first real boat ( a straight running boat) was built using the plywood (a new word in them days) from a downed Mossie just after ww2 (to all the youth out there Downed meant sort of crashed or shot down....its a war thing :(( ) I still have the boat, and indeed will be running my copy of it at Mayhem this weekend...the boat not the war {-) {-) {-) {-)
Hi KitS were these PR9's conversions from the Bi 8's? (BI = bomber interception) I say that as many Canberras including the early PR's had the tandem wide canopy. I used to work on the Bi 8s on 59 squadron and I will always have a soft spot for them. They had the off-set canopy, I sat in many a one as I did the air radar equipment servicing. In any kind of sunshine the heat inside was oppressive. My own little pleasure was marshalling them in onto their spot on the apron after night flying.
Some early ones were built by CIA with greatly extended wings and used prior to the U2 spy plane. I did like the B57 American version.
regards Roy
Hi kitS thanks for that most interesting.
Roy
633 Squadron is on the telly just now....
The Dehavaland Mosquito,what a great film and what a great aircraft!
I love the design principle of the aircraft;
"Lets take the fastest and most successful plane we have, the Spitfire, and nail two of them together
into one plane, one on each wing." Ta daa! The Mosquito!
I've long been an armchair fan of the Mossy, with those huge props, tundra wheels, scaffolding undercarriage and
twin engines that would sounds at home on one of Brains inventions in Thunderbirds!
There are none flying now but a few years back I finally decided to go to show and see one fly, unfortunately
the last flying example fatally crashed a week before I choose to go. On the up side, you can still see the original
prototype at the de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre / Mosquito Aircraft Museum.... it was a quiet day and they
let me actually sit in it! O0 Sitting in the cockpit really brought home how brave those guys actually were. Those
big props seem only inches away from your nose! :o Speaking to a ground mechanic at the museum, he said
they were well twitchy on the ground and pilots quickly learnt that for takeoff runs, you put the slower engine
to full throttle and steered the plane with the faster engine.
633 Squadron - great music too! O0
Links:
http://www.dehavillandmuseum.co.uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito
http://www.mossie.org/stories/Frederick_Lacy.htm
My pictures from Duxford.
Channel 4 (UK) - https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-plane-that-saved-britain/on-demand/57221-001
(https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-plane-that-saved-britain/on-demand/57221-001)
Arthur Williams tells the forgotten story of the Mosquito, the light, fast plywood plane that had a vital role in World War II. He meets its pilots and visits the last remaining Mosquito.
I can’t believe there are no sailplane lovers.... %%
Best aircraft ? Anything without an engine {-)
Geez, can we go by categories?You are forgetting the Heinkel He219 Uhu or doesn't it count because it is not american.
Fighters/Pursuit aircraft - P-61 Black Widow, the only fighter in WWII designed from the ground up to be a night fighter. Everything else was a conversion of an existing aircraft.
Don
You are forgetting the Heinkel He219 Uhu or doesn't it count because it is not american.Jim:
Jim:While it did have a background as a paper project that was never built or developed the actual 219 was designed from scratch as a night fighter which many class as the best nightfighter of WW2, its main problem being lack of numbers built. (ref William Green's classic Warplanes of the Third Reich)
No I didn't forget the HE219. It started its life as a reconnaissance aircraft and was later heavily redesigned into a successful night fighter. The P-61 on the other hand was designed to be a night fighter, and later it was modified for other roles.
Don