Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 3)

Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 3)

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aeropilot

34,809 posts

228 months

Saturday 4th May
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MartG said:
Yep, on Christmas Day, or Christmas Eve IIRC.....

A good mate of mine back in the day, who I used to navigate for on stage rallies was on board one of them. BA did a draw from their staff payroll, and he was one of the ones selected, and so all four for that special flight was full of BA staff.
I remember him saying the highlight was just after those air-air formation photos had been taken, the pilots did a not-very-airliner-like fighter like break from formation as they all peeled off....biggrin

Baron Greenback

7,012 posts

151 months

Saturday 18th May
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Sad sight of burial of F-111 in Australia but when watching video understandable as the panels were bonded together with asbestos.


https://youtu.be/FTjY-eYbiG8?si=5qCSLIGXkNltEI7u

DodgyGeezer

40,646 posts

191 months

Voldemort

6,195 posts

279 months

F117 delivered to Castle Air Museum sans instruments and all stealth covering.


Tony1963

4,835 posts

163 months

Baron Greenback said:
Sad sight of burial of F-111 in Australia but when watching video understandable as the panels were bonded together with asbestos.


https://youtu.be/FTjY-eYbiG8?si=5qCSLIGXkNltEI7u
Should’ve buried them in Wittenoom!

JeremyH5

1,590 posts

136 months

Tony1963 said:
Baron Greenback said:
Sad sight of burial of F-111 in Australia but when watching video understandable as the panels were bonded together with asbestos.


https://youtu.be/FTjY-eYbiG8?si=5qCSLIGXkNltEI7u
Should’ve buried them in Wittenoom!
Good point! I’ve been there. 1983.

Baron Greenback

7,012 posts

151 months

JeremyH5 said:
Tony1963 said:
Baron Greenback said:
Sad sight of burial of F-111 in Australia but when watching video understandable as the panels were bonded together with asbestos.


https://youtu.be/FTjY-eYbiG8?si=5qCSLIGXkNltEI7u
Should’ve buried them in Wittenoom!
Good point! I’ve been there. 1983.
Had to google Wittenoom wow what a nightmare OK you had to min asbestos somewhere feel sorry for any miners. Know of raw asbestos coming out of vain on a beach in Cornwall but not the horrid stuff.

xeny

4,389 posts

79 months

Voldemort said:
F117 delivered to Castle Air Museum sans instruments and all stealth covering.

I'm intrigued that the 2 holes in the side where the leading edge has been stripped off are rhombuses (so only provide a reflective edge in two directions), while the hole right at the front is circular.

LotusOmega375D

7,702 posts

154 months

That’s where the crank handle goes for starting the engines.