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smack
8,286 posts
60 months
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B2 is on route according to plane spotter forums...
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y2blade
46,400 posts
84 months
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Slinky1989 said: Superb, thank you for taking the time to post these 
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fatboy69
4,811 posts
56 months
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Did XH558 & the B2 arrive? I left site just after 5pm & neither where anywhere to be seen.
Was speaking to an American AIr Force Captain earlier re the B2. Even though I knew what his answer would be before I asked the question I asked him 'what time is the B2 due to arrive?'
He looked at me & said 'Sir. I can neither confirm nor deny that such an aircraft exists or that it is en route to Fairford!'
He said that with a straight face even though he knew that everyone at Fairford was expecting it arrive sometime soon.
Genius. Got to love the Americans when they are in that 'we deny everything' mood.
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350Wedge
2,244 posts
142 months
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XH558 had tech issues and has been put to bed for the night I believe. Not sure what the issue is but engineers are looking at it.
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pablo
10,293 posts
142 months
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been following this thread all day http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=8&... B2 arrived around 1915  some of the keener crowd had identified its callsign as "Death 11" and were tracking it in though i have no idea how but they are the uber geeks of the aircrat world
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fatboy69
4,811 posts
56 months
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I had an email from VTTS @ 5.15pm saying that she was on the ground awaiting a weather window to alllow 558 to depart for Fairford.
Doesn't mention any tech issues.
What about the B2?
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fatboy69
4,811 posts
56 months
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Yertis said: fatboy69 said: Just got back from RIAT. Working there however I have seen some spectacular flying today during training so the actual displays should be awesome.
Not sure how much flying I will get to see over the next few days however so long as I get to see XH558 in the air I don't really care to much about anything else.
Didn't see the B2 as not sure whether or not it is already on the ground or when she is due in.
Hopefully the weather will be as good as it has been today so here's hoping for a dry few days. B2 due tomorrow evening apparently. What are you helping with? Working hospitality in the chalets that front onto the runway! If the weather is good& the boss is in a good mood we should get to see some good flying tomorrow. It appears that 558 is stuck at her home base due to the crappy weather & as for the B2 - well who knows!
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350Wedge
2,244 posts
142 months
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fatboy69 said: I had an email from VTTS @ 5.15pm saying that she was on the ground awaiting a weather window to alllow 558 to depart for Fairford.
Doesn't mention any tech issues.
What about the B2? Tweet received around an hour or so ago, saying technical hitch, engineers looking to resolve.
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fatboy69
4,811 posts
56 months
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Ok. Hope it flies in tomorrow & that she doesn't get grounded again.
As for the B2 - irritated that I missed it.
Is it flying at all or just on static display hidden away from us plebs?
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Ledaig
1,100 posts
131 months
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350Wedge said: Tweet received around an hour or so ago, saying technical hitch, engineers looking to resolve. I think they'll struggle to beat the sun today.
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DamienB
721 posts
88 months
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fatboy69 said: Was speaking to an American AIr Force Captain earlier re the B2. Even though I knew what his answer would be before I asked the question I asked him 'what time is the B2 due to arrive?'
He looked at me & said 'Sir. I can neither confirm nor deny that such an aircraft exists or that it is en route to Fairford!' I trust you told him he was being a total cock.
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fatboy69
4,811 posts
56 months
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Errr. No. He was bigger than me & I can't run very fast because I have got a f  ked up knee!!
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DamienB
721 posts
88 months
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K50 DEL
5,221 posts
97 months
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Waited 13hrs in the rain for 558.... luckily with a load of people with scanners, so news of her technical issues did eventually reach us. Decided to hang on for the B2 after following her arrival from hitting ground over Lands End.... the earlier photo was taken on approach, here's the best of mine after she landed. Sadly fading light and really really crappy weather do not good pics make, I took over 1000 today and I reckon less than 20 are any good. 
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spitfire-ian
2,748 posts
97 months
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According to XH558's Twitter feed, she's to take off from Robin Hood shortly, do a display authorisation display at Farnborough then on to Fairford to display just after 12 and land.
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Pints
14,723 posts
63 months
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Hoping to head out just as soon as SWMBO gets back from grocery shopping.
Sun seems to be doing its best to break through the cloud cover this morning.
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mackie1
7,091 posts
102 months
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Im hoping that the site and car parks won't be turned into soup today. I take it the car parking is in adjacent fields?
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fadeaway
1,358 posts
95 months
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XH558 on her way. She just got picked up by the sky coverage of the F1 practise flying over silverstone
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CharlieCrocodile
513 posts
22 months
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Scotty2
319 posts
135 months
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Is RIAT on the TV at all?
Bring back Raymond Baxter! I hear the DVD is better but I would like to see XH558 and The Brietling Constellation in the same program live if poss.
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Still, I'm planning on going down Saturday and having a watch from the local farmers field at least!
