Fantasy Airshow
Discussion
After reading the Mossie thread, I thought it would be interesting to see what aircraft the good folk of PH would love to see back on the airshow circuit.
So, assume there are no restrictions and cost is not an issue, pick the 1 that you would really love to see back in the UK skies.
Mine would be the EE Lightning, the sight and sound of one vertically climbing from takeoff would be spine tingling. It is one off those planes that looks like it would tear your head off and spit in the hole for looking at it the wrong way, so don't mess!
There are so many others I could name, but I think the Lightning is top of my list.
Over to you..........
So, assume there are no restrictions and cost is not an issue, pick the 1 that you would really love to see back in the UK skies.
Mine would be the EE Lightning, the sight and sound of one vertically climbing from takeoff would be spine tingling. It is one off those planes that looks like it would tear your head off and spit in the hole for looking at it the wrong way, so don't mess!
There are so many others I could name, but I think the Lightning is top of my list.
Over to you..........
So many great aeroplanes no longer exist either airworthy or at all.
It would be great to see some of the early British WW2 bombers such as the Stirling, Whitley and Hampden.
How about a Beaufighter or a Beaufort?
Or a Defiant, Roc or Skua?
It would also be great to see on of the SR-71 family in the air again (SR-71, A-11, YF-12,M21)
It would be great to see some of the early British WW2 bombers such as the Stirling, Whitley and Hampden.
How about a Beaufighter or a Beaufort?
Or a Defiant, Roc or Skua?
It would also be great to see on of the SR-71 family in the air again (SR-71, A-11, YF-12,M21)
The "Foxbat" is entirely feasible as there are quite a few MiG 25s or their derivatives still flying.
I had the pleasure of seeing (and smelling) a MiG 31 Foxhound at the 1988 Farnborough Air Show. It didn't fly at the display but I saw it coming in to land. From over a mile away I could smell (and see) the unburnt kerosene in the exhaust.
I had the pleasure of seeing (and smelling) a MiG 31 Foxhound at the 1988 Farnborough Air Show. It didn't fly at the display but I saw it coming in to land. From over a mile away I could smell (and see) the unburnt kerosene in the exhaust.
Mr_B said:
Horsa glider - if someone were mad enough to build one and fly it behind a DC3 tug and release it as some kinda show finale with 3 other Daks doing a parachute drop.
A Horsa should be easy to build compared to powered craft. But how about a Stirling to tow it?How about a collection of all the record breaking aeroplanes from history?
Wright Flyer
Bleriot
Vickers Vimy
Spirit of St Louis, whose actual name escapes me
Henshaw's Percival Mew Gull
etc.
Simpo Two said:
A Horsa should be easy to build compared to powered craft. But how about a Stirling to tow it?
How about a collection of all the record breaking aeroplanes from history?
Wright Flyer
Bleriot
Vickers Vimy
Spirit of St Louis, whose actual name escapes me
Henshaw's Percival Mew Gull
etc.
And there have been examples of replicas of almost all of these aircraft built - and crashed sometimes - in fairly recent years.How about a collection of all the record breaking aeroplanes from history?
Wright Flyer
Bleriot
Vickers Vimy
Spirit of St Louis, whose actual name escapes me
Henshaw's Percival Mew Gull
etc.
Eric Mc said:
So many great aeroplanes no longer exist either airworthy or at all.
It would be great to see some of the early British WW2 bombers such as the Stirling, Whitley and Hampden.
How about a Beaufighter or a Beaufort?
Or a Defiant, Roc or Skua?
It would also be great to see on of the SR-71 family in the air again (SR-71, A-11, YF-12,M21)
How far is the Beaufighter at Duxford from realistically being airworthy? For a few years it seemed to be coming along quite fast, however the past few years the build seems to have slowed down drastically.It would be great to see some of the early British WW2 bombers such as the Stirling, Whitley and Hampden.
How about a Beaufighter or a Beaufort?
Or a Defiant, Roc or Skua?
It would also be great to see on of the SR-71 family in the air again (SR-71, A-11, YF-12,M21)
For me the F-14 without a doubt is what I want to see. The one chance I ever had of seeing one was at an air show at Edwards when I was 8 I think but the USN didn't bring anything as they were on operations at the time.
I also think it'd be great to see a B-36 Peacemaker fly, always thought they were cool as a child.
One of the (admittedly few) advantages of being 'a bit older' is having been able to see and hear so many of these aircraft in real life. F104s were barely noteworthy in the 1970s, and even flew in diplay teams (Eric and I have reminisced previously about the Canadian 'Maple Leaves' team). The F14 has always been a rare sight here but I saw that when it was famously 'wrung out' against the F15 at the 1976 Air Tattoo, to the extent that it damaged its hydraulics. The A10, F111, Harrier, Lightning and Vulcan were just part of the furniture, although always impressive of course.
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