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Famous Graham

26,553 posts

224 months

Wednesday 17th October 2007
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Second taxi run went fine, CAA approval taxi tests done thumbup

Eric Mc

121,784 posts

264 months

Wednesday 17th October 2007
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There was an all white Victor B1 at Cosford too.

spitfire-ian

3,829 posts

227 months

Wednesday 17th October 2007
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Famous Graham said:
Second taxi run went fine, CAA approval taxi tests done thumbup
Only one thing left then bounce

Pictures from today are on the tvoc forum Here



Edited by spitfire-ian on Wednesday 17th October 18:45

anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 17th October 2007
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Rumoured test flight to be 11:30 tomorrow.

Don't shoot the messenger though if it is wrong!!

Hooli

32,278 posts

199 months

Wednesday 17th October 2007
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it'll be a great day tomorrow if she flies, amazing work done already there. well done to everyone involved.

central

16,744 posts

216 months

Wednesday 17th October 2007
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Famous Graham

26,553 posts

224 months

Wednesday 17th October 2007
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spitfire-ian said:
Famous Graham said:
Second taxi run went fine, CAA approval taxi tests done thumbup
Only one thing left then bounce

Pictures from today are on the tvoc forum Here



Edited by spitfire-ian on Wednesday 17th October 18:45
hehe I had a feeling Damien would be in attendance - he always takes cracking aircraft photos

anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 17th October 2007
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If you've got reasonable kit and can get to the places the public can't then it's not difficult to get good shots wink

spitfire-ian

3,829 posts

227 months

Wednesday 17th October 2007
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central said:
That was her first walk on Friday

Videos at the bottom of the article here

Skywalker

3,269 posts

213 months

Wednesday 17th October 2007
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I'll try and get up there tomorrow with a camera just in case.

spitfire-ian

3,829 posts

227 months

Wednesday 17th October 2007
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Famous Graham said:
I had a feeling Damien would be in attendance - he always takes cracking aircraft photos
FG, are you on the tvoc forum too?

central

16,744 posts

216 months

Wednesday 17th October 2007
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Skywalker said:
I'll try and get up there tomorrow with a camera just in case.
I'm gonna have a look.

Famous Graham

26,553 posts

224 months

Wednesday 17th October 2007
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spitfire-ian said:
Famous Graham said:
I had a feeling Damien would be in attendance - he always takes cracking aircraft photos
FG, are you on the tvoc forum too?
Nah, I just read it - I know Damien from The DVD Forums. His consistently excellent airshow photography was what got me more into the field in the first place. And yes, he often gets good access - he knows a fair few RAF folk I believe, particularly at his local base, which I think might be Brize. Not been unknown for him to get pax rides to take aerial shots of aircraft too. The git biggrin


ph1l5

5,024 posts

201 months

Thursday 18th October 2007
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I can't wait to see some more pics.

Eric Mc

121,784 posts

264 months

Thursday 18th October 2007
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Not getting much coverage on radio news at the moment but it looks like BBC News 24 and Sky News are on hand to cover the first flight live this morning at around 11.30 am (at least according to the Flypast Forum).

williamp

19,217 posts

272 months

Thursday 18th October 2007
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The local radio (BBC Radio Leicester) said it will be flying today.

Citroenella

180 posts

245 months

Thursday 18th October 2007
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so can anyone go? i've got nothing to do today... can you get in, or is it a case of finding somewhere to park outside?

emicen

8,558 posts

217 months

Thursday 18th October 2007
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Is it being web streamed anywhere?

spitfire-ian

3,829 posts

227 months

Thursday 18th October 2007
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emicen said:
Is it being web streamed anywhere?
Simple answer, YES bounceHere

And the title says "Today's the day"

central

16,744 posts

216 months

Thursday 18th October 2007
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Citroenella said:
so can anyone go? i've got nothing to do today... can you get in, or is it a case of finding somewhere to park outside?
You can't get in to the airfield itself, but there's plenty of roads nearby.

I've just had a report that it's already flown this morning! The source is unreliable though. rolleyes