Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 1)
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lifechooser said:
A310 at Evora '07.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYfhC9ft_hk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RxYSYliCFY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkJr2kY1TqY
Pretty damn low for a commercial passenger jet! I recall he took a lot of critism for thta, left wing tip was not a long way off the ground at the start of the bank.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYfhC9ft_hk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RxYSYliCFY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkJr2kY1TqY
Another vid, military jets going low and really, really fast - some on the sound barrier.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia2OE2Amvj0&fea...
That Viggen pilot is either very confident he could pull up or very lucky.... bloody hell!
Eric Mc said:
I've seen a painting of the event.
IIRC it used to hang in the crew room of 1 sqn RAF Cottesmore?In 1968 it was the RAF's 50th birthday, yet the top brass did not see fit to mark this with any flypast, choosing instead for mere parades on the ground. Many RAF personnel were less than impressed and one Flt Lt Alan Pollock of 1(F) Squadron decided to mark the occasion in style - first with toilet-roll bombing missions against rival squadrons, and then on April 5th, while suffering from the beginnings of pneumonia which no doubt had some affect on his decision making processes, he flew his Hunter over London and at the last second decided to fly under the top span of Tower Bridge! Knowing of the consequences of his unauthorised trip, he proceeded to beat up several airfields and landed to meet his fate. It would be the end of his RAF career (he went on to run a successful exporting company), with political influences making sure he was treated incredibly unfairly - thrown out of the RAF with no right to appeal, no court martial at which he could present his case, medical evidence ignored, unable to meet with his superiors, etc. It took until 1982 for his case to be fully heard, and only then was he exonerated.
Just found this:
A number of pilots have attempted to fly under Tower Bridge with at least one hitting the Thames and dying. The space between it is only 65m x 30m.
Successful attempts included an unnamed Spitfire pilot flying through it during a dog fight in World War 2 and most recently in 1953, a 61-year-old major was given a conditional discharge after pleading guilty to flying under 15 Thames bridges in a plane with a 36ft wingspan and in 1968 Flt Lt Alan Pollock carried out the event in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the formation of the RAF in a Hawker Hunter
A number of pilots have attempted to fly under Tower Bridge with at least one hitting the Thames and dying. The space between it is only 65m x 30m.
Successful attempts included an unnamed Spitfire pilot flying through it during a dog fight in World War 2 and most recently in 1953, a 61-year-old major was given a conditional discharge after pleading guilty to flying under 15 Thames bridges in a plane with a 36ft wingspan and in 1968 Flt Lt Alan Pollock carried out the event in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the formation of the RAF in a Hawker Hunter
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Le TVR said:
Eric Mc said:
I've seen a painting of the event.
IIRC it used to hang in the crew room of 1 sqn RAF Cottesmore?In 1968 it was the RAF's 50th birthday, yet the top brass did not see fit to mark this with any flypast, choosing instead for mere parades on the ground. Many RAF personnel were less than impressed and one Flt Lt Alan Pollock of 1(F) Squadron decided to mark the occasion in style - first with toilet-roll bombing missions against rival squadrons, and then on April 5th, while suffering from the beginnings of pneumonia which no doubt had some affect on his decision making processes, he flew his Hunter over London and at the last second decided to fly under the top span of Tower Bridge! Knowing of the consequences of his unauthorised trip, he proceeded to beat up several airfields and landed to meet his fate. It would be the end of his RAF career (he went on to run a successful exporting company), with political influences making sure he was treated incredibly unfairly - thrown out of the RAF with no right to appeal, no court martial at which he could present his case, medical evidence ignored, unable to meet with his superiors, etc. It took until 1982 for his case to be fully heard, and only then was he exonerated.
Further to the Red Flag queries I was hoping to find a good quality shot of the vulcans that accompanied the buccs. They were unusual in that the undersides were painted in the stone\dark earth as used on the buccs.
Could not find any good photo's however this one I did find has an interesting filename
607_nellis_1.jpg
You can't see the number on the tail but I would be interested to know if 607 went to Red Flag in '77 and receive the unusual camo' scheme especially in light of what it would be doing 5 years later.
Edited to add: A quick google and it seems I've answered my own question. 607 did go to Nellis where she wore this camo' scheme
Could not find any good photo's however this one I did find has an interesting filename
607_nellis_1.jpg
You can't see the number on the tail but I would be interested to know if 607 went to Red Flag in '77 and receive the unusual camo' scheme especially in light of what it would be doing 5 years later.
Edited to add: A quick google and it seems I've answered my own question. 607 did go to Nellis where she wore this camo' scheme
Edited by gopher on Tuesday 27th November 15:41
stephen300o said:
Le TVR said:
he proceeded to beat up several airfields .
Call me ill informed but, what does this mean?but bloody fantastic
the ultimate British hooligan fighter ...
the Lightning at Warton!
http://macksaviation.com/video/warton_pt2.mpg
large file worth waiting for!
Edited by Father Ted on Tuesday 27th November 16:08
Pre-dates Gerry Anderson's TV shows by a few years.
A number of projects were initiated to look at the idea of water based jet fighters. The two I'm most familiar with are the British Saunders-Roe SRA1 and the one pictured, the Convair Sea Dart.
The SRA1 was a 1940s design and was a flying boat.
The Sea Dart was mid/late 1950s and rode on three hydroskies - similar in principle to a hydrofoil.
Neither projects ever resulted in a production contract.
A number of projects were initiated to look at the idea of water based jet fighters. The two I'm most familiar with are the British Saunders-Roe SRA1 and the one pictured, the Convair Sea Dart.
The SRA1 was a 1940s design and was a flying boat.
The Sea Dart was mid/late 1950s and rode on three hydroskies - similar in principle to a hydrofoil.
Neither projects ever resulted in a production contract.
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