Left home at 5.07 AM drove straight onto base through Green gate at 7.24 with only 2 cars in front of me, parked up and joined the que for searching. Walking round the static park by 7.50. Started walking back to carpark at 17.45 , got straight in car and drove through gate at 18.04, home at 20.43 a...

ndam356 wrote:need more fast jets

What's happened to the Swedish Flight ? there were rumours that the Viggen and J29 had been confirmed, anyone??????

Recieved my copy in the post today, it is absolutely fantastic , a credit to all those involved, thoroughly recommended !!!!

All this talk of Comets and Victors, surely these large 4 engined jet aircraft fall into the same category as the Vulcan and thus would require support from BAe Systems and Rolls Royce etc not to mention zero houred engines, although there surely must be people currently capable of supporting / over...

I was going to visit Coningsby the day this was filmed but didn't because it was stated on signs, websites etc that the base would be closed with no flying activity, yet it appears that the visitors were treated to displays by the Dakota, Hurricane , Typhoon etc and what looked like normal operation...

You must have read my mind, I was just wondering lastnight if anyone had any pics of the Thuds from this deployment!, awesome set , just need someone to post some pics of the infamous Coltishall " beat up " rumoured to be the greatest mock attack in history!

Cracking! love the Hunters.

Hi , did you notice the Sniper pod looking at you in pic 18!

Very well said Tim. I agree with you totally. I agree with you about the EU but also put a lot of the blame on Washington. The Soviets were actually promised that if they withdrew from Eastern Europe then there would be no NATO expansion eastwards. But not only did we take in former Warsaw Pact nat...

Would be most grateful if you could put me down for 2 please !
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The Harrier was a very capable aircraft but lets face it - It's time was almost up My bugbear is that the new carriers for the RN should have been C&T so that a) We could have had the less complex F35C with better range etc.... b) We could have operated AEW aircraft from the Carrier to give proper ...

C24 wrote:If this carries on we will have to put in ( ) a Royal Marine detachment on Rockall. And move all our fishing fleet down to the Mxx Falkands.

Yes , delivered in Spinach and Sand coloured Wessex , if only !

Hi Guys, sorry for the lack of clarity, I watched the flypast/ display at Wittering and I 100% agree with you both I thought it was brilliant and very emotional , yes a fantastic idea that should be repeated if possible . I was very suprised not to read a barrage of anti TVOC comments from the unfor...

Having seen the pictures on the TVOC website it appears that XH558 took part in some sort of advertising campaign for a new model of Landrover which also explains the Press gathering and " lengthier display " at Gaydon. If this was the case does anyone know if this advertising fee ( if there was one...

There's a couple of cracking cystal clear shots of a B58 at Mildenhall on Airliners.net, not sure if this the one you mean but deffo worth a gander!

Hi Ash, Try wikipedia mate , it's a good source of basic but useful info without going into baffling tech stuff there may also be some useful links at the bottom of the page. Airliners.net is a great source for photos of any type just put the name of the plane you wish to look at in the box . Cheers...

Fantastic pictures of a greatly admired and amazing aircraft still immensely popular amongst enthusiasts and veterans alike as evident by the huge amount of books and websites dedicated to it, very highly rated for it's capabilities by all who flew it and those who wished too!

Well, with the airworthy Whirlwind, Foxy Lady, HSA's Buccaneer and the RNHF's SeaHawk ( when it's up and running again ) we could have a tiny little AirWing on it too - if only we could launch and recover them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I seem to remember talk of an airworthy Gannet project somewhere - that'...

I've watched the Shoreham display videos and I must say I was very , very impressed , Kev Rumens flew a fantastic , dynamic routine with plenty of noise , climbs , tight turns and wingovers, definitely the best so far since restoration it reminded me very much of a shortened version of the great dis...

Well according to page 414 in the afore mentioned proposal documents it details several options with associated costings for Lakenheath , one being closing and all 3 fighter squadrons relocating to the continental US along with all units from Mildenhall and it remaining open, not home and dry yet. E...