Hunter FGA.9 flying today NW Bedford

[T-21]

Lovely sight and sound flying a race track pattern west of Podington to Thurleigh area at about 1,500 feet after midday for about 20 minutes. Any info please ?

[airborne_artist]

Stop - before you know where we are you'll have BEagle reminiscing about his time on them, and then we'll get a picture of his pin-up girl, and then VVCA will ..., and then PPrune will crash.

[blaireau]

Probably from Merryfield..

[Bookend]

Yep, I saw it. Quite distant and low on the horizon, but saw his aerobatics. Very nice!

[airborne_artist]

Did Beagle fly Hunters?


Yes (http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/317100-hunter-xl573-post3965481.html?highlight=hunter#post3965481) and yes (http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/372972-mod-approved-action-toys-post4919039.html?highlight=hunter#post4919039)

[MostlyHarmless]

Well, who doesn't?

[Green Flash]

There are 4 ex Swiss Mk58's owned by HHA flying on QinetiQ and FRA(?) contracts. Ya just can't keep a good cab down, eh?

[barnstormer1968]

AA.

Instead of just talking of BEagles pin up, we could just 'cut out the middle man' and do it ourselves!

http://i736.photobucket.com/albums/xx9/barnstormer1968/susannah-york-duffy-1967-425.jpg

Besides, this one has more impact than the Battle of Britain one normally shown on here:ok:

Oh, which is often followed by a picture of this lovely lady too.
http://i736.photobucket.com/albums/xx9/barnstormer1968/iGayEllisdent050.jpg

[Lee Howard]

Possibly one of the F.58s which was definitely up from Yeovilton at lunchtime today.

[Seaking93]

Lee, confirm that, c/s Navy 71, think it was ZZ191

[T-21]

Thanks Lee and Sea King.

[HHA Eng]

Green Flash

You are so right that you can't keep a good cab down, however your info is a little out of in that the contract with FRA finished some time ago. The flight in the Bedford area was a trial support flight for a customer which was very successful with the aircraft (Hunter Mk58 ZZ191) returning serviceable to Yeovilton.

[Gnd]

Got flown over, at VL, yesterday by one. Might have been en-route?

[hunty]

That's good news. Will this mean we'll get the chance to see more flights in the future? :D
Hunty

[T-21]

HHAEng ,
Thanks for the information. It was the engine note that made me look up(and rush to the window,are all aviation people so affected ?) and see a rare machine these days. I looked up in my Hunter books(signed by Bill Bedford) ZZ191 and as J-4058 Swiss AF it first flew on 25.6.59 by Don Lucey. Not bad for a nearly 51 year old aircraft.

[BEagle]

Thanks, barnstormer1968, I must have missed this thread at the time as I was over in the US at a conference.

Great piccy of SY - and it seems the Cranwell bromine is at last wearing off....:ooh:

[sycamore]

Or was it Bromide ,BeAgs....?
And where was the WRAF shirt and suspenders...
God, those eyes......