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Waddington Airshow 2012
The South Korean T50 team have practiced over Scampton over the past 2 days. Noisy little buggers, sort of a 3/4 size F16/18 hybrid. Not a bad display but I don't think the RAFAT have much to worry about.
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They'll be at RIAT too, (with 5 other display teams). Mind you to get the Koreans here was a pretty good effort from them. 5 X 747 freighters into Manchester, road move to Leeming for the rebuild!
Hope they didn't have a bag of bits left at the end.
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Belgian F16 Solo Display with Renaut 'Grat' Thys will be the act of the day.
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It's the Saudis that I'll be wearing the tin hat for...
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Actually I think you will find they are T-50Bs
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seen the Qataris have cancelled. Shame wanted to see their C-17
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One imagines that it might look like any other C-17, but with strange writing on the side.
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Makes a change from FS26173, doesn't it?
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Are they keeping that one for Sunday, I mean Friday, best?*
* Yes, I know it's to promote Qatar when carrying out humanitarian and/or relief work.
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I take it no Vulcan this year then?
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assuming that's a genuine question about the Vulcan, then no, it won't be there.
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I was aware of that but heard earlier today the new engines were in and OK.
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Quote:
The idiots entrusted with looking after it managed to leave some large items of FOD in the intakes and trashed two engines.
That's obviously not a joke. How in gods name can that happen?
Is the lottery fund still buoyant then?
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An arriving Gnat over cooked it a bit and had a tailscrape, I guess it will be be Coffee, no biccies but here's a tin of T Cut.
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That's obviously not a joke. How in gods name can that happen?
The sorry saga here...
Vulcan incident Doncaster 28th May
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Vulcan awaiting air test
RIAT to be the first show according to this
Displays / Tours | Vulcan To The Sky
Last edited by NutLoose; 29th Jun 2012 at 19:29 .
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Poor little Gnat; that doesn't look healthy at all. Piccies can be deceiving, but there has to be more than just a scratch there?
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Chop that student!
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Never try to "three-point" a Gnat!
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Hope they didn't have a bag of bits left at the end.
