raf northalt is still a proper station!

[UAV689]

good effort from northalt today, not quite sure just what flew over head but looked like a jet being escorted by 2 others, with a helo hovering nearby.

Show the locals that this old station is still a proper base! Keep it up we want to see more! makes a change to rich people in their biz jets!

UAV

[Boy_From_Brazil]

The aircraft were a Queens Flight BA146 and two Dominies. An unusual sight and an impressively close formation.

BfB

[CHINOOKER]

"Claret" formation...HS146 with 2x HS125s....all fly-throughs being filmed by based A109.....anyone know what for??

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

..... or even RAF Northolt..

[Mick Strigg]

So that's why they are too busy to fly the Princess Royal!

[UAV689]

Would love to get a copy of that vid, the A109 was hovering right over my garden!

anyone know the camera man to PM the copy? :ok:

[18greens]

You've solved a conundrum for me. I saw them over Oxford. Through the haze it looked like a C-17 flanked by two huge I don't know whats. Now there's a competition. What does a triple size dominie make.

[BEagle]

Now there's a competition. What does a triple size dominie make.

Perhaps this:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/nw969/bac311.jpg

The still-born BAC 3-11. Which would have been the UK's A300......

[18greens]

Thats what it looked like.

Perahps someone with more skill in Photoshop than I could run up a 146/dominie vs C-17/BAC311 formation (or someone with a very large budget could do it for real)

[The Real Slim Shady]

would never have worked though BEags as the new concept of "Fly by String" would have taken years of development and been overtaken by "Fly by Chain" and "Fly by Wire"