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22/04
19th Jul 2018, 10:30
Splendid view of this aircraft over south Milton Keynes this morning presumably for a fly by of the Red Bull Racing factory. Wasn't quick enough to get the camera.
Anyone know more about is schedule/visit here.
treadigraph
19th Jul 2018, 10:48
Presume it's at Farnborough this week, think the Corsair and P-38 are.
It did a fantastic display at Duxford on Saturday...
Simtech
19th Jul 2018, 15:20
Arrived at Cranfield yesterday afternoon, been doing sight-seeing trips over London today. Currently showing just south of Silverstone.
22/04
19th Jul 2018, 18:46
Broke the monotony I'm sure at Luton -
RBDC6
21st Jul 2018, 14:30
Splendid view of this aircraft over south Milton Keynes this morning presumably for a fly by of the Red Bull Racing factory. Wasn't quick enough to get the camera.
Anyone know more about is schedule/visit here.
Hi
I was lucky enough to be aboard. The DC6 had a spare day before Farnborough and the crew offered the factory the chance to have a flight. A raffle was organised with 90 lucky winners ...... 30 on each flight. All proceeds went to the Wings for Life charity. There were three flights during the day. I was lucky enough to be on the late afternoon flight. We took off from Cranfield, flew by the Factory in MK and headed out past Luton. We managed to get clearance to fly through London and returned to Luton where we gave the Tower a fly past! Headed out to Silverstone to see the track from the air before heading back to Cranfield.
Once in a lifetime experience...I have in flight footage if you are interested :)
I saw (and initially heard) all three flights come over London City during the day, whereupon they seemed to take different directions - first to the east, second to the west but had kept a bit to the west of LCY, third right overhead then across the City again.
There has been a DC6B landed at LCY before.
Alpine Flyer
4th Aug 2018, 21:02
Splendid bird, flight deck looks factory fresh (with an impressive array of engine analyzers for all those cylinders). Even the wheel wells look like a showroom. Had the luck to be invited to a tour of their Salzburg base recently.
The real marvel is that a corporate pilot and warbird buff convinced the owner of a company selling overpriced fizzy sugary water with caffeine to spend money probably considered pocket change in relation to total revenue for building an impressive fleet of historic aircraft in flying condition.