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retreating blade
11th Jul 2019, 18:35
Seen flying north around 3,000 feet. Any ideas?
wrecker
11th Jul 2019, 18:40
Lost again trying to find Fairford?
diginagain
11th Jul 2019, 18:43
Seen flying north around 3,000 feet. Any ideas?
Is anyone in the south of England expecting a flypast this evening?
Bob Viking
11th Jul 2019, 18:45
So, there was this one time, I think it was 2004, when a B52 accidentally flew past at Blackbushe instead of Fairford...
BV
🤗
GeeRam
11th Jul 2019, 19:10
So, there was this one time, I think it was 2004, when a B52 accidentally flew past at Blackbushe instead of Fairford...
BV
🤗
I think it was Farnborough it was supposed to be giving a flypast to when the Sunday market goers at Blackbushe got a surprise...!!
OvertHawk
11th Jul 2019, 20:49
I think it was Farnborough it was supposed to be giving a flypast to when the Sunday market goers at Blackbushe got a surprise...!!
Well done BV
You caught one in less than half an hour!!!!
:D
OH
chevvron
12th Jul 2019, 01:32
I think it was Farnborough it was supposed to be giving a flypast to when the Sunday market goers at Blackbushe got a surprise...!!
Not quite the correct story, but 4 years earlier a B1b actually did flypast Blackbushe west to east instead of Farnborough, refusing to accept vectors from the Farnborough Radar controller, the pilot spotted an airfield and convinced himself it was the correct one.
With the B52, the pilot saw the correct airfield but opened up all 8 throttles as he turned inbound causing him to somewhat 'overshoot' his intended track from east to west. A couple of days later I made sure this didn't happen again by positioning him on the reciprocal runway some 8 miles out.
A couple of years before that, a B2 inbound for a flypast was told to head for the Odiham TACAN and couldn't find it but did accept radar vectors!
Asturias56
12th Jul 2019, 09:51
Maybe he was looking for Yodellers............
chopper2004
12th Jul 2019, 12:27
There is Barksdale BUFF appearing at next weekends RIAT and in better news, it is been 3 weeks since Minot Buff had emergency landing at the 'Hall (laround the week of Le Bourget ). So two of the engines need replacing so this had been done, however I am led to believe there are more complications. In short its going to be AOG for a while.
Took theses photos below last week.
Cheers
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1333/67152747_10157779474901490_2163557421371359232_o_ec5e67a5960 33d04811c9c564a8c44f57bc611ed.jpg
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1333/66378838_10157779474931490_4893775016547581952_o_731b099f2c4 c00a1d107b39439e97331e3b08249.jpg
SASless
12th Jul 2019, 13:39
Ah.....the dreaded six engine approach!
TEEEJ
12th Jul 2019, 13:50
Seen flying north around 3,000 feet. Any ideas?
Likely to have been B-52H callsign MYTEE51.
https://twitter.com/MIL_Radar/status/1149042068129497088
dead_pan
12th Jul 2019, 14:16
Maybe he was looking for Yodellers............
Yup, finish the b*ggers off
Bob Viking
12th Jul 2019, 14:44
I’m glad someone appreciated my efforts. Immature I know but I couldn’t resist.
BV
🤪
chopper2004
12th Jul 2019, 16:54
Likely to have been B-52H callsign MYTEE51.
https://twitter.com/MIL_Radar/status/1149042068129497088
Again probably parking up at Fairford soon
https://www.airtattoo.com/airshow/aircraft/confirmed-aircraft
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1060x187/riat_buff_1ec12bb41867f2a8f21544a7590b6342756e6e22.jpg