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Just wishing to say a big "Thank You",to all the helo crews who were positioning into Northolt today for the above celebration/flypast......especially to the Lynx and the marines commando? sea king/lynx formation for your "up and close" flyby!.....Hope you all have a great day,Cheers!!
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Flypast is at 12.00 over Greenwhich/HMS Illustrious,then formation is due to route back to Northolt. As i type this all relevant parts of formation are in process of starting up at Nht....Believe they are due to depart out to N/E of London to formate before coming back on east-west track....Hope this helps.
................And as Geoff Meade on SKY News Live at Greenwich waxes lyrical about the Fleet Air Arm's sense of identity and history, the yellow ticker tape underneath reports the RAF flypast is underway !! priceless.
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Well again the BBC and Sky live up to their expectation of covering flypasts over London. Totally crap.
Camera was barely on the flypast at all, and when asking Geoff Meade on Sky what the bulges were under the helicopters (Seaking ASAC7) he goes on to talk about the Merlin and Jetstream being a turboprop.
Then Sky News split their screen, the little dots which could be seen of the flypast (which looked like flies) were now totally gone because half of the screen was Interest Rates.
It was a case of i can 'hear something' but cannot see it.
However, another chance sat/sun i have heard.
Atleast i got woken up by the Seakings in formation this morning enroute to Northolt here in mid Devon.
Congratulations to the Royal Navy... shame the news teams cannot do the same.
Camera was barely on the flypast at all, and when asking Geoff Meade on Sky what the bulges were under the helicopters (Seaking ASAC7) he goes on to talk about the Merlin and Jetstream being a turboprop.
Then Sky News split their screen, the little dots which could be seen of the flypast (which looked like flies) were now totally gone because half of the screen was Interest Rates.
It was a case of i can 'hear something' but cannot see it.
However, another chance sat/sun i have heard.
Atleast i got woken up by the Seakings in formation this morning enroute to Northolt here in mid Devon.
Congratulations to the Royal Navy... shame the news teams cannot do the same.
Suspicion breeds confidence
Just got back from my morning on Lusty, well done the Navy on their century of flight. I'm sure the RAF will have an equally good bash when they catch up with the senior service 10 years hence.
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Just heard about this on Capital
What was participating? I assume Merlin's Lynx's etc? How many?
Anyone know if they will having a repeat performance over the weekend as suggested above?
What was participating? I assume Merlin's Lynx's etc? How many?
Anyone know if they will having a repeat performance over the weekend as suggested above?