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Great photos and superb banter. That’s what I often miss.
Slight change of subject, could somebody provide me with the exact coordinates of the Mach Loop so I can look it up on Google maps/earth.
Also is anybody aware of any nearby campsites or convenient legal overnight areas where I can park up my (small) motorhome and walk to where the pictures are taken?
Thanks
Slight change of subject, could somebody provide me with the exact coordinates of the Mach Loop so I can look it up on Google maps/earth.
Also is anybody aware of any nearby campsites or convenient legal overnight areas where I can park up my (small) motorhome and walk to where the pictures are taken?
Thanks
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SRENNAPS...this should help:
franknoort.nl - Frank's Trip Page
Go to the Gallery Index and then "Low flying in Wales".
franknoort.nl - Frank's Trip Page
Go to the Gallery Index and then "Low flying in Wales".
SRENNAPS,
See following PPRuNe link. I've posted up some Google Earth Maps of some of the car park locations in the Mach Loop. Follow the guides that others have posted and you won't go wrong. Have a great time!
http://www.pprune.org/spectators-bal...cation-uk.html
TJ
See following PPRuNe link. I've posted up some Google Earth Maps of some of the car park locations in the Mach Loop. Follow the guides that others have posted and you won't go wrong. Have a great time!
http://www.pprune.org/spectators-bal...cation-uk.html
TJ
(a bear of little brain)
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And a thought on the photo. The driver (front-seater) in those things has command over the ejection seat system. And if whoever was driving got really annoyed at being called stupid could this lead to the back-seater dangling under a canopy, clutching the placard, trying to insert the word 'Was' into the caption.
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"The driver (front-seater) in those things has command over the ejection seat system."
Isn't the Command Eject lever in the back of a Tornado, like on the Hawk?
Isn't the Command Eject lever in the back of a Tornado, like on the Hawk?
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"The driver (front-seater) in those things has command over the ejection seat system."
Isn't the Command Eject lever in the back of a Tornado, like on the Hawk?
Isn't the Command Eject lever in the back of a Tornado, like on the Hawk?
That "Figter Jocks have big c@cks" takes me back. Twas written in a rush on the back of a med level chart for the CSE Show girlies on the Tristar. Sadly the crew were none the wiser about the "spooling misteak" until the Tristar crew showed them the pictures in the bar later - to much embarassment!
Must have been about 1996, if I recall...
LJ
(The Figter Jock)
Must have been about 1996, if I recall...
LJ
(The Figter Jock)
Hi Leon, It was the VC10 and not the Tristar - I took the photo. The CSE show were on board the ten for the highly complex tactical scenario that we used to practice in the FI. Something along the lines of "See you over Swan Island at 10am".
That CSE show featured the very famous pop group 'Bucks Fizz' and their supporting act 'Dance Attic'. I seem to remember that 1435 thought they were missing out on the action with the tanker w@ankers getting unhindered access to the dance group. But I don't think the sign helped your case!
I was also involved in writing the remedial ISS package which arrived at 1435 soon after with exercises such as:
"Correct the following statement. Yesterday i coodent spell figter pilot. Now i is one."
Harsh, but fair!
That CSE show featured the very famous pop group 'Bucks Fizz' and their supporting act 'Dance Attic'. I seem to remember that 1435 thought they were missing out on the action with the tanker w@ankers getting unhindered access to the dance group. But I don't think the sign helped your case!
I was also involved in writing the remedial ISS package which arrived at 1435 soon after with exercises such as:
"Correct the following statement. Yesterday i coodent spell figter pilot. Now i is one."
Harsh, but fair!
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@ TJ
Cheers for that! So it was him.
Yeh but they dont appear in the daily rag!! The lady at Corris corner (left turn at the lake in th Loop) is just dyin to get her hands on this stuff.
My hobby aside and with my aircrew hat on, I did piss myself laughing.
I remember meeting up with the other aircraft in our Sqn while returning from a MarPat only to see my counterpart's bare arse pressed into the bubblewindow!!
BW
Cheers for that! So it was him.
Fair enough. And looking at the other photos on his site it seems that a large number of WSOs are waving to the adoring crowds .....
My hobby aside and with my aircrew hat on, I did piss myself laughing.
I remember meeting up with the other aircraft in our Sqn while returning from a MarPat only to see my counterpart's bare arse pressed into the bubblewindow!!
BW
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Let's just think about this for a minute
So, the driver is the idiot - what does that make the passenger!!!!!!
Just wondering, you techo types will probably tell me
Loved the photp
Just wondering, you techo types will probably tell me
Loved the photp
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Surely the back seater used to go by the name of specky tw*t (twas a long time ago) or are my eyes failing me. Not part of the FE anymore so not working any rumours, pure speculation!
Dan
You're right! I forgot it was a VC-10! I'd also forgotten about Bucks Fizz, but I do remember the Dance Troop
I met this girl from the Troop, who I'd remembered was in Grange Hill when I was a young lad (Star File - Samantha Lewis)
I had a very pleasant evening in the O'Mess and the Goose with her and her mates...
I think she took pity on us because of our spelling (special needs and all that!!!) - so there may have been method to our madness!!!
I think I also met BEagle on that det - although after more than TEN 6 week "specials" in MPA, they all seem to blur into one these days. I guess they call it old age
LJ
You're right! I forgot it was a VC-10! I'd also forgotten about Bucks Fizz, but I do remember the Dance Troop
I met this girl from the Troop, who I'd remembered was in Grange Hill when I was a young lad (Star File - Samantha Lewis)
I had a very pleasant evening in the O'Mess and the Goose with her and her mates...
I think she took pity on us because of our spelling (special needs and all that!!!) - so there may have been method to our madness!!!
I think I also met BEagle on that det - although after more than TEN 6 week "specials" in MPA, they all seem to blur into one these days. I guess they call it old age
LJ
Not sure, Leon - I did a few dets with the Fuerza Aerea Malvinas, but nothing like as many as Dan! They didn't let we QFIs out to play that often.
I was there when we had a CSE show; some of the girls were certainly rather nice, but the lead act was Tony Hadley 'singing' Gold..... Unfortunately the sound people hadn't had a chance to sort out the acoustics and, no disrespect to Spandau Ballet, it sounded dreadful and many of us left after a few minutes of ordeal by noise.....
....and repaired to the OM for a few toots of Captain Morgan's Original Spiced Gold!!
I was there when we had a CSE show; some of the girls were certainly rather nice, but the lead act was Tony Hadley 'singing' Gold..... Unfortunately the sound people hadn't had a chance to sort out the acoustics and, no disrespect to Spandau Ballet, it sounded dreadful and many of us left after a few minutes of ordeal by noise.....
....and repaired to the OM for a few toots of Captain Morgan's Original Spiced Gold!!