Red Arrows to move from RAF Scampton to one of three sites
https://airspacechange.caa.co.uk/Pub...alArea?pID=105
Is this some form of pinning the tail on the donkey game?
Is this some form of pinning the tail on the donkey game?
ACPs are much more rigorously treated these days. The RAFAT ACP is only at stage 1b, so it will be a while before the next stage in the consultation is reached.
MoD has yet to decide its intended basing for RAFAT; the ACP is generic at present but will become more specific once the future base for the Team has been decided.
Unfortunately most of Scampton has been allowed to rot away and many of the MQs have been flogged off. It would take a lot of money to restore the station to the state it was when I did my A2 there in 1992.
MoD has yet to decide its intended basing for RAFAT; the ACP is generic at present but will become more specific once the future base for the Team has been decided.
Unfortunately most of Scampton has been allowed to rot away and many of the MQs have been flogged off. It would take a lot of money to restore the station to the state it was when I did my A2 there in 1992.
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Is there not a covenant the MOD will have to return the A15 back to it's original line if Scampton were to be closed. It was diverted a fair distance to accomodate the runway I believe.
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Interesting thread
Any modern risk assessment will rule out a location close to a major road in these times of culpability. Got a gut feeling the Reds might end up in North Wales.
RNAW
Any modern risk assessment will rule out a location close to a major road in these times of culpability. Got a gut feeling the Reds might end up in North Wales.
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Any modern risk assessment will rule out a location close to a major road
I'm campaigning for them to move to Brize FWIW - acres of practice area to the south, close to their spiritual home at Rissington, only a short hop to RIAT, and there must be a spare hangar for them to tuck themselves into amongst the heavies. So many wins.
Valley too busy a pan with students plus suspect there is no infrastructure/ tooling etc to support legacy Reds T.1 As it’s all T2 world up there.
Cheers
The 3 choices have already been announced, assuming that Scampton cannot be saved...
They are Leeming, Waddington or Wittering.
To my mind, the only one which makes sense (apart from restoring Scampton) is Leeming.
They are Leeming, Waddington or Wittering.
To my mind, the only one which makes sense (apart from restoring Scampton) is Leeming.
Meanwhile they are at Tanagra in Greece for their annual Exercise Spring Hawk. My son who is currently working in a nearby shipyard told me he was chatting with "some RAF pilots" in a bar a few days ago, but had no idea who they were. Now this morning he tells me they have been treated to a mini-display right over the yard, which is at Vathi not too far away from Tanagra. Coincidence, I am sure!
FB
PS Only trouble is, the Army would make the chaps march everywhere and salute and stuff. "Sergeant" 'Yes Sah' "I want you to give these air force chaps three hours of close quarter drill, time they learnt their left from the right, blarsted RAF!" 'Yes Sah right away Sah!'
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For those who STILL don't understand, the 3 potential basing options have already been announced; they are either Leeming, Waddington or Wittering....
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Small Cog - there is no flying infrastucture left at Honington, apart from a derelict control tower. All the runway lighting and ATC equipment has been ripped out and only the middle 3,000' of runway is useable. Oh, and the large ASP, which was originally built for the TSR2(!) has been built on.