QRA Sonic Boom
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QRA Sonic Boom
They don’t seem to make them as loud as they used too.....
https://news.sky.com/story/sonic-boo...plane-12185918
Sonic boom after RAF jets scrambled to intercept private plane
https://news.sky.com/story/sonic-boo...plane-12185918
Sonic boom after RAF jets scrambled to intercept private plane
Recall doing a RAS (Ammo) in the South West Approaches one Summers evening. Then, unknown to all, a Concorde decided to do its accel out into the Atlantic heading off to the States..........
That is NOT what you want to hear during a RAS (Ammo)!!!!!!! If the Concorde crew could have seen the looks on our faces bobbing about on our "war canoe" 50,000+ ft below them..........
That is NOT what you want to hear during a RAS (Ammo)!!!!!!! If the Concorde crew could have seen the looks on our faces bobbing about on our "war canoe" 50,000+ ft below them..........
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They don’t seem to make them as loud as they used too.....
https://news.sky.com/story/sonic-boo...plane-12185918
Sonic boom after RAF jets scrambled to intercept private plane
https://news.sky.com/story/sonic-boo...plane-12185918
Sonic boom after RAF jets scrambled to intercept private plane
Heard it over here in Cambridge earlier ..and RTb
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Are those ripples in the paintwork down to the shockwave?
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Question is, What was it doing flying into UK airspace without a known flight plan or communications with ATC? I hope the owners get billed the cost of the QRA shout. Travel into this country is essential work only, not leisure. If it is not for business reasons inside the government restrictions.
Question is, What was it doing flying into UK airspace without a known flight plan or communications with ATC? I hope the owners get billed the cost of the QRA shout. Travel into this country is essential work only, not leisure. If it is not for business reasons inside the government restrictions.
I rather like the paint scheme. I wonder if I should apply for the newly opened position?
Apparently mocking journalistic standards today is too easy to even bother with anymore.
Apparently mocking journalistic standards today is too easy to even bother with anymore.
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They will be billed according to a pilot colleague as one day we were flying a fixed wing aeromedical flight from Europe to the UK, he called me up to the front and said a well known airline had an aircraft with two Typhoons sat off their wings some miles ahead and it was going to cost the airline a lot of money unless it was a system failure. Knowing the airline it was probably the pilots who were going to be paying and I suspect a short sharp interview with the CAA.
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I just hope he didn’t have any ham sandwiches on board, or he’ll really be in it.
Question is, What was it doing flying into UK airspace without a known flight plan or communications with ATC? I hope the owners get billed the cost of the QRA shout. Travel into this country is essential work only, not leisure. If it is not for business reasons inside the government restrictions.
Nothing unusual here. In 1940 they came into UK airspace without lodging a flight plan or checking in with ATC!
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Question is, What was it doing flying into UK airspace without a known flight plan or communications with ATC? I hope the owners get billed the cost of the QRA shout. Travel into this country is essential work only, not leisure. If it is not for business reasons inside the government restrictions.
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If it was a box problem it was fixed pretty sharpish. It was on the ground at Stansted less than 90 mins, did a short hop over to Birmingham for a hour (presumably to pick up the original intended pax) and then legged it directly to Barbados! Nice for some...
Question is, What was it doing flying into UK airspace without a known flight plan or communications with ATC? I hope the owners get billed the cost of the QRA shout. Travel into this country is essential work only, not leisure. If it is not for business reasons inside the government restrictions.
Another example of 'confused' journalism. Re the Daily Mail story - Learjet? or Global Express?.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...d-barrier.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...d-barrier.html