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Dave, I am suggesting that as you sit at Buckingham Palace and look down the Mall towards Admiralty Arch all of the aircraft appear from slightly left of centre. This would indicate that the IP or previous turn point is not perfectly inline with the Mall.
Are you suggesting they didn't overfly the Palace, or that they approached from the wrong direction ?
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When Linton flew an 80 over RIAT the formation was 21 plus airborne spares.
When we did E II R over Portsmouth, can’t recall the actual number in the formation but it was mid 30s, quite exciting down the back end (wasn’t it Del Boy!).
When we did E II R over Portsmouth, can’t recall the actual number in the formation but it was mid 30s, quite exciting down the back end (wasn’t it Del Boy!).
Originally Posted by Dominator2
Dave, I am suggesting that as you sit at Buckingham Palace and look down the Mall towards Admiralty Arch all of the aircraft appear from slightly left of centre. This would indicate that the IP or previous turn point is not perfectly inline with the Mall.
If you look at the two Voyagers' tracks on FR24, from Colchester onwards the inbound track was 236°T to match the orientation of the Mall, so I don't see any evidence of a 3° divergence.
Been racking what’s left of my brains about the Linton EIIR. I think we took 36 airframes, 33 flyers of which 3 were airborne spares plus 3 ground spares.
Originally Posted by simmy
I bet punkieyes doesn't" get much" with that sort of remark about our forces. I flew a Vulcan on a couple of Birthday Flypasts and when she was flown around the country on "the Last Flight" my wife insisted that we should position ourselves to see it go by! It didn't...it was off route by a mile or so to possibly acknowledge friends in a nearby village. Am I too late to whinge about it?
Or is that only certain people who do that?
Originally Posted by charliegolf
Even that's not as it used to be.
CG
CG
Another view is that it’s (nostalgia) definitely a thing of the past…
Poor commentary? You betcha…GB News clip congratulated the red arrows in their F35s….
not that I give a damn about such apathy.
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Originally Posted by Dominator2
DaveReidUK
Dave, I am suggesting that as you sit at Buckingham Palace and look down the Mall towards Admiralty Arch all of the aircraft appear from slightly left of centre. This would indicate that the IP or previous turn point is not perfectly inline with the Mall.
Dave, I am suggesting that as you sit at Buckingham Palace and look down the Mall towards Admiralty Arch all of the aircraft appear from slightly left of centre. This would indicate that the IP or previous turn point is not perfectly inline with the Mall.
Originally Posted by Pozidrive
It's a deliberate offset to give all those on the Balcony a perfect view.
Having done a couple (many years ago!) I thought that this was pretty good! Timeing good, tracking good and formation pretty good! Well done everyone involved - and I mean everyone!
Bill
Bill
Watched GB News clip on the fly past (yea, yea, I know
) and was somewhat shocked to hear the presented chappy say:
”……here are the red arrows in the F35s” as a couple of 4 engined heavies blotted out the sun.
) and was somewhat shocked to hear the presented chappy say:”……here are the red arrows in the F35s” as a couple of 4 engined heavies blotted out the sun.
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Originally Posted by oldmansquipper
Watched GB News clip on the fly past (yea, yea, I know) and was somewhat shocked to hear the presented chappy say:
”……here are the red arrows in the F35s” as a couple of 4 engined heavies blotted out the sun.
) and was somewhat shocked to hear the presented chappy say:”……here are the red arrows in the F35s” as a couple of 4 engined heavies blotted out the sun.
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Originally Posted by Bill Macgillivray
Having done a couple (many years ago!) I thought that this was pretty good! Timeing good, tracking good and formation pretty good! Well done everyone involved - and I mean everyone!
Bill
Bill
Lay in bed and watched the entire broadcast, always find the Brit pageantry a class act. Well done all, the entire gamut, not just the RAF. 
Question tho, why the Reds with speed brake extended through out?
Question tho, why the Reds with speed brake extended through out?
Originally Posted by Megaton
Higher thrust so more bleed air to pressurise the smoke system giving stronger, more consistent trail?
Gnome de PPRuNe
Originally Posted by megan
Question tho, why the Reds with speed brake extended through out?
