BBMF
 

Quite a good article on the Mail website about the BBMF.

How the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight keeps spitfires and Lancasters in the air | Mail Online

Wouldn't be too bad an article except for the "Spitfire pilots scrambling during the Battle of Britain" picture which shows Mk1 Hurricanes with two-bladed props . . . . . Probably pre-May 1940! :(:(

I think that if BBMF comes in for the chop post-SDSR then we might as well call it a day for the whole RAF.

BBMF is a permanent memorial to those brave airman and support staff who made the ultimate sacrifice during WWII as well as a reminder to all of the potency of air power.

This year is the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain - surely a timely reminder for the government, chiefs of staff and the SDSR team.

'Lest We Forget'

Very good article never heard of the requirement to cross main roads at 90` for the Lanc.

very good quote - very true and made me laugh.

It will be sad to see the end of the BBMF. I always look forward to seeing them at various air shows throughout the year. However, I think that if the RAF feel that they can no longer fund the BBMF then that won't be the end of it. Hopefully it will become a charity and we can all chip in to help it.

Pleased to note that it is not scheduled to happen.

For the word 'will' substitute 'would be'.

However, I like your sentiment - although I would use stronger language if our elected body could no longer see fit to remember not only the sacrifices made but also how perilously close we came to defeat because they neglected to provide sufficient resources for a strong peacetime air force.

"> One problem Hawkins and his planners have to take into account is that the Lancaster isn't permitted to fly parallel to motorways or main roads, but must cross straight over them. The aircraft nowadays flies no higher than 1,000ft, and it's liable to cause accidents as drivers stare at it rather than at the road <"

How true!

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well if it comes to a toss up between XH558 and the BBMF as a possible charity, I know I'll be contributing to the BBMF, even though I have given to the Vulcan in the past.

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"> One problem Hawkins and his planners have to take into account is that the Lancaster isn't permitted to fly parallel to motorways or main roads, but must cross straight over them. The aircraft nowadays flies no higher than 1,000ft, and it's liable to cause accidents as drivers stare at it rather than at the road <"

Is this the same rules that caused the Vulcan to miss the runway at Stanley?

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What drivel!

I flew 3 seasons on the Lanc on BBMF and used line features for IP to TGT runs all of the time!

LJ:ok:

We used to fly around 1000 feet too simply because we were map reading from point to point. At the time the Tacan had a coupling error so was always 40 deg out.

We could have gone higher but there was no point. As for speed OTOH we once did 250 kts from Colt to Gaydon but that was when most large airfield had a BoB day on the same day in September. It served as a marker to the public; they knew when there should be an airshow or the airshow reminded them of BoB.

Now air shows are simply a summer day's outing.

Surely, they should both be charities. The public purse shouldn't be expected to pay for them.

VVHA Why shouldn't the public purse pay for something the public want? I'm pretty sure that the 'save BBMF' petition had more than a few names to it earlier this year, and the cost of operating the flight is very cheap compared some other public attractions. Guess you have never been to an event where BBMF appear, as If you had you'd probably not be speaking such Blasphemy :E

?? The BBMF aeroplanes are always a distraction, driving or not, the aircrew have been bit players for many years ...

Edit: quotes .. give up.

Schedule - 20/08/2010
 

The flight is making a tour of the South today, overflying a number of BoB stations. The BBMF internet site does not give detail of route. Can anyone help me with this? I understand that part of the route includes flying from Reading down towards the South Coast. I am hoping that it will pass close to Basingstoke, where I live! Many thanks!:D

Hi Newswatcher,

try this link:

http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/rafcms/me...67BE961698.pdf

The plot changed! They did this morning's bit yesterday and night stopped at North Weald. They overflew Duxford 30 mins ago and departed - they didn't land as scheduled. I presume they are flying the rest of the morning schedule up to the Biggin Hill stop a bit early. No doubt they will stick to the planned times for the London overflight.

Things at Duxford seemed a bit exciting judging by the radio traffic - they were formating on an Aztec of all things, with another Aztec standing off, presumably with press and TV cameras. Pity about the Aztec - spoiled the picture for me.

Thanks tilleydog1. Didn't see that link! Looks like they are going over Odiham, then Lasham, on the way down. Guess I will have to make a short drive but, with the weather conditions here now, hope it's worth it!

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Seen this....... :) seems to have made someones day at least.

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VVCH,

Does this mean that we should also add HMS Victory to the list, or sell it to the owners of Alton Towers?:rolleyes:

No, I thought not.