Good grief - Western Radar!

I seem to recall having spoken to them when positioning for boom runs in the Gnat and Hunter in 1975 - when did they disappear?

I always pictured 'Cotswold Radar' as being manned by a couple of aged air traffickers living in a wooden shack deep in the countryside outside somewhere like Moreton-in-Marsh.... And the infamous 'Midland Radar Overhead' - those old units had such a quaintness about them

Back to the Royal Wedding, I see that Jack 'Man of' Straw is now moaning that neither Bliar nor Broon have been invited.....:hmm:

Western Radar, aah ... that would be "Cymru Look You" :E

Reds are currently in Cyprus practising not to hit each other

7 aircraft. Impressive! West London Aero Club puts up more than that to celebrate a barbeque.

How we used to do it. 300 on the ground, 650 in the air:

Royal_Coronation_Review_1953.avi

Wow, genuine thanks for posting that vid.

Would love to embark on a claim that our diminished numbers could wield a similar effect due to advances in technology, training etc.

But it's just not even vaguely true...
:(

ROFL :D:D:D:D:E

Shame the Lanc couldn't do a dogleg over the Houses of Parliament and notch up another mission tally........;):p

Defence News from the MoD has surpassed itself today with this little gem (my bold)
You couldn't write this stuff.....

airsound

PS For anyone who's interested in this huge flypast, it's due at 1330A. (Sorry, I know you could have got that from the AirSpace Coord Notice)

I hate to be one who pees in the punch....but "Who" pays for this Gala? Is this a "family affair" thus all this is out of the "Royal" purse and not by the common folk who pay the taxes?

Being an ex-colonial Cousin with ties to Nottinghamshire....and certainly not even remotely related to anything Royal....my thoughts is Mum should open her Her checkbook and pick up the Tab.

I think these sort of flypasts are a pretty good yardstick for the amount of fat or stretch in the system. The presence of four frontline aircraft for the marriage of the future king and queen, a state occasion in the presence of worldwide heads of state and a TV audience of billions, to me says 'f*****' or shall we say 'chinstrapped' to be polite.

I wonder we are approaching the time when the greater British public will begin to wonder 'Whatever happened to the RAF? It just slipped away without anyone noticing like Jeremy Beadle or Opal Fruits'.

The owners of a certain large, triangular aeroplane allegedly offered to provide a flypast for the Royal Wedding.

But it would seem some sniffy palace fag-hag retorted that "Her Majesty has enought of her own aircraft for the flypast, without the need for any civilian assistance...".

Or so I heard.

If I were them I'd arrange to fly-by anyway shortly after the 'official' fly-by. They could daub the words "Vive la revolution!" on the underside for good measure.

Looks like BBCs Jake Humphrey will be broadcasting from the Lancaster tomorrow as the boys lead the formation. :ok:.

... you certainly couldn't!

I've just watched a reporter (really relevantly) standing on an Anglesey beach saying:

"And this is where Prince William works for the Coastguard!!"

.... over to you crab@ ;)

RAF Flypast Rehearsal for the Royal Wedding

Flypast Rehearsal

TJ

Got to love all these public domain details...

what? No RAF Service Dress?
 

The Telegraph reports that Flt Lt Wales will wear the scarlet tunic and rank of a Colonel in the Irish Guards. Is he, err, tacking the Mick?

If the Lancaster goes tech today it will be extremely embarassing for the boys in blue; for the 'airborne spares' which I assume to be a Tiffie & Tonka will do little to make up the deficit.

I know that the elastic has snapped, but this example of RAF on parade is IMHO a disgrace, and if political, there are other ways to make the point without looking like dicks in front of the entire world. A couple of diamond fours from the training world would have / could have made a difference.

Well I'm on shift today and can be in London in an hour if anyone needs an emergency flypast at late notice:):):)

Oh Lord, that video of the 1953 Review launched me into a spotter-frenzy of Biblical proportions; B29 Superfortress, F86 Sabre. My, what an Air Force we had then......not a Wiggins Aerodyne to be seen though.......

I wish this delightful young couple many years of happy life together; may the wind be always at their back, may the road rise up to meet them, and may they live to see their children's children.........

(Irish)HB

Lanc WONT be going U/S (tech? wtf?), more likely the bi-foons or tonkas will.:E