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Erikk
Yes. Someone does indeed know the TOT over Windsor.
Sorry I couldn't resist. BV:E |
And anyone near a certain base with royal connections watch out for the practice formation tuesday
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Want to watch this from Windsor Great Park. Anyone know what direction they will be travelling, ie heading from / to?
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South to North - http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/64/Queens%...0RA%28T%29.pdf
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a certain base with royal connections |
Anyone have a definitive list of participating aircraft?
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It may not be there, but the Vulcan first flew in '52. That would be the most appropriate bird to fly.
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DH
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Windsor Flypast
Think the timimgs are around 1125-1130 TOT
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I can find next to nothing on MoD websites about the Jubilee flypast. Such a major effort by the RAF on such a momentous occasion surely merits some publicity in advance. Am I missing something?
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From way back in February's MOD News
In honour of Her Majesty The Queen's 60-year reign Armed Forces personnel will parade through Windsor and muster at the castle on Saturday 19 May 2012. Nearly 2,500 troops from the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force will parade through Windsor in the presence of Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh. They will then muster in the castle grounds for a unique event before an audience of more than 3,000 Armed Forces personnel, their families, and veterans. An impressive, tri-Service flypast of current and historic aircraft will conclude the celebrations. ... |
That's it? We really don't do publicity very well in the UK forces, do we!
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One more at the 1953 Odiham review
IIRC just before the main fly past, R.A.F. Odiham witnessed a young Pilot Officer Quentin Oswell pass by in his Tiger Moth on a qualifying Cross country.
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Flypast Practice - Fri 16 May 12
Full flypast practice at Valley, on BBC website, click <HERE>
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Serial 48
Neville Duke, 1953, the year he was awarded the OBE, and the flypast would have been prior to setting a new world airspeed record in Sep.
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Three categories of arrival times: <100kts, <280kts, 360kts. All to be overhead at the same time within a 3 second window, I believe.......:ok:
That'll be the miracle, not the finding of 64 serviceable aircraft:eek: |
As I understand it:
Merlin Sea King Chinook Puma Lancaster Sptifire X 3! Hurricane Tucano Herc J VC10 Tornado Hawk Sparrows Total of 78 :ok: |
What, no Typhoon?
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I am led to believe that a diamond 9 of Typhoons will kick the whole thing off at 1100L and that the rotary element of the main flypast circa 1226 will include Merlin, Chinook, Puma, Sea King, Apache, Lynx and Gazelle for a total of 12 cabs in some mix.(Presumably there will be RN and RAF Merlins and Sea Kings and RN and Army Lynx). Pity there don't seem to be any RAF ISTAR assets down for it...
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Where are the historics (apart from BBMF). Would have been a great sight to see types from across her reign....or has willy-waving politics got in the way?
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