"Not sure wtf was going on with an R44 on the south side at about 500' while the pair of Mirages were waxing the place!"

To answer that question, it was on a scheduled photo sortie to cover the site and I was the photographer! We stayed south of the display line at all times whilst Ramex Delta operated to the north but I can assure you we were both keeping a good lookout! ATC asked us to hold at that altitude until we could recover back to the north.

FA, as a photographer myself, I am always intrigued by the work of others. So to allow me to scratch the curiosity itch, would you mind sharing some of the keepers from that sortie, please?

As she did at Dawlish Saturday afternoon. Short clip in mp4 of her departing as the weather closed in. Apologies for the unsteady video but the sea was picking up a bit and it was on a point and shoot camera...

http://www.mutualsupport.org.uk/vide...rtsDawlish.mp4

"If I remember correctly, the commentator mentioned that the Vulcan display would include one 120 degree wing over, but I don't know if anyone had a protractor handy to check what we saw on Saturday."


I was at the Coffee Cub at Doncaster on July 23rd and towards the end they started moving jacks into position under her. One of the team told me they were concerned because of the hard time she had been given at RIAT (over 135 degrees was mentioned earlier by another team member) and they were going to do some extra NDT checks. The jacks were to ensure the wings were correctly loaded during this process.