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Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
29th Sep 2022, 09:03
Replies: 4,467
Views: 642,641
Posted By posso

Re the low flying stuff to the west of the Isle...

Re the low flying stuff to the west of the Isle of Wight, this part of a two day exercise so they will be at it again today. Just wish they would come over my place on the north coast of the 'island'!
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
21st Sep 2021, 09:36
Replies: 4
Views: 1,818
Posted By posso

Probably the Flying Bulls B-25 N6123C out of...

Probably the Flying Bulls B-25 N6123C out of Goodwood heading home to Salzburg.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
30th Jun 2021, 12:56
Replies: 4,467
Views: 642,641
Posted By posso

Looks like their not taking last nights result...

Looks like their not taking last nights result lying down!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Dec 2020, 15:08
Replies: 0
Views: 780
Posted By posso

BEA hijack attempt Dublin 1960s

Hi All, Trying to find out any info relating to an attempted hijack of a BEA aircraft at Dublin airport in the early 1960s. It seems that the attempt was thwarted by a crew member Ked James or...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Aug 2020, 21:36
Replies: 203
Views: 45,022
Posted By posso

Surely the answer is to move it all down the road...

Surely the answer is to move it all down the road to Stanstead, ample parking at bargain prices. Given the current much reduced levels of airline traffic all those Ryanair flights could be diverted...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
6th Jun 2020, 13:15
Replies: 4,467
Views: 642,641
Posted By posso

Ta for that 750XL

Ta for that 750XL
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
6th Jun 2020, 12:42
Replies: 4,467
Views: 642,641
Posted By posso

USAF KC135 62-3551, currently flying orbits...

USAF KC135 62-3551, currently flying orbits 16,000 ft just south of the Isle of Wight. Unusual for this part of the world, whats uncle sam up to I wonder?
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
21st May 2020, 12:10
Replies: 2
Views: 845
Posted By posso

Lead a/c was a Nanchang CJ6 + 2 x Extra 330s and...

Lead a/c was a Nanchang CJ6 + 2 x Extra 330s and an RV4 , heading home from Sandown IOW...wherever home was!
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
9th May 2020, 14:03
Replies: 6
Views: 1,408
Posted By posso

Southampton Uni drone G-CLLU the first arrival at...

Southampton Uni drone G-CLLU the first arrival at Binstead International today at 14.30hrs approx., having made the hop across from Lee. Hope they brought me something nice!
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
26th Apr 2020, 21:31
Replies: 6
Views: 1,408
Posted By posso

Looks like it could be boom time at Binstead...

Looks like it could be boom time at Binstead International airport! (Little used private strip at Newnham farm). Being a local IOW yokel will watch with interest see if it ever happens. Despite the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Mar 2018, 18:39
Replies: 38
Views: 5,997
Posted By posso

Back in 2006 there was a short lived service...

Back in 2006 there was a short lived service operated by Wight Airlines..Sandown Isle of Wight to LCY. Three round trips a day using Navajo G-BBNT.
They did a 75 quid day return special, so had to...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
25th Apr 2016, 21:36
Replies: 47
Views: 7,013
Posted By posso

Going back a few years there was G-AWOG Twin...

Going back a few years there was G-AWOG Twin Comanche owned by the (late), HRH Prince William of Gloucester.


Seem to recall even back then 1968, eyebrows were raised at the choice of letters,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Sep 2015, 22:19
Replies: 5
Views: 2,531
Posted By posso

Samuel Kinkead's final resting place is Fawley...

Samuel Kinkead's final resting place is Fawley Parish Church. See the pic as per the link, posted by Planemike.
I visited a few years back, fresh flowers on the grave, someone still cared it seems.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
2nd Sep 2015, 21:45
Replies: 9
Views: 3,233
Posted By posso

Hi Towteambase...yup that's Yarmouth IOW rather...

Hi Towteambase...yup that's Yarmouth IOW rather than Great Yarmouth!


I think the exercise is just a distraction for the IOW to invade mainland UK, do away with the place in Norfolk.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
2nd Sep 2015, 21:39
Replies: 9
Views: 3,233
Posted By posso

It or maybe two?... out and about again today. ...

It or maybe two?... out and about again today.


Seen whilst driving home this evening, not conducive to safe motoring!
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
2nd Sep 2015, 20:26
Replies: 9
Views: 3,233
Posted By posso

Also seen in the skies over the Isle of Wight,...

Also seen in the skies over the Isle of Wight, participating in military exercises currently taking place on the Island. (Newtown ranges near Yarmouth).


Pics and details can be found on the...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2015, 22:59
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,559
Posted By posso

As told to me by one who was there, a few years...

As told to me by one who was there, a few years back...the place one of England's off shore islands.


A noted local dignitary was normally the chosen one to meet and greet visiting Royals.
With...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
30th Oct 2014, 23:37
Replies: 3
Views: 3,445
Posted By posso

Nope not much chance of a fresh C of A, after all...

Nope not much chance of a fresh C of A, after all the years stuck outside.


Have subsequently heard a rumour that ( along with a couple of other old BN2 airframes from oop north), it might have...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
29th Oct 2014, 22:54
Replies: 3
Views: 3,445
Posted By posso

Islander G-RAPA...road runner

Noted on the back of a truck, boarding the Isle of Wight, Yarmouth to Lymington car ferry on Mon Oct 27th, was the long suffering fuselage of BN2T Islander G-RAPA.


Much used old BN2, bare fus...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jun 2014, 22:26
Replies: 19
Views: 3,208
Posted By posso

6B = Air Min Stores Ref number, for 'Aircraft...

6B = Air Min Stores Ref number, for 'Aircraft Navigation Equipment' it would seem. Not sure what the 346 relates to.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jun 2014, 20:18
Replies: 2
Views: 1,092
Posted By posso

Hi Alan, Thanks for your input,...

Hi Alan,
Thanks for your input, as you mention indeed a bit small for a regular A/F base, wondered if was a 'Satellite' field to a bigger base...if the French do such things?

I...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Jun 2014, 21:14
Replies: 2
Views: 1,092
Posted By posso

Aerodrome Villefranche- Tarare / Frontenas, history?

Wonder if anyone out there could supply any historical details (or point me in the right direction)...to info relating Villefranche - Tarare aerodrome, located to the NW of Lyon, also known as...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
25th Jul 2013, 22:22
Replies: 7
Views: 2,967
Posted By posso

G-OSRA oil spill spray plane, out of Hurn...yes...

G-OSRA oil spill spray plane, out of Hurn...yes thats right a B.727 on the UK register, whatever next!
Spray boom gear mounted under the rear fuselage, various pix of the thing on flickr etc.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Jun 2013, 21:32
Replies: 20
Views: 8,766
Posted By posso

Nope not one of the ones in the Benghzai...

Nope not one of the ones in the Benghzai bone-yard, did come across some of these pix during my intial search.

My pals photo looks to be pre-war, an 'incident' rather than a scrap yard shot..The...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Jun 2013, 09:12
Replies: 20
Views: 8,766
Posted By posso

Hi A30, Many thanks for your...

Hi A30,
Many thanks for your continued input, not writing a book or article. Trying to ID a photo that belongs to a pal of mine, shows a crashed Littoria S.73. (alas do not have the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Jun 2013, 18:19
Replies: 20
Views: 8,766
Posted By posso

Nice one...many thanks for the info guys! ...

Nice one...many thanks for the info guys!

Cheers, Posso
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jun 2013, 19:06
Replies: 20
Views: 8,766
Posted By posso

ALA Littoria..Savoia Marchetti S.73's

Hello all,
Can anyone out there supply or point me in the direction of, a fleet list of Savoia Marchetti S.73's, as operated by the the Italian airline ALA Littoria, during the 1930s?...
Forum: Private Flying
10th May 2011, 11:48
Replies: 30
Views: 6,694
Posted By posso

Fly-in at Sandown on Sunday July 31st...theme...

Fly-in at Sandown on Sunday July 31st...theme being 'Aircraft in Uniform' ie Military marks... Chippies, Tigers, Hurricanes, Lancs etc. No doubt all others welcome!

Tour around the Airframe...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Feb 2011, 13:04
Replies: 59
Views: 10,917
Posted By posso

Then there is also the 'great oil sniffer hoax',...

Then there is also the 'great oil sniffer hoax', where the French oil company Elf Aquitane were taken for millions back in the 1970s.

The company were approached by an inventor claiming to have...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Feb 2011, 17:11
Replies: 6
Views: 1,307
Posted By posso

Yup have indeed done the Fieldmaster Google thing...

Yup have indeed done the Fieldmaster Google thing along with variations on the theme. Well aware the photos on Airliners etc, however most of the info is several years old.

As stated in my...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Feb 2011, 15:11
Replies: 6
Views: 1,307
Posted By posso

Yes Google is indeed a useful tool..pray continue.

Yes Google is indeed a useful tool..pray continue.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Feb 2011, 13:15
Replies: 6
Views: 1,307
Posted By posso

Yup another five Fieldmasters were built when...

Yup another five Fieldmasters were built when Desmond moved the operation to Wales in 1985. The rest is history..recievers called in 1988, despite efforts to restart production no luck. The...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Feb 2011, 22:13
Replies: 6
Views: 1,307
Posted By posso

NAC Fieldmasters in Turkey?

Can anyone confirm if the the cache of NAC Fieldmaster crop sprayers are still located at Etimesgut airport, Ankara, Turkey?

Several photos of TC-ZBC and ZBD along with a couple of unregistered...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Dec 2010, 21:23
Replies: 20
Views: 6,402
Posted By posso

'Lord Carberry' did indeed take part in the 1914...

'Lord Carberry' did indeed take part in the 1914 Schneider Trophy event at Monaco, flying a Deperdusion. Alas he retired on lap 3 due to engine problems. Full details of the race and his involvment...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Oct 2010, 22:31
Replies: 34
Views: 9,329
Posted By posso

Mary Ellis still lives close by to Sandown...

Mary Ellis still lives close by to Sandown airport, a superb display overhead the field by Dan Griffiths in visiting Spit TA805, last week brought her around.

Sat her in the cockpit, a golden...
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