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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Apr 2020, 20:58
Replies: 16
Views: 2,256
Posted By Fly.Buy

Photo of WF380 here...

Photo of WF380 here...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Apr 2020, 20:51
Replies: 67
Views: 18,343
Posted By Fly.Buy

Nois

The BAC 1-11 aircraft were definitely the noisiest, hence the necessity of hush kits which were later added.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Apr 2020, 17:25
Replies: 67
Views: 18,343
Posted By Fly.Buy

In the late 70's as a young teenager, I flew from...

In the late 70's as a young teenager, I flew from Ringway to Palma Majorca on a Spantax DC-8 series 60. Always remember the generous spacing between the seats as if it was set up for long range...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
17th Apr 2020, 16:56
Replies: 303
Views: 51,652
Posted By Fly.Buy

It will be interesting if Loganair use the SF340...

It will be interesting if Loganair use the SF340 into LHR, must be the smallest type in operation into this airport for quite a while. Will be good to see props mixed up with the big jets.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Apr 2020, 15:29
Replies: 236
Views: 115,771
Posted By Fly.Buy

Great memories of Manchester Airport aka Ringway...

Great memories of Manchester Airport aka Ringway in the 1970’s. Snorkel coats, large radio sets with long aerials frequency 118 decimal 7. Binoculars 8x40 10x50 12x50 . Plastic coin operated...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Apr 2020, 14:25
Replies: 20
Views: 6,602
Posted By Fly.Buy

Do you have a time and date?

Do you have a time and date?
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Apr 2020, 21:50
Replies: 20
Views: 6,602
Posted By Fly.Buy

Over in Reigate, Surrey, I also heard a rumble in...

Over in Reigate, Surrey, I also heard a rumble in the skies, turned on the plane finder app to see that the Tunisian C130 passing over at 15,000ft but unfortunately above the cloud base for my eyes....
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
11th Apr 2020, 16:30
Replies: 98
Views: 33,392
Posted By Fly.Buy

Isn’t there a private landing strip just on the...

Isn’t there a private landing strip just on the other side of the Boundary fence of Gatwick formerly owned by Mr Vallance where the Gatwick air museum is? Don’t know if it’s still operational?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Mar 2020, 21:51
Replies: 21
Views: 13,223
Posted By Fly.Buy

Wasn’t there a BOAC Argonaut at Heathrow up until...

Wasn’t there a BOAC Argonaut at Heathrow up until the early 1980’s G-ALHJ perhaps? Not sure what happened to her? Somewhere in the back of my mind I seem to recollect that a couple of BOAC Argonauts...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Mar 2020, 18:27
Replies: 27
Views: 5,652
Posted By Fly.Buy

Self-Loading-Bear. Thanks for the links, it’s...

Self-Loading-Bear. Thanks for the links, it’s appreciated.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Mar 2020, 15:37
Replies: 27
Views: 5,652
Posted By Fly.Buy

I did initially search ATP but nothing came up,...

I did initially search ATP but nothing came up, however I will go back to the drawing board and search again!
Blackfriar - Thanks for your memories on this aircraft, it’s appreciated.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Mar 2020, 20:36
Replies: 27
Views: 5,652
Posted By Fly.Buy

British Aerospace ATP (Advance Turbo Prop)

Did anyone fly or work on the BAE ATP? Just wondered what people’s opinion was of this aircraft. It didn’t appear to have much success in life, I believe the odd remaining few still fly as freighters...
Forum: PPRuNe Problems or Queries
22nd Feb 2020, 05:48
Replies: 5
Views: 1,908
Posted By Fly.Buy

But I cannot understand the rationale behind it...

But I cannot understand the rationale behind it when I have always abided by the forum rules??
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Feb 2020, 18:45
Replies: 4,206
Views: 649,285
Posted By Fly.Buy

Armstrong Whitworth Argosy??

Armstrong Whitworth Argosy??
Forum: PPRuNe Problems or Queries
20th Feb 2020, 06:21
Replies: 5
Views: 1,908
Posted By Fly.Buy

Yep locked for me too and no doubt others, it all...

Yep locked for me too and no doubt others, it all began with the Ukraine B737 thread, unfortunately the mods don’t give an explanation, I have tried 3-4 times to find out why but silence. That’s just...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Feb 2020, 06:57
Replies: 31
Views: 18,808
Posted By Fly.Buy

From memory the stranded passengers on Panam...

From memory the stranded passengers on Panam flight 843 waited for a replacement fight. It duly arrived but either the nose gear collapsed or the tyres burst on landing within their sight. Some of...
Forum: Tech Log
30th Jan 2020, 16:03
Replies: 43
Views: 14,196
Posted By Fly.Buy

Correct, Also in flight mode the navigational...

Correct, Also in flight mode the navigational mapping seems to work on Iphones showing where your flight is anywhere in the world. Obviously the phone must send out and receive signals when in flight...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Jan 2020, 20:04
Replies: 685
Views: 1,732,888
Posted By Fly.Buy

i fully understand the circumstances and except...

i fully understand the circumstances and except your point, however the point I am trying to make is that if the Ukrainian flight was one of a line of aircraft at regular intervals taking off from an...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Dec 2019, 18:26
Replies: 148
Views: 252,209
Posted By Fly.Buy

Obviously no idea as to causation at this moment...

Obviously no idea as to causation at this moment in time but reading about the potential of frost on wings very similar to Turkish Airlines Fokker F28 (TK345) January 1975 crashed just after rotation...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Dec 2019, 19:01
Replies: 26
Views: 6,185
Posted By Fly.Buy

London Heathrow questions

Many years ago we were flying out of High Wycombe aerodrome with a visual view of Heathrow in the distance. The pilot of our aeroplane turn to me and mentioned a couple of facts about Heathrow and I...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Dec 2019, 05:39
Replies: 4,206
Views: 649,285
Posted By Fly.Buy

Looks French,Potez type? Possibly a Potez 63...

Looks French,Potez type?
Possibly a Potez 63 variant?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Dec 2019, 19:07
Replies: 159
Views: 58,428
Posted By Fly.Buy

Thanks so much everyone for your contributions...

Thanks so much everyone for your contributions and replies, all very interesting. Some of you have made comments to the 'forgiving' hard landings. Reminds me of one such landing at LCY London City,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Dec 2019, 14:02
Replies: 159
Views: 58,428
Posted By Fly.Buy

As a passenger I had the pleasure of flying in a...

As a passenger I had the pleasure of flying in a number of BAE146’s, About a decade ago, I remember walking along the ramp of LCY (London City) to see a line up of 146’s all with the lettering of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Dec 2019, 21:32
Replies: 159
Views: 58,428
Posted By Fly.Buy

BAE / AVRO 146

I was walking around a static BAE-146 this morning and reminiscing about the passenger jet, I presume it was the last produced British passenger jet? Just wondered if anyone had any memories which...
Forum: Freight Dogs
7th Dec 2018, 10:58
Replies: 37
Views: 24,459
Posted By Fly.Buy

Hope

Well there’s always hope, I remember some saying years back the Vulcan wouldn’t fly again.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Apr 2018, 14:54
Replies: 12
Views: 2,242
Posted By Fly.Buy

Thanks for all the answers, they have helped fill...

Thanks for all the answers, they have helped fill in a lot of knowledge gaps
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Apr 2018, 19:36
Replies: 12
Views: 2,242
Posted By Fly.Buy

Early passenger jets & brake parachutes

Just wondered in the early days of passenger jets, which airliners were fitted with brake parachutes, was it regular for them to be deployed on landing and when did this procedure eventually stop?
...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Apr 2018, 11:40
Replies: 54
Views: 45,896
Posted By Fly.Buy

KP, thanks for the photo, all I can say is Jesus!...

KP, thanks for the photo, all I can say is Jesus! Never will I complain again in economy!!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Apr 2018, 18:18
Replies: 19
Views: 4,069
Posted By Fly.Buy

Hi This is definitely Vickers Viscount, there...

Hi This is definitely Vickers Viscount, there were two types of yoke for the Viscount both slightly different. One type had brake levers the other type (which yours belong too) didn’t have the brake...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Mar 2018, 13:17
Replies: 22
Views: 6,293
Posted By Fly.Buy

Rolling20 -That's funny! not too dissimilar to...

Rolling20 -That's funny! not too dissimilar to the Titanic...

Another similar water ditching in the middle of a large city was back in 1963 involving a Aeroflot Tupolev 124, again fortunately all...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Mar 2018, 11:10
Replies: 22
Views: 6,293
Posted By Fly.Buy

Perhaps I have it wrong then, my recollection of...

Perhaps I have it wrong then, my recollection of the US air flight on the Hudson River was of the passengers standing on the wings and eventually being recused by the river ferrries.

I wasn't...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Mar 2018, 21:45
Replies: 22
Views: 6,293
Posted By Fly.Buy

Quite right too! perhaps I should have said...

Quite right too! perhaps I should have said 'obligatory' to carry life rafts.

It would appear that this particular Constellation didn't have any, similar to the A320 Hudson River crash the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Mar 2018, 21:01
Replies: 22
Views: 6,293
Posted By Fly.Buy

Lessons are learned from each crash and after...

Lessons are learned from each crash and after this incident inflatable life rafts were introduced to aircraft. I understand that when the pilot made it to shore he sent a telegram to the company head...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Mar 2018, 21:53
Replies: 22
Views: 6,293
Posted By Fly.Buy

Lost Air France Constellation found after 65 years

Sorry if this amazing story has already been covered but a quick search on the threads couldn't find it.

A couple of months back the Turkish Navy found a lost Air France Constellation F-BAZS which...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
14th Mar 2018, 07:16
Replies: 93
Views: 95,441
Posted By Fly.Buy

Not sure where this allegation came from : Iran...

Not sure where this allegation came from :
Iran denies rejecting permission for emergency landing for crashed Turkish jet...
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