Interesting aircraft - what have you seen on your computer today?
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What time was that?
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Ah yes, I can see the F-35 now - pacing up and down a recreation ground...
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Interloping Spitfire in SE skies today with the Grace two seater G-LFIX enjoying a leisurely trip down to the south coast at Beach Head via Reading and back to Sywell via Duxford.
The prototype trainer Spit G-AIDN seems to be flying again from Biggin, assume she's been getting some TLC for a while as I haven't noticed her about for a while.
The prototype trainer Spit G-AIDN seems to be flying again from Biggin, assume she's been getting some TLC for a while as I haven't noticed her about for a while.
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Fokker 100 D-AOLG inbound Biggin...
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This one was a Messerschmitt... oh wait, that's a different joke.
Funny! I flew on a BMI example that was on it's second revenue flight between LBA and LHR, the smell of new aircraft was joyously overpowering. I liked them as an aircraft and in the 90's they seemed to be everywhere within Europe and it was a regular occurrence to find one at the gate for your flight. Now gone courtesy of Embraer, Airbus and Bombardier.
Coincidentally, one of Carpatair's two examples was also OTT yesterday, enroute to Manchester: https://myneighbourhood.emsbk.com/lh...btrak/51298282
Those two have been the only F100/F70s I've picked up in the last month.
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Familiar howl while i was sheltering from heavy rain in the woods just now, AN-124 presumably into Brize. He seemed relatively low.
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Indian AF C-17 just steamed over here at 20000', another likely candidate for Brize I think...
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Believe C17 from earlier Indian Air Force arrived BZN carrying a Westland Wapiti & Spitfire NH631 for restoration, who restoring currently unknown but aircraft now on flatbeds.
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Understand the Spitfire is crated, and maybe the Wapiti not on board ??, does any one remember there was a Wallace being built somewhere ? seem to remember a fuselage at a Cranfield PFA Rally some years ago ?.