Military Aircraft

[AmexRuislip]

 

[zefarelly]

Flying Lard!

 

[AmexRuislip]

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[AmexRuislip]

https://www.headcornevents.co.uk/Events/Battle+of+Britain+Air+Show

Worth a visit

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[AmexRuislip]

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Great accompanying music...

 

[Barham's tash]

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Cracking snaps. I keep forgetting to get my phone out when these have lumbered over my house. Been quite unusual to see so many foreign birds recently - I’ve noted US, Canadian, German and I think Dutch variants in the last month.

If I see a Chinese or Russian then I’m offski

 

[AmexRuislip]

Cracking snaps. I keep forgetting to get my phone out when these have lumbered over my house. Been quite unusual to see so many foreign birds recently - I’ve noted US, Canadian, German and I think Dutch variants in the last month.

If I see a Chinese or Russian then I’m offski

Cheers, these were US C17s for Bidens visit, snaps are actually screenshot from a YouTube video.

 

[JC Footy Genius]

Made my third visit to Duxford today. Not an air show day but B17 and Spitfire flying plus numerous other vintage aircraft, well worth a visit. Also recommend paying a bit more for the Lancaster bomber talk and going inside the plane [emoji106]

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[AmexRuislip]

Comet

Fury

Spitfire

All taken by official RAF photographer, back in the day.

 

[zefarelly]

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All taken by official RAF photographer, back in the day.

Stunning. When Air travel was exotic . . . . I love the old BOAC posters and adverts.

 

[jakarta]

Stunning. When Air travel was exotic . . . . I love the old BOAC posters and adverts.

Comet was first aircraft I ever flew in, some long forgotten charter mob in August 1971 to Ibiza.

First johnny foreigner holiday; I mostly remember the onboard food was crap and that when we got off it was like someone had wrapped a hot wet towel around your face.

Got horrendously sunburned first day (as in massive blisters on my arms lanced PM by a Spanish Doctor) and spent the rest of the fortnight inside the Hotel watching the lizards climb the walls. Not the best Holiday I have ever had...

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

The Swedish ones:

SAAB 19 Tunnan (Tunnan = the barrel), 1951-1974
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SAAB 32 Lansen (lans = lance), 1955-1997
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SAAB 35 Draken (drake = dragon), 1960-1999
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SAAB 37 Viggen (viggen = old word for lightning), 1972-2007
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SAAB JAS 39 Gripen (grip = griffin), 1996-
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What an amazing company Saab were, producing jet fighters, and family saloon cars . . . until quite recently too.

 

[zefarelly]

What an amazing company Saab were, producing jet fighters, and family saloon cars . . . until quite recently too.

Whats always amazed me about Saab is if their planes were similarly weighted to their cars, they'd never get off the ground!

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Comet was first aircraft I ever flew in, some long forgotten charter mob in August 1971 to Ibiza.

First johnny foreigner holiday; I mostly remember the onboard food was crap and that when we got off it was like someone had wrapped a hot wet towel around your face.

Got horrendously sunburned first day (as in massive blisters on my arms lanced PM by a Spanish Doctor) and spent the rest of the fortnight inside the Hotel watching the lizards climb the walls. Not the best Holiday I have ever had...

It would have been Dan Air, they were the last airline to operate the Comet, finally retiring them in the late 1970's. early 1980's.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Whats always amazed me about Saab is if their planes were similarly weighted to their cars, they'd never get off the ground!

Yes the Saab 900 must have been the weight of a tank.

 

[Dr Q]

This big bugger in at Brize last week, did a bit of damage to the landscaping!!

 

[happypig]

Stunning. When Air travel was exotic . . . . I love the old BOAC posters and adverts.

I flew to Spain on a Dan Air Comet in about 1973. Terrible flight, spent two hours hurling.

Yes the Saab 900 must have been the weight of a tank.

I had a 900 and two 9000s. Yes they were solidly built but all were a terrific drive with bags of power.

 

[zefarelly]

I flew to Spain on a Dan Air Comet in about 1973. Terrible flight, spent two hours hurling.

It looked glamourous . . . . Driving has always been the preferred gentlemans conveyance, in Europe at least

I had a 900 and two 9000s. Yes they were solidly built but all were a terrific drive with bags of power.

Great cars. Turbo lag?

 

[happypig]

Great cars. Turbo lag?

On the FPT 9000s, yes, but you learn to anticipate it.

 

[Weststander]

A story I was previously unaware of, involving an RAF Valiant bomber.

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/19540487.new-light-cast-1956-southwick-nuclear-bomber-disaster/