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Post by rocky14 on May 27, 2024 12:56:06 GMT
By Timothy, I haven't heard Holy mackerel in a while. G-ALIH was definitely dressed for business in its Ekco days. As far as the UK register is concerned LIH was pwfu 9 May 1968. Pity.
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Post by chevvron on May 29, 2024 8:01:51 GMT
re the 28th; not a bad photo of Farnborough either. I dare say airshow preparations are well in hand.
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Post by rocky14 on May 29, 2024 21:14:42 GMT
A SV-7 Skyvan G-FARA, out of Shobdon, has just flown over Bristol. An Air Day possibility?
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Post by chevvron on May 29, 2024 23:34:22 GMT
A SV-7 Skyvan G-FARA, out of Shobdon, has just flown over Bristol. An Air Day possibility? Could be on its way to Brize; the RAF have a couple on contract for paras. |
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Post by rocky14 on May 30, 2024 6:41:48 GMT
A SV-7 Skyvan G-FARA, out of Shobdon, has just flown over Bristol. An Air Day possibility? Could be on its way to Brize; the RAF have a couple on contract for paras. That was one of them. Maybe one would care to drop into EGLK for the Air Day. It's too late now, I expect. |
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Post by chevvron on May 30, 2024 10:43:14 GMT
Could be on its way to Brize; the RAF have a couple on contract for paras. That was one of them. Maybe one would care to drop into EGLK for the Air Day. It's too late now, I expect. The RAF operated 'budgies' were often at Farnborough during the '90s (I think they visited about once a month and lived at Oxford) until the Para Battalion moved from Aldershot to Colchester; they're rarely seen in the south east nowadays. The RAF Parachute Training Sqdn which does the initial para training for all the armed services is based at Brize hence the civilian operated aircraft are based there too. NB Being civilian contractors I'm guessing they will only operate weekdays so it's unlikely they'll send one for the Air Day. |
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Post by rocky14 on May 30, 2024 11:00:59 GMT
That was one of them. Maybe one would care to drop into EGLK for the Air Day. It's too late now, I expect. The RAF operated 'budgies' were often at Farnborough during the '90s (I think they visited about once a month and lived at Oxford) until the Para Battalion moved from Aldershot to Colchester; they're rarely seen in the south east nowadays. The RAF Parachute Training Sqdn which does the initial para training for all the armed services is based at Brize hence the civilian operated aircraft are based there too. NB Being civilian contractors I'm guessing they will only operate weekdays so it's unlikely they'll send one for the Air Day. Thanks for the additional gen chevvron. |
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Post by rocky14 on Jun 4, 2024 11:46:38 GMT
Losing your ability to smell anything can have its advantages!!
Yes, indeed!
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Post by rocky14 on Jun 5, 2024 10:48:14 GMT
Crikey! I thought I'd seen a ghost in the upper pic today.
The lower pic shows a fair amount of EGLK south of the A30. A few more shots in different light conditions might reveal further pleasant spectres of the past.
I take my hat off to the planners and brave people involved in D Day. No computers as we know them today; just the old noddle. A momentous and very significant achievement.
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Post by rocky14 on Jun 7, 2024 6:58:03 GMT
I happened to be in Chepstow yesterday so attended the town's moving D Day 80th anniversary event.
I stayed to the end!
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