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[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

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Chinooks are on the list I have put a link here to a page showing the timings and routings for the actual 10th July event.

Some practice in place before the event due to synchronising so many aircraft from differing points on the actual day I think.

Should be quite a spectacle let’s hope the weather holds good!

 

Edited By V8Eng on 03/07/2018 12:11:16

[Speedy Builder5Participant @speedybuilder5]

Wow, do they synchronise the blades between each helicopter!!

[David Standing 1Participant @davidstanding1]

Posted by Mike Poole on 03/07/2018 11:46:47:

You know how a Chinook shakes your house, these just went over mine. Must be on their way for the RAF 100 celebration rehearsal.

Mike

Edited By Mike Poole on 03/07/2018 12:05:01

Crikey, we have six serviceable Chinooks all capable of flying at the same time?!

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Cripes!

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

They were in formation with these as well, probably Pumas as they are also at Benson. Three more helicopters followed these nine but missed getting a picture.

Edited By Mike Poole on 03/07/2018 14:29:11

[Cornish JackParticipant @cornishjack]

"Crikey, we have six serviceable Chinooks all capable of flying at the same time?! "

Isn't CGI wonderful?

rgds

Bill

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Mike Poole on 03/07/2018 14:28:12:

They were in formation with these as well, probably Pumas as they are also at Benson. Three more helicopters followed these nine but missed getting a picture.

Edited By Mike Poole on 03/07/2018 14:29:11

I reckon it was a swarm of those that left my arms and ankles covered in bites…

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

This afternoon I went to see my mum who lives in the village of Chedburgh in Suffolk, when I got home this evening the first thing my wife said was it been very busy with loads of helicopters and aeroplanes this afternoon, trust me to miss it

Martin P

[Adam MaraParticipant @adammara]

They have been practicing the flypast at RAF Cranwell today, lot of activity today in Lincolnshire! Love to see the B17, FIL was a upper turret gunner in one in WW2, had a tough time and never talked about it much.

[David Standing 1Participant @davidstanding1]

Posted by martin perman on 03/07/2018 18:47:32:

This afternoon I went to see my mum who lives in the village of Chedburgh in Suffolk, when I got home this evening the first thing my wife said was it been very busy with loads of helicopters and aeroplanes this afternoon, trust me to miss it

Martin P

I'm a few minutes up the road from Chedburgh, can confirm there was nothing exciting aviation wise around, unless you want to watch every other plane on finals to Stansted being Ryanair!

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

David,

Should have been clearer, my mum lives in Chedburgh, I live in Bedfordshire.

A few minutes, that must be Chevington.

Edited By martin perman on 03/07/2018 19:37:45

[Anonymous]

Posted by DrDave on 03/07/2018 09:35:43:

OV-10 Bronco? It is a twin-boom aeroplane that is commonly used for air-to-air photography.

I recall making an Airfix kit of a Bronco "ahem" years ago, but sadly not the aircarft in question. The aircraft was twin rudder, not twin boom. The horizontal stabilisers on the tail had a significant dihedral, so quite distinctive. But I still don't know what it was.

Andrew

[David Standing 1Participant @davidstanding1]

Posted by martin perman on 03/07/2018 19:36:21:

David,

Should have been clearer, my mum lives in Chedburgh, I live in Bedfordshire.

A few minutes, that must be Chevington.

Edited By martin perman on 03/07/2018 19:37:45

Martin

You were entirely clear, I understood that.

A bit further than that, I have a quick car

I'm in the middle of nowhere, near Stoke by Clare

[martin perman 1Participant @martinperman1]

I know the area well, I was brought up in Bury St Edmunds, married then lived and worked in Sudbury.

Martin P

[Anonymous]

Posted by Adam Mara on 03/07/2018 18:50:49:

They have been practicing the flypast at RAF Cranwell today, lot of activity today in Lincolnshire!

Not just Lincolnshire but a large chunk of East Anglia as well. From just east of Newmarket to the coast and including a huge area of the North Sea. The area is split into five, with varying maximum heights from 3000ft to FL175. Since the lower heights are over land and the highest over the sea I'd assume the low limits are for getting to the formation and the actual formation practise is done over the sea. Timings vary but the airspace is closed from late morning to early afternoon every day this week. Unless they get it right, in which case the NOTAM will be cancelled.

I know all this because our club safety officer pointed it out on Sunday and since I was planning to fly the glider today I printed it all out. I say planning, because when I got the to the club there was no ***king tug pilot available. And since I could think of no way of flying the tug and glider at the same time I was stuffed. It's enough to turn one into a grumpy old git.

Still at least I salvaged something from the day as I've drilled and cleaned up all the rivet holes in the rear strakes for the traction engine wheels. Took less than 30 seconds per strake on the CNC mill.

Andrew

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

Next weeks flypast has just featured on BBC News, the Reporter went up in one of the 22 Typhoons practising over the North Sea.

Seems that Cranwell was standing in for Buckingham Palace! they also showed several Helicopters in flight.

Edited By V8Eng on 03/07/2018 22:39:21

[davidkParticipant @davidk]

Posted by Andrew Johnston on 03/07/2018 20:35:54:

Posted by DrDave on 03/07/2018 09:35:43:

OV-10 Bronco? It is a twin-boom aeroplane that is commonly used for air-to-air photography.

I recall making an Airfix kit of a Bronco "ahem" years ago, but sadly not the aircarft in question. The aircraft was twin rudder, not twin boom. The horizontal stabilisers on the tail had a significant dihedral, so quite distinctive. But I still don't know what it was.

Andrew

Sounds a bit like a Dassault Flamant.

David

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

Andrew, the chase plane more than likely a Beech 18, or one of the Lockheed twins like a Lodestar, Hudson, Lockheed 10, 14, or similar.

Ian S C

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

This evening the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight visited our locality. Southport is spitting distance away, so as I arrived home this evening at 8pm, the Red Arrows did their thing, followed by various Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster events.

I'm guessing this is the Hurricane? Hard to tell from this but from what I recall it has a longer thinner nose than the Spitfire.

Murray

[Anonymous]

Yep, definitely a Hurricane. Quite a "kink" in the fuselage behind the cockpit and a larger, more rounded, fin and rudder. The wings aren't elliptical either.

Andrew

[FarmboyParticipant @farmboy]

According to Encyclopaedia Britannica the Hurricane had a 12 cylinder in-line engine.

Guess it had a longer nose than the Spitfire . . .

[Anonymous]

Posted by Farmboy on 07/07/2018 09:36:41:

According to Encyclopaedia Britannica the Hurricane had a 12 cylinder in-line engine.

Guess it had a longer nose than the Spitfire . . .

A 12 cylinder inline engine would be interesting – just think of the torque wind up in the crankshaft!

The Hurricane was always fitted with a 12 cylinder V engine, the Merlin; same as a Spitfire. So if you look at the nose of a Hurricane and an early Spitfire the noses are very similar.

Andrew

[Clive HartlandParticipant @clivehartland94829]

Nah, it's always been a secret, it was powered by elastic bands made by Rolls Royce!

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Farmboy on 07/07/2018 09:36:41:

According to Encyclopaedia Britannica the Hurricane had a 12 cylinder in-line engine.

Guess it had a longer nose than the Spitfire . . .

Several years ago an academic did a random 'fact test' of EB and Wikipedia, they both came out as equally reliable…

[Sam StonesParticipant @samstones42903]

Same source of material, perhaps Neil?

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