The plane enthusiasts thread

[tribanjules]

Has anyone seen the SEPECAT Jaguar parked in a field close to the M6?

next to the Alvis Stewart at that paintball place near Cov

 

[Drago]

Yep, I think that'll be it. You can have the plane and ill have the Stolly.

 

[figbat]

Has anyone seen the SEPECAT Jaguar parked in a field close to the M6?

The Jaguar has a place in my heart - I grew up around RAF bases in the 70s and 80s - my father worked on Belfasts, VC10s and for a while on Jaguars. I was always a bit miffed at the new-fangled Tornado that came along and usurped it - it was something of a shock when they retired the Tornado recently after 40 years service - to me it was still the new upstart.

I was sadly present at this accident...

...by which I mean that the collision happened in the sky above the RAF base - I lived there and heard the collision, rushed outside and saw two rising smoke plumes and one parachute. My father worked on the sister squadron (14) so wasn't directly connected to these aircraft or crew, but it was a sombre time nonetheless.

 

[Cycleops]

Last call for the A380;
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/final-airbus-a380-assembled/index.html

 

[DaveReading]

Last call for the A380;
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/final-airbus-a380-assembled/index.html

And, if Emirates has its way, the last ones off the line will never be delivered.

Well done CNN, by the way, for listing where all the principal parts of the aircraft are made while omitting any mention of the wings being built in Wales.

 

[CharlesF]

A huge plane from a different era. My uncle was a flight engineer on the Brabazon. His signature is middle row, far right.

Earlier in his career he worked on the Blenheim. He spent his entire working life at Bristol, and I recall that in the 50’s or early 60’s he worked on a fast patrol boat with a jet engine.

 

[Cycleops]

Very interesting @CharlesF . Here's a Pathe news clip of the maiden flight at Filton, perhaps you can spot your uncle.

View: https://youtu.be/XSNwQCOXSoo

Incredible achievement for the time but nobody wanted it.

 

[classic33]

A huge plane from a different era. My uncle was a flight engineer on the Brabazon. His signature is middle row, far right.

Earlier in his career he worked on the Blenheim. He spent his entire working life at Bristol, and I recall that in the 50’s or early 60’s he worked on a fast patrol boat with a jet engine. View attachment 549053

Brave Class?
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205164370

 

[CharlesF]

@Cycleops. I looked at all the clips on YouTube, he only appears in one when the crew we’re interviewed after the flight. The cost of transporting 100 passengers was too high. Each person had cabin the size of a small car! Plus the Comet flew two years later ending any hope of a large propeller airliner.

 

[CharlesF]

@classic33 it could be, I will have to ask my one cousin who has a huge collection of family photos, newspaper clippings, etc. if she will look through it all for more details.

 

[gbb]

Probable A400 headed west over the old RAF Alconbury base midday, then apparently returning around 3.30.
I say probably, it was high up but its high mounted swept back tail plane was quite prominent.
Edited...shoulda done some homework first, more likely a C17, when I think about it, it didnt strike me as a prop engined aircraft...but it was a fair height up.

 

[DaveReading]

Probable A400 headed west over the old RAF Alconbury base midday, then apparently returning around 3.30.
I say probably, it was high up but its high mounted swept back tail plane was quite prominent.
Edited...shoulda done some homework first, more likely a C17, when I think about it, it didnt strike me as a prop engined aircraft...but it was a fair height up.

I wouldn't rule out your first thought - it's not unknown to see the A400M at 35,000 feet.

And its tailplane is noticeably more swept back than the C-17's.

 

[gbb]

And again over the old RAF Alconbury, we sat in a 2nd floor canteen and coming straight toward us at around 500ft...a C130 Hercules. Lovely to see so low, so close.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

We were in Scotland last week (18th - 24th) & en-route, called at the National Museum of Flight
(ex RAF East Fortune)

https://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-flight/things-to-see-and-do/the-concorde-experience/

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[Richard A Thackeray]

We were in Scotland last week (18th - 24th) & en-route, called at the National Museum of Flight
(ex RAF East Fortune)

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https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/science-and-technology/red-arrows-hawk/