Private viewing!

[wristpin]

This afternoon from my own garden, first the Red Arrows with smoke on and two hours later both the surviving airworthy Lancasters , a Spit and a Hurricane .
If that's the sound of two Lancs I can't imagine what it must have sounded like when twenty plus went out on a raid.
Wonderful !!

 

[rtbcomp]

Nice. My dad lived on the Cumbrian coast and had regular displays by Chinooks and Harriers, very low level too.

 

[Wallace]

Lovely, I should be seeing that lot in Bournemouth at the airshow and maybe again if I make it over to NI.

 

[brightspark]

nice was watching pbs america on tv last nite 160- b2 bombers taking of 1 a minute escorted by mustang fighter planes to japan in ww2 .christ i bet that was frightening that lot going overhead in formation

 

[normspanners]

my mate went on a taxi run on the other 3rd lanc , they are getting it ready for flight I believe. they are supposed to be getting the british and canadian ones to fly over low level in line with the runway whilst the grounded one does a full power taxi run. Now that would be good to hear. Last year I hear this noise and thought that sounds like a few merlins it was 4!!! it flew exactly over my house, felt like I could touch it. The taxing lanc's pilot made a 'mistake' a couple of years back and oh dear, it took off, got to about ten ft , damn that sticking throttle! I bet he will have a hard time keeping that stick forward.

 

[rich the mechanic]

I live about 20 miles from Duxford and about 5 from North Weald so get good stuff flying over fairly often the 2 Lancasters went over yesterday afternoon on the way back from Eastbourne. Also booked to go see them in September at Coningsbry.

 

[Wallace]

I did Flying Legends this year, couple of rare occasions at that show being 4 MkI Spitfires flying together amongst the 11 and the worlds only two airworthy Gloster Gladiators.

 

[normspanners]

there is a guy 10 miles from me has a trainer spitfire and does flights, £1000 if you can afford it, mind you the lanc taxi run was nearly £300 each.

 

[normspanners]

If that's the sound of two Lancs I can't imagine what it must have sounded like when twenty plus went out on a raid.
Wonderful !!

it would have got my my adrenalin going I know that,, and I might be ashamed to admit it, a little wood -----would not have been enough,
I love engines