A Meteor flying today?

The next flight for our Meteor is this coming Saturday up to Leuchars for the airshow

Very much looking forward to seeing it display. Haven’t seen one aloft “in the flesh” since the RAF’s Vintage Pair at Leuchars many years ago. If I recall correctly, on that occasion one of them had a tyre burst on landing. Anyone else remember this or the year ??

The next flight for our Meteor is this coming Saturday up to Leuchars for the airshow..

Tom.

I wonder who will be in the back seat on the way there, :rolleyes:

Enjoy! 😉

Alan.

Possibly the Vampire but this is TBC at the moment.

Tom.

Tom, are any of your aircraft planning to make the trip to Kemble on Sunday for their Open Day?

Pete

The next flight for our Meteor is this coming Saturday up to Leuchars for the airshow. The Vampire will also be at Leuchars from Friday whilst the Canberra will be at Lydd on both Saturday and Sunday.

WK163 will also be flying today at around lunch time. She’s heading up to Samlesbury then Warton.

Tom.

By coincidence a chap at work asked me this morning,’if the Meteor was flying over staffs the weekend, only it looked like one ,with the engines in the wing and…..?’, funny you should say that said I, there was a thread on………..!

Alan.

living in coventry I can confirm that 163 departed from Coventry early to mid sat afternoon (very impressively as well) but didnt see her return that day. Departed in an easterly direction. She came back in to Coventry sunday afternoon. The Air Atlantique Meteor wasnt up over the weekend

Alan
Sounds about right, thanks for that gen.

Damien
Agreed. In fact that’s what I thought. My correspondent said “. . . a twin-jet aircraft with mid-wing engines.” Later he got onto my site to check his notion that it was a Canberra – he was on his allotment when he saw it. But, just in case, I had to ask here about a meatbox as I’m not familiar with 163’s program.

Aside . . .
Can’t think of any other twin, wing-mounted jet engined straight winged aircraft that would fit the bill except the cranberry and the meatbox. Are there any? Any that would be flying in the UK that is.

Propstrike
Thanks for that gen. But I don’t think the M40 runs anywhere near Stone in Staffordshire. 😉

Thanks for that people, makes me look good . . . again. :rolleyes:

.

There WAS a Meteor flying on Wednesday at 12.00 hrs, when it flew paralell to the M40 for a mile or so as it did a circuit of Chalgrove (Martin Baker test site).

Hi Les,
‘163 was displaying at Duxford yesterday and was also due to go to Southport and overnight at Blackpool, becuase the weather was pants yesterday it might have come back to Cov yesterday and made the trip up and back today?
Alan.