BBMF display dates?

A Hurricane did a couple of circuits of Newark just as I drove off around 4 yesterday – b****y typical. Flew off roughly east afterwards. Wind was very gusty. Tricky landing awaiting presumably.

Lucky old you lot. I, and several hundred other people, spent an hour in torrential rain at Brooklands on Saturday watching the cloud base get lower and lower waiting for the Lancaster to do a flypast. Sadly they had to cancel. I’m still drying out my camera. Whoever it is in change of the weather has got it in for me as the Lancaster had to cancel Duxford Airshow due to weather when I was there earlier in the month. Oh well!!!!
Great Photo in the Sunday Express of the Lanc at Eyebrook

Eyebrook Reservoir yesterday

Yes, she did perform three runs along the reservoir, at progressively lower altitudes. Someone was having FAR too much fun on the third one… 😀

Anyway, she was accompanied by one of the Hurricanes which was following at a respectful distance – no sign of a Spitfire though, perhaps the wind at Coningsby was a bit too iffy for the narrow track undercarriage?

The sound of the Merlins could only just be made out, as I had one of Seafuryfan’s big eggbeaters noisily defying all natural and physical laws just behind me. :rolleyes:

Oh, and to complete the 617 theme, a pair of Tornados came through a couple of minutes after BBMF departed, but not nearly as low… 😉

According to the local news and the BBC website, the Lancaster did indeed fly yesterday.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3036315.stm

The above link is the page that I read this evening. It was just a shame the weather was not better.

B :p

Did the Lanc flyover the Eyebrook Reservoir yesterday? It was supposed to fly onto Brands Hatch later and then to Herne Bay which would have taken it near my home but I didn’t see anything. Weather was heavy cloud. I only got a Sea King!
mmitch.

Just a quick update on Eyebrook – I’m trying to upload an OS map segment, but it’s too big so I’ll give a quick pen picture instead.

Eyebrook can be accessed from the village of Caldecott, which is about four miles north of Corby on the A6003. On the southern edge of Caldecott, there is a turning signed Great Easton. Take that road, follow it through the village of Great Easton, and half a mile after the village there’s a right turn signed Stoke Dry and Lyddington. This leads up a rise, and as you come over the crest, you get a great view of the reservoir ahead of you with the dam to the right. There are grass verges there, and it seems that this will be the best spot to view the BBMF from.

I popped in and spoke to Eyebrook Fisheries – they advised me that they are on private land, and that the gates to it will be patrolled, so don’t try to get in and close to the dam itself.

Hope that helps – if you’re there tomorrow and see a short haired bloke in his thirties with a very hyperactive five year old son, come and say hi. 🙂

Hi Steve

Let us know what you find on Thursday. I’m thinking of driving to Eyebrook on Saturday but worried I’ll have a wasted journey if I can’t get anywhere near!

Peter

Fluffy, many thanks for that. I’ll be heading past Eyebrook on Thursday, so will have a quick recce to see if I can find a good vantage point.

Cheers. 🙂

Eyebrook Res

Steve

Hopefully this will help although knowing my luck the Nav will change it. The Lanc will come over Rutland water and exit at the western end leading it into the res from the north east ,it will then straighten, to go over the dam. The lanc will be then followed the Spit & Hurri and then they should do a further 3 passes

Fluffy

Eyebrook does indeed have a dam at the southern end.

Scroll down past Mal Carey and his Rainbow Trout, and there’s a decent aerial photo and map on this link…

http://www.rutnet.co.uk/customers/eyebrook/map.htm

The Lanc flypast at Haworth was superb 🙂 Fluffy, you arnt the chap who changes the times on the display board by the fence are you? if so, the info on thursday and friday was greatly appreciated 🙂

Is Eyebrook just a resevoir or is a dam also and if so are we in for a derwent style flypast?

best regards , steve

Just bumping this one up…

Only six days to go until Eyebrook. 😀

Fluffy, could you possibly keep us posted on what route she’ll be taking over the reservoir on Saturday?

Many thanks.

Fluffy, that’s fantastic information, thank you very much for that. 🙂

Hi fluffy

just looking at the Haworth flypast on the 10th – if you get a routing for that could you post that too! sorry if its an inconveniance – just shout at me!

bbmf display dates

Here are venues and dates for BBMF displays to 18th May

Date A/C Venue Slot/time
01 May Lanc Shrivenham 19:50hrs
04 May Dak Ripley 15:05
Elvington 15:35
Lanc Duxford 16:00
Hurri/Spit Abingdon 15:30

05May Dak Elvington 11:45
Wakefield 12:00
06May Hurri/Spit Birmingham Airport 16:30

08/09May Dak/Spit Jersey
Lanc Lossiemouth

10MAY Lanc/Spit Lincoln 14:55
Hibaldstow 15:00
Haworth 15:30
Chesterfield 15:50
Dak Wessex Show
Kemble 14:00
11May Dak Hardwick Hall 11:00
Lanc Kelstern 11:20
Spit Northwich 13:15
Flixton 14;15

17May Lanc Waddington 14:25
Eyebrook Res 14:45
Spit/Hurri Newark 14:30
Eyebrook Res 14:45
Lanc/Spit/Hurri Bletchley Park 15:00
Brands Hatch 15:30
Spit/Hurri Biggin Hill 15:35
Lanc Herne Bay 16:00
Weybridge 16:25
Scampton 17:15

Dak Perranporth
Brize Norton
Biggin Hill

18May Lanc Woodhall Spa 10:15
Dak/Spit/Hurri Brands Hatch 14:30

I won’t know the flight path over the res until 3/4 days before when the Nav does his planning hope this info helps

Thanks everyone, that list is particularly useful. 🙂

Fluffy – are you able to give any more details about the Eyebrook reservoir appearance? I’m specifically after the planned arrival time and approach route, if that’s at all possible please?

Many thanks in advance.

display dates

the website is being updated, even as we speak, (hopefully)

If you want some details of the next couple of weeks, I will check tomorrow and post them for you on here tomorrow night.

brilliant listings – cheers 4 that!

Lincolnshire Lancaster Association has a list of dates for this year up on their site:

http://www.pa474.f9.co.uk/calendar/calendar.html