About 5pm this afternoon, had nice sight and sound of a Spit spending about 10mins or so circling over my office (maybe 500-700ft or so) at Maple Cross, just immediately south-east of J17 of the M25.
I couldn’t really make an ID, although I’d definately say it was green/grey camo…..anyone know?
By: DCK - 1st April 2010 at 22:10
Yes, some mistake… I only work for the operator of said Spitfire, pre-flighted it, put 208 lites of Avgas in and strapped the pilot in so how would I know.
Bwahahahaha!! :D:D
What a comeback!
By: Roobarb - 1st April 2010 at 22:03
So the RAF is outsourcing its flypast requirements to civilian operators ?
Sounds a bit unlikely, seing as they operate half a squadron themselves.
Some mistake surely ?
Yes, some mistake… I only work for the operator of said Spitfire, pre-flighted it, put 208 lites of Avgas in and strapped the pilot in so how would I know. :rolleyes:
By: Firebird - 1st April 2010 at 21:22
It was Rod Dean and he was doing the flypast for the closure of RAF Uxbridge. Another piece of history gone…:(
As it was 10-15mins before the 5pm flyby slot I guess Rod was just circling killing time before getting the call-in for the flyby, which would have been all of a min or so’s flying time to Uxbridge.
I drive past RAF Uxbridge several times a week, and coming past this evening, it already looked a ghost town 🙁
By: Propstrike - 1st April 2010 at 21:01
So the RAF is outsourcing its flypast requirements to civilian operators ?
Sounds a bit unlikely, seing as they operate half a squadron themselves.
Some mistake surely ?
By: Roobarb - 1st April 2010 at 20:13
It was Rod Dean and he was doing the flypast for the closure of RAF Uxbridge. Another piece of history gone…:(
By: Bograt - 31st March 2010 at 19:43
It was PV202/G-CCCA, coming back from Northolt.
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