Reminder of events at Bruntingthrope

Just checking, there not going to do that stupid cold war jet vs bmw’s again are they? Hopefully the Hunter will have her canopy on this time, last time i went it was canopy-less as some member of public sitting in it pulled the canopy release handle, and you need to take out the ejection seat to put it back on!

LOL JIMBO!

TT

12.21-12.22 AUSTRALIAN AIRSHOW

Cor, nearly missed that. Got me ticket to the UK to catch this extensive Aussie airshow.

You missed out
14:45: How to build several humungous inside but Belfast style outside hangars that retract into the ground in no way spoiling the lanscape building competition. Cost to be less than 7s 6d, and must have change for meal, kinema ticket and 3 piece suit. Open to all, those with museum or architectural experience need not apply. 😉

Crikey, took one quick look and nearly shouted to my dad that the Red Arrows would be there! Still, according to East Midlands Today (BBC News) a Tornado will take off and give a display!

Now Revised!

10.30 JET MODELS
10.45 THE RED HARROWS, CHINESE STIRLING DISPLAY TEAM
11.00 BUCCANEER
11.10 PIMP MY WARBIRD, TOMCAT RESTORATIONS MAKE THEIR T-6 MORE GANGSTA
11.20 JET CAR
11.30 GUINNESS WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT HOW 🙂 🙂 MANY STORMBIRD :diablo: :rolleyes: 🙂 EMOTICONS PER 😎 😮 POST, NORRIS MCWERTER SPECIAL APPEARANCE
11.40 COMET
11.50 MOGGY MOBBING, AUTOGRAPHS FROM YOUR FAVOURITE MODERATOR
12.00 HUNTER
12.10 DAMIEN BURKE WINGWALK (C-130)
12.20 ISKRA
12.21-12.22 AUSTRALIAN AIRSHOW
12.40 JP

13.00 VICTOR
13.10 HOW BIG IS YOUR LENS? AN INFORMAL COMPETITION HOSTED BY MAN’CONSIDERABLE FOCAL LENGTH’ ON THE FENCE
13.20 JET CAR

13.40 ISKRA

14.00 LIGHTNING XS904
14.10 REARWIN BANGER RACING
14.20 HUNTER
14.30 UNDERCOVER PATTY HUNTING
14.40 CANBERRA WT333

15.00 VICTOR
FOR THE REST OF THE DAY ‘WILL IT BE AT LEGENDS’ SAWDUST LUCKY DIP

ALL SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND AVAILABILITY AS USUAL!!

…HOPE THAT MADE YOU SMILE – HAPPY BANK HOLIDAY !

TT 😀

Cheers, hopefully the Buccaneer won’t screw up and spew fuel all over the place like on a previous year! Can’t wait to see the Hunter and Victor go.

To all who intend to come along on Sunday here’s the running order:

10.30 JET MODELS

11.00 BUCCANEER

11.20 JET CAR

11.40 COMET

12.00 HUNTER

12.20 ISKRA

12.40 JP

13.00 VICTOR

13.20 JET CAR

13.40 ISKRA

14.00 LIGHTNING XS904

14.20 HUNTER

14.40 CANBERRA WT333

15.00 VICTOR

ALL SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND AVAILABILITY AS USUAL!!

COMET WILL BE OPEN FOR TOURS AFTER ITS RUN DONATION REQUIRED FOR ENTRANCE

GUPPY WILL BE OPEN TOO DONATION REQUIRED FOR ENTRANCE

LIGHTNING XR 728 WILL BE OPEN FOR COCKPIT TOURS ALL DAY

i will defo be there sunday only live in lutterworth !!! nothing better than the smell of avaition fuel being burnt !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Doughnut – it usually costs £10 to get in (320psi will probably know more soon) the majority of the money goes to pay for insurance which is enormous, i imagine the rest goes to BAH

TT

Ta Andy,

The bits by the Q shed are being moved by DW i think – not sure whether they have gone yet, if not they will be imminently – the base units are the ones bolted to the concrete and am pretty sure that they are still by the Lightning pan, but again they are to be moved by on site wallahs…

We have dismantled 90% of the hoop – so it can be straightened…once that happens the base can be installed at our pan then the hangar reconstructed…. 🙂

Then the Beech can be covered up, not too keen on her being outside in this weather, covers or no…. 🙁

Cheers

TT

Shots of the T-6 look great, well done.
Re the rub are you saying its all gone from the Q shed entrance ?
Not sure what you mean by the base

Will see you at the weekend

320PSI wrote “The along with selling souvenirs its our only income on the coldwar jets day”

Two questions :-
How much is it to get into Bruntingthorpe?
Where does the money go, if it is not given to the aircraft owners?

Hi Andy

Both the Beech and T-6 will be there – the latter with Turtle Deck newly fitted – she looks a helluva lot better now!

Had V interesting chat with DW at weekend – will enlighten you anon… :diablo:

Only a bit of the rub needs dismantling but its on Nev’s pan so well out of the way…hope to move the base shortly according to DW

All the best

Ben

Hi!

Re XR728, I was just curious as to what was up with her? I notice that she got shut down before the pairs run last time…. Is it the same problem?

Paul

Just a note to all interested parties out there, last Saturday we managed to solve the No2 starter snag on XR728, it truned out to be the HT supply box in the spine which for some reason unknown as yet wasnt putting out enough umph, we swapped it with a servicable unit and tried the start cycle serveral times with no hickups.
All these little electrical snags we get are due to them being kept outside, so lets hope we can raise abit more cash on Sunday to go in the QRA hanger fund.
XR728 is still due to be on static display durning the day to get as many people in the cockpit as possible which will help the fund raising efforts and halve our fuel bill and insurance costs for the day !

As yet I dont have a running order for the open day but will post something when I get it.

Hope to see you there, fingers crossed for the weather

[QUOTE=philip turland]They are really taking the P*** now.

maybe it is me…………….. Yes it is you

it really makes my blood boil…..David has no problem, [QUOTE]

Phillip…. suggest you talk to David yourself…. the “no on foot access to hangar” was David’s first pre-requisit and the mini-buses was the main reason, David allowed Denis to open the hangar to the public, which incidentally, was totally his idea and I believe he had to sell it to his own bosses.

Also I wonder if Denis is now having second thoughts about opening the hangar at all, after your reaction to the access plans, and after this, if it were me, I personally would be reconsidering the offer of help he made to you a couple of weeks ago.

The lighting in the hangar is hellish expensive to run, so I personally think that a fiver is not excessive

.

It’s a shame about the price, i love Vulcans and can’t wait to see XH558 fly again, although if i have enough after this weekends shopping in Brum i might pay to have a look

[QUOTE=philip turland]
anyone who comes along with their a lottery ticket should be able to get to see the vulcan for free.

On the one hand I agree with you Philip but how much money did ,for instance, the Royal Opera House get? £xxx,000 and you still have to pay to go there and see a play or opera or whatever!
It is personal choice at the end of the day isn’t it, how badly do you want to see it in bits?
Well done on the Beech restorations by the way!
Alan.

OK, form an orderly line behind the moderator

And yes…..Very WELL DONE to LPG………..it ain’t easy is it guys……

when i said form a line behind the moderator, i didn’t say which one………nominations on a postcard please to TEXANTOMCAT

yep thats right the Beech

see ya on 28th then

Your in luck yes the camo Lightning XS904 is the one we will be running, if you dont mind me asking why is she your favourite ?

Shes my favourite simply because i think she looks great in camouflage 😀

Anyway andy and Rlangham, you can come and sit in my plane if you wanna………..no charge guys……ooops, that wasn’t marketing was it…..i haven’t learnt anything from my marketing mentor TT

Would that be the Beech? I’ll take you up on that one!