Sally B London Flyover Practice

I left at 1415 and nothing had flown and most things were tucked away in the hangers so it looks like tommorrow

Can anyone confirm whether the flypast rehearsal took place this afternoon or was postponed? I was thinking of fitting in a quick visit to Duxford tomorrow morning if it’s taking place then.

The Red Arrows have already been over central London today, just after we won the Olympic bid .

I thought that the RED SPAROWS did it quite well afew years back with wheel barrows.

Quote! PINK LADY crew “Congratulations U got the Olyimpic’s ,We dont get to pay for it!”

The doGs got nowt to do with this One.

The Red Arrows have already been over central London today, just after we won the Olympic bid and there is Jaguar (out of Coltishall, holding at Southwold) due to fly over Horseguards Parade at 15:48 BST. It should also be visible over Jn29 of the M25 and Alexandra Palace.

I think you mean – The Royal Air Force Formation Mincing Team .

Yak 11,
Would need more than the Dead Sparrows to acomplish that 😀

They’d have to be low to wake you up as well –

Oh so those were the red things over Colchester earlier, almost woke me up…

Did they fly through your bedroom then – its the only way they could get you of your arse…..

Waiting for a bus i was at the time. Believe they were flying from Scampton.

Yak 11,
Would need more than the Dead Sparrows to acomplish that 😀

Oh so those were the red things over Colchester earlier, almost woke me up…

Does the note mean that all elements will return to DX before heading home?

For what reason (assuming no connection with the Olympic bid news)?

In view of the fact that they circled Stratford, the proposed Olympic site, in V formation suggests a strong connection 🙂

Saw the Dead Sparrows fly over Colchester.

Slight correction – NOTices to AirMen. And presumably also to AirwoMen. 😉

Ooops…

Moral of story: Engage brain before opening cakehole…

Adrian
😮 😮 😮

The Red Arrows have already been over central London today, just after we won the Olympic bid and there is Jaguar (out of Coltishall, holding at Southwold) due to fly over Horseguards Parade at 15:48 BST. It should also be visible over Jn29 of the M25 and Alexandra Palace.

For what reason (assuming no connection with the Olympic bid news)?

The Red Arrows have already been over central London today, just after we won the Olympic bid and there is Jaguar (out of Coltishall, holding at Southwold) due to fly over Horseguards Parade at 15:48 BST. It should also be visible over Jn29 of the M25 and Alexandra Palace.

Here’s a few lines from the CAA Aeronautical Information Circular (AIC 47/2005) which applies.

Note. These are only a few abstracts, not the whole thing. So no-one should blame me if they fly into the airspace and get a £3,000 fine from the CAA!

1 A large formation of second world war aircraft will form the World War II 60th Anniversary Flypast on 10 July 2005 over
Buckingham Palace; rehearsals for this flypast will be held on 7 and 8 July 2005 in the vicinity of Duxford/Cambridge. Due to the large
number of aircraft involved, the Secretary of State for Transport has deemed it necessary to introduce the following Restriction of flying
regulations under article 85 of the Air Navigation Order 2000:
(a) Subject to paragraph (b), between 1255 and 1350 on 7 July 2005 and between 0925 and 1120 on 8 July 2005 no aircraft
shall fly below 2000 ft amsl within the area bounded by straight lines joining the following points (see Annex A):
521342N 0002606E – 521248N 0003318E – 520406N 0003818E – 520100N 0003618E – 520000N 0003212E –
520624N 0001930E -520306N 0

Aircraft Transit Routes
(a) 7 July 2005. Aircraft will commence departure from Duxford at 1305 remaining within the TRA (see Annex A) for the entire
rehearsal and the recovery to Duxford.
(b) 8 July 2005. Aircraft will commence departure from Duxford at 0935 remaining within the TRA (see Annex A) for the entire
rehearsal and the recovery to Duxford.
NOTE: Should the rehearsal on 7 July be successful, the rehearsal planned for 8 July and the associated TRA will be
cancelled by NOTAM.

(c) 10 July 2005

(i) Outbound from Duxford
(aa) A section of 5 aircraft will depart Duxford at 1520 and route to via Ware and Lambourn remaining clear of
controlled airspace under normal Rules of the Air to the ‘Fairlop’ hold within the TRA (see Annex B).
(bb) The remainder of the Flypast (4 sections of aircraft) will depart Duxford between 1522 and 1528 and route to the
East of Stansted remaining clear of Controlled Airspace under normal Rules of the Air to the ‘Motorway’ and
‘Brentwood’ holds within the TRA (see Annex B).

(ii) Recovery to Duxford. After the Flypast at Buckingham Palace the Flypast will split into 3 sections and recover to
Duxford under normal Rules of the Air as follows (see Annex B):
(aa) One section will route: Northolt – M25 Junction 20 – Panshangar – Bassingbourn – Duxford.
(bb) A second section will route: Elstree – Panshangar – Bassingbourn – Duxford.
(cc) The last section will route: East of Panshangar – Bassingbourn – Duxford.
NOTE: Formation aircraft not landing at Duxford will start their recovery to base from overhead Duxford.

Dont publish it out loud, maybe some Hun listening and lurking in cloud!

You could always look here

Slight correction – NOTices to AirMen. And presumably also to AirwoMen. 😉

NOTice Air Ministry… no doubt someone who uses them will tell you where they are posted! I don’t get a lot of use out of them, ‘cos I is ground-based!

Adrian