Popped into the Breighton Charity Fly-in by road mid afternoon. Only a handful of aircraft had visited over a two day event, rather than a regular 100+ when the weather is right.

At one time British events used to be ‘rained-off’, perhaps we have need of a new expression for fly-in events ‘winded-off’, or ‘blown-off’ are the first that come to mind.

So much event preparing for events up and down the country, then another windy weekend – so fustrating for organisers, flyers and enthusiasts.

Yes. VMC events have always been messed up by our British weather. As you say, it used to be low cloud and rain that did it. Now it is gusty winds. :rolleyes:

Its nice to read this thread and see has got some legs but on the photographic side of things I would still like to see if anyone can replicate my image which has been described by some as having a diffractive light bubble from inside the lens of some sort in it.

The evidence that creates an answer orally or in the written word demonstrates this phenomena is easily recognisable so there must be someone out there who can replicate this type of image without too much contrivance to put the matter to rest for me,so until someone can do this(without trickery) I shall continue to believe that this thing on the image is an object of some sort that is not able to be recognised by anyone .

On a lighter side of things I have visions of the “Mash potato” advert and all those little metal aliens laughing there heads off saying,”and now they say we are bolts of lightning”ha,ha:):)

Great advert! Loved it. And yes, it is just as possible these things are genuine visitors from other parts of our Galaxy. Einstein didn’t rule out faster-than-light travel, just the impossibility of getting to light speed. But if we could somehow jump over that speed phase…

Have you lost a log book in Peterborough ?
A small note book has been handed to me by a friend of my fathers who found it near Peterborough Railway Station sometime on Saturday 28th May.
It is full of civil regs seen from 23/04/11 to 25/05/11 unfortunately there is no name or locations but the last page dated 25/05 has KLM MD-11, 747 & 777, Delta 777, Lufthansa 340 and Air France 777 amongst other things, so I would guess somewhere like Schipol ? Anyhow if it is yours or you know of anybody who has been overseas this week. please contact me via PM and I will arrange to forward it on.

Mods feel free to move or post this on other forums.

Paul

I once lost my checklist and other documents out of an aeroplane over RAF Odiham. They were not returned. That’s what happens when you open a door in flight.

Although the Super VC10 tanker fleet is old, the Super VC10 was introduced to BOAC in 1966-67 the USAF’s Boeing KC135 tanker is even older!! (The standard VC10 was introduced in 1964-65.) The RAF Super VC10 fleet was flown by BOAC/BA from 1966 to 1979 so they had a fair amount of airtime.

The Boeing KC135 first flew in 1956. 1956!! OK it has undergone lots of improvements (as did the original civil Boeing 707) but as an airframe design it is really old.:eek:

So I don’t see how the age of the SVC-10 design is a stumbling block to its future use.

The problem (as already pointed out) is that the engine pods are held in place by part of the built-in airframe rather than using replacable pylons as the Boeing 707/KC135 uses.

The VC10 was designed for the Conway engine and it would be harder to fit fan engines. But not that hard surely? The RB211 test bed VC10 had one on the port side as in the photo posted above. Was this jet built for that purpose or an off-the-line airframe modified?

I love the SVC-10. I see it occasionally inbound to BN and it still looks great. Not a valid reason to upgrade it for future use I know.:cool:

I bet it would cost a packet to modify the VC10s as in the Nimrod AWACS project. It simply may be cheaper to purchase a fleet of KC-135 tankers. :confused:

Hasn’t the World ended yet??

The Jesus believers have been waiting over 2000 years for him to return so I suppose a week is not too long to wait. 😉