– Is there still only one complete?
1- Is the other one close to being finished?
2- Is the sole flying example airborne a lot – or rarely in the air?
3- What are it’s minimum airfield lengths for an avg load for take off/landings?
4- Has the 225 ever flown to Canada, (in particular into Trenton Ontario AFB)?

Thanks

1-No
2-Average, twice this month
3-Depends on a lot of variables, payload, airfield height, temperatures,
4-Yes (CYTR Will check on getting into work tonight) 😉 Doesn’t ring any bells

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The presenter said that because the nearest service station was 40 miles? away that motorists will need somewhere to stop?
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What aload of cods…….southbound by 18 miles you have the STN turnoff with a full Motorway facility @ jct 8 and theres one northbound @ the M11/A14 intersection

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I was at Cowden in the early 80’s(81-83) It was then an Air Weapons Range and had been for quite a while but initially it had been a tank range with moving targets on rails. Some of the infrastructure was still there towards the west of the range towards the old tower on the hill (now gone). Don’t know how much is left due to coastal erosion but when I was there a lot of 50’s and 60’s munitions were falling out of the cliff face on a regular basis. I was also there for the Black Buck practice bombing on target 8 out to see where the Vulcan was dropping 28lb smoke and flash practice bombs from if my memory serves me right 28000ft straight through the airway!!

Also had a Vulcan doing a laydown attack on TGT 8 from Spurn Point direction on a murky day, he called off hot we called no spot. Donna Nook the next range south of the Humber called up and asked if we had a vulcan go through on TGT8 as they had one exactly the same as ours, we said yes, they said score was 50ft 6 0’clock!!

Happy days 🙂

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Went for a quick visit as I was in the area to meet a mate who was flying in his Jodel…..met him on the flightline by his aircraft.

We’d been talking for about 10 mins when this voice came spouting up. “Would you people move I’m trying to take pictures here and you are in the way” He soon got short shrift and sent on his way without his picture..

Normally I’ve got no problem with spotters but this one really got my goat and gives the normal ones a bad name. Other than that didn’t appear to be as good as previous shows with a lot of no show’s from the usual exhibitors.

Maybe they need to move back up north again as even from Essex it’s a long drag for the day.

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Signed for worse!! 🙂

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If it’s carried in accordance with IATA Dangerous Goods regulations there should be no problem….even Munitions of War can be carried on civil aircraft with appropriate permits…

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Looks like one of those black bin liner type inflatables that rely on the suns radiation to keep them up 🙂

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