Bangladesh Air Force Aerobatic Team

Apparently, the Bangladesh Air Force has formed an aerobatic team with Shengyan F-7EBs. Does anyone know anything about them or what they are called?

Not too much wrong with those Mark. Think you’re being too modest, as usual!

Looking good! Biggest problem since then has been the deterioration in the weather. It’s raining non-stop at present here and we’re supposed to be on the edge of a Hurricane (no not that one!) with very strong winds coming up from the south. Thankfully, the winds haven’t arrived (or perhaps died before they reached UK) but it’s still not good! Let’s hope itl blows through during Saturday in time for the Sywell show. Hope so, as I shall be flying in!

I have read the interesting comments on this thread and have nothing but admiration for Ryanair and Easyjet, who have built their airlines up from scratch and worked at what the travelling public want. They are the Freddie Lakers of today and have successfull challenged the almighty BA, who swallowed up the competitive airlines or tried to put them out of business with ‘dirty tricks’. BA have been forced to reduce their fares to meet this competition and knowing people that work for Easyjet and Ryanair, both have high regard for these airlines.

Thanks Albert,
Glad you nailed the photog, but the rest’s a poor effort… 😀 (But you did better than me.) If Ken’s not happy, I’ll take the pic down, but I coulsdn’t resist.

It’s not the Saro SRA-1, but is the 535 (Thanks David). It’s not the Jet Gyrodyne, and I’d presume Roger’s right on that being the Fairey ultra light.

I’m not sure what Phantom’s referring to?

Cheers

Sorry James, but it’s a bit gloomy in that hangar and I wasn’t aware the Supermarine 535 was there, neither the Ultra Light. Both departed in the mid 60s.

It’s a funny old world…

I was looking through the Boulton Paul article in the Orbis partwork ‘Wings’ of 1977 (seems like yesterday) and I came across the attached picture. The credits don’t make much sense, but I think it’s by a ‘K Brookes’.

Here’s the P111, at Cranfield, obviously pre-1977, and also when they had a really interesting selection. Close examination of the scan reveals all (amazingly) of the following (I’ve added fates AFAIK):

Supermarine jet prototype – scrapped?
Canadian Sabre – ?
Messerschmitt 163 – IWM?
Hawker Sea Hawk – ?
A helicopter – ?
Avro Canada CF-100 Clunk – IWM Duxford via Ormonde Haydon Ballie
TSR-2 – Duxford?

as well as the P111. What a selection!

Corrections welcome, but I thought the photo would be of interest.

Firstly, I know Ken Brookes who has been taking slides since Kodachrome was invented – or almost! The Royal Aeronautical College at Cranfield used to hold an annual Open Day during the 1960s and I have a similar slide that I took of this in 1967. As for those in the background:
The Supermarine ‘jet prototype’ is the SARO SR.A1 which is now in Southhampton’s Hall of Aviation.
Not sure what happened to the Canadian Sabre, possible the tail sectioin now at MAM.
Messerschmitt Me-163 is 191659 is now at East Fortune.
The Hawker Sea Hawk is WM994 which became G-SEAH in the hope of being made airworthy by Michael Carlton at Bournemouth, but which got auctioned off after his death and went to the USA, where it has still not flown.
Not sure what the ‘helicopter’ is, but possibly the Fairey Jet Gyrodyne.
The CF-100 is indeed Duxford’s, as is the TSR-2 XR222.
Other goodies there at the time were Cosford’s Lincoln, Tempest LA607, A Morane Saulnier Paris (G-APRU), Yeovilton’s Wyvern and one of two others all used as instructional airframes, resulting in them getting preserved. Alas Supermarine Swift F.7, XF117, did not exactly get preserved, although it survives!

You’d have to fit the C-17 in c. 2060 as well…

Sorry, but this is TRANSPORT COMMAND only, which only lasted until 31st July 1967! 🙁