philoAccording to the Flypast news section the latest mag the P-39 is ready to be crated over and will be flight tested prior to leg-ends
philogood old British defeatist attitude eh, for christ sake if they havn’t got the money lets help them get and get her back up again. Get a bucket, label it and walk around a legends, RIAT etc.
Its the only chance of a flying Vulcan, so lets help it not knock it.
Stop being so bloody negative.
philoOOOOPs, got a bit carried away with ‘post’ button. What I was going to say was that one of the stars of the show that I went to was a Draken. I also recall a rip-snorting routine from a couple of Canadian F18’s and an excellent display by Air Atlantiques DC6.
philoI only went to one Woodford show,must have been 10 years ago and the weather was great(as was the show). Its a long way for me (Abingdon),but on my recommendation a friend went the following year and ‘enjoyed’ the worst airshow weather he had ever experienced.
philoGreat news (if its correct !)
There is nothing in the aviation world that I miss more than that elaphantine roar.
philoYep, it was front page Sunday Times, sounds as if Murdoch started it if it was in the Oz rags as well.
However the queen is reported to have said that the Reds are her personal favorites so all is OK, unfortunatly Prince Phillip said he could not agree, in fact all those commi Bas****s should be shot he added.
philoHello Turbo_NZ, on a sporting front (and as you are the first Kiwi I have come across today)I have heard it suggested that England -NZ should call it a draw ,you beat us at rugby and we beat you at cricket. I say no, you only beat us once at rugby (recently) and we have just beaten you in all three tests so I make that 3-1 to England. Mind you its a good job you guys don’t play international soccer or else that might even the score.
I reckon the English cricket team are almost ready to thrash your neighbours.
philoDHfan, I thought it was earlier than that , but then alcohol does tend to distort time doesn’t it !!.
JDK, so what pound/footage do you pull then ???
philoThats a good point DHfan, I didn’t see them that close and could not be bothered with my bins, so yes they could have been the Gnats.
They were tracking due south east Saturday afternoon.
philoadrian_grey, I think your 4 engined puzzle is now solved if you look at Mike J’s thread on Old Warden Moths, just forget the ‘turbo’ bit .
philoMy weekend ‘spotting ‘ from my garden included, numerous Yaks in formation on Saturday heading westerly (oddly only two returned later in the day),two Hawks of the Reds (again why only two ?), a pair of Tiggies, a pair of Tonados……..hang on a minute was there some sort of avaition based Noah event on somewhere ????.
The Tornados are an unusual visitor to BZN so I assume they were involved in the Queens Birthday flypast as I also saw a Nimrod, another rare bird in this region.
I also saw what I thought was an E6 ?, is that the right designation ? very light coloured ,almost white 707/KC variant with an odd nose. Various other unusual airliner types into BZN as well.
Lots of GA stuff and some quite low approaches from biz jets ,en-route to Kidlington I assume.
adrian_gray, your 4 engined turbo-prop is a puzzler,I though I heard, though did see, one of the DC6’s but of course thats not a TP , nor is its tail as you described.
philoSo I wonder what the Transalls were up to, don’t often see them around here unless its RIAT time.
philoI would agree with all of Willows comments,a good display sequence and nice to see the aircraft in all its glory without being too aerobatically OTT.
Second time I have see ‘Jaques’ out in public this year, nice aircraft with an incredible history. Lets see a lot more of her please display organisers.
philoI was 4th Battalion RGJ TAVR in Oxford.
The former Regiments of the Royal Green Jackets were:
The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (43rd & 52nd)
The Kings Royal Rifle Corps (60th)
The Rifle Brigade (95th)
Battle Honours
Louisburg, Quebec 1759, Martinique 1762, Havannah, North America 1763-64, Mysore, Hindoostan, Martinique 1794, Copenhagen, Monte Video, Roiica, Vimiera, Corunna, Martinique 1809, Talavera, Busaco, Barrosa, Fuentes d’Onor, Albuhera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelie, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse, Peninsula, Waterloo, South Africa 1846-47, Mooltan, Goojerat, Punjab, South Africa 1851-53, Alma, lnkerman, Sevastopol, Delhi 1857, Lucknow, Taku Forts, Pekin 1860, New Zealand, Ashantee 1873-74, Au Masjid, South Africa 1879, Ahmed Khel, Kandahar 1880, Afghanistan 1878-80, Tel-ei-Kebir, Egypt 1882-84, Buma 1885-87, Chitral, Khartoum, Defence of Ladysmith, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902.
The Great War
Mons, Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, 18, Armentieres 1914, Ypres 1914, 15, 17, 18, Langemarck 1914, 17, Gheiuvelt, Nonne Boschen, Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Gravenstafel, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Heliewaarde, Aubers, Festubert 1915, Hooge 1915, Loos, Mount Sorrel, Somme 1916, 18, Albert 1916, 18, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Pozieres, Guillemont, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, 18, Bapaume 1917, 18, Areas 1917, 18, Vimy 1917, Scarpe 1917, 18, Arleux, Messines 1917, 18, Pilckem, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelie, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917, 18, St. Quentin, Rosieres, Avre, Villers-Bretonneux, Lys, Hazebrouck, Bailleul, Kemmel, Bethune, Drocourt Queant, Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Epehy, Canal du Nord, St. Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Courtrai, Selle, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Piave, Vittorio Veneto, Italy 1917-18, Doiran 1917, 18, Macedonia 1915-18, Kut al Amara 1915, Ctesiphon, Defence of Kut al Amara, Tigris 1916, Khan Baghdadi, Mesopotamia 1914-18.
Archangel 1919
The Second World War
Defence of Escaut, Calais 1940, Cassel, Ypres-Comines Canal, Normandy Landing, Pegasus Bridge, Villers Bocage, Odon, Caen, Esquay, Bourguebus Ridge, Mont Pincon, Le Perier Ridge, Falaise, Antwerp, Hechtel, Nederrijn, Lower Maas, Roer, Ourthe, Rhineland, Reichswald, Cleve, Goch, Hockwald, Rhine, Ibbenburen, Dreirwalde, Leese, Aller, North-West Europe 1940, 44-45, Egyptian Frontier 1940, Sidi Barrani, Beda Fomm, Mersa el Brega, Agedabia, Derna Aerodrome, Tobruk 1941, Sidi Rezegh 1941, Chor es Sufan, Saunnu, Gazala, Bir Hacheim, Knightsbridge, Defence of Alamein Line, Ruweisat, Fuka Airfield, Alam el Halfa, El Alamein, Capture of Haifaya Pass, Nofilia, Tebaga Gap, Enfidaville, Medjez el Bab, Kasserine, Thala, Fondouk, Fondouk Pass, El Kourzia, Djebel Kournine, Agroub el Megas, Tunis, Hamman Lif, North Africa 1940-43, Sangro, Salerno, Santa Lucia, Salerno Hills, Cardito, Teano, Monte Camino, Garigliano Crossing, Damiano, Anzio, Cassino II, Liri Valley, Melfa Crossing, Monte Rotondo, Capture of Perugia, Monte Malbe, Arezzo, Advance to Florence, Gothic Line, Coriano, Gemmano Ridge, Lamone Crossing, Orsara, Tossignano, Argenta Gap, Fossa Cembalina, Italy 1943-45, Veve, Greece 1941, 44,45, Crete, Middle East 1941, Arakan Beaches, Tamandu, Burma 1943-44.
Victoria Crosses of The Regiment
1854 Rfn F Wheatley
1854 Bt Maj The Hon H.H Clifford
1854 Capt W.J.M Cunninghame
1854 Bt Maj C.T Bourchier
1855 Lt J. Knox
1855 Rfn J. Bradshaw
1855 Rfn R. Humpston
1855 Rfn R. McGregor
1857 Rfn S. Turner
1857 C/Sgt S. Garvin
1857 Rfn J. Thompson
1857 Lt A.S.Heathcote
1857 Rfn J. Divane
1857 Bglr R. Hawthorne
1857 Bglr W. Sutton
1857 L/Cp l H. Smith
1857 C/Sgt G Waller
1858 Capt H. Wilmot
1858 Cpl W. Nash
1858 Rfn D. Hawkes
1858 Rfn V. Bambrick
1858 Rfn S. Shaw
1859 Pte H. Addison
1864 Capt F.A. Smith
1866 Rfn T. O`Hea
1879 Bt Lt Col R.H. Buller
1882 Rfn F Corbett
1884 Lt P.S. Marling
1899 Capt W.N. Congreve
1899 Lt The Hon. F.H.S Roberts
1900 Rfn E. Durrant
1901 Lt L.A.E. Price-Davies
1903 Bt Maj J.E. Gough
1914 Lt J.H.S. Dimmer
1914 Capt J.F.P. Butler
1915 CSM H. Daniels
1915 A/Cpl C.R. Noble
1915 L/Sgt DW Belcher
1915 Rfn W. Mariner
1915 2/Lt S.C Woodroffe
1915 Cpl A. G. Drake
1915 Rfn G. Peachment
1916 Bt Maj W. La T. Congreve
1916 Sgt A. Gill
1917 Lt Col A.D. Borton
1917 2/Lt G.E. Cates
1917 CSM E. Brooks
1917 Sgt E. Cooper
1917 Sgt W.F. Burman
1917 Rfn A.E. Shepherd
1918 L/Sgt J.E. Woodall
1918 Sgt W. Gregg
1918 Rfn W. Beesley
1918 L/Cpl A. Wilcox
1941 Rfn J. Beeley
1942 Lt Col V. Turner
You are right about the marching speed, its bloody hard work ,140 paces per minute (normal is 120, and guards are slower).
Phil
philoWell done AiB’s, good to see someone else still having to remember order film in time for shows, paying a fortune each year, worrying that you might run out on a display day,or run out during a display sequence and try to change films in 5 secs, convincing the wife that the 20 rolls of Provia should have priority over the milk in the fridge,labelling them when you have shot them, finding the mailers to send them off, waiting the week or so to get them back,arguing with the dev house when they have not returned, viewing them all initially with the naked eye, then the loupe, then the light box and finally the projector…..before sellecting which ones to scan and print and which ones to bin,burn to disc, send off for prints / enlargements, and finding somewhere to store box upon box of slides (because of course you are going to scan all of them when you get time!!!!)
Yep its just great this film photography isn’t it 🙁
Lets face it mate we’ve been beaten, I’m afaid I’m joining them later this year (but I will keep one film body)
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