Suprised that Red Ken hasn’t suggested allowing the Reds to perform, but only on the conditions that all aircraft used pay the daily congestion charge for entering the city center airspace, and that all aircraft involved conform to his new LEZ criteria.

If the Reds are considered ‘ too British’ Im sure that Cuddly Ken could find some handicapped, single parent Botswanan/Afghan, lesbian immigrants to ride shot gun in the backseats of each Hawk…just to add a multi-cultural feel to the whole display.:rolleyes:

Very saddened by the news of both accidents.
My thoughts go to the family and friends of those lost to both truly sad and horrific accidents.

Well they have to spend there easily earned energy dollars somehow. Russia is kind of like a terminally ill person who just won the lottery. They are sitting on top vast riches of natural resources yet their population is aging and plummeting, thus they may as well spend the money whilst there are still people to do it.:D

Better that the Russians are using their own energy sources, rather than invading foreign countries under false claims to then plunder them of their energy sources.;)

Would just love to fly in a Bucc and/or a Dakota ( espescialy the ADT Dakota with me being suited up to jump)

Flown in already:
Chipmunk ( lots of times)
Nimrod
Hercules
DH Rapide
Wessex
Chinook
Puma
Gazelle
(The Air Cadets where good to me 😀 )

Was just about to drive out my works car park to go home for lunch, when I looked up and saw a glorious Grey/white ( RAF transport liveried) Dakota flying low and heading for, I assume, Exeter Airport.:D

Whats the Shack mk1 nose like these days?

The Shack still smells just like the interior of an aircraft should.:D
My little girls loved sitting in the pilot seat, the only thing ruining the experiance, well for me anyway, was the loud soundtrack being played of a dogfight in the background!:confused:
She still looks OK, apart from being in need of a very good clean to rid her of dust, and maybe a touch up here and there with some black paint on the flight controls.
Despite that and having god knows how many kids ( and adults) trying to ‘fly’ her like a fighter, shes holding up well.

And I dropped hints all day long to my missus about the Gannet and Wessex needing new homes, but she was having non of it.:mad:
Then to top that she deleted the photos I took of them to make way for a couple of snaps of the kids eating ice creams!
Some serious re-training is in order for her!

My arrogant, self centered, selfish views on this subject are:

A) How on earth can somebody be stupid enough to buy a house next to an airfield and then moan at a later date about the noise coming from the airfield
( airfields = aircraft, aircraft = noise, hardly rocket science is it?)

B) The local council should be supporting the airfield as (1)The airfield was there long before any current moaning neighbours and (2) surely the airfield gives employment to people ( employment means more income for the council and is financial beneficial to the people employed).

I run a small family business on an INDUSTRIAL estate, manufacturing stone and granite. We have operated on this site for 27yrs and our type of business has been present there for 40 yrs.
In the last 5 years we have had countless visits from the local council regarding complaints ranging from ” too much noise” to ” to much dust blowing from the yard” to ” the factory looks out of place for the area, therefore there must be a fault with the planning permission”.

All this trouble stems from 2 complainants, both of who retired to the area from miles and miles away.

The council, who to be fair to them, have always been helpful to us, always maintain that we are sited on an industrial estate, and therefore we are only carrying out our normal day to day business. They have also also had a site discussion with the complainants and told them that they knew there was an industrial site across the road, so why did they buy the houses if the industrial site would be an issue?

This whole episode, wether it be Kemble Airfield, or my local industrial site, just highlights the lack of common sense diplayed in this country by people on a whole.

If people are not playing the PC card, then they are displaying a huge lack of common sense and thats usualy accompanied by the’ compensation culture’ claim at a later date.

PC my reply may not be, but quite simply, ” if the noise from the airfield is too much, shut up, put up or move you dip-sh#ts”.