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  • in reply to: Stuttgart airport closed now. #519293
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    in reply to: Spirit of North Weald. #471510
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    Nice pics. How come there’s sun on the first F16 pic? I don’t remember seeing any sun there all day. I must’ve blinked!

    in reply to: Shiny New 767!! #454080
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    Lovely shots!
    now can someone tell a newbie why some jumbos have the turned up wingtips and what function they perform?

    They improve efficiency, see Wikipedia (scroll down to winglets):
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winglets

    in reply to: Shuttleworth Evening Show 15th August 2009 #474917
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    Lovely photos.

    Does anyone know the registration of that glider?

    BGA No.: 815
    BGA Code: BAN
    Type: Slingsby T-30B Prefect
    S/N: 1120

    according to

    http://www.mrandmrshedgehog.co.uk/skymaster/bga/bgasearch.asp

    in reply to: Spotted #1161357
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    Spotted this light aircraft a while ago and enhanced the photo to show it better.
    The letters on the wing look like G A K V M

    I thought the reg on this Cessna 120 looked familiar. Checked my photos from Sywell back in May and there it was: http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww157/TheMightyOz/Sywell%20Cessnas/IMG_7892.jpg

    in reply to: Pirton Summer Fair 2009 #478772
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    Hi Bob,

    I hope more people will come next year as a result!

    Maybe a bit more publicity is in order in the local media. I only found out about the event when I started reading NOTAMs on Thursday because I was bored at work.

    Our basic aim is to provide a small but high quality, good value show, aligned with the village fete plus a good afternoon out.

    I think you achieved that. I certainly enjoyed it (once I’d dried out – I cycled through the countryside from Luton and got caught in the downpour and covered in mud!)

    Cheers,
    Oz

    in reply to: Spotted #1183088
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    Apache high above Old Warden at 14:05 BST today.

    in reply to: Cabin crew reveal their worst passengers #539930
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    These are just some of the gripes from the airport as well…

    Am sure I could think of others…feel free to add to them if you can.;)

    Like the people on every episode of Airline who want to hold Easyjet responsible because:

    1. They forgot their passport
    2. They’re drunk
    3. There was traffic on the M1
    4. The weather is bad
    5. Foreign air traffic controllers are on strike.

    in reply to: Spotted #1228617
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    That could well be the one, the red trim certainly looks right. If you know the owner tell him/her I sent compliments on a lovely looking machine please. Certainly looked good to my poor old eyes sans Binos. The sun caught her at just the right angle to show her off. Made my day to see something so uncommon, I take it there are not many of them over here.

    Unfortunately I’m not lucky enough to know anyone who owns a plane 🙁 but I agree it does look lovely. I just happened to see it at Sywell last month, along with a couple of others at the Luscombe and Historic Cessna Fly-In. Pics here: http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=90418

    in reply to: Spotted #1229325
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    A round engine Cessna near Kidlington Friday afternoon. Heard something that sounded a bit unusual and looked up and saw what I thought at a glance was a Luscombe but I had a better look and noticed the radial lump on the front. I’ve no idea whose it was but if anyone knows of one that is white with a red cheat line that is the machine I saw.

    Could it’ve been this? It’s almost white.

    in reply to: Pink Lady #1160592
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    Anyone know which P-51’s are used in this movie? From UK or Europe I presume?

    The one pictured on the ground is captioned as F-AZSB and I know one of them was G-HAEC.

    in reply to: Southend Festival of the Air 09 #1164533
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    The display usually centres around the casino, which is a very prominent feature, right in the way of the display! I usually go just far enough to one side of it so that it doesn’t get in the way of the view too much. You’re probably best off to the west of it, as the Falcons drop down that end.

    in reply to: Spotted #1168585
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    Merlins

    Merlin over north Luton, almost directly above my house, heading east at 09:33 this morning, then another one slightly further north heading in the same direction at 09:42.

    in reply to: Drug Runner UAV #429893
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    This reminds me of the old Children’s Film Foundation film “Sky Pirates”. Smugglers were using r/c planes to transport diamonds. From what I recall some kids shot them down using darts fired from r/c Spitfires.

    in reply to: Sywell 02/05/09 #467400
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    and some of the other goings on

    Rotary movements

    http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww157/TheMightyOz/Sywell%20Rotary/2009_05_02_Sywell039.jpg

    http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww157/TheMightyOz/Sywell%20Rotary/2009_05_02_Sywell042.jpg

    http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww157/TheMightyOz/Sywell%20Rotary/2009_05_02_Sywell092.jpg

    http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww157/TheMightyOz/Sywell%20Rotary/IMG_7751.jpg

    http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww157/TheMightyOz/Sywell%20Rotary/IMG_7895.jpg

    a silly one:
    http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww157/TheMightyOz/Sywell%20Rotary/IMG_7854.jpg

    and some other non-Cessna, non-Luscombe fixed wing stuff

    http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww157/TheMightyOz/Sywell%20Others/2009_05_02_Sywell003.jpg

    http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww157/TheMightyOz/Sywell%20Others/2009_05_02_Sywell004.jpg

    http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww157/TheMightyOz/Sywell%20Others/2009_05_02_Sywell071.jpg

    http://i715.photobucket.com/albums/ww157/TheMightyOz/Sywell%20Others/IMG_7744.jpg

    Hope you enjoy.

    Cheers,
    Oz

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