Thanks to all who replied.
-Dazza 🙂
Tenthije, thanks for the info, I’ll let him know when he phones me next week.
-Dazza 🙂
Nice piece of F-4 memorobilia, although its not a ‘lower cockpit panel’ though, panel 62R is located below the tailfin just in front of the tailplane (right hand side).
-Dazza
Frank, the Harrier sounds like an angry hairdryer compared to a Lightning at max re-heat! (at less than 300 ft I might add!) 😉 😀
-Dazza
What a fantastic picture, taken back in the days when we still had an Air Force! 🙁
I’ve got a great video somewhere of the stream take-off, what a sight!
-Dazza 😎
Thanks for that Darren. 🙂
-Dazza
The reg was originally black characters sprayed/applied directly on to the engine cowling, it only appeared as white characters on the black background after re-emerging from one of the BMI maintenance hangars, not sure what the relevance of that is, but there you go! 🙂
-Dazza
Thanks for that, what about the British registration though, or is it just temporary while its in the U.K.?
-Dazza
Glad to hear the crew is o.k., at least its one less Tornado for (buff)Hoon to worry about! :rolleyes:
-Dazza
Some great pictures there Frank, shame the weather refused to co-operate.
-Dazza
I was there tonight as well to watch the departure from crash gate three, an absolutely awesome sight and sound!
What was so unreal was the almighty racket the beast made when facing towards you and then the sudden drop in sound, (sorry, racket!) as it passed by, those contra-rotating props make a wonderful noise, it was even sucking up moisture from the runway as he ran the engines up against the brakes! 😎
What was the cargo by the way?, thought I heard someone mention Rolls Royce engine/s?
-Dazza
1 fatality and 2 injuries according to latest reports. Sad news.
-Dazza
Thanks, I’ll give them a try.
-Dazza
Any idea of the identity of this forlorn looking airframe?
-Dazza
As of yesterday (8th) the sick Typhoon was still U/S at Akrotiri.
-Dazza