You’re probably referring to the Vortilons.

I was – always assumed they were avionic, but from their name they must be aerodynamic….question answered, thanks

24l/r will be used tommorow because the wind is coming from the west, correct me if I’m wrong

EGCC 021618Z 030018 21010KT 9999 SCT030 TEMPO 1018 5000 SHRA SCT020CB BECMG 1518 28010KT=

The statement its only a game says it all,no pride for our country !

Sorry, but I’m with Flood on this one. I’m immensley proud of my country, which, incidentally, I would describe as Britain, not England (or should I say Ing-ger-land) The xenophobic waving of the English flag by a minority (even with viewing figures of 25 million, that is LESS than 50% of the UK population), whipped up into a form of collective hysteria by the media, makes me almost ashamed to be English (but not British).
The real heros (saying as ‘Spitfire Ace’ aired recently) are people of the like of Peter Brothers, Robert Doe, Geoff Wellum and any number of the 609 pilots that Snapper does a fantastic job reminding us of .
To suggest that young men of lowly IQ and dubious morality kicking a piece of inflated leather between a pair of sticks are somehow ‘heroes’ stretches the definition of the word ‘hero’ to absurd extremes.

The way I see it; Airbus/Boeing both the same really

That may apply to the 777, but Boeings up to the 757/767 are very different to Airbus from a flight control viewpoint. On all those Boeings, none of which are FBW, when you move the control column, you know that you are moving a control surface (not directly you understand, but through the hydraulic powered flying controls – although the 732 certainly had manual reversion on its flying controls – practised that for real on my first jet conversion many moons ago)
On the Airbus, the stick is an electrical input into a computer, so (from a ‘traditional’ viewpoint) your input may not have a direct effect on the flying controls. As to which is better or worse, the arguement is pretty pointless – they both work, they are both certificated by the world’s aviation authorities, its just a different set of skills to learn going onto FBW types.

Just seen a VC-10 dragging three smaller jets five minutes ago. Seemed to turn overhead RAF Wyton heading north-west ish. The three looked like Jaguars, but from a few miles away I’m not entirely sure. Any idea what, why, where from, where to…?

Also VC10 plus 3 Jaguars at the Rolls Royce Centenary Airshow at Donnington Park at approx 1420.

330 clearly refers to the best modern airliner flying today… :p

Aaaaah, the mighty Shed, 0-8000ft in about 20 minutes, queen of the skies

I like the Spitfire more… seems to have the edge in terms of “sh!t hot looking” 😉

Like this? – give me a throbbing Merlin any day!

The eurofighter is scheduled to fly at cosford airshow this year-

http://www.cosfordairshow.co.uk

click on ‘themes’

Thought you meant going into the museum, which I rather assumed to be the best place for it.