There’s more on that crash in this thread plus an offer to send a higher res copy of that article, miniman.
Google Earth: 51 34 44.51 N 3 34 14.55 W
Late answer…. because Noddy wouldn’t pay the ransom!
Ba dum, tish!
The Red Arrows performed over the sea at the Salthill Airshow, Galway here in Ireland last year.
Anyone with a yearning for airshows is strongly urged to come over for this year’s show on Sunday, June the 24th, details here. Best of all, it’s free!
Google Earthed to have a look and it’s pixellated out! Boo!
Hmmm, you’ve raised doubts in my mind now! I’ll have to look up the article when I get home.
The B57, the US version of the Canberra with the tandem cockpit, was heavily involved. But although it was originally a British design, it had been heavily modified by Martin by that time. Started off in the bomber role but was susceptible to SAMs and so was mostly used in the high altitude recce role. There was an article that detailed B57s in SE Asia in last month’s Airforces Monthly, I think, and there’s an article here.
Oh that is sooooo gorgeous!
My memento of the Comet;
Well spotted cdp, it’s Tom Petty’s Saving Grace, the opening couple of verses being very appropriate to the video subject;
I’m passing sleeping cities
Fading by degrees
Not believing all I see to be soI’m flyin’ over backyards
Country homes and ranches
Watching life between the branches belowAnd it’s hard to say
Who you are these days
But you run on anyway
Don’t you baby?You keep running for another place
To find that saving graceI’m moving on alone over ground that no one owns
Past statues that atone for my sins
There’s a guard on every door
And a drink on every floor
Overflowing with a thousand amens
Thanks for doing that, the 707 clip brings back fond memories of my young days abroad as we flew BOAC a lot, VC10s and 707s. Very nostalgic.
Universal Time Coordinate, a fancy name for GMT.
Hmm, looks like GE is more recent than those photos, the plane looks half buried and broken.
Any links to somewhere for an explanation of why she was abandoned like that?
Here she is from topside.
Details on the conversion are available at flightglobal.com.