Landing? You must be mistaken…. It was so windy the earth was blown towards the aeroplane, thereby giving it the appearance of a higher rate of descent than usual.

“Any landing you can walk away from…………………..”:p

Nice to see confidential information appearing on the net again

Since when has the internet been any different? If you wanna find out anything confidential, just wait and it’ll appear on the net somewhere:rolleyes:

“Display the aircraft, not the pilot”

A stupendous example of showing off, and lucky he was retiring, as I’m sure even the Portugese Authorities would have taken his license away.

Very low flying at a display is an art, and needs practice and skill, just as shooting an single engined ILS approach in an A310 in poor weather needs practice…(Or an autopilot!):rolleyes:

Lion Rock,

Have sent you a PM

I taxied past these aircraft at Bournemouth a few months ago and they looked a sorry sight. As Bruce says, they have been stored outside for a long time, and as the nacelle is made of wood, I suspect they are not in tip top condition…

Still, somebody with money burning a hole in their pocket will almost certainly buy them and find out the true value:eek:

Typhoon operating outta Biggin Hill today for the Eastbourne show, maybe somebody should chain the poor unwashed Guardian readers to the wing pylons and dump them over the Channel

should we be getting together with the RAF and try and form some sort of Joint Civillian & RAF Historical Group to allow these aircraft to fly if the CAA wont allow us to fly them under a Civillian Registration?

I’m not sure you totally understand the issues of airworthines etc. IF the CAA will not allow an aircraft to fly on the civilian register, there’s normally a good reason. Emotions just don’t enter the equation “Why won’t they let the Lightning fly” etc etc.

In RAF service, the Lightning had a fairly poor accident record, and that was with full-time military and manufacturer support. Now imagine an airframe being cobbled together by enthusiasts on a shoestring and you can see why the authorities tend to back away from it….

The Vulcan has got where it has so far because they have had the support of Marshall Aerospace, and a huge pot of lottery money……..Which as has already been seen, doesn’t last long. Then there’s the running costs. Airshow revenue will not keep the Vulcan flying alone. Insurance costs have also proved to be the downfall of the vintage jet world, and I’m not sure the industry can stand it for much longer.

As for the MOD backing a project to maintain and keep a jet like the Jaguar airworthy, you have to ask what’s in it for them? They haven’t got the funds to keep the air force going as it is…:rolleyes:

I’d love to see a Jaguar kept airworthy and flown, but looking at it in the cold light of realism and cost effectiveness, it ain’t going to happen unless the MOD keep one, say at Boscombe Down, for trials work.