Was A10 full demo or just fly bys??? Interesting to see the German Navy Tonka there – thought that they had banned all fast jets displays???

not really aerobatic

just cuban eights and barrel rolls – and the pilot is highly professional and the Morane is a though little fighter.

Martin

Mmmmm… I must question your definition of “aerobatic” cuban eights and barrel rolls are very aerobatic. No doubting the aircrafts or the pilots capabilities – just the need.

very nice like the sea fury, now in sweden i now believe, more of same please
stewart

Isnt that WH588/ baby gorilla, i.e. that crashed in 2001 killing Paul Morgan??

Getting back to the first post, “a sick sounding Spit low in the Coningsby circuit”, EVERY spit sounds sick when its throttled back,downwind in a circuit -its a Merlin and Griffon speciality with all the coughing and spluttering. Are we just jumping to conclusions here and lloking for a non-story??!!

Hi Kodak, you must have been there too. Did you get any shots?

If only I had ! – I just research special schemes and that is a special scheme legend!! I’m amazed how well my memory has served after reading the actual artists’ story on that link (thanks Swiss Mustangs!)
I will dig and see if I can find an image – or any other stuff

Steve was this the time that #1 Squadron was based at Tangmere?

Noooo! Wittering -1976 – squadron exchange with French EC1/2 flying Mirage IIIEs at Dijon. RAF had painted a rather rude rendition of a cartoon harrier doing “things” with the stork of the French units insignia on the fin of a Mirage. AFter a night of debauchery the RAF crews were bussed to the apron to see that their French “comrades” had paid back the honour. The T2 had
its camouflage replaced with 3 coats of pink and white complete with eyelashes, red spirals and white blotches on any remaining camo! What made it worse was that the paint was emulsion rather than the agreed washable stuff!!

Just a detail point but not all Harrier displays are the same. Up to last year at least, the RAF Harrier was not allowed to do the very steep climb from the hover that the RN Sea Harrier has been doing for some years. I gather the Sea Harrier has slightly more thrust (for operation of carriers perhaps) and the RAF were wary of emulating this.

The GR7 and AV8B have 250 pounds extra thrust than the SHAR and with that big wing, much improved lift. The steep “Farley” climb has always been a part of both Harriers display routine. The RAF displays are longer with more “conventional flight” passes- I wouldnt say that the SHAR is a better display at all, unless its a 2 ship!!

I think its great to see special schemes on military aircraft. Major anniversaries ( the German Navies 90th and the squadrons 40th in these cases plus the fact that this is their last year of operating fjs) should be a time of celebration and a bit of chance for some national pride. These days absolutely everything inc trainers, transports, liaison types etc are going grey and they all look the same. Big grey blobs the lot of ’em. God bless the Germans, French and Italians (in the main) for adding a splash of colour in these depressingly lo-viz times.