🙂 Keep it very quiet but ive heard that the the Tracey family will be flying Thunderbird 1 in formation with the E E Lightning :p

Thats not good news!!!!! Thunderbird 1 has an image wiping function so no photographs can be taken!

The Herc tankers have long been retired due to extra fatigue caused by their additional role. I believe they were scrapped

Out of the 5 converted, 3 were sold to Sri lanka! others scrapped at Cambridge

More than a year ago I heard that the Hercules tankers that were converted by Marshall’s of Cambridge for the Falklands conflict were near the end of their flying days and would be ‘dismantled’ . I emailed the PR people at RAF Lynham, Duxford and Marshalls to suggest that a Hercules should be preserved and what better than one of the tankers. I never received any replies
mmitch.

The Herc tankers have long been retired due to extra fatigue caused by their additional role. I believe they were scrapped

A few more- jets rule! ….

Excellent photos guys, especially of Delta’s Gnat, thanks Box Brownie, we were based at Kemble (2000 through to 2002), so we got to see a lot of their aircraft particularly G-FFOX/WV318.

Andrewman, I think its about time you started to promote your Jet Forum, I am more than willing to put a link to your web site through ours.

Does anyone have any recent photos of the following Classic Jets:
The Collins Foundation Phantom and the expertly polished F-100 Super Sabre that can be found on the US Airshow circuit? I believe that the F-100 was up for sale recently.

Lastly thanks to you all for your comments, I wish you all a great Airshow filled Summer, Kemble Air Day anyone?? 😀

Is this the F100 you mentioned???

Oh and Bricks?..

Here she is with baby tanks;

Spit that again my friend, 601 is an FGA.9, the only possible airworthy one left.
Hunter Flying Club are hoping to keep her in this country, the T.7 though, is going to the Northen Lights operation in Canada. :rolleyes:

XE601, though upgraded to ‘9 standard was never officially called one and didnt even get an F6″A” suffix!

Ive seen ‘601 carrying 4 drop tanks, though not the larger 230 gall ones.

She has GOT to stay over here – and in that scheme please!!!!!!!!!!!

Well,

I saw another veiw of Dans flight taken by the Blue Angles Video Operator, Dan had a good 25 feet above the ditch between the Runways. I talk with the BA vid guy and the FAA safty guy went over to Dan right after he landed and they had a Talk. They review the BA video. One thing that was discussed and TN you can verfie this was their was alot micro-shears from the West end of the runway. Even the Blues and Snowbirds were having some minor problems with it.

So I guess it was’nt Dan fault after-all. Yes Dan fly’s for a living he is a Senior Delta Capt. and yes I would put my life in his hands any day of the Year.

I’ve know Dan for almost 20 years, he was one of the first person to pay attention to me and my little old L-4 that I used to own. Plus he gave me some pointers on how to handle it in certain cross-wind landings.

People make mistakes I myself have been quity of trying to push it alittle to far or doing something dumb we learn and over-come.

Micro bursts or not – he was still too low entering the manouvere and 25 feet is still way too low to leave it !