LARGE Aircraft

You may not agree as to whether they are aircraft, but what about the Soviet Ekranoplans, They certainly took off but only had a ceiling under 100 ft.
Surely this qualifies them as aircraft?

Airshow Displays

There seems to be some sort of mythical belief that without a Tornado performing a full aerobatics routine, there would be nothing to see but it just isn’t true. Aircraft taking-off, landing, performing a fly by or whatever is just as interesting, indeed more interesting than being fobbed-off by wing walkers or gliders.

I for one am getting fed up with seeing a fast jet doing a high speed run down the display line followed by a slow run and a couple of flick-rolls on the return.

I would like to see more displays on the lines of Major “Boy” Soons RNethAF in the Fokker Military F27 Friendship whom I saw at the last IAT at Greenham Common. The PA commentator said “He never takes off, He merely retracts the undercarriage”, as he flew the length of the runway at (in my estination) no more than 50 feet. On reaching 1 000 feet he feathered one engine and flew the rest of his display on one engine. Not an operational requirement perhaps, but extremely exciting to watch, and that is why I go to Airshows.

Just hfinishede reading “Bomb Alley” by David Yates: a ratings view ofthe Falklands affair. Next in the schedule is “Winkle” Brown’s “Wings on my sleeve””

Thanks Daz, I never could get my german manufacturers correct
Dai

Pilot displaying Aircraft

Can I offer three

Major Boy Soons RNLAF Flying F27 Troopship

Ian Forbes flying Miles HDM 105

Ranald Porteous displaying any Auster

Dai