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Anyone else like Birds AND planes? (2 Viewers)
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Owen Krout
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Mike Crawley
Emeritus President at Burnage Rugby Club
I regularly think that the "Osprey" would make a fine aircraft to make the Penzance (or Land’s End) to Scilly run, with its larger passenger accommodation and vertical take off.
Farnboro John
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It's quick as well, it would show a clean pair of heels to an Islander or a Twin Otter effortlessly - and you could land on the beach of the right island, too! :t:
John
JWN Andrewes
Poor Judge of Pasta.
How much beach would be left afterwards?
Think it now has the lowest accident rate of any USMC vertical lift aircraft, so presumably the bugs have been mostly ironed out.
Less than before, the downwash is pretty fierce.
Still, at least nobody would be endangered, the noise this thing makes in hover is impressive and would clear the landing zone quickly.
Andy Adcock
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Just had the sound of a Spitfire over my place but didn't see it, can anyone confirm for me, NG4 at 0749
Out in the west of Scotland we occasionally see C-130 Hercules flying in pairs at very, very low altitude, well below hilltops and following the line of the glen or coast. For some reason you don't get much of an advance warning from engine noise, they suddenly appear and very soon disappear behind the terrain. They are usually in normal cammo colours but last year the pair we saw in October had one in desert cammo.
Lee
Lee
PYRTLE
Old Berkshire Boy
A high percentage now have the latest quieter engines coupled with different profile and higher number of rotor blades to increase efficiency whilst reducing "air chopping" especially amongst the Special Ops. and Search and Rescue units. As you said much quieter when they come over.
Andy Adcock
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Pat, any way you can look at air movements today and confirm my Spitfire?
Andy Adcock
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Owen Krout
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rollingthunder
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Initial training on the Osprey did indeed have a few fatal incidents including Marines but this appears to be in the past and the few problems now appear to be mechanically-related and not human error. The USMC relationship with the Harrier had horrendous statistics on coincidentally the same tilting power source but whilst we have sold them to all and sundry, scrapping ours in the process, the Marines still have theirs:t:
Instead we build aircraft carriers without any jets and end up buying an overweight F for Fattie 35 from guess who:-O
Laurie:t:
Instead we build aircraft carriers without any jets and end up buying an overweight F for Fattie 35 from guess who:-O
Laurie:t:
Farnboro John
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Dunsfold yesterday - last Wings and Wheels, as the airfield is going for housing, just like everywhere else. The damn politicians haven't an idea in their heads except growth fuelled by more and more people, its ludicrous.
Anyway, in the meantime, D-Day striped (unlike any current RAF aircraft but like everyone else's air forces for the commemoration last week, dunno why our lot are so completely clueless and useless these days unless they really are the Royal Accountant Force) P51D Mustang landing at Dunsfold Wings and Wheels with a gusty crosswind and having a bit of a moment that instant reactions and top skills ensured ended happily. Give that man a beer.
John
Anyway, in the meantime, D-Day striped (unlike any current RAF aircraft but like everyone else's air forces for the commemoration last week, dunno why our lot are so completely clueless and useless these days unless they really are the Royal Accountant Force) P51D Mustang landing at Dunsfold Wings and Wheels with a gusty crosswind and having a bit of a moment that instant reactions and top skills ensured ended happily. Give that man a beer.
John
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Mike Crawley
Emeritus President at Burnage Rugby Club
One beer and one clean pair of boxers......
Andy Adcock
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Just had twp Apache over the house in Nottingham heading approx N.E, probably heading for somewhere in Lincs?
Andy Adcock
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