Beefsteak 305 Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Quite a finale that , Reds , Mossie , BBMF, Tornadoes and Harrier,what more could an over age boy want ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,599 Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Ayup all, Display Typhoon up again this morning 08.15-08.45 getting more daring as the days pass by, Harvard back again lunchtime, KC 135 tanker doing bumps at Waddo this afternoon 13.00-14.00 as you say Ian "What more can a over age boy want" Looking forward to the 8th Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 That sounds great Rog (is he down to display height now?) I intend to get us all there for the first show and hopefully the 1.30 display too !! I've heard that you get some good viewing from 'The Mound' , it was packed when I came over with my mum, but it may be a bit clearer now !! 14 days and counting!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Will we get to see any of these ?? just glue two planes together. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090327/video/...ed-15af341.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 Any body got a spare hundred grand?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 859 Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 Wouldn't it be cheaper to use one of these:- You could launch two at a time. There's loads going spare:- Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bip 88 Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 Without going back to the beginning where is one going? Bip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 859 Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 I intend to get us all there for the first show and hopefully the 1.30 display too !! I've heard that you get some good viewing from 'The Mound' , it was packed when I came over with my mum, but it may be a bit clearer now I've downloaded this map of the airfield showing the vantage points, where is the Mound exactly, is it somewhere near the place marked M on the map. It looks like an early start for all concerned in order to get there for 8:15:- Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 Nice one....that map will help loads Ta Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 Bip :- Space Tourists on the last couple of posts. As for the rest , it's a tour of Lincolnshire aviation based plases , Coningsby Waddington , Morning coffee at the Petwood hotel (Dambusters officers mess) lunch at the Bluebell (World war 2 airmens hang out , Great food and beer) East Kirkby, and lots of other places of interest. Firbeck , I already have the maps thanks (Rog has them in his head too !!!) The mound is approx in between F,G and D We don't worry about time !! As long as those that are going can be at the ore arranged assembly points on time we should all make it . I shall PM you all as to where to meet shortly When I have the final attendees figures , so if any body else is coming let me or Rog know asap, ta Don't forget your cameras and dinner money !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,599 Posted March 28, 2009 Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 The Mound is about where it say's 08 on the map great if the aircraft are landing from the west (Tattershall, but crash gate four is the place to get aircraft landing if coming from New York village/ Revesby end), all it is is a mound of earth that the farmer left at some point and people/plane spotters have sat on it taking photo's, you are actually a little higher than the aircraft as they land so could get some "on top shots" the farmer is ok about it as long as you don't block his dirt track access road off, best to use the proper car park and walk to it, about 200-300 mtrs, . Beefsteak, there is only myself and Rob the Oracle from this end, by the way, the display Typhoon is not up every day and very rarely on both 08.00 and 13.00 slots it's either one or the other Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2009 We'd better aim for your's at 7.30am then Rog, I'll bring Denshaw, so if you could be at mine for 6.15 am Den we should be O.K.!! I'll PM you the address Denshaw. Those joining enroute we'll organise a bit closer , when we have the (rough) itinery finalised Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 Just messing in the front garden taking practice snaps of choppers etc , when I noticed this up high, is it a bit of an exclusive? Air Force One ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 859 Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 Had it been AF1, your camera would have self detonated within 10 seconds. As Mr Obama is heading in for the G whatever summit and the destination is not being revealed, a good idea, but the colours aren't quite right. There's a freight company that operates 747's out of Stansted, they carry out clandestine ops for the US government and that colour scheme fits the bill. They came in for some critism a few years ago for transporting LGB's into Israel for use against the Palestinians, refuelling at Stansted, then later Mildenhall, on the way. It was a bit unnerving to see them flying over my house at Finchingfield knowing what they were carrying. There was another company operating 747's that used to fly into Stansted, these were all white with no markings and were rumoured to be operating for the CIA on behalf of the USN, I haven't seen any of those for a while, but I see one of the blue 747's at least once a day. Heres a couple of wierdos I photographed at Stansted a few years ago:- Belfast:- CF-144 Guppy, now rotting away at Bournemouth Airport:- Things have never been the same since the Russians were persuaded not to visit, still, when they jammed the undercarriage of an Ilyushin-76 into place with borrowed scaffold tubes, it's no wonder that Stansted weren't impressed with their company. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 Mr Pres is flying into Mildenhall sometime today (So I have been led to believe) this was taken at about 10 am so I thought it a bit early for him (It'd mean he has been travelling since midnight their time at least) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 859 Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 AF1 due into Stansted at 19:30, it will probably go into the old passenger terminal, where I took those last pictures, but I doubt whether I will get anywhere near the place, I can't decide whether or not to nip over there as it's unlikely to fly over here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 I've got the damned thing due to fly into Mildenhall tomorrow!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 I've booked us in at 12.30 for lunch at the Bluebell (I've told them there will be at least 7 of us . Any more please let me know ASAP. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 859 Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 Very confusing all this, according to White House press release Obama due in UK tomorrow so AF1 due into Stansted 19:30 tomorrow evening, special headquarters E4-B and presidential staff C-20 due into Mildenhall at any moment, protesters are outside Mildenhall so perhaps they know something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 I've got a fellow outside "The Hall" giving live updates re the comings and goings.(I kid you not) god there's some big buggers coming in (Three C 5s so far) plus loads of others too I can't give you a link to his site as you have to be a member, and that can take a few days for verification , so it will be a waste of time at the moment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 C5s ???.....was that that stupid little electric car that sinclair bought out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlebro 234 Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 Kev, You will need some bigger pedals! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 859 Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Can someone buy Fynger an a/c identification book by next wednesday otherwise he'll be a nightmare!!!!!! Story so far, Obama to arrive in AF1 at Stansted at 19:30 then taken to Central London in a presidential H-60 Blackhawk, AF1 then going to Mildenhall for parking up. E4-B which is the US command centre, allegedly already at Mildenhall so that if Obama needs to deal with a nuclear war he can be whisked off to the Hall and conduct it from there, a back up E4-B is positioned in Germany. An escort of Johnson AFB F-15's to go to Spangdalem in Germany escorted by 6 KC-135 tankers which will deploy to Mildenhall. I presume that those C-5's arriving at the Hall yesterday were bringing in the presidential helicopters. The amount of a/c at Stansted is supposed to be incredible. Expected this afternoon is the Russian contingent consisting of 1xIL76 command centre, 2xIL62, 2xIL96 (presidential), 3xTU154. The M11 is supposed to be full of mysterious black limos with escorts going to and from Stansted into London. The area around the airport is supposed to be heaving with police and special security stopping and checking everyone, the cargo area is full of presidential a/c from all over the world plus Blackhawk and Chinook helicopters. Here lies my problem, due to the lack of funds, my car is off the road awaiting an MOT, which I'm hoping to get sorted later in the week with a cash injection, so at the moment, I can't go anywhere, yes, lifes a bitch, but I'm used to that by now. You can catch an airport bus from Braintree to Stansted, but if anybody knows Stansted, you can't see sod all from the Terminal, no way would you see whats happening over the other side of the airfield without a very very long walk and I suspect that the police will have cordoned off the few viewing places anyway, so thats it, I'm stuffed. I don't know how long the summit lasts and when everyone is leaving, but I may have a few days to get my MOT sorted and get to see something, we'll see. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 MOI !!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,599 Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 Just to keep all the aviation folk up to speed, The Display Typhoon was up this morning at 08.15 for twenty minutes, an hour later two Spitfires were up just flying around, the sound of that Merlin engine is something else, 4 Sentinals, 5 Sentry's a Nimrod and a Merlin chopper were at Waddo last night when I drove past on me way home, and I was told today the the Lancaster "Just Jane" at East Kirkby has started doing it's taxi runs again on Wednesday's so it might be worth a visit there as well, see if that will fit in with your plans Beefsteak Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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