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You can just imagine the effects of one of them having to abort :(

Just love the way the ground wheels rotate before finally retracting on the b52's

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I'm amazed that the KC pilot could see the runway after the 3 buffs taking off....

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Yet another tornado ejection (starting to think that DD was right in the RAF withdrawing of funds) No links yet

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Kymmy shall I quote myself again?

Or might you give me another slap :p:

again hope that the pilot and navi are alright

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but what is it with the tornado 2 gone in the space of 2 weeks...

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Airbus A380 Contrail as seen from KLM Cockpit Boeing B747-400

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl6iR...layer_embedded

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An Air traffic controller proposes from the control tower over the airwaves. Awww

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3de_1298664544

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Raptor at Farnborough


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7510364.stm


film of the display... wayy back in 2008....

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Impressive stuff - no doubt that sort of manoeuvrability has been under top secret development for years and years ... and no doubt it's given rise to more than one or two 'UFO' sightings. :D

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Couldn't believe this story about the NAO report into Eurofighter Typhoon procurement:
Link

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Talking about a typhoon.. here's a fantastic post on one of the other forums I frequent.

http://www.xrv.org.uk/forums/chatter...tml#post557485

:rofl: :shocked:

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OMG Kymmy thats a close up.

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Fantastic mid-air refueling footage for the tornados/typhoons going to Libya

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12832866

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More wreckage from AF-447 has been found. Lets hope they can finally find the black boxes and put this to bed once and for all.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12953432

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Some of you are bound to have heard about the incident this weekend in which a Southwest airlines (Flight 812) had a rapid de-pressurisation of the cabin after a part of the ceiling flew off and left a hole in the cabin fuselage.

This got me thinking about the stress these airlines put on their planes on a daily bassis.
Often these low cost carriers are making several trips per day, each time putting stress on the planes fueselage.

With some UK airlines still running 737 300 and 500 series aircraft put into service in the 90's, we are ending up with planes that are now over 20 years old.
With frequent flights on a daily bassis how long before these planes are so used that something goes wrong. Its time that some companies update their aircraft.

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Having worked in aviation, I know that the average jet flys passengers for 15-20 years, and flys 100s of thousands of cycles and have regular checks.

When thay have a 'C check' (majot MOT check) every panel that can be removed is, often paint is removed and eddy currents are used to find cracks. This check takes about a month.

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Looks like we might get some answers over the Air France 447 flight from Rio to Paris.
Wreckage has been found. Hopefully the data recorders will give some vital info.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12953432

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Unlikely to find them anytime soon as they are 2.5 miles down.

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(CNN) -- An Airbus 380 clipped a smaller plane while taxiing to the runway for takeoff from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/US/04/11...lane.incident/

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Saw a Typhoon over Loch Lomond this afternoon - came south, executed a tight turn to starboard whilst losing altitude and then tore off northwards again.

I've never seen a Typhoon here before. We get the occasional Herc and a few Tornados but they always seem to be on the way somewhere else. I got the impression this one was limbering up for a trip to Libya ...

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Thats the A380 pilots career stuffed, as some airlines don't like pilots with 'accidents' on there records (their fault or not).

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Saw the Vulcan today (out in the open) that landed @ Robin Hood Airport last week :D ... Brings back memories of RAF Finningley's Final Airshow before it was closed down!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...shire-12894041

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Remember that show well... :)

Hopefully we'll get down to the next Farnborough.

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I usually just do Waddington every other year (its getting expensive now), at the Final Finningley Show, we were camped on a Farmers Field at the end of the Runway, it was excellent (and VERY loud) :D I was about 13 at the time

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Finningley used to be great for shows, I went to a few(last one about early 90's) and have even done the FOD PLOD along the runway one year..

Is it me or do I remember a temp railway platform right next to the show?? It was not long after I left the RAF so went by train for the last one.

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Now confirmed as the tail section and is reletively intact so probably a very good chance of finding the CVR/FDR

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13057612

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I start a temporary job in May, and the company had helped in getting it airborne. So I will try and get some photos if possible.

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Cool :D piccies would be welcome :)

Good luck in the job :)

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A few videos I quickly took from East Midlands Airport:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rfJiVwrB_E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShsRz2Cibmc

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:tu:

I did these a few years ago at Manchester when i was trying out a new camera.

http://www.youtube.com/user/24393813?feature=mhum

http://www.youtube.com/user/24393813.../2/c_kV3z4t2BA

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Very nice Sirius.

Were these taken from the aviation park?

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No

There is a unofficial area on the other side of runway 2.

Here you go look HERE

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Brown pants time?


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=511_1303302753

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Oh yes...I'm sure he was very smelly when he exited the cockpit! And I think there may have been some stern words from his CO as well :)

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Thought I'd share a few pics from my recent trip up to Manchester...

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2011/04/42.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2011/04/43.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2011/04/44.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2011/04/45.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2011/04/46.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2011/04/47.jpg

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What kind of camera & lense did you use for those shots Halcyon? Do you think my 70-300mm would be enough?

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Excellent :tu:

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Yeah most of these were taken from the aviation park. (Free to get in if you dont park your car).

I was using my 70-300mm and it was just right.
When they are on the nearest taxi way to the aero park you have only a few moments before you cant fit the plane into the pic with 70mm.
However for when they are positioned on the runway and takeoff, or getting the shots as they come off the apron then the 70-300 is perfect.

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Tu-154-B2 first flight after being stored for 10 years. Shortly after takeoff control system went nuts, and plane almost lost control. Pilots managed to land the bird in one piece.

Rumor is aileron feedback problem - system treated any aileron motion as external force, and attempted to "correct". Rudder was the only fully functional control.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e08_1304250443

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I saw these and thought of you lot. :D

We visited Almond Valley Heritage Park in Livingston yesterday. Turns out it is right beneath the point where aircraft approaching Edinburgh from the southwest make their final turn onto alignment with the runway and drop their gear. I caught this one in the very act:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...1&d=1304443272

EI-CVB is an Airbus A320-214 ... clearly currently flying for Aer Lingus.

Meanwhile, this pilot flying for Easyjet is playing it casual and hasn't dropped gear yet:

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...1&d=1304443532

This is an Airbus A319-111.

Got a couple of other blurry ones but these are the best by far. Almond Valley is at EH54 7AR ... I guess those that know about these things would be able to work out the distance to the runway and presumably the altitude of the aircraft at the time these were taken. Enjoy. :D

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Crazy person hijacks emergency vehicles in Cork city, then crashes through airport fences, and goes on a ride along the airport runway.

http://youtu.be/CSdrERR_pi8

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Qualifies for langer of the year that one!

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Surprising they didn't shoot him, or shoot out the tyres.

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Yeah imagine if it had been when the Queen was here last week.

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yesterday at about 5pm saw the vulcan flying about what a beast and unfortunately my phone was playing silly

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The company I work for did the restoration of the Landing Gear, I can only find these at the moment, when I get more friendly I'll do my best to see if there is anybody who has any pictures.

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Yeah it flew to where it was rebuilt a few years ago, back to Bruntingsthorpe.
They had their Cold war jets open day today and Vulcan that had arrived Saturday did a fast taxi run.

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A quick few shots I managed to get whilst on holiday last week.
With forest fires common in the summer, it is good to have these around.
Here they were training.

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didnt manage to take a picture of it but saw a chinook do a loop at Sywell Aerodome earlier on whilst on the bus home...wish I took a pic of it as nobody would believe me

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Probably similar to this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9WMSECnOmI

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yeps thats the move Masque... was like WTF didnt know that the Chinook could do it.

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It is not a full loop but as near as you can get but it still looks the part, that is the biggest helicopter that I have seen attempt it so they must have been instructors flying them.

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What do folks think of this - a transparent aeroplane?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/13764574

Personally I wouldn't like to fly on it as it would be a constant reminder of how far down it is if anything went wrong.

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This might be created as a one off or for promotional events but it will never make it to commercial paseenger airliners.
Too many people are afraid of flying and that would just make people panic even more.

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if its just the top yeah I wouldnt mind that....the whole plane no something way you get me in there.

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Would increase the likelihood the pilots could see the wing clearance though. Stop them hitting things with wing tips

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Solar Impulse flew for twenty minutes at the Paris Air show on June 26th.

It is capable of solar powered flight night or day.

The Solar Impulse is powered by 10000 solar cells, which cover its 207-foot wingspan, and generates about 40 horsepower.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8c1_1309175010

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Good video :tu:

If one day there was a way of powering commercial airliners on alternative power than jet fuel, imagine how safer they would be. Less likely to get massive fires.

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Just had a Merlin go over the north end of the village at less than 100 feet!!!!! I know it's low cloud here but for gawd sake 100ft :shocked:

[edit] Originally said Puma but way to big.. must have been a Merlin

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Paris Air Show... some very good pics

http://totallycoolpix.com/2011/06/th...aris-air-show/

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Probably on ene of the best sights i have ever seen was concorde at night with the afterburners in full flow spectacular or what.:)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW7_-jJOH7A

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Living at heathrow I used to regulary go to the end of the runway when it was taking off eastward on the southern runway (09R) for the evening flight. In the autumn/spring it was perfect to see the plane and also the afterburners :D

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That sounds good pity it did not fly out of stanstead which is my nearest airport would have loved to have seen it fly more often.

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Currently watching the Vulcan on PlanePlotters flying low just south of Lincoln

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Now landed at Waddington

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Plane crashed today not that far from us at Old Warden where the Shuttleworth collection is held.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...herts-14006653

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MOD's announced that a Puma has come down on an industrial estate near Andover, Hampshire..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-14034511

Not many details atm..

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More details.. It missed the buildings and is lying on it's side in a field.. No Serious injuries

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In flight crash at Duxford air show 2011:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmsJW0-6JB0

Luckily no one seriously injured!

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The Video has been removed by the user :(

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He's probably sold it to a news channel or something and removed it. A shame as it was a better view but this one shows it in a way too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_A4xdGFXoE

More info here:

http://www.civilianaviation.co.uk/fo...p?f=113&t=7789

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hope that the Skyraider will fly again and hope that there are still more P51's in flying condition around the world as they both are wonderful planes :)

The video is on the beeb's website or at least part of it if you ignore the commentary

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Woops

http://www.wpix.com/news/nationworld...1.photogallery

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14344626

Light aircraft crashed into houses near Barton Airport to the west of Manchester. Area involved is Peel Green, Salford.. Two injured

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Crash at Guyana airport on landing, flight originated in New York. no news yet on the passengers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14353610

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No fatalities, plane skidded off the end of the runway and ended up on a road.

Video here at the bbc news site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-14355103

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A 59yo man who suffered 70% burns in the crash has now died, the other person who's 19 suffered 60% burns and is still in critical condition

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-14357758

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Lots of aircraft movement over the last few days over the village..

A few days ago Duxfords Sally B (B17) went out and then came back just north of the village. Yesterday three tiger moths went from ENE to WSW in formation (they go so slow it looked like they'd drop out of the sky. Another two plane formation followed the same path today (didn't see what they were but both same type low wing mono-planes (one reddish the other white) and not flying east towards duxford a low flying WW2 radial aircraft (from the jointed wings and grey underbelly I'd say it was one of their corsairs though it didn't pop up on MODE-S)

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The Maks international airshow is live on this link, some good stuff on here.

http://rt.com/on-air/maks-2011-air-show/

This is the link to the website about the show and who is there.
http://www.aviasalon.com/en/
Its on for 5 days live

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Excellent :tu:

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That looks good. Thanks

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Red arrows crash at bournemouth air show.. No exact news yet

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14602900

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News crews are being asked not to film, that's normally bad news :(

From another very reliable forum one of the merlin helicopters displaying attended the scene itself just after the crash happened.

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Update

Update 2

I do hope that pilot is ok.

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Unofficial updates..

Plane came down in the open ground between Throop Village and castlepoint shopping centre (just south of the bournemouth airport.

Hopefully true is that the pilot has ejected..

The planes were coming back to the airport after the display..

Reports that the pilot has been dragged out of the river by dog walkers after the plane crashed just south of the river from the airport???

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If it is RED4 as reported then it's Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging.. I really hope that he's OK

http://www.raf.mod.uk/reds/behindthescenes/red4.cfm

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Daily Mail suggests it's Lt Dave Davies which might make it to be RED8

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The young man in question is my workmates son, he is progressing well but has had a lot of surgery to help him recover.

I have just heard that his face is healing well, although it is 'a bit pink' as his mum says :)

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Red arrows incident:

Unofficial rumours say the pilot ejected and is OK.

Lets hope that is true and everyone is ok.

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That's good to hear :tu:

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Indeed i hope its true

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The BBC have an eye witness account.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14602900

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To be honest i feel that if the pilot had survived they would be shouting it from the roof tops by now. The fact they have not said anything yet could be because they are contacting next of kin. I bloody well hope i am wrong and the pilot is safe.

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Video footage of the peel-off which shows the 2nd plane to peel dropping below the horizon.. If it was a standard diamond formation then it would be RED8 :(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14602900

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I see that the daily mirror is describing the pilot in the headline as "severly injured" yet admits that there is no word on the pilot in the story.. tricks like that make me sick :(

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Typical reporting by one of the comics

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Just seen this news, my fingers are crossed for the Pilot.

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unconfirmed agin but sounds promising



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Pilot has died, confirmed as RED4 Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging

:( RIP Jon and thanks for all the enjoyment you've given people in your life

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Just confirmed on BBC 24hour service. Red4 pilot did not survive the crash.

Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging.

I watched you at Scampton so many times. RIP.

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Sad news indeed

R.I.P Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging

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So sad to hear the news I love watching the Red Arrows and lucky to listen them training. Odd jokes/singing when they pass time while travelling back to lincolnshire after shows. Real characters close knit comardary between them.

R.I.P Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging (RED4)

Kymmy thanks for that link about his career.

condolences to his wife Emma for her loss of her husband.

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RIP Flt Lt Jon Egging - Per Ardua Ad Astra.

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Another crash in Alaska, 12 dead :(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14605410

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RIP Mr Egging, my Heart to your family

They and Us are proud of You,

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Hi,

I was at the Bournemouth Air Festival yesterday. We heard nothing of the crash until we were in the car on the way home - nothing announced at the festival.

Some of the display was delayed for a while due to "issues at the airport".

Here's some photos I took yesterday during the Red arrows display.

RIP RIP Flt Lt Jon Egging.

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My thoughts go out to the families of the people who died in the recent Red Arrows and the 737 incident in Canada.

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I went for a wee joyride this afternoon ... :D

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...1&d=1314374954
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...1&d=1314374954
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...1&d=1314374954
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...1&d=1314374954

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Fun times Chris! :)

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Indeed. The best bit was, we won the tickets in a free raffle. Everyone else on board had paid well over £100 for a seat. :D

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Nice. Over to Oban or just a quick jaunt round the loch?