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Originally Posted by DocDutch (Post 35778852)

anybody any ideas on why an AWACS was hanging around Loughborough around 5pm today??? spotted it about 3 times around 300 meters high if not lower.

This was the RAF E3D Sentry ZH101 that was doing a practice diversion.
Call sign was NATO30

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So we've come to an end of an era...... XH558 will end her flying days this autumn.

If you've never seen a Vulcan fly......YOU MUST!

Check out the dates of displays below:

http://www.vulcantothesky.org/appearances.html

She'l be missed! I remember seeing her in the hangar at Bruntingthorpe and walking under the wings as she taxiid out.
Then the roar and whistle as she flies....AMAZING!

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My local airport has a lot of Cargo and this big beast was in yesterday too.
Not as big as the bigger brother 225 but still huge!

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...1&d=1432891113

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...1&d=1432891113

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Keep getting these crossing overhead.. Hard to take a frontal shot as by the time you hear them and grab the camera they've already passed.

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still nice shot Kymmy :)

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Too nice a day to stay in so popped out for a ride to Dunstable downs, unfortunately the gliders themselves were far and high but a lot of other airfield activity.

Gliding Club
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2015/06/16.jpg

Tow planes landing
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2015/06/17.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2015/06/18.jpg

Tow & Glider
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2015/06/19.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2015/06/20.jpg

Glider Landing
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2015/06/21.jpg

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Afternoon Easyjet to Paris just declared an emergency and turned back to Liverpool. Flew over my house sounding very rough indeed. Thankfully safely on the ground - bird strike I guess.

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Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35781370)

Too nice a day to stay in so popped out for a ride to Dunstable downs, unfortunately the gliders themselves were far and high but a lot of other airfield activity.

Gliding Club

I did that at the joint services gliding club at Bister. Much prefered being towed up by there buldog tow plane than by the ground tow line.

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Years ago, I was only 11, my father who was a gliding instructor at Tangmere had taught me enough that I was able to ascend on the winch, drop the line, fly the circuit and land without his aid. I remember them putting in loads of weights at the front where I was to balance the craft. These weren't the elegant gliders of today but wood and canvas covered RAF ones.

Funnily it didn't grab me and I never took up flying seriously.

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Ouch - the mayday on the Easyjet out of Liverpool JLA today was apparently a total loss of electrical power just after takeoff - not the sort of thing you want to happen on a modern fly-by-wire aircraft. The RAT (Ram Air Turbine*) was deployed on the way back in hence the strange noises.

*windmill type device that generates electrical power in the case of a serious power failure

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Another interesting bits flying overhead towards duxford

CATALINA
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...1&d=1434903221

Sally B - B17
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...1&d=1434903221

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There seems to be something new every day to point the camera at.. Merlin just flew overhead

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...1&d=1435078083

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