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some very good flying there

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So only a few more days until the last bmibaby flight on 9th September.
As the airline operating from my local airport (EMA) and with it's offices here I will miss this little airline as it had some great flights and I always found the air crews really helpful.

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So do I, the company I work for did a lot of work on it.:D

The manuals are in my library.

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problem i found halcyon is the prices arent great

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Probably not a low pass but a wheels up an instant take-off like this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIqjKEm6n3Q

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Now this is low

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...xecONPNWY&NR=1

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Only going by the caption:Link

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Ground effect isn't that relevant at the speeds this thing will go at especially as there's no flaps down to reduce the stall speed.. hence my puzzlement at the "entire length" comment especially as the runway is nearly 3kms long (I know as I had to fod plod it more than once)

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A few from Southport airshow. Not a sharp as they could be as hand held...

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/09/41.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/09/42.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/09/43.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/09/44.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/09/45.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/09/46.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/09/47.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/09/48.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/09/49.jpg

Link to full album...

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Great pics.. Nice to see the Meteor still flying

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It was a fantastic day, there were over 150,000 there yesterday, which has broke their record. I suspect there were more yesterday than saturday because of the Vulcan.
It took me 2hours to get out of Southport town centre but it was worth it.

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Very nice.

Don't make excuses for hand held - I always do hand held at airshows - a tripod is too limiting unless you have a gimball head.

I tried a monopod at the last one - still way too restrictive - only had a horizontal pan head.

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We went Saturday & Sunday, as my wife had never been to an airshow before. Definitely more there on Sunday, they actually shut the gates mid afternoon.

After spending an 90 minutes to go 15 miles to the hotel on Saturday, we stayed for a meal on Sunday at La Quila on Eastbank Street before setting off home. That route out to the M58 was still queuing at 19:30 so we took the A565 via Ainsdale instead.

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Superb photos Cobbydaler.
I saw the Vulcan too. It was in Cosby and then after performing there went down to you in Southport.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...1&d=1347309770


http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...1&d=1347309770


http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...1&d=1347309770

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A few more from the Victory Show in Cosby:


http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...1&d=1347310052


http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...1&d=1347310052

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The fast jets are on manoeuvres over Loch Lomond again. A Typhoon just went past the window, just about low enough for me to see what was in the pilot's lunch box. The aircraft had a tail fin painted solid green with a horizontal yellow stripe. Anyone know whose markings those are?

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This?

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http://www.aviationnews.eu/2012/05/0...tive-markings/

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That's the one. On a day trip from Lincolnshire, by the looks of it.

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Your saw the pilots lunchbox? Ohh err <snigger> :D

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Tupperware :D

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Plane skidded off the runway at Birmingham Airport

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ngham-19676990

B737 and no injuries

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There have been a few diverts in to East Midlands due to this.

Good that there are no injuries.

Glad nobody was hurt but none the less probably should not have happened in first place so maintenance is questionable

A shiny new BA world cargo 747-800 flew overhead today at low altitude, was bound for Hong Kong via Dubai.

Could see all 4 engines clearly on it, noticed a few 747 flying low over here recently... Never used to.

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Where abouts are you?
There were a few last week taking Formula1 gear out overseas from EMA.

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I would have loved seeing this

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19678455

I'm in Essex, near tilbury docks.
So not far from the Thames estuary.

First 747 I saw low flying round here was a Qantas 747 one night, then other week a Cathay Pacific, and today a BA world Cargo 747-800. So flight routes must of been changed by ATC.

Lol I have the plane finder app on my phone so whenever a plane flies over I see what it is.

Normally Ryanair mainly who fly over here.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/09/17.jpg

Bit dull as it was taken on my phone and a grey day out there today lol but you can get an idea how low it was.

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Sounds like a Lambourne SID (Standard Instrument Departure) out of Gatwick. That's a departure to the North. What direction are the aircraft flying in?

They fly down towards here in a south eastern direction then shortly after here they seem to turn easterly almost following the Thames out to the channel and across to Europe.

All reasonably low altitude about 5000-8000ft.

Only seen them directing 747s so far along that route.

Ryanair come over here regularly but they just head south east and continue on that route... But they are always at higher altitudes.

Shame they don't send A380 down here lol they direct them along past clacton over Chelmsford more.

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Those Ryanairs are probably out of Luton and since you have a few upper airspace routes around your manor that diverge over the Lambourne VOR you would expect to see a fair bit of traffic.

The jumbos are probably non-standard departures out of Heathrow if they are routing South East and they probably turn towards a waypoint called KOPUL (a GPS fix just NE of the Isle of Sheppey). Departures to the SE from Heathrow usually route via Detling and Dover on a track well South of your location.

BTW you might see the A380 at high altitude over your place. Have you thought about getting a Radarbox or SBS to keep a track in realtime?

Yep I think they are from Luton, interestingly though most over here are mainly Ryanair rather than other airlines.

Haven't seen an A380 over here yet, possible I've missed them but like you say departing they go further south and arriving they come in further north over Chelmsford way.

The Qantas and Cathay pacific were probably Heathrow, BA one though I just checked the flight tracker ad it said
Stansted.

Hadn't thought about getting one, may well do one day though as that kinda thing interests me lol also like to get a radio receiver.

At the moment just using a few phone apps,

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/09/13.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/09/14.jpg

A bit empty compared to daytime lol because Heathrow runway is closed for a few hours this time of night.

Really dead around 2-3am barely anything up there.

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A microADSB is cheap (the usb version with case and mobile antenna I got for only €75 and the newer ethernet verion is only €120 depending on if you want a case or not)

Couple that with planeplotter and it's a great tool for civil and military (a lot of the other apps that gets their data online only do not do military)

Another one just flew over, BA 747-800

Lol strange flight plan.. Quite long

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/09/8.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/09/9.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/09/10.jpg

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Thanks :) will take a look.

As you say most don't do military.

Surprised you can pick them up for security reasons.

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what is the phone app?

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Anyone thinking of visiting Bhutan?

You best take some spare pantaloons for the landing

http://youtu.be/YsZqN-uEgQU

It's just called plane finder :)

http://planefinder.net/mobile.php

Great little app lol

There's another one I use as well, great for tracking current aircraft position and flight history. Currently I'm tracking entire Singapore airlines a380 fleet.. Tells me which are in flight which are landed.

"FlightAware"

But flight aware isn't so great for real time traffic movements in current location. I prefer plane finder for that.

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Most also don;t do in real time and have anywhere from a 10 secend to 2 minute delay in them..

If you have a ADSB receiver then Planeplotter (only available on a PC) is the best as it offers a lot of feautures the others do not, like using ground stations and/or radar pings to map positionless aircraft, Sky view which shows the aircraft in relation to your eyes and it's cockpit view is great for seeing through Google earth from the planes position/course (followed an friends aircraft from Gatwick to Malta using this view once :) )

As for Military they just about all carry ADSB but don't always use it or have it transmitting positionless as in the EU only passenger aircraft have to have ADSB (US is even more lax atm but I believe they are playing catchup with the rules)

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The Vulcan is doing a Jubilee last flight of the year this Saturday.
You may see her:

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/09/1.jpeg


Follow the Vulcan to the sky twitter feed for more info.

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The first Mosquito to take to the skies since RR299 crashed at Barton, Manchester

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEyDlgJYIF8

It's one of about 3 cureently undergoing restoration to flight at Avspeces (NZ)

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You beat me to this Halcyon :)
Here's a report from Coventry Telegraph :
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/new...2746-31922129/

I'm sure some of us will hear, as well spot, it :D

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Has anyone seen/heard the Vulcan yet?
I have to wait until about 3 PM - weather, reliabilty and air traffic allowing.

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Hi Caff, Did you get to see the Vulcan?

Unfortunately it wasnt anywhere near me and I had seen it the week before so have atleast managed to see her in the skies this year.

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No - despite living somewhere very quiet, but fairly near to Baginton airport, I waited in the garden with my ears peeled (they pricked up at anything from an air ambulance approaching to a neighbour deciding to mow the lawn :D )

I'm glad for you :)

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Hopefully you'l get to see her next year then Caff.

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The same landing from the ground

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77awaQQNQ1A

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Did the 'Vulcan Experience' today, visited her in the hangar at Robin Hood Airport (ex RAF Finningley).

http://www.vulcantothesky.org/appear...aft-tours.html

Well worth doing to get up close:

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/10/42.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/10/43.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/10/44.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/10/45.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/10/46.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/10/47.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/10/48.jpg

It's worth doing just to support the effort to keep her in the air. There's a projected £800,000 shortfall over the next 12 months...

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Thanks for sharing :)

Yep definitely worth keeping in the air!

Shame they can't do the same with Concorde, some of it is to do with fact Concorde was supersonic.

The real crime is though that I read a while back a team of ex Concorde engineers actually got most of the electrics up and running and restored the hydraulic systems on the Manchester Concorde. Because they found the hydraulics hadn't been drained completely which preserved it.

The airport initially supported it, then 1 day out of the blue pulled the plug and said stopped it all on the grounds of health and safety before ordering them to drain the hydraulics which effectively wrote the aircraft off in terms of future restoration as it was just luck it wasn't completely drained the first time.

Shame, but I'm guessing there was more to it than just health and safety and bet BA had a hand in it when they got word.

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Thanks for the photos Cobby. :tu:

I remember seeing her in Bruntingthorpe in the hangar when she first started being repaired and then taxi runs.
Was lucky to see her over Cosby a few weeks ago too.

It is great to see such an amazing aircraft being looked after.

Just wish someone was doing the same with a Concorde.

Agreed, unfortunately due to BA essentially still owning the aircraft not likely to happen anytime soon unfortunately.. BA has been the obstacle

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F-BTSD, The Concorde at Le Bourget in Paris is in the best condition as far as I know.

It has several fuctioning systems still, however it is highly unlikely that it will ever fly again for many reasons. :(

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ion-costs.html

:cry:

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Yes it was announced on Friday by the trust.

Once again the Daily Fail gets it wrong...it's because the airframe needs work to keep it compliant with the standards, and they only have the engines that are currently install to fly with. Nothing to do with restoration costs...they've done that!

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Heard about this from the newsletter on Friday.
Devastating news but it will make me make sure I dont miss any opportunities to see her flying next year.

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And why though don't they have spare engine??

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https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/10/20.jpg

Even more RAF photos on http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-symmetry.html

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Some great pictures there, thanks for sharing :clap:

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Passengers and crew on two commercial planes use binoculars to help find a missing yachtsman off Australia.

An Air Canada plane and an Air New Zealand aircraft swooped down to 4,000ft to assist rescuers in the search for the solo yachtsman who had activated his emergency beacon.

http://news.sky.com/story/998707/pas...missing-sailor

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Last flight almost a disaster. C160 arrives at a museum in Germany....

Film:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=002_1350495356

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/10/18.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/10/18.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/10/18.jpg

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:Yikes: I remember years ago going to an airshow at Cranfield, my father and I went on his motorbike and parked at the road that was near the end of the runway.

When the Tornado did it's initial pass, had a double decker bus been going down that road, the top level would have been toast.

A great show for us though!

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A Jet2 flight has to evacuate at Glasgow this morning.

Unbelievably a complete moron decides to stand at the bottom of the chute and record the evacuation LINK :mad:

The sooner they start prosecuting these pratts with mobiles the better.

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Was up at EMA today and saw them working on this 767's engine.
It's was quite impressive watching the work they were doing.


http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...1&d=1350765588


http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...1&d=1350765588

Hope Concorde has been properly secured by the Americans, it's the only SST and the fleet can't be replaced.

Would be a shame if the wind got under the large delta wings because if the plane leaves the ground chances are it will be written off and unlike houses it can't be replaced.

First pictures coming back are looking positive so far :) hopefully!

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A nice collection of vids here from Cargospotter

https://www.youtube.com/user/Cargospotter

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Some great Raptor pics

http://www.endandit.nl/foto/03112200...miljoen-dollar

click to enlarge

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Ice Pilots NWT is back on US TV (started last night)

This season they are showing one of their Electras landing with right gear failure which happened on March. Here's some pictures of the damage

http://imgur.com/a/uFkOP#JUPqU

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Airbus will be flying an A380 in to East Midlands tomorrow (Friday) testing new RR engines.
Landing at EMA around 8.30am and then doing a flypast over RR Derby around 2pm.

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Spotted on the way to school this morning. School projects, eh, you gotta love 'em. :D

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...1&d=1352464252

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^ A future pilot for sure!

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These guys were lucky

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20320666

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I'll say! That looked like quite rough!

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When I worked near Manchester Airport I used to remember the Pregnant Guppy aircraft flying in the distance taking parts from one of the UK factories to Airbus..

Now Boeing have created a monster, the Pregnant Jumbo :D

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20399859

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I think there is one remaining flying Guppy in the States but there is one curently being restored just as a museum piece at Bruntingthorpe.

http://www.superguppy.co.uk/

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Search for missing Spitfires in Burma due to begin:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20515659

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Continental Airlines cleared over Concorde crash

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20545201

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High winds at Bilbao's Loiu airport

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20734048


SCARY!!!!

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hmm how many changes of pants was needed on those landings?

I know from past experience (long time ago thankfully) that aborted landings arent a happy place to be in a 737...

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Not sure if you know about this free app FlightRadar24 , pretty interesting to watch the locations real time. Also handy if you have to pick someone up form the airport I would guess :)

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I use PlaneFinder. You point your IPhone at a plane in the sky and it gives you all the details.

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Oops

http://news.sky.com/story/1032225/he...ing-rio-rescue

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U2 Dragon Lady takeoff and landing


http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=865_1357107151


I used to watch one of her kin in Akrotiri... and was VERY close when one sadly went BOOM! :(

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This is excellent news

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20886684

Two pensioners from Lincolnshire have restored a rare WWII Lancaster bomber.

The Panton brothers are now attempting to get the plane flying again.

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Trainee pilot lands plane without wheel

A trainee pilot has performed an emergency landing in Australia after one of his wheels fells off.

The man had only 120 hours of flying experience when he brought it safely down at Mangalore Airport.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20933243

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..and in other news, a Dreamliner caught fire today in Boston...

http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013...DgI/story.html

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From the Daily Fail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...d-landing.html

;)

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Disregarding the 'front wheel' there's pictures of three different aircraft in that article claimed to be the one! :rofl:

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The spitfire in question is G-RRGN, which is the one in the top 3 pictures

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http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...30452423_n.jpg Too big to post

Just down the road from me, part of a collection that I assume used to be part of RAF Usworth, which no longer exists, formerly being where the Nissan Plant is now located in Sunderland.

I have little experience with aircraft apart from the major ones so no idea what the following are.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7108/7...3aacc788_z.jpg
http://paranormalexperiences.co.uk/f...angar3View.jpg

Same location as the Vulcan

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first one is an English Electric Lightning. In the hangar in the second pic I can see a Gloster Meteor in the middle background on the right. Don't know what the green one in the foreground is.

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I suspect it's a Hawker Hunter although it'd look better in black :)

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As anyone watched the series 'Dangerous Flights' on Discovery ? Those guys are crazy.

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Correct it's ex Royal Danish Airforce

http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdjt42...57616895506391

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Burma Spitfire hunters discover crate

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20957162

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FAA orders Dreamliner review:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20988117

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More footage of KA114

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Woohooo finally 1 flying again :D :D :D

I have to say the Mosquito for some reason is my favourite from ww2.

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Absolutely fabulous. I love to see these old aircraft fly again.

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French Rafales deploy from Chad to Mali

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5b5_1358228839

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Japanese operators ground Dreamliners

www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21038128

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All Dreamliners now grounded

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21054089