+RonC Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Ewen McGregor and his pilot brother did a great job explaining the bombers roll in WW2 tonight. Great flying shots of the Lancaster and the bravery of the crews came over very well, a good Sunday night on the telly for once! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted February 5, 2012 Author Share Posted February 5, 2012 Great photo Craig, thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 I've a soft spot for WW2 planes as well, awesome shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 There is no better sound than a Merlin being thrashed. Superb engineering. They are still building them from scratch in America, as nothing else comes close for air racing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Strings Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I'm with all of you on this, we get a spitfire doing aerobatics in the derwent valley from time to time, pure ballet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 We get the odd spitfire over Hucknall due to Rolls Royce being here, I was also at an airfield a few years ago when the Vulcan they rebuilt took off for the first time, that thing is massive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Strings Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Just watched the recording of bomber boys - excellent TV. Ewan McGregor displays a genuine empathy with the men and their exploits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Sounds a good programme, what channel was it on, may be able to catch up on one of the on line websites like BBC IPlayer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Strings Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 BBC1 at 9pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Cheers John, will stick it on IPlayer tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Well worth a watch! I get spoilt here for the sounds of Merlin engines roaring about, I'm on the Coningsby flight path and the Spitfires visit the College here often for the student flyers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GentleChaos Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 My late grandma used to put pot rivets in lancasters so it was interesting to watch the program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Them new fangled jet things just don't have the same character. Blink and you have missed it. Now Iam getting all nostalgic for the Vulcan and Concorde. When I was a kid, a Vulcan did test flights into East Midlands, to see if the runway would take Concorde, having the power to bail out if it went pear shaped. It just seemed to hang there, going really slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) What, the same job as the old lady had on the program? That's great!! Martyn when I was a kid, my brother and I watched 15 Vulcans scramble form RAF Waddington!! AWESOME!! Edited February 6, 2012 by Ron Clarke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I'll bet that was noisy, they had a howl at a certain point, probably resonance in the combustion chamber, there's a clip on youtube somewhere, I'll see if i can find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Just love that WW2 memorial fly bye - seen it live at many airshows when I was younger. And wow Ron - a scramble of Vulcans - awesome - we used to have single Vulcans do runway passes at Leics Airshow, but I woulda loved to see five at a time. We went down to Fairford during GW1 to watch the B52's take off fully loaded with live weapons - takes them about 3 miles to get in the air and boy do they make an intimidating racket lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 B52's don't fly they go straight on and earth falls away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAZ Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 We were watching a program about the Antonov 225, the big brother of the 124, and wow is that huge, 600 tons with 280 tons of fuel, which it burns at 18 tons an hour. It was built to carry the Buran, the Russian Shuttle, which sadly never flew. The aircraft lay rotting for eight years, before they decided to restore it for civilian use, and it's pretty much booked up all the time now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+RonC Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 There's a big Antinov that flies into Brize Norton on a regular basis, it's huge!! See it quite often, I'll put a photo in my gallery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now