Trooping the Colour
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Topic: Trooping the Colour
Posted By: Villan
Subject: Trooping the Colour
Date Posted: 14 Jun 08 at 7:55pm
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Anyone else see the flyover first-hand? We had the Typhoons, AWACS + VC-10 + Tornados, and then the diamond 9 of Tornados fly almost right over us (at Blym) Quite an awsome sight ... And I'm kicking myself for not taking my camera down today!! ------------- Vareo - 149 "Secrets" http://www.TandyUKServers.co.uk" rel="nofollow - TandyUK Servers |
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Posted By: Splosh
Date Posted: 14 Jun 08 at 8:00pm
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Yep, they all flew by Alton today aswell. I do agree, an amazing sight. I wonder what its like to actually be flying one? it must be phenomenal! ------------- RS300 - 346 :D |
Posted By: HannahJ
Date Posted: 14 Jun 08 at 10:49pm
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Anyone see the flyover in honour of the man who was 112 a few days ago? He was in the early RAF so they had flyovers for him, forget which planes. Pretty amazing.
------------- MIRROR 64799 "Dolphin" The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist hopes it will change; the realist adjusts the sail |
Posted By: radixon
Date Posted: 15 Jun 08 at 10:21pm
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Damn, I have been at HOAC (near to BLYM) and seen the planes on TV, then exactly 2 minutes later they were over head, Amazing!!
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Posted By: DaveL
Date Posted: 15 Jun 08 at 11:25pm
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Saw a huge fly pass in suffolk over the weekend, guessing they came out of duxford or one of the bases up there.
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Posted By: alstorer
Date Posted: 16 Jun 08 at 7:44am
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Duxford isn't actually an RAF base- modern planes only turn up for shows there- if they're flying at the show, they'll turn up in the week beforehand and parctice the routine on site. When you're in a single glazed conference room, a Typhoon doing acrobatics rather drowns everything out.
Most of the time though, it's mainly Spitfires I see from the office... |
Posted By: tack'ho
Date Posted: 16 Jun 08 at 1:19pm
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No problem folks anytime. If what you saw in suffolk was the same numbers and types of ac as the flypast then it was probably them lining up, they tend to be lined up in formation by suffolk cause thats only a couple of mins for downtown london. ------------- I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e! |
Posted By: tack'ho
Date Posted: 16 Jun 08 at 8:21pm
I try not to think about it, as we get funding for sailing events turned down for lack of cash. ------------- I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e! |
Posted By: tack'ho
Date Posted: 17 Jun 08 at 11:37am
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Yer....next thing you know they'll all want real civillian equivalence pay, demand proper working equipment instead of the s**te that the government orders too keep the unions happy, decent living conditions, and want to take their full years holiday allowance...tsk tsk...dear oh dear it's not like the old days. ------------- I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e! |
Posted By: Bootscooter
Date Posted: 09 Jul 08 at 11:38am
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tack'ho, as RAFSA, i presume that we know each other? Whereabouts are you?
JT, 99, BZN |
Posted By: E.J.
Date Posted: 18 Jul 08 at 8:34pm
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Tack'ho its not all bad, RAF considers sport to be a duty, so travel costs to and from events can be claimed as expenses if your circuit is on the the auth'd list, cheers RAFSA!
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Posted By: tack'ho
Date Posted: 27 Jul 08 at 10:36am
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Yer, Missed out this year on getting my circuit on, not that it makes much difference as I can't get much time off anyway! The only travellers I will make it to is the Worlds in Weymouth as I threw my teddies out the pram!
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Posted By: E.J.
Date Posted: 27 Jul 08 at 5:21pm
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Yea, Lots of work about at the moment. Might have a word with Sir Glenn and say its really messing with my sailing season. Good luck at the worlds, Any help from the sports lottery? nice big roundal on a orange bethwaite rig?lovely! ------------- |
Posted By: tack'ho
Date Posted: 27 Jul 08 at 11:48pm
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Actually Boulmer sports board have chipped in most my entry fee which is nice, any Idea where I can get some stickers from? ------------- I might be sailing it, but it's still sh**e! |
Posted By: E.J.
Date Posted: 28 Jul 08 at 3:11pm
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The painters and finishers will have a large printer that will be used for a/c stickers, with that they can knock up anything. They will probably have the RAF Corporate logo saved in already, if not get it off headed note paper and take it down. The stickers will stick ok to a laminate sail, but they don't like Dacron so you should be looking good. Orange is a clash with Red, White & Blue though! Good Luck ------------- |