Warbird DisplaysDiscuss Queen's diamond jubilee flypasts- AWESOME! in the World War II - Aviation forums; Great video of the flybys for the Queen's jubilee. GREAT formation work by the pilots involved!...
For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci
Great stuff Eric. My daughter is at University in London, and sent me some shots she took this last weekend, over the main Jubilee celebrations, showing the BBMF and Red Arrows and, considering the poor light, and the fact she's never done ground to air before, I have to say, they're not bad at all. I'll post them here if that would be OK?
For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci
Thanks for posting the link Eric. As you say, some great formation work by the guys !.
Highlights for me....watching the poor old Chinook having be reigned in for the flyby...the Chinook is the fastest...yes you heard right !...the fastest chopper in our fleet and even has to throttle back when playing games with the slower Apache gunships, the great sounding BBMF (shame the Hurricane wasn't included) and of course, the Queen of the skies, the venerable vickers VC10
Life's goal is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body. But rather to slide in sideways, totally worn out and broken, shouting "Holy cr*p, WHAT A RIDE !!"
Here's my daughter's pics from Tuesday - with the Hurricane this time Gary. Not a bad effort considering the lighting conditions, and her first attempt at ground to air.
Yeah, I was trying to figure out if one 'Herc' was towing the other, or if the rear one was pushing the front one !
Those Herc jockeys really know how to handle those big babies, as you and I both know!
For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci
Cool shots Terry! It was certainly an enjoyable flypast to see. Shame the one over the Thames was cancelled (was going to be a Swordfish + some heli's).
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I agree there, especially for the BBMF. They have very strict guidelines for CAV, and won't normally fly in rain, the latter mainly for preservation of the props.
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Those look very nice sir!
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