My son's first solo this morning (finally!). He's spending the summer in Grand Forks, hoping to complete his PPL before the end of next month.
My son's first solo this morning (finally!). He's spending the summer in Grand Forks, hoping to complete his PPL before the end of next month.
My son's first solo this morning (finally!). He's spending the summer in Grand Forks, hoping to complete his PPL before the end of next month.
The heli-camper….. a new one on me. Sounds a bit crazy but then again it would be rather cool. Not sure I would like to leave it in the wilds for too long without some maintenance checks…. Really good video on the topic / well researched and presented.
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I heard an unusual engine noise this afternoon (with Duxford, Mildenhall and Lakenheath nearby I'm used to quite a variety of sounds), went outside and got a quick glimpse of a DH Vampire or Venom passing nearby at about 2000ft. A look at FR24 revealed nothing, but it was heading in the direction of North Weald.
I heard an unusual engine noise this afternoon (with Duxford, Mildenhall and Lakenheath nearby I'm used to quite a variety of sounds), went outside and got a quick glimpse of a DH Vampire or Venom passing nearby at about 2000ft. A look at FR24 revealed nothing, but it was heading in the direction of North Weald.
I hate to admit my age 😉, but Vampires and Venoms were the first aircraft I worked on when I left aircraft engineering training section.
They both had a unique engine noise unlike other jets at the time.
The other one I remember distinctly was the RAF Hawker Hunter which were still in operation in the late 1970s in Singapore (maybe with the RSAF).
An old photo in my collection taken in the early 1990s at a museum in Singapore. This Hunter could have been one of those you worked on 😀
Ohhhh matron, look at the size of those "Sabrinas"! I see no Sidewinder hard-points so I suppose this is an F.4.
When Marshalls in Cambridge had a big 100th celebration airshow in 2009 I had an airfield ticket and the "blue-note" of a Hunter at low level was one of the highlights. Do people complain about aircraft noise? Not in Cambridge, people lined the streets around because the view was close enough even if they didn't have a ticket -- tickets were not on sale, you needed to know someone who knew someone or was directly involved 😉
