V8 Owners Fem Slave Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 not sure if this has been added elsewhere http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7350939.stm beautiful beast seen and enjoyed at air shows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Can't wait to see the old girl again this summer - what a wonderful sight! Quote "... the Lotus Turbo (Esprit) owner will not only be comfortable in fast company, but will find, more often than not, that he has no company at all!" Road and Track magazine 1983 Turbo Esprit - Silver - 'Lottie' Featured in Classic and Sportscar Aug 2008 and Wheeler Dealers. 1999 Elise - Norfolk Mustard - 'Liz' Daily driver - 221,000 miles and counting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 Hehe a little bit of nose bounce on the touch down (CO wont be happy). We didn't half make some cracking aeroplanes, off to Hendon this weekend for some aeroporn B) Anyone see / hear it fly around Norfolk ? Quote facebook = [email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerch Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 I really enjoyed seeing that, thanks for posting it, I've been following it as best I can. Speaking of similar vintage, I think this is a Bucaneer, the diminutive character is my Dad, I think it dates back to the 60s'. Anyone know how Bluebird is progressing? Roger Quote Life is like a sewer, what you get out of it, depends on what you put into it. (Tom Leahrer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fflyingdog Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Thats a Victor........ Quote Simplest things first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setras Posted April 17, 2008 Report Share Posted April 17, 2008 Thats one of the reasons I love living in Farnborough. Airshow every two years......... :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Owners Fem Slave Posted April 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Used to go to Barton Airshow every year while I was growing up, brilliant day listening to Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac while the gliders did their displays. Being amazed how the red arrows never hit each other, then having your internal organs re arranged from the shear noise of the big planes flying past........wonderful memories must thank my dad for taking me, and giving me an appreciation of noisy, big, fast things lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redshift Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Used to go to Barton Airshow every year while I was growing up, brilliant day listening to Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac while the gliders did their displays. That has brought back a long forgotten memory! Cant remember which field it was but there was a synchro pair of gliders doing aerobatics to "shine on you crazy daimond". The combination of them and the music was just magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerch Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Thats a Victor........ I was going to say I was only young at the time, but then I checked your profile, so OK, I admire your knowledge of aircraft. Thanks I can now label it correctly in my album. So here's another chalenge, what is this? (the little boy is my Dad) I know it's a bit earlier! Roger Quote Life is like a sewer, what you get out of it, depends on what you put into it. (Tom Leahrer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redshift Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 At a guess I'd say its a Liberty V12 engine. Back to the Victor; you say its early 60s? Seeing that the Victor is in camo rather than anti-flash colour was your dad aircrew on QRA at the time? Any idea which base this was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 I live very close to an old WWII RAF base in West Malling - used to have a superb airshow there every year, it was pretty big in the warbird scene back in the early 80's, great for the surrounding area and town. So they ended up building houses on it (sold out English herritage) Vulcan was part of the farewell tribute with the red arrows - never forget this... Quote facebook = [email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyp Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Dad took us to a few airshows in the late 50's & early 60's - Vulcan 'scramble' takeoff was always the highlight. At one show 3 took off in quick succession (to nuke them russkies...) The sound truly awesome, The ground shook, your bones shook. Nice to see the Victor pic - a very pretty plane in a rather strange way. (had a airfix kit of one you see) You can actually go aboard a Vulcan at Carlisle airport - there is a small museum there with Vulcan, Canberra, Lightning etc. & loads of bits, well worth a look if passing by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerch Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 At a guess I'd say its a Liberty V12 engine. Back to the Victor; you say its early 60s? Seeing that the Victor is in camo rather than anti-flash colour was your dad aircrew on QRA at the time? Any idea which base this was? OK some family archive stuff, pics to follow, I have no idea about "Liberty V12 engine" the big guy is Squadron Leader FW Harris, my grandfather, the liitle, who became the older little guy in Victor photo was Peter Harris, he was air and defence correspondent for IPC, which included the Daily Mirror and Flight Magazine. This is one of him with the Red Arrows. And just for fun, another of him in the original simulator of the Concorde cockpit! And as a child I used to always spend a day with him at the Farnbourgh Air Show. He was there the day of the tragedy, I think in 50's Roger Quote Life is like a sewer, what you get out of it, depends on what you put into it. (Tom Leahrer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redshift Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 You might want to change the caption on the first one. The aircraft seems to be a very early (GR1) Harrier VTOL jet judging by the blow open doors on the intakes. The Red Arrows never used Harriers and would have had Gnats around that time. The Concorde cockpit mock-up must be one of the earliest I have seen. Most had changed by the time the first arrangements were fixed but that one clearly has many key details in place. Might have a pic of the outside of it somewhere.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerch Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 (edited) You might want to change the caption on the first one. The aircraft seems to be a very early (GR1) Harrier VTOL jet judging by the blow open doors on the intakes. The Red Arrows never used Harriers and would have had Gnats around that time. The Concorde cockpit mock-up must be one of the earliest I have seen. Most had changed by the time the first arrangements were fixed but that one clearly has many key details in place. Might have a pic of the outside of it somewhere.... I'll bow to your knowledge, I do know that the red arrows used Gnats in those days, so if that isn't one I've got the wrong photo! And now I come to look at the photo of the Harrier I took in the sience museum a couple of year ago, I sure your right. Thanks, I'm trying to digitise the family album, and flight was a great part of my dad's life so it's good to find out these things. Roger Here's another one for you, so you know I'm not full of BS! dad died over therty years ago, I haven't lived in the Uk for almost that long, imagine on one of my trips, about 4 years ago I was reminising through the sience museum and found a gallery of newspaper articles on the major technological developments of the last centuray, right at the end I found this one, Look closley at the bi-line, it sent a shudder down my spine! Roger Edited April 19, 2008 by Roger Harris Picture too large Quote Life is like a sewer, what you get out of it, depends on what you put into it. (Tom Leahrer) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 Yeah def looks like a GR1 by account of the intake and the side knock outs. Quote facebook = [email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyn Harper Posted April 18, 2008 Report Share Posted April 18, 2008 (edited) I used to live in Poynton until I was 15, which is next to Woodford Aerodrome. This was originally Avro's, I believe. They had a large amount of Vulcans in and out of there all the time, until the early 80's. I used to lie at the end of the runway on the grass, while the aircraft took off over me. The vulcan used to take up all the runway, and take off on a really low angle, hence when they flew over me, they were probably only about 20 feet above me! I swear that's why I have tinatus I donated Edited April 18, 2008 by Glyn Harper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redshift Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 On a similar subject, my Dad was in the Navy in the 60's, and he was in the Mountain Rescue team based out of RNAS Lossiemouth. (It's a RAF base now). His team once had to search a mountain in Scotland for a crashed American plane, as a matter of urgency. When they found the wreckage, they were immediately ordered away from the area, and had to give a map of the crash site to a team of Americans in white suits and breathing apparatus. What was that about then? Spring 64, a USAF jet crashed in the mountains near Fort William. Apparently the standard fit on that jet was a pair of nuclear air to air missiles. Some of the older locals still remember it (My mums side of the family is from Ft William) Could that be the one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibs Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Apparently the standard fit on that jet was a pair of nuclear air to air missiles. What were they thinking of shooting down, a flying city? Quote 88 Esprit NA, 89 Esprit Turbo SE, Evora, Evora S, Evora IPS, Evora S IPS, Evora S IPS SR, Evora 400, Elise S1, Elise S1 111s, Evora GT410 Sport Evora NA For forum issues, please contact the Moderators. I will aim to respond to emails/PM's Mon-Fri 9-6 GMT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyn Harper Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 (edited) That sounds like that will be the one.. He did say that they were wearing nuclear type suits. Just done some searching actually.. It was a F-101C Voodoo that crashed. There is a link to a page about it here. http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/vo..._maol-odhar.htm It says on the page, it was only on a training mission. I remember though that according to my dad, it was certainly nuclear armed in some way. Spring 64, a USAF jet crashed in the mountains near Fort William. Apparently the standard fit on that jet was a pair of nuclear air to air missiles. Some of the older locals still remember it (My mums side of the family is from Ft William) Could that be the one? Edited April 21, 2008 by Glyn Harper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinywillyuk Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Resurrection of an old thread - but hey, I'm an aviation enthusiast as well as an Esprit enthusiast. Today the Vulcan was granted its permit to fly and display authorisation. Anyone near RAF Waddington this weekend could, weather permitting, be in for an aviation treat.. Its plastered all over http://www.tvoc.co.uk/ Well done to all involved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajheath Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 My mate who lives near Scunthorpe rang about 5.30 to say the old girl just flew overhead, magnificent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matk Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Just catching up on this, intrigued by the Harrier picture. I think it's def a Harrier, but my recollection is all Harriers have a rearwards and upwards sliding canopy, where as the pic seems to show a fixed canopy with an outward opening hatch. If so is this some prototype rather than a normal service airframe? Quote Regards Mat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backmarker Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 (edited) Excellent news. I was very disappointed when she couldn't fly at the Cosford Air Show earlier this year. Hopefully get a look at her pretty soon. Mat, As Pete says, the Harrier does seem to be a very early version. Graham. Edited July 3, 2008 by Backmarker Quote Wing Commander Dibble DFC<br /><br /> North Midlands Esprit Group<br /><br />NMEG "the formidable squadron"<br /><br /> "probably the most active Esprit group in the world" Andy Betts, Castle Combe May 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted July 3, 2008 Report Share Posted July 3, 2008 Great news on the Vulcan, can't wait to see it. On the GR1, which it is, the canopy definatly used to slide back on that and the FRS1 so I'm guessing it's an extremely early one as well. It's got roundals on the side which would suggest it was intended for some kind of use. Quote facebook = [email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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