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BodgerBaz Lifetime Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 368 Location: Mörsdorf, Germany
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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mrgrimsby wrote: | ...who are better the Red Arrows or the Italian team??? |
OT but . . . . the Reds produce a very polished display with lots of precise manoeuvres but if you want to see passion and flair check out the Italian Frecce Tricolori team |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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The Italians certainly put on a very impresive display (or is it just the colour of the smoke that makes them stand out) RAF are great with the Hawk aircraft though my personal favourite is the Russians with their heavy jets, The SU27 and derivatives are great but you cannot beat the AN124 - Mike |
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BodgerBaz Lifetime Member
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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Heavy metal - now you're talking Mike |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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I will split the off topic aircraft part from this thread when I get home, as for ''heavy'' the next AN124 flight I have will be before Christmas at around 260 tons take off weight she is light, wait and see if it gets on the news for closing the A15 and causing road caos just South of Lincolnshire - Mike
Edit once to add:
This is my idea of "Heavy Metal Aviation" in use, and something that will be happening again very soon, I might even take some time out to see what GPS based systems the "little" Russian aircraft has onboard!
The coaches at the rear of the jet are your normal 56 seater road going units to give you a scale of the picture. |
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GPS_fan Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2007 Posts: 2789 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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I've seen both the Italians and Red Arrows and my vote goes with the Red Arrows.
Not just because of the show they put on, but if they're travelling to do a display (rather than doing a display where they're located at the time), you can set your watch by them - they are split-second perfect and there have been occasions when communications have broken down between the display team and commentary team and because it is so well drilled, the commentary team need only look at their watches to know when the display will start without a word being spoken to the display team.
You certainly wouldn't catch me flying a plain less than 6 feet away from another plane.
Mike, heavy metal often wins out - a Chinook can fly faster than an Apache and Apache pilots often get embarrassed because they have to ask Chinook pilots to slow down _________________ Andy
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gardenshed Frequent Visitor
Joined: Jul 05, 2007 Posts: 466
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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GPS_fan wrote: |
You certainly wouldn't catch me flying a plain less than 6 feet away from another plane.
| rofl, neither do the red arrows |
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GPS_fan Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2007 Posts: 2789 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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gardenshed wrote: | rofl, neither do the red arrows |
well, if we're nit-picking: Quote: | Red Arrows spokesman Rachel Huxford said: "During the show Red Arrows airmen fly at speeds of over 400mph and about 6ft apart, which requires immense skill and concentration" |
...and to minimise the effects of air turbulence, they fly slightly above one another, but so that it looks like they're flying at the same height from the ground _________________ Andy
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DennisN Tired Old Man
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 14901 Location: Keynsham
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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It's not for me thank you. As I told Mike the other day, if God meant us to fly we'd have beaks. _________________ Dennis
If it tastes good - it's fattening.
Two of them are obesiting!! |
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GPS_fan Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 04, 2007 Posts: 2789 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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You'd need wings as well wouldn't you, Dennis?? _________________ Andy
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DennisN Tired Old Man
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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Saints protect us from Southerner SoftyPantses who have no sense of humour!!! _________________ Dennis
If it tastes good - it's fattening.
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GPS_fan Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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I keep telling you, Dennis, I'm a NORTHERNER and proud of it!!
..but surely, as wise as you are, you'll see that birds flap their wings to fly - beaks are for eating and chirping _________________ Andy
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DennisN Tired Old Man
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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Here's the joke bit ....
Birds have beaks, have wings, fly.
If we had beaks, we'd have wings, we'd fly.
Hee, Hee.
Most Aaaaaaaaard Northerners know that by instinct. Hampshire's not north. _________________ Dennis
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GPS_fan Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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Bristol isn't north either
...but I wasn't born in Hampshire - a Lancastrian born and bred
...and I knew exactly what you meant - and thought I'd do a bit of nit-picking, just like other people did with my earlier posts _________________ Andy
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GPS_fan Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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Facetious (apart from being my middle name) is apparently the only word in the English dictionary containing all of the vowels and in alphabetical order _________________ Andy
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DaveNN Lifetime Member
Joined: Apr 06, 2007 Posts: 337 Location: Lancs
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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DennisN wrote: | Here's the joke bit ....
Birds have beaks, have wings, fly.
If we had beaks, we'd have wings, we'd fly.
Hee, Hee.
Most Aaaaaaaaard Northerners know that by instinct. Hampshire's not north. |
Octopi have beaks too.
Anyhow, what does a Pelican have in common with BT?? |
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