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Offline Hedge

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Re: Farnborough Airshow - Friday
« Reply #15 on: July 24, 2010, 06:51:33 pm »
It was a good day overall despite some schoolboy photography errors.

If you have a choice of gate entry go for the ones further up the alphabet, A & B are a trek from the display line.
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Re: Farnborough Airshow - Friday
« Reply #16 on: July 24, 2010, 09:29:16 pm »
Nice photos Hedge!!!

I was there today, good show!!

Airbus was simply MASSIVE !!! :signLOL:

Was gutted not to see the F22 Raptor again!!!
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Re: Farnborough Airshow - Friday
« Reply #17 on: July 24, 2010, 09:39:04 pm »
Quote from: Smudgster on July 24, 2010, 09:29:16 pm
Nice photos Hedge!!!

I was there today, good show!!

You a long way from home and on my turf  :signLOL:

The Raptor did it's validation for Farnborough but I think has only displayed on trade days.  :sad1:

How was the Vulcan?  :evilgrin:
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Re: Farnborough Airshow - Friday
« Reply #18 on: July 25, 2010, 01:54:40 am »
Quote from: Hedge on July 24, 2010, 09:39:04 pm
Quote from: Smudgster on July 24, 2010, 09:29:16 pm
Nice photos Hedge!!!

I was there today, good show!!

You a long way from home and on my turf  :signLOL:

The Raptor did it's validation for Farnborough but I think has only displayed on trade days.  :sad1:

How was the Vulcan?  :evilgrin:

Raptor was only there Monday and Tuesday. I'm glad I got a picture of it! Was very disappointed it wasn't here for longer like it was meant to be, and that the F-35 didn't show.
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Re: Farnborough Airshow - Friday
« Reply #19 on: July 25, 2010, 07:21:41 am »
Sad news for Vulcan fans as she has blown a brake unit and wont be flying this Sunday.  :sad1:
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Re: Farnborough Airshow - Friday
« Reply #20 on: July 25, 2010, 09:20:58 am »
I've seen the Vulcan fly a few times and every time it makes the hair on my arms stand up. An absolute great piece of history!!!!!!
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Re: Farnborough Airshow - Friday
« Reply #21 on: July 25, 2010, 11:58:55 am »
Quote from: Smudgster on July 25, 2010, 09:20:58 am

I've seen the Vulcan fly a few times and every time it makes the hair on my arms stand up. An absolute great piece of history!!!!!!


....When Hedge sees the Vulcan fly he touches cloth!  :evilgrin:

Awesome presence! [The Vulcan, that is]
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Re: Farnborough Airshow - Friday
« Reply #22 on: July 25, 2010, 12:50:05 pm »
Quote from: cmdrfire on July 25, 2010, 01:54:40 am
Quote from: Hedge on July 24, 2010, 09:39:04 pm
Quote from: Smudgster on July 24, 2010, 09:29:16 pm
Nice photos Hedge!!!

I was there today, good show!!

You a long way from home and on my turf  :signLOL:

The Raptor did it's validation for Farnborough but I think has only displayed on trade days.  :sad1:

How was the Vulcan?  :evilgrin:

Raptor was only there Monday and Tuesday. I'm glad I got a picture of it! Was very disappointed it wasn't here for longer like it was meant to be, and that the F-35 didn't show.

Also gutted that the F-22 bailed home early, however after speaking to the Lockheed Martin chaps on the Friday they are aiming to get a VSTOL variant of the F-35 on flying display in 2 years time  :pomppomp:
« Last Edit: July 25, 2010, 12:55:17 pm by snapey »
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Re: Farnborough Airshow - Friday
« Reply #23 on: July 25, 2010, 01:24:07 pm »
Quote from: RedRobin on July 25, 2010, 11:58:55 am
Quote from: Smudgster on July 25, 2010, 09:20:58 am

I've seen the Vulcan fly a few times and every time it makes the hair on my arms stand up. An absolute great piece of history!!!!!!


....When Hedge sees the Vulcan fly he touches cloth!  :evilgrin:

Awesome presence! [The Vulcan, that is]

I will ignore that Robin, I guess you still don't understand me.

Quote from: snapey on July 25, 2010, 12:50:05 pm
Also gutted that the F-22 bailed home early, however after speaking to the Lockheed Martin chaps on the Friday they are aiming to get a VSTOL variant of the F-35 on flying display in 2 years time  :pomppomp:

Visited the Rolls stand to say hello after the show and it was deserted.  :sad1:
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Re: Farnborough Airshow - Friday
« Reply #24 on: July 25, 2010, 02:16:34 pm »
A little something from Yesterday

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Re: Farnborough Airshow - Friday
« Reply #25 on: July 25, 2010, 03:41:52 pm »
Quote from: Hedge on July 25, 2010, 01:24:07 pm
Quote from: RedRobin on July 25, 2010, 11:58:55 am
Quote from: Smudgster on July 25, 2010, 09:20:58 am

I've seen the Vulcan fly a few times and every time it makes the hair on my arms stand up. An absolute great piece of history!!!!!!


....When Hedge sees the Vulcan fly he touches cloth!  :evilgrin:

Awesome presence! [The Vulcan, that is]

I will ignore that Robin, I guess you still don't understand me.

Quote from: snapey on July 25, 2010, 12:50:05 pm
Also gutted that the F-22 bailed home early, however after speaking to the Lockheed Martin chaps on the Friday they are aiming to get a VSTOL variant of the F-35 on flying display in 2 years time  :pomppomp:

Visited the Rolls stand to say hello after the show and it was deserted.  :sad1:

Sorry dude, if you'd have popped in earlier we had a shed load of bags to give away, we all left at about 5.30 for the coach and still didn't get back till 10, which was a bit of a downer.
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Re: Farnborough Airshow - Friday
« Reply #26 on: July 25, 2010, 05:24:22 pm »
Quote from: Hedge on July 25, 2010, 07:21:41 am
Sad news for Vulcan fans as she has blown a brake unit and wont be flying this Sunday.  :sad1:

 i was going to go on sunday and the only reason was to see the vulcan, i'm soooo glad i didn't go now.
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Re: Farnborough Airshow - Friday
« Reply #27 on: July 26, 2010, 04:56:46 pm »


^ I knew this would most likely be the image you'd choose for a new sig!

Nice one which conveys mucho Vulcanic potencia machista! :notworthy:
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Re: Farnborough Airshow - Friday
« Reply #28 on: July 26, 2010, 07:01:23 pm »
epic pics as usual  :happy2:
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Re: Farnborough Airshow - Friday
« Reply #29 on: July 28, 2010, 11:14:43 pm »
Just caught up with this thread - amazing pics & video!  Thanks for posting   :happy2:

I went on Sunday but was hugely disappointed to find the Vulcan was knackered.

I used to live in a small village relatively close to RAF Scampton as a boy and recall these beasts on midnight scrambles - several at a time flying frighteningly low above our house. The noise and look of these black moth like shapes in the moonlit sky were just undescribable. I think they carried nuclear payload in the 70's too!  :scared:

Long live the Vulcan  :notworthy:
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