VetChugger Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 This takes place this coming Thursday and friday. According to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight website, there will be no Lancaster this time but a Dakota and two Spitfires. Visiting both days around 3pm in the afternoon. They take off from Coningsby then to Marham on Thursday and Norwich on Friday so are likely to fly over the southern waters at least. So keep an ear out for those Merlin engines! Trevor www.normanboats.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel falcon Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Why don,t they do this over a weekend??,if your working you have to take a day off !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quo vadis Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 nothing gets past you Trevor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat nee blownup Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 It's ok for the pilots to work on the weekend then? Think of the overtime rates for a fighter pilot! and aviation fuel garages aren't 24 hour you know, they cant just call in at Tesco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel falcon Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Thanks guys ,but.....i don,t think the raf close at weekends!!... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY littleboat Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Yep trev they do. And most even go home early on Fridays too lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palmtree Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Hi, The sound of the BBF flying over is quite special to me as I was involved with the re-grinding of their worn camshafts for the flight's Merlin engines. One of the shafts for re-profiling had a note on it referring to it having been salvaged from a Norwegian fjord. At Zephyr Cams Lowestoft, we also made some new camshafts for them on the original machines that made them in WW2. But that was a long, long time ago Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel falcon Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 TFIF i remember it well, and poet, s day!!, i know the navigator who flys on the Vulcan ,can,t keep him off it, even though it was his job once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Why don,t they do this over a weekend??,if your working you have to take a day off !! Money Trev !! For the last few years, after Lowestoft the Red Arrows (and others) proceed up to Sunderland for the weekend show up there. Of course there are lots more people up there and they can afford to pay a premium to have the flying over the weekend. It's always annoyed me that the airshow is put on for the unemployed (workdays) and there was always a riot in our office to book one of the two days off ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillR Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 heres the link http://www.lowestoftairfestival.co.uk/ The displays will start around 12.45pm both days, however there is so much to see and do, Displays will finish at approximately 17:15 pm each day. jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinochio Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Im in it this year, doing a flyby in my Broom 37 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oddfellow Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I was at Reedham yesterday on a call out to change some batteries and we were buzzed by two A10 Tank Busters. Assumed the airshow was yesterday. Got a bit of video of them:http://youtu.be/JRPX_fqMWJQ Had a flypast by the Red Arrows at Horning about an hour ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pks1702 Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Ah that takes me back a few years. I spent a bit of time with clients in Lincolnshire some 15 years ago and A10's were a regular site (and sound) then. It was always disconcerting traveling a long straight pretty empty road and see one of these coming low level towards you on occasions peeling away just when they got to you. An awesome sight and made me glad I was not in a tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat nee blownup Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Panic over Trevor, The Lowestoft Air Festival will be over the weekend next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DAYTONA-BILL Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 It's ok for the pilots to work on the weekend then? Think of the overtime rates for a fighter pilot! and aviation fuel garages aren't 24 hour you know, they cant just call in at Tesco Oh yes they could?, but they would`nt be able to take off again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel falcon Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Harrier could do it.....but they don,t sell av tur at Tesco.......maybe esso blue!! would get em back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loribear Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Thanks guys ,but.....i don,t think the raf close at weekends!!... your right pilots do work at the weekends, we were just down the road from raf coningsby & 2 spitfires & a lancaster i think it was, were just coming back from somewhere at about 2.30 pm on a sunday, & this was about a month ago. & what a beautiful sound it was too. lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY littleboat Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Harrier could do it.....but they don,t sell av tur at Tesco.......maybe esso blue!! would get em back Got pink parafin at ours - thats far better quality than Avtur or Jet A1 - but a damn sight more expensive... No lanc at Lowestoft - only a single spit from the BBMF due to display minima, Red Arrows both days - both Ratty Flattys though due to weather minima US aircraft, no A10s - Just single flyby by F-15 Eagle 2 x RAF Tornados - bloomin excellent too Private Hawker Hunter which was awesome finishing on a supersonic dive on both days Proteus team Maurice Hammonds P51 on friday with his mate from kent Extra 300's and Pitts S2B's galore and the Stearman flying circus both days ..and a strange slow speed drive by by a Broom 37 apparently! There were a few no shows sadly as, like all things, display authorisations are given out detailing display limitations (Mainly by the Historic Aircraft Association at North Weald on behalf of the CAA) - these are very very strictly adhered to and take many factors into account, ie type of aircraft, display pilots experience, their experience on type etc...... Sadly the cloudbase was VERY low both days and some displays were not as extavogant as they normally would be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinochio Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Glad you saw me Gav, nobody else has mentioned it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY littleboat Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Saw you - I think we nearly hit you!! (Well not me - I wasn't driving....!!!!) Just on the RAF question - if you are working at the weekend it normally means you really have pulled the short straw or stuffed up really badly .. or just be so junior! Apart from that most RAF stations are practically deserted after 12.20 on a Friday!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 My cousin used to fly a spitfire in the BBMF so I know that they have a ridiculous schedule including weekends. (And a day job too!) Will try to link to the flying programme on their website but can't guarantee it will work. http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/displayinfo/aug2011.cfm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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