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There was a very noisy plane passing close to my camp this morning so I had a look on flightradar to see what it was (low cloud meant i couldnt spot it).

It will have been the typhoon but when I clicked on the helicopter I got this information. Has someone been remapping the engines on the helicopter?????

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Otter Spotter said:
That shouldn’t be a problem for a Chopper, I have been up to 6000ft in a RAF Sea King many years ago 🥴
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I think he was referring to a tail wind of 600 mph at 4,000 feet being extremely unlikely because the jet stream ( where higher wind speeds can occur) are at between 4 and 12 miles high and even they don’t reach 600 mph as far as I'm aware.
 
Otter Spotter said:
That shouldn’t be a problem for a Chopper, I have been up to 6000ft in a RAF Sea King many years ago 🥴
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We had to go up to about 11,000ft in the Army Soiux ( Bell 47G 3B1 similar to in the old MASH TV series). It was to ensure the turbocharger could maintain boost at altitude as could be sent to Aden. The only time I wore a parachute, as if we caught fire we would never get down in piece. The pilot said, "If we have to jump I will roll your way and out you go, then I'll roll my way and jump. I wont be there to roll your way again".
 
dunnah01 said:
A couple of Typhoons nearly blew our chimneys off earlier. Only at a few hundred feet. Never been that low over here before - wonder what was going on 🤷
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You have chimneys? Hope you don't burn coal. Even those aircraft just burn paraffin and then turn most of it into noise :)

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G-RMPS said:
You have chimneys? Hope you don't burn coal. Even those aircraft just burn paraffin and then turn most of it into noise :)
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We're proper posh with our 5 chimneys, although they're just somewhere for jackdaws to build nests nowadays 😉
 
Probably one of the most impressive displays I've ever seen. Watch out for the phenomenal landing.
I only hope that they issued the passengers with sick bags :giggler:

 
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Wee Bold Davy said:
Probably one of the most impressive displays I've ever seen. Watch out for the phenomenal landing.
I only hope that they issued the passengers with sick bags :giggler:

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I would not like to be his copilot, as I would not know when to call out that he was exceeding design or operational limits.
 
The Air Accident Investigation Branch report on the fatal Spitfire crash in Oxfordshire last year has been published, you'll find the link to the report within the page below.

www.gov.uk

AAIB investigation to Spitfire Mk 26B, G-CLHJ

Spitfire Mk 26B (G-CLHJ), loss of control, Enstone, Oxfordshire, 22 August 2023
www.gov.uk www.gov.uk
 
Wee Bold Davy said:
Probably one of the most impressive displays I've ever seen. Watch out for the phenomenal landing.
I only hope that they issued the passengers with sick bags :giggler:

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Is the Union Flag upside down? (Shortly after landing)
 
There is a pilot school here.
Some students are training to be commercial pilots, doing constant go arounds over our heads ✈️

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Yep used to be the same at Prestwick Airport when British Airways had a training school there..
 
Those are very good circuits. I suspect all done by commercial instrument students. Basic students are all over the place :)
 
Thought I'd put a few pics up in here of my trip to East Fortune National Museum of Flight today.

I took the motorhome as plenty space to park. I didn't think the niece and nephew would like it but I should have took them as plenty stuff there that they would have enjoyed.

Just under 15 quid for an adult ticket and I'd give it 3-4 hours for a good look round. I'd recommend taking the free audio guide in the concorde hangar as they are extremely informative but don't drag on too much like some audio descriptions.

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monzer said:
Thought I'd put a few pics up in here of my trip to East Fortune National Museum of Flight today.

I took the motorhome as plenty space to park. I didn't think the niece and nephew would like it but I should have took them as plenty stuff there that they would have enjoyed.

Just under 15 quid for an adult ticket and I'd give it 3-4 hours for a good look round. I'd recommend taking the free audio guide in the concorde hangar as they are extremely informative but don't drag on too much like some audio descriptions.

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Was there a while ago and was disappointed they had filled on all the air raid shelters..
However read today they have dug one one out and reverted it back to its original condition.👍👍

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