Low flying military aircraft

[Mad Doug Biker]

I hear of various projects to get aircraft back in the air, including getting the last flying Comet (The Canopus) back in the air (isn't that at Bruntingthorpe now?), the afore mentioned Vulcan project with XH426 (I think) and also one in Sweden to get one of their ex Air Force (and ex SAS I think) Caravelles flying again.

Being more into the Commercial side of things, I'd love to see both the Comet and 'Velle flying together once more!!

 

[classic33]

Trio of C5 in close formation, flying below you.
Had the usuals round here. A-10's, Apache's, Chinooks(two Thursday morning in the early hours), F-117's, F-14's and always the odd Hercules going over.

At a nearby farm there's an Frs2 that was flown in, and then later put up for sale.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Low flying?

 

[classic33]

Leaving Politics aside for a moment, I'd rather see a Victor flying again

He also has a Vixen, Vampire & Venom.

 

[vernon]

Low flying?

Any fool can take off by retracting the undercarriage.

 

[classic33]

Low flying?

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The Americans classed that as cheating.

 

[welsh dragon]

The Americans classed that as cheating.

They would

 

[classic33]

They would

Flying under the radar in "Red Flag" exercises. They were always getting through.
@Spinney ever seen them flying below cliff level down your end?

 

[classic33]

So pretty much irrelevant as a diversion in a topic entitled "low flying military aircraft".

RAF Topcliffe had gliders that they used both for training and used by the Air Cadets.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

RAF Topcliffe had gliders that they used both for training and used by the Air Cadets.

Don't tell me, they were launched off the top of the cliff??

 

[classic33]

Don't tell me, they were launched off the top of the cliff??

Towed into the air by a towing aircraft.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Leaving Politics aside for a moment, I'd rather see a Victor flying again

There's one in taxi-able condition at Elvington (south-east of York)

http://www.yorkshireairmuseum.org/e...-world-war-ii-aircraft/handley-page-victor-k2

 

[classic33]

Yorkshire again

 

[swansonj]

Who cares how it started? If you've got an issue with each other then keep it off the thread.

Which should be about how cool low flying jets look. Personally I'm prepared to put politics (whether military or sexual) aside and admire a feat of engineering and skill blast by.

I've seen them over the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, Northumberland and many other places. An incredible sight really.

Trouble is, I don't think you can separate the two. It's clear from many of the posts here (and certainly clear to me, in the unreconstructed Y chromosome part of my being) that part of the thrill of seeing low flying jets is the sense of power and assertion of that power.

 

[welsh dragon]

Is it at all possible to move along gentlemen?