The plane enthusiasts thread

[CharlesF]

hi @CharlesF , I was wondering what the Badge is in your avatar ?

The Royal Rhodesia Regiment!

 

[ozboz]

The Royal Rhodesia Regiment!

You are obviously very proud of that ! Did you serve in that Reg’t or is there a family connection ?

 

[Drago]

Here me propping up Dad's Tocata TB20 Trinidad.

 

[classic33]

The French are invading Ireland! @tyred, hard hat time methinks.

 

[Tilley]

Ride yesterday to RAF Cosford as it seemed as good a place as any. Well impresed by RAF museum.

 

[tribanjules]

Ooh just checked - it's only 50km from me too
Thanks for the idea @Tilley

 

[midlife]

One of these has flown over our house quite low, never seen one before. Presumably landing at Carlisle Airport... It was the odd noise that made me go out and look

 

[ozboz]

One of these has flown over our house quite low, never seen one before. Presumably landing at Carlisle Airport... It was the odd noise that made me go out and look

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Interesting , what is it ?

 

[midlife]

It looks like a small passenger plane, Carlisle Airport is small and recently started short hop flights commercially but not using them.

I think it also has a service facility for private jets, used to see quite a few when I lived under the flightpath. Maybe it was dropping in for some work?

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Interesting , what is it ?

Piaggio P180

Here are some planes I saw at the Yeovilton Air Day. View attachment 477669 ]

That Avanti is said to be quite noisy

View: https://youtu.be/GqB6TqCKvMY

 

[midlife]

Piaggio P180

Oops!

Have to agree on the noise, it's what made me get up and go in the garden to look, I thought it was a flight of Tucanos..... Or one in trouble!

 

[classic33]

"Guppy" headed over Lincoln towards Skegness

 

[DaveReading]

"Guppy" headed over Lincoln towards Skegness

Bound for Butlins, presumably.

Things have moved on a bit since the days of the Super Guppy:

 

[classic33]

Bound for Butlins, presumably.

Things have moved on a bit since the days of the Super Guppy:

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It'll have had a whale of a time.

 

[ozboz]

Aircraft Recognition........ I went to RAF Hendon , it was quite good , but apart from the obvious ones ..... I can’t remember all the names !