The plane enthusiasts thread

[DaveReading]

It was this one: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yer1den1go.amp

6th Sept is the next fire up ✈️

Ah, so not one of the Bruntingthorpe Lightinings, this one lives on the former Lightning base at Binbrook.

Looks superb, though I do still prefer the Lightning in its natural metal finish.

 

[Jameshow]

I think housing or an industrial park are on the cards.

It's a massive car park!

I wonder if the RAF will start vetoing runway development on grounds of national security?

Doncaster springs to mind too..

 

[a.twiddler]

I'm always alert to the sound of vintage aircraft passing by and a bit prone to dropping what I'm doing and rushing outside. With the heat recently I've been a bit wiped out but it didn't stop me going out to have a look when a loud slow revving sound went by almost overhead yesterday afternoon.

I spotted a high winged single engined monoplane with fixed undercarriage which I initially thought was a DHC Beaver, but it had a twin tail.

I fired up Flightradar and found it was a Max Holste MH.1521 Broussard, something I'd never seen before. Just taken off from Barton aerodrome, Manchester. Private owner, no destination shown so I followed its progress on and off to Kemble where it landed about 1 1/2 hours later.

One of these.

Sometimes called "the French Beaver"
You learn something new every day.

 

[gbb]

As with a.twiddler apparently, I hear aircraft engine notes and just know it's something of interest... walked out the garden to see 2x vintage aircraft slowly becoming out of sight so not sure what they were exactly...a quick look on ADSB, 2x Hurricanes...yay.
It's far more unusual to see one, let alone two..
They weren't going particually fast...actually, quite slow.

 

[raleighnut]

As with a.twiddler apparently, I hear aircraft engine notes and just know it's something of interest... walked out the garden to see 2x vintage aircraft slowly becoming out of sight so not sure what they were exactly...a quick look on ADSB, 2x Hurricanes...yay.
It's far more unusual to see one, let alone two..
They weren't going particually fast...actually, quite slow.

I'd bet they were flying on a 'cruise' setting, uses less fuel and puts a lot less stress/wear on the engines, they'd only use full power and revs at an airshow consuming a gallon of fuel a minute and then only briefly (they only hold 50 gallons of fuel)

 

[figbat]

Currently sat at Kefalonia airport awaiting our flight home. These two were here when we arrived and still here now. They look like crop-dusters but there’s very little in the way of large fields or crops here. Fire fighters?

 

[figbat]

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Currently sat at Kefalonia airport awaiting our flight home. These two were here when we arrived and still here now. They look like crop-dusters but there’s very little in the way of large fields or crops here. Fire fighters?

Closer pic…

 

[figbat]

Closer pic…

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It’s a PZL M18 Dromader.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PZL-Mielec_M-18_Dromader

 

[Punkawallah]

‘That Camel didn’t come out of the Sopwith factory, I’ll warrant!’

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

‘That Camel didn’t come out of the Sopwith factory, I’ll warrant!’

They are Polish

 

[DRM]

Last seen being flown by Dick Dasterdly trying to stop the pigeon! 😁

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

They're surprisingly big close up

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

They're surprisingly big close up

What, pigeons? 🤣

 

[figbat]

They're surprisingly big close up

Exactly what I thought.

 

[DaveReading]

Currently sat at Kefalonia airport awaiting our flight home. These two were here when we arrived and still here now. They look like crop-dusters but there’s very little in the way of large fields or crops here. Fire fighters?

Yes, used for firefighting.

http://www.aviation-photos.nl/hellenic-dromaders/