yeovilton airday

[Boggy]

went to the fleet air arm airday today with Aidi and my son Dan
oh dear what a waste. the cloud was low which prevented a lot of the flying. and there was no "plan B" instead of moving the schedule about they decided to go with the original time table.so there was big gaps in the display.the commentator didnt seem to know what was happening so it all got a little confusing with long periods of waiting with nothing in the air and him saying any minute now.
the good ole RAF typoon refused to do his display because of the visibility and was immediately slapped with a glove by the netherlands rafiele who put on a stunning low level high speed show with plenty of noise:cheers2:
the red arrows did a few fly pasts but no display and then headed off towards bristol and swansea.
and an american sea something did a barrel roll along the crowd line "ahh good says the commentator he's decided to do his display" for us to sit there and watch as he flew off into the distance never to be seen again!!:)

and then to stick a tin hat on it the vulcan fired up all nav lights on taxied ten feet,then shut down again with hydralic problems....gutted:(

[moonmanflyer]

Gutted for you mate, i know you were looking forward to it.
Lets just hope the weather will be ok for tomorrow afternoon

[Boggy]

yep hope so James! aidi is fired up too;)

in fairness the low cloud was the main problem its just a shame they didn't have a back up plan:(

[moonmanflyer]

Be great to see you both, looks good on the forcast so fingers crossed

[163phil]

Hard luck Ron, still seems like it was better than last year:ack2: I guess they'll have to move it to a sunny month....like February:D

[TrexMADuk]

Went myself as well, but was looking from a field nextdoor, had a great view, glad I didnt spend the £21 each entrance to watch not a lot... so the Eurofighther, did 2 passes and landed, I thought it had broke the way he didnt hang around getting down. - Shame its not a 2 day event as Sunday looks great!

There were 3 Jet Rangers taking pleasure flights that must have lasted 5mins tops, they must have been coining it in.... most of the time they were the only things in the air, as they never stopped once. :)

How much were they charging?

[Aidi]

Was a real shame that it turned out the way it did. As Ron said, no "Plan B" was the real problem. Both BBC and Metcheck has said for the past 10 days that weather would be sketchy for the day, beats me that an event of this magnitude could not have even considered a "Plan B".

Pilots get the choice if they fly or not on the day... and i bet the RAF Typhoon pilot is nursing his cheek after being thrashed by the frogs! Nice one Mr Rafale! Even the 30 year old Sea Vixen got up in the air, and considering the weather put in a superb display.

Lets hope the weather holds off for RIAT at Fairford next weekend, and the XH558 is airworthy and able to show her true colours in air!

Rgds
Aidi

[Boggy]

that was a rafiele the eurofighter didnt fly:(
did you intend to enter and change your mind ?if so good call:)

[simplyraptor]

I was looking forward to Yeovilton today, took one look at the weather and didn't bother leaving home.:(

[Aidi]

[quote=TrexMADuk;299862]

There were 3 Jet Rangers taking pleasure flights that must have lasted 5mins tops, they must have been coining it in.... most of the time they were the only things in the air, as they never stopped once. :)

How much were they charging?[/quote]


£25 for Advance ticket and £30 on the day - Per Person!

Thats about the same as i pay when i go home to see the rest of my family... £170 Return flight on a Sikorsky S61N.. 20 min each way! But the view is far better!

[Boggy]

dunno what they were charging for the pleasure flights but it was too much!!!
look at the pilot:D:D:D(sorry trillian:D its just a joke im sure she was perfectly competent) and yes we really were stood that close when she spooled up:ack2:

and strangely she checked her map before take off?

[Aidi]

Certainly made me take a step or two back when she started winding up her chopper..:ack2:

[TrexMADuk]

You werent flying the pleasure trips as your Avitar is one of them !!.... we arrived late, so on the run to the field that we couldnt see much action, found a nice farmers gate overlooking the site and watched from there, after looking back at the video it was the Rafele - but not up long.

[Boggy]

[quote=TrexMADuk;299873]You werent flying the pleasure trips as your Avitar is one of them !!.... we arrived late, so on the run to the field that we couldnt see much action, found a nice farmers gate overlooking the site and watched from there, after looking back at the video it was the Rafele - [B]but not up long[/B].[/quote]

lol another of the commentators gaff's
"he's coming in for a touch and go" ...well he touched but didn't go:D:D