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Spiderman
29-05-06, 09:39 PM
Only a few pics but here you go

the group. ...
http://f5.putfile.com/5/14816412543-thumb.jpg (http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=5/14816412543.jpg&s=f5)

L to R, GSXR1100, ditto in red, mine, TL1000, and you can just make out TSM's bug eyes beyond the black and gold GSXR Turbo!.

OK, whats this big thing?
http://f5.putfile.com/5/14816481254-thumb.jpg (http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=5/14816481254.jpg&s=f5)
http://f5.putfile.com/5/14816505616-thumb.jpg (http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=5/14816505616.jpg&s=f5)
http://f5.putfile.com/5/14816522851-thumb.jpg (http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=5/14816522851.jpg&s=f5)
http://f5.putfile.com/5/14816542374-thumb.jpg (http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=5/14816542374.jpg&s=f5)
http://f5.putfile.com/5/14816570021-thumb.jpg (http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=5/14816570021.jpg&s=f5)

The chase is on...
http://f5.putfile.com/5/14817101292-thumb.jpg (http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=5/14817101292.jpg&s=f5)

Then these guys came along...
http://f5.putfile.com/5/14817112212-thumb.jpg (http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=5/14817112212.jpg&s=f5)
http://f5.putfile.com/5/14817120036-thumb.jpg (http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=5/14817120036.jpg&s=f5)
http://f5.putfile.com/5/14817130628-thumb.jpg (http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=5/14817130628.jpg&s=f5)

And the Tornado made its presence known Pictures arent impressive tbh. You dont get to watch it rush past you and wait for the sound to catch up a second or two later. :)
http://f5.putfile.com/5/14817222083-thumb.jpg (http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=5/14817222083.jpg&s=f5)
http://f5.putfile.com/5/14817243726-thumb.jpg (http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=5/14817243726.jpg&s=f5)
http://f5.putfile.com/5/14817265946-thumb.jpg (http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=5/14817265946.jpg&s=f5)
http://f5.putfile.com/5/14817274169-thumb.jpg (http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=5/14817274169.jpg&s=f5)

And off he went, into the clouds...
http://f5.putfile.com/5/14817291223-thumb.jpg (http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=5/14817291223.jpg&s=f5)

I'd love to be in the back seat of a Tornado when they do this stuff.
TSM
29-05-06, 09:42 PM
I wished your camera had a better zoom. Ahh, anyway the pics I took with your camera seem to have come out well.
Mr Toad
29-05-06, 09:45 PM
OK, whats this big thing?


Sally B - B17 Flying Fortress

I've flown in it :smt051
tricky
29-05-06, 09:54 PM
OK, whats this big thing?


Sally B - B17 Flying Fortress

I've flown in it :smt051

:notworthy: I'd love to fly in somthing like that.
Just sitting in a WW2 bomber makes you realise how scary it must of been for lads who flew them in anger over the Reich. Espeacially the 8th USAAF who did it it broard daylight.
rictus01
29-05-06, 10:37 PM
not been in B17, but have flown in a Shackleton which is an evolution of the Lancaster bomber.

http://www.warbirdalley.com/images/Shackleton-Bomber.jpg

Everything shakes.

Cheers Mark.
ianofbhills
30-05-06, 12:22 AM
better pic of a tornado

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v726/ianofbhills/157xx.jpg

pic of me yes thats right me flying in tornado

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v726/ianofbhills/cyprus044.jpg

pic of me getting ready for take off

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v726/ianofbhills/cyprus042.jpg



It was a brilliant expieriance and one i am glad to have had the chance to do but my god did it make me sick.
falc
30-05-06, 05:50 AM
I feel the need, the need for speed!

Great pics there, farnborough airshow will be on this year I think, thats always good
Daimo
30-05-06, 02:24 PM
Iba -

HOW, WHERE, WHEN, how much...

I want a go :(
Amanda M
30-05-06, 02:29 PM
Iba -

HOW, WHERE, WHEN, how much...

I want a go :(

Seconded! Jammy, jammy beggar :lol: :lol: :lol:
ianofbhills
30-05-06, 08:41 PM
free ,gratis he he. 8) 8) 8)


I'm an engineer in the RAF i fix tornado f3's as my job. As a kind of thankyou and an insight so i can see what the pilots get up to i was lucky enough to be taken up in the back seat when i was out in cyprus last year. I got a shot of flying it when we were out at sea doing a few rolls inverted flight etc and i went supersonic for a bit it all seemed very easy until the pilot took over and started doing aerobatics.

Was a mental mental expieriance and i have total admiration for what the pilots can do. On my trip i peaked at about 4.5g and was violently being sick from all the crazyness of being upside down not knowing where i was... The pilots regularly pull 6g on a normal flight as well as all the aerobatics my stomach just wasnt up to that i geuss all the training helps with that.

Think i'll stick to just fixing them. :oops:
Spiderman
30-05-06, 10:25 PM
I'm so jealous its ureal. You lucky git.

I bet you make sure you do up all the nuts and bolts real tight now too. :lol:
Ed
30-05-06, 10:41 PM
I love seeing RAF airplanes fly overhead. Makes me think that all that tax is worthwhile :thumbsup:
Eoin6661
06-06-06, 06:10 PM
Was an engineer in the RAF who worked on tornados (tonkas) for 7 years, we did a few airshows as well, and yeah they are boring, fly fast in a straight line, backward and forwards, not very exciting!...when they're servicable that is!!! Harriers on the other hand....... :wink:
BIKERBLOKE
06-06-06, 07:09 PM
Some pics of our family day at wittering last year. Poo pics (only had the phone to take them)


http://upload4.postimage.org/344394/Jul14180.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/344394/photo_hosting.html)
http://upload4.postimage.org/344398/Jul14181.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/344398/photo_hosting.html)
http://upload4.postimage.org/344400/Jul14182.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/344400/photo_hosting.html)
http://upload4.postimage.org/344405/Jul14171.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/344405/photo_hosting.html)
http://upload4.postimage.org/344425/Jul14193.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/344425/photo_hosting.html)
http://upload4.postimage.org/344431/Jul14194.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/344431/photo_hosting.html)
http://upload4.postimage.org/344439/tornado.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/344439/photo_hosting.html)
http://upload4.postimage.org/344442/Jul14243.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/344442/photo_hosting.html)
The harrier above is our 20(r)sqn display plane
http://upload4.postimage.org/344453/OurBoysIn20_R_SQNTheDisplayHarrier.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/344453/photo_hosting.html)
And this is what it looks like through a pro`s cam Taken from airliners.net
Spiderman
06-06-06, 09:06 PM
still pretty good pics for a camera phone. What phone is it?
BIKERBLOKE
08-06-06, 02:25 PM
still pretty good pics for a camera phone. What phone is it?

Motorola razor, and before the mocking begins, no its not the barbie pink one :lol: :wink:
Spiderman
08-06-06, 02:38 PM
still pretty good pics for a camera phone. What phone is it?

Motorola razor, and before the mocking begins, no its not the barbie pink one :lol: :wink:

Impressive.
Samnooshka
08-06-06, 03:19 PM
still pretty good pics for a camera phone. What phone is it?

Motorola razor, and before the mocking begins, no its not the barbie pink one :lol: :wink:

Impressive.

Not as impressive as the Barbie Pink one ;)

Sammy
kwak zzr
08-06-06, 05:56 PM
i'm at RAF cosford for the air show on sunday i'll take some pic's.
Razor
08-06-06, 07:23 PM
still pretty good pics for a camera phone. What phone is it?

Motorola razor, and before the mocking begins, no its not the barbie pink one :lol: :wink:


And just what exactly is wrong with the barbie pink one??
sharriso74
08-06-06, 11:24 PM
still pretty good pics for a camera phone. What phone is it?

Motorola razor, and before the mocking begins, no its not the barbie pink one :lol: :wink:


And just what exactly is wrong with the barbie pink one??

Nothing if your name is Barbie and you enjoy the attroious menu Motorrola devised
BIKERBLOKE
11-06-06, 09:44 PM
still pretty good pics for a camera phone. What phone is it?

Motorola razor, and before the mocking begins, no its not the barbie pink one :lol: :wink:


And just what exactly is wrong with the barbie pink one??

Such a luverly colour :smt078 :wink: