plane just flew over the city of london
04 July 2005, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by thundertiger
might be for some independence day shiite.....
Please tell me this country is not doing something for Independence day
It p!sses me off enough already that it's seen as obligatory to celebrate St fecking Paddy's day
04 July 2005, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by CrisPDuk
Please tell me this country is not doing something for Independence day
It p!sses me off enough already that it's seen as obligatory to celebrate St fecking Paddy's day
It p!sses me off enough already that it's seen as obligatory to celebrate St fecking Paddy's day
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04 July 2005, 12:34 PM
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2 chinooks (sp) went over my house this morning at around 11 and just before, I did hear a really loud plane go over but couldn't see it. I'm in Northampton BTW.
04 July 2005, 12:42 PM
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It serves a dual purpose though - It puts the ****s up people and serves to remind them how much danger we are all in from imminent terrorist attck. 
04 July 2005, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Clarebabes
2 chinooks (sp) went over my house this morning at around 11 and just before, I did hear a really loud plane go over but couldn't see it. I'm in Northampton BTW.
So anyone know what was over london?
04 July 2005, 01:49 PM
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9 x Hawks - otherwise known as The Red Arrows. It was just on the news and for the reasons as mentioned above. They also flew over my mum & dad's house on their way back home to Scampton presumably. I love the Red Arrows 
04 July 2005, 02:09 PM
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I spent the day with the Reds at Scampton last year, sat in on the mission briefing, watched the practice displays from the datum point - pretty awesome stuff. Totally amazing at what top guys they were, very down to earth, ordinary blokes
04 July 2005, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by scoobychick
9 x Hawks - otherwise known as The Red Arrows. It was just on the news and for the reasons as mentioned above. They also flew over my mum & dad's house on their way back home to Scampton presumably. I love the Red Arrows
04 July 2005, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Nat21
It's a shame Sally B isn't allowed to fly anymore which she would have been this week for the same reasons if the ****ty EU hadn't grounded her
Originally Posted by MrDBM
I spent the day with the Reds at Scampton last year, sat in on the mission briefing, watched the practice displays from the datum point - pretty awesome stuff. Totally amazing at what top guys they were, very down to earth, ordinary blokes
Btw, you're not on that lesser frequented war plane forum are you?
Originally Posted by Wurzel
I saw the whole red arrows squadron in formation taxiing behind our plane as we took of from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, that was an impressive sight.
One of those occasions was a super sneaky practice session over at RAF Linton-on-Ouse where they were flying straight over our heads which was very, very cool 
Actually make that six times as we saw one practising at Scampton on Friday
04 July 2005, 03:18 PM
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SC, just to make you really jealous, a few years ago I flew in a display with the Red Arrows It was, as you might expect, a lifetime highlight
It was, as you might expect, a lifetime highlight
04 July 2005, 09:02 PM
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ScoobyChick, I was in Red Ten, flying alongside the nine so I could take photographs of the display for a magazine article. They do this quite a lot in practise routines and if you can convince them that giving you a ride will majorly benefit the Reds or RAF, you're in with a chance. Any passengers in a real display will be very well known to the squadron and 100% trusted not to thow up or pull the ejector handle by mistake 
Fantastic day, an experience you just cannot buy. But if invited again, I'd decline. Big g and a spinning horizon is actually very unpleasant. How I didn't puke I'll never know. Wimp or what!
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Fantastic day, an experience you just cannot buy. But if invited again, I'd decline. Big g and a spinning horizon is actually very unpleasant. How I didn't puke I'll never know. Wimp or what!
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04 July 2005, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by ScoobyDriverWannabe
errrrrm what is sally b ? 
05 July 2005, 01:19 AM
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Originally Posted by JackClark
We didn't take a kicking off the yanks, there were no yanks before independance.
Simon