Godspeed Brakes

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Was on my way back from Portsmouth yesterday and on the M4 at Swindon noticed a very large aeroplane flying like a small stunt plane , wtf I thought , doing some mad very low manoeuvres , as we got to Bristol I seen it was the Airbus 380 , so low flying over us you'd swear you could put your arm out the window and touch it , what a sight ! so we pulled off the motorway so we could park up and see it , 5 mins later found ourselves outside Airbus in bristol to find they were having a family day there , it was total chaos outside with joe public turning up and parking up any and everywhere to the total dismay of the local plod , unlucky for me the 380 had just landed and had finished his stint , but we parked up and watched for an hour , they had a fly past of a spitfire , then something rather loud fired up

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My father was in the RAF so spent many years living on bases growing up , and had forgotten how loud they are compared to todays jets

What a sight , just sorry I wasn't there to see the 380 doing his stint

Jamie

Third photo is good

dunx

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Clicky to play !



Grudgement Day last weekend.

dunx

Jamie

Removed dunx

Leslie

Thanks Ian, good to see that 558 is still going strong. I heard it had some problems but maybe all that is sorted again.

Les

Gregsti01

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As a kid growing up not far away under the flight path,when they used to test the Concord engines grief they were noisy,great aircraft.

kingofturds

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It is a shame I missed les at the dartmouth regatta , he could have convinced my son to want to fly a proper plane rather than a jumbo jet.

Glowplug

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Ar, memories. We had two of them for our passing out, they went nearly vertical over the parade ground, thought i was going to lose my hat

Leslie

He will get paid properly for flying the Jumbo, but he will never get the thrill and satisfaction of military flying.

Les

Leslie

What was so special about you that you could get two for a passing out flypast?

Les

Jamie

I was just thinking the same leslie

Glowplug

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We where the puppys nuts , can't say the same for the previous parade though, they had helicopters

Jamie

Small and futile

Trout

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My personal favourite

Jamie

Myles

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The Spitfire and the Vulcan were doing flypasts for the Party in the Park at Brize. Noisy bvgger$!

Jamie

This song sums up what i hope les had on via his flights

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWoyZixx1l4

dunx

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I wonder why THEY deleted it, too popular ?

Found it Tee Hee !

Wonker...

dunx

Kieran_Burns

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I can promise you that modern jet aircraft are pretty bloody loud when they pass this low overhead (note the bushes at the bottom of the shot for an idea of how low this was....)

IPALMER

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saw the vulcan at Wings and Wheels the other day - awesome

LG John

Saw the Vulcan at Leuchars a week back and it was pretty cool. At one point it was going so slow that it appeared to just hang in the air. Really big aircraft as well, it's like watching something out of sci-fi!

LG John

Picture of it on the ground after its display:

Jamie

wow how come you got that close saxo boy ?

LG John

I was behind a fence and that was zoomed in a little, but I was probably within 10-15m of it. I looked like you could queue up to be taken over to it - I think the peeps in high vis jackets were joe soaps that had queued.

Jamie

lol

Leslie

Saw the Lanc, Hurricane and Spitfire at the Goodwood Revival Meeting on Saturday, They did their usual impressive flypasts. The Spit and the Hurri landed and later took off again and did a few beat-ups of the airfield-lucky hooligans! The Vulcan did not appear which was a disappointment.

Great day all round at Goodwood. Even better than before, more to see and do, and the racing was outstanding. Those blokes don't hang back in those historic racers. Martin Brundell had everyone out of their seats!

Les