Haven't seen this posted anywhere, but per this FlightGlobal article, British Airways' BOAC retrojet G-BYGC, a Boeing 747-400, is scheduled to take part in an air display with the RAF Red Arrows at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford next weekend (20th July). Sure to be an amazing sight.
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... ar-458817/
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That's pretty cool. I just saw her a few weeks back at Heathrow, waiting for a flight back to the states.
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Very cool. I hope all 3 of the retro B744's find nice museums to retire
after they're withdrawn from service with BA
after they're withdrawn from service with BA
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KLDC10 wrote:Haven't seen this posted anywhere, but per this FlightGlobal article, British Airways' BOAC retrojet G-BYGC, a Boeing 747-400, is scheduled to take part in an air display with the RAF Red Arrows at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford next weekend (20th July). Sure to be an amazing sight.
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... ar-458817/
Very nice.
There's a box of cold beer ready for the first one who post pics of this event here.
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One nicely banked pass right-to-left, followed by a level pass left-to-right.
Fantastic sight!
Fantastic sight!
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Photographs here from the Red Arrows on Twitter: (https://twitter.com/rafredarrows)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_6ssryW4AAlQcd.jpg - View from the ground.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_6xgW0XkAAJWJE.jpg - Inflight closeup.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_67MQUX4AE_BNz.jpg - Inflight, over the countryside.
Very impressive!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_6ssryW4AAlQcd.jpg - View from the ground.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_6xgW0XkAAJWJE.jpg - Inflight closeup.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_67MQUX4AE_BNz.jpg - Inflight, over the countryside.
Very impressive!
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I wonder if the BA crew do much training for such a flight or are they basically told to fly this line and the red arrows will just work around them
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mwhcvt wrote:I wonder if the BA crew do much training for such a flight or are they basically told to fly this line and the red arrows will just work around them
https://twitter.com/rafredarrows
If you scroll down the Twitter feed you will see Jonny Lutton's entry: "Final sim practice today for the #RIAT2019 profile with the @rafredarrows using the forecast wind conditions for tomorrow!"
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KLDC10 wrote:Photographs here from the Red Arrows on Twitter: (https://twitter.com/rafredarrows)
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_6ssryW4AAlQcd.jpg - View from the ground.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_6xgW0XkAAJWJE.jpg - Inflight closeup.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_67MQUX4AE_BNz.jpg - Inflight, over the countryside.
Very impressive!
OJJunior owes you some cold ones. Terrific shots mate!!
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