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Reply #15 - Sep 25^th, 2005 at 3:09pm

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You never know what will show up on display days. I believe they've had a visit from a Harrier in the past although I never saw it. A RAF Jaguar blasted through last season & they don't come much faster or noisier than that.

I've seen various things appear over the years, and it seems that the amount of RAF/RN heavy (jet) metal has decreased. I think that Shuttleworth has "lost out" to the greater number of "smaller" shows and venues that have appeared over the past decade, and who rely heavily on the MoD's assets. Thankfully, Old Warden has enough home owned aircraft to make every display different, and enough spare cash/pilots who have other connections as Doug said (eg RNHF, some of the smaller Duxford operators, BAE SYSTEMS etc).

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Reply #16 - Sep 25^th, 2005 at 3:24pm

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I hope so Tweek. Maybe I can convert you to an appreciation of real aeroplanes. Cheesy

Ah, you should get yourself down (or up Tongue

) to Bruntingthorpe on an open day, have your ears blasted out by a Lightning fast taxi run! Not only are you deafened by the noise of the Avons in full afterburner, you get the sea of car alarms afterwards!

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Reply #17 - Sep 25^th, 2005 at 3:56pm

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Ah, you should get yourself down (or up Tongue

Been there, got the T-shirt. I bet you've never seen a formation take-off by 9 Lightnings or 3 Vulcans. That was nothing unusual in the good ol' days. Tongue

8)

Sadly I doubt we'll ever see anything like it again.

PS. http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/wattisham/partfour/partfour.htm

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Reply #18 - Sep 25^th, 2005 at 8:44pm

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Thanks Doug Wink

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #19 - Sep 26^th, 2005 at 2:45pm

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Very nice Doug. I may well be down at Old Warden next Sunday.

I recognise that man! I had the privilege of being in the back of an Alpha Jet with the chap on the starbord wing!

Sorry Charlie. I somehow missed this as we went on to a new page. I had an idea that might be the chap. Did I ever tell you you're a very lucky chap yourself, you jammy devil? Tongue

Might see you next Sunday then? Hope the weather plays ball.

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Reply #20 - Sep 26^th, 2005 at 2:54pm