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Reply #45 - Oct 22nd, 2006 at 2:04am
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No need to worry. The first RAAF C-17 hadn't flown as of 10 days ago, and the C-17 at the show is a USAF one - seemingly a reasonably regular visitor. Smiley


USAF or RAAF a C-17 is a C-17 and its RARE.  Wink

I get pretty excited too when I see a 727. Though the only 727s here are DHL... I remembered a few more... I've seen VH-EAG (Connie) and I've done a walkaround of a Neptune. Also when the C-130J was new to the RAAF I got a tour inside the cargo bay.  Grin There are also two odd planes that keep coming to YSSY... both props, colored fluro orange and sometimes have snow skis... dont know what they are called though.
 
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Reply #46 - Oct 22nd, 2006 at 7:51am

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I get pretty excited too when I see a 727.


Dr Katahu! I think this man needs medication! Wink Grin
 
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Reply #47 - Oct 22nd, 2006 at 8:23am
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Dr Katahu! I think this man needs medication! Wink Grin


You shouldve seen me when a C-130 came to YSSY the other day!  Cheesy I was sooooo excited and it wasnt even an Antonov!  Shocked
 
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Reply #48 - Oct 22nd, 2006 at 11:49am
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Good morning folks. Smiley

I would have to say the rarest aircraft I have  seen as they say there are none in existence today is the Avro Arrow.
I saw the same Arrow twice, once when it made the only landing away from Malton Airport and landed at the Royal Canadian Air Force Station Trenton.

I shall say no more as those men in black might come and get me.   Tongue   Lips Sealed

The rarest aircraft I have ever flown would have to be the Tiger Moth.  Smiley
Sometimes when I close my eyes I can still hear the pitch of those wires singing to me. Wink

The Fleet Canuck, Stearman, Auster and Piper J3 Cub are also there as rare aircraft I have either owned or flew over the years.

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug
 
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Reply #49 - Oct 22nd, 2006 at 11:58am

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The rarest aircraft I have ever flown would have to be the Tiger Moth.  Smiley
Sometimes when I close my eyes I can still hear the pitch of those wires singing to me. Wink

The Fleet Canuck, Stearman, Auster and Piper J3 Cub are also there as rare aircraft I have either owned or flew over the years.


I would have said the Fleet Canuck was rarer than the Tiggie Moth?


As for the Arrow, you can't really get rarer than that, other than things such as the Brabazon.
 
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Reply #50 - Oct 22nd, 2006 at 12:21pm

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I would have said the Fleet Canuck was rarer than the Tiggie Moth?

Think it depends where you are. The good old Tiger has always been a common enough sight around these parts & there are still plenty of them flying now. The comments in this thread are fascinating & the definiton of 'rare' obviously depends on your age & where you live.

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As for the Arrow, you can't really get rarer than that, other than things such as the Brabazon.

Agreed although I saw the Brabazon flying along the coast once, not far from where I'm sitting now. I don't know the exact date but I must have been about 8 or 9 years old at the time. 8) Wink
 
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My grandad saw the Brab a few times when he lived in Swindon and also when he was stationed at RAF Yeadon he saw a Blackburn Beverley
 
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Reply #52 - Oct 22nd, 2006 at 1:13pm

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My grandad saw the Brab a few times when he lived in Swindon and also when he was stationed at RAF Yeadon he saw a Blackburn Beverley

A Beverley landed at Shoreham once. I think it was the biggest aircraft ever to land there & this was before the hard runway was built. I was promised a flight on it but got unceremoniously thrown off when they discovered it was grossly overloaded just before take off. Roll Eyes Embarrassed

PS. Just as well as there would probably have been a terrible disaster. Shocked
 
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There are some photos of the Beverley in the photos section if you look hard enough (or search).
 
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Reply #54 - Oct 22nd, 2006 at 11:41pm

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Good morning folks. Smiley

I would have to say the rarest aircraft I have  seen as they say there are none in existence today is the Avro Arrow.
I saw the same Arrow twice, once when it made the only landing away from Malton Airport and landed at the Royal Canadian Air Force Station Trenton.Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug


As I said earlier Doug, I'll see your CF-105 and raise you an FD-2........don't remember how many times I saw the Arrow, but it was frequent as we lived right under the approach for rwy 23 at Malton, just outside the outer marker......
 
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Reply #55 - Oct 23rd, 2006 at 4:28am

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As I said earlier Doug, I'll see your CF-105 and raise you an FD-2........

Interesting. May I ask where you saw the FD2?
 
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Reply #56 - Oct 23rd, 2006 at 10:20am
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Do you have photos? If not, why not? Tongue


I have PLENTY of photos, check the photo forum Wink  Ill post more of it in the air when I get a chance
 
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Reply #57 - Oct 23rd, 2006 at 12:13pm
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Well from my little experience and perspective it would have to be the Romanian Mig 21s or the V22 Osprey.
 
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Reply #58 - Oct 23rd, 2006 at 1:44pm

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Some rare ones are the bbmf lancaster, fairey swordfish, chipmunk, anything from ww2 is pretty rare down in these parts but the most rare has got to be the Seahawk.
The seahawk flys down at RNAS Culdrose (aka hms seahawk!) every year and indeed there is the old fueselage of one near the entrance. As far as i know the one that is left flying is the only one airworthy in the world. It doesn't get much rarer than that!!
 
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Reply #59 - Oct 23rd, 2006 at 7:09pm

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Mr. Jake, I believe I have on occasion been buzzed by that Merlin in your sig. Grin
 
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