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Reply #15 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 5:13am

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My brother was in Ipswich most of the day, he saw them fly over last year, but not this year.
And from the Google group im in i got some info that only the Red Arrows formed up near Ipswich and the rest of the formation at southwold.
Also for single engined helicopters it wouldn't be that difficult to do an autorotation landing, their must be loads of space around Buckingham palace, or maybe even the courtyard

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Reply #16 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 5:42am

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Also for single engined helicopters it wouldn't be that difficult to do an autorotation landing, their must be loads of space around Buckingham palace, or maybe even the courtyard

I seem to think it would be more difficult that it seems!

"Right, you've lost an engine, you're over the middle of London with a large crowd below, and the home of some lady known as the 'Queen'. Not to mention the Queen herself and most of the Royal family. You'll probably get killed yourself if you get this wrong, although that won't seem like such a bad thing if you've just landed on balcony of Buckingham Palace!

No pressure, though..."

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Reply #17 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 5:44am

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You probably end up getting killed if you do most things wrong in an aircraft Wink

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Reply #18 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 5:48am

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Björn wrote on Jun 16^th, 2007 at 7:57pm:

Nah, helos are made to look ugly, so that the earth just rejects them. Grin

Thats the theory I've always subscribed to Björn! Grin

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Also for single engined helicopters it wouldn't be that difficult to do an autorotation landing, their must be loads of space around Buckingham palace, or maybe even the courtyard

Look at Flashearth/Google earth etc, and you'll see that would really be an option, with crowds and the like. Also bear in mind the fact the formation would have to transit the best part of 15 miles each way in and out of London to reach Buck House in the first place. The RAF had a very close call in the early 50s, when a Spit XVI in a flypast ended up making a very abrupt landing on a cricket ground in SE London!

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Reply #19 - Jun 18^th, 2007 at 8:38am

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Isak922 wrote on Jun 16^th, 2007 at 3:23pm:

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No Harriers in the Falklands flypast. As nice as it would be, the Harrier isn't allowed to fly over London, due to it only having one engine and a poor glide ratio if that engine happens to fail.

Strangely, there are a multitude of helicopters taking part in the flypast. Gliding helicopters I presume... Huh

That's a bit odd, considering the fact that (As far as I know), the Harrier was one of the biggest aviation players in the Falklands battles, correct? You think they'd have at least a couple fly over...

Actualy, helicopters have a better glide ratio then any other plane(except gliders) deu to the face that the rotor blades will generate lift when the helo decends, also gives it a pretty safe landing chance, called and auto-rotation, all helicopter pilots are trained on this.

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