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zsdom said:
MarkwG said:
Yertis said:
zsdom said:
Based out of Cardiff for it’s displays at Midlands air fest
How come that Draken gets a permit to fly when the CAA generally poos its pants about vintage supersonic jet fighters? That thing is a contemporary of the Lightning, similar performance, same engine etc. That's my loose understanding of it. I would guess, as with the problems that the Dutch had with trying to get permission to fly their Hunter to UK for work, and then gave up, I doubt the Swedes would be allowed to bring their Hunter to UK though?
snotrag said:
Yep, 2XL Oil Spill response aircraft. Looks like its come out of Lasham there (which is a hilarious place to visit), I've seen it up close a few times when at 2XL. They have a matching G-OSRB too.
Old 727 with big tanks down the floor full of detergent/disperal fluid, and a big spray bar/boom at the back. Like an enormous crop sprayer!
The idea is the detergent breaks the spills up into smaller pieces rather than a sheet/slick of oil sitting on top of the water.
Quite how its any kind of profitable or sustainable business venture I'm not sure, as I can't imagine they actually get called into action much and keeping that old 3 engined and 3 crewed 727 airworthy and flying cannot be cheap. I presume it is funded somehow by the oil industry and rigs.
It looks fantastic though.
https://www.oilspillresponse.com/news--media/news/...
Sorry missed this chat of OSRL. Quite a coincidence that around the same time a poster mentioned DEA, so they used to (I assume all 2excel now) be the spotter aircraft for OSRL, they operated an islander liveried up that was based in Scotland but also could use the DA42. This was as a quick response aircraft whilst 2excel get their dorniers in the air. Old 727 with big tanks down the floor full of detergent/disperal fluid, and a big spray bar/boom at the back. Like an enormous crop sprayer!
The idea is the detergent breaks the spills up into smaller pieces rather than a sheet/slick of oil sitting on top of the water.
Quite how its any kind of profitable or sustainable business venture I'm not sure, as I can't imagine they actually get called into action much and keeping that old 3 engined and 3 crewed 727 airworthy and flying cannot be cheap. I presume it is funded somehow by the oil industry and rigs.
It looks fantastic though.
https://www.oilspillresponse.com/news--media/news/...
Edited by snotrag on Tuesday 4th June 14:23
If a rig or vessel reports a spillage and they were a part of the OSRL alliance the DEA aircraft would launch to get an immediate eyes on and photos that they could send back. All whilst the larger dornier is fuelling up and then having a longer transit. They would then take over as required. Based on colour of slick you can tell thickness and stormy weather helps disperse.
If a decision to spray comes along then the 727 on a longer turnaround is prepped. They can be deployed worldwide.
They did also operate a C130 out of Cardiff.
IanH755 said:
Lots of fast jets around the Marham area with no IFF (so usually USAF) plus lots of AH-64E, Wlidcat and Merlins HC4 up too around the South West right now - Guessing some kind of big exercise ongoing?
Fast jets around Marham not pinging and at that time of night with all the other activity out of Coningsby, are more likely to be UK F-35B.aeropilot said:
ecsrobin said:
Not a rare sight over Humberside, as just before Coivd, they stopped using the EC-135 helo's and went over to fixed wing ops with a new Vulcanair (G-POLZ)ecsrobin said:
aeropilot said:
Over covid and still now I believe they’ve struggled for crew. Each aircraft which was the wrong tool for the job didn't even achieve 180hrs flown last year which considering transit times is not much time on task. The helicopter fleet each aircraft is around 1,000hrs a year. Ironically wasn't that the reason they gave for chopping the chopper
......While I could see fixed wing perhaps being more useful maybe in Scotland etc, elsewhere in UK, helo's are the much better option.
I used to fly in both the police EC135 and Islander in the North East. Islander was horrendously noisy even inside with helmets and comms on. It did the job just had to work it a different way to the helicopter. All of the crew were cross trained so could operate in both aircraft and some of the pilots were dual rated and could fly both the aircraft. Islander carried exactly the same role equipment as the helicopter even a smaller nitesun which was handheld and we had to hang out the rear cargo door to use it. Happy days
‘The Grace’ Spitfire has been up over Huntingdonshire the past few days. Watched her yesterday afternoon for a while.
Has fresh invasion stripes for D-Day 80th commemoration according to this article
https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/grace-spitfi...
Has fresh invasion stripes for D-Day 80th commemoration according to this article
https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/grace-spitfi...
aeropilot said:
IanH755 said:
Lots of fast jets around the Marham area with no IFF (so usually USAF) plus lots of AH-64E, Wlidcat and Merlins HC4 up too around the South West right now - Guessing some kind of big exercise ongoing?
Fast jets around Marham not pinging and at that time of night with all the other activity out of Coningsby, are more likely to be UK F-35B.MrBig said:
aeropilot said:
IanH755 said:
Lots of fast jets around the Marham area with no IFF (so usually USAF) plus lots of AH-64E, Wlidcat and Merlins HC4 up too around the South West right now - Guessing some kind of big exercise ongoing?
Fast jets around Marham not pinging and at that time of night with all the other activity out of Coningsby, are more likely to be UK F-35B.Gassing Station | Boats, Planes & Trains | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff