At a pokey little airshow in SW Bedfordshire today
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XH558! Nice to to see her flying again, but a shame shes had her reins pulled in. Now being flown like a gentleman drives a nice classic.
She came in low and played peekaboo!
And when I say low, I mean it!
And did a couple of laps of honour, will try and get them editing tomorrow, she was about a mile away so edits will be a little tricky.
Then left right over my head, barely 200 feet above me!
She came in low and played peekaboo!
And when I say low, I mean it!
And did a couple of laps of honour, will try and get them editing tomorrow, she was about a mile away so edits will be a little tricky.
Then left right over my head, barely 200 feet above me!
[quote=Celtic Dragon]XH558! Nice to to see her flying again, but a shame shes had her reins pulled in. Now being flown like a gentleman drives a nice classic.
Had her reins pulled in? Not the case at RIAT or Eastbourne recently!!
I was with a Swiss display team when she performed at RIAT & they were stunned at the way such an old aircraft was being thrown around the sky.
All 8 of them watched the Friday & Saturday display in awe of such a magnificent machine & everyone applauded when she landed.
I also know that all 8 pilots i was with made a bee line for her on Saturday afternoon after her performance as none of them had seen her fly before the Friday - neither had i - & none of them could quite get their heads around the way she was flown.
The impression i got was that she probably has only this year & next year left before her flying days are finally over so the pilots are going to enjoy flying her while they can.
Martin Withers flew her in on the Friday at RIAT - he put on a fabulous display.
Have you seen the footage of 558 at Eastbourne last week - the film taken from the top of Beechy Head looking down on her?
Awesome piece of film. Turn your volume up loud..........
Had her reins pulled in? Not the case at RIAT or Eastbourne recently!!
I was with a Swiss display team when she performed at RIAT & they were stunned at the way such an old aircraft was being thrown around the sky.
All 8 of them watched the Friday & Saturday display in awe of such a magnificent machine & everyone applauded when she landed.
I also know that all 8 pilots i was with made a bee line for her on Saturday afternoon after her performance as none of them had seen her fly before the Friday - neither had i - & none of them could quite get their heads around the way she was flown.
The impression i got was that she probably has only this year & next year left before her flying days are finally over so the pilots are going to enjoy flying her while they can.
Martin Withers flew her in on the Friday at RIAT - he put on a fabulous display.
Have you seen the footage of 558 at Eastbourne last week - the film taken from the top of Beechy Head looking down on her?
Awesome piece of film. Turn your volume up loud..........
fatboy69 said:
Celtic Dragon said:
XH558! Nice to to see her flying again, but a shame shes had her reins pulled in. Now being flown like a gentleman drives a nice classic.
Had her reins pulled in? Not the case at RIAT or Eastbourne recently!!
I was with a Swiss display team when she performed at RIAT & they were stunned at the way such an old aircraft was being thrown around the sky.
All 8 of them watched the Friday & Saturday display in awe of such a magnificent machine & everyone applauded when she landed.
I also know that all 8 pilots i was with made a bee line for her on Saturday afternoon after her performance as none of them had seen her fly before the Friday - neither had i - & none of them could quite get their heads around the way she was flown.
The impression i got was that she probably has only this year & next year left before her flying days are finally over so the pilots are going to enjoy flying her while they can.
Martin Withers flew her in on the Friday at RIAT - he put on a fabulous display.
Have you seen the footage of 558 at Eastbourne last week - the film taken from the top of Beechy Head looking down on her?
Awesome piece of film. Turn your volume up loud..........
Back in it's hey day, the display was even better and it got thrown around considerably more.Had her reins pulled in? Not the case at RIAT or Eastbourne recently!!
I was with a Swiss display team when she performed at RIAT & they were stunned at the way such an old aircraft was being thrown around the sky.
All 8 of them watched the Friday & Saturday display in awe of such a magnificent machine & everyone applauded when she landed.
I also know that all 8 pilots i was with made a bee line for her on Saturday afternoon after her performance as none of them had seen her fly before the Friday - neither had i - & none of them could quite get their heads around the way she was flown.
The impression i got was that she probably has only this year & next year left before her flying days are finally over so the pilots are going to enjoy flying her while they can.
Martin Withers flew her in on the Friday at RIAT - he put on a fabulous display.
Have you seen the footage of 558 at Eastbourne last week - the film taken from the top of Beechy Head looking down on her?
Awesome piece of film. Turn your volume up loud..........
I missed it at Eastbourne as was there on the Friday but saw it at Farnborough where I took these
http://www.flickr.com/photos/richtea78/sets/721576...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/richtea78/sets/721576...
Nice pics. You done better than me, i hung around well into the late afternoon to see her and my damn batteries died on me!... 
Was great to see her though, that full bore exit pass was quite something!!
Did manage a few decent snaps of the Lanc and Sally B though, i'll try to remember to upload a few later
Oh BTW, Little Gransden in South Cambs not Beds
Was great to see her though, that full bore exit pass was quite something!!
Did manage a few decent snaps of the Lanc and Sally B though, i'll try to remember to upload a few later
Oh BTW, Little Gransden in South Cambs not Beds
Celtic Dragon said:
XH558! Nice to to see her flying again, but a shame shes had her reins pulled in. Now being flown like a gentleman drives a nice classic.
She came in low and played peekaboo!
And when I say low, I mean it!
And did a couple of laps of honour, will try and get them editing tomorrow, she was about a mile away so edits will be a little tricky.
Then left right over my head, barely 200 feet above me!
have a look at this... She came in low and played peekaboo!
And when I say low, I mean it!
And did a couple of laps of honour, will try and get them editing tomorrow, she was about a mile away so edits will be a little tricky.
Then left right over my head, barely 200 feet above me!
http://youtu.be/ZDfcWlSBAtk
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