Mayfly wrote:The aircrew do - taking into account weather, NoTAMS and the like and if they are combining the sortie with anything else like a PD.
MrTim wrote:I bumped into him on the services at Barnsdale Bar on the A1 a few years back. It was the leather jacket I first noticed
Mayfly wrote:We have something in common - I've never seen 558 at Waddington either - been 3 times and she never turned up even once and of course when I don't know she going she appears
Xplumberlives wrote:Mayfly wrote:We have something in common - I've never seen 558 at Waddington either - been 3 times and she never turned up even once and of course when I don't know she going she appears
Oh yes you have, your husband was flying her with the Lancaster and we were celebrating!
Jigsaw wrote:Xplumberlives wrote:Mayfly wrote:We have something in common - I've never seen 558 at Waddington either - been 3 times and she never turned up even once and of course when I don't know she going she appears
Oh yes you have, your husband was flying her with the Lancaster and we were celebrating!
I was there too. Drove up from Ely, got drenched and LOVED every minute of it
Mayfly wrote:[-x No NO Trice No Jigster...
That was me being polite
Mayfly wrote:I believe Tim they couldn't find clear airspace to complete the air test - then sods law as soon as they radioed to say they wouldn't be doing the display blue skies appeared and they continued with their original plan but by then it was too late the word was out.
The same happened in 2008 when 558 couldn't make Southport then the front shot through at lightning speed and it was Duxford that couldn't be met.
MrTim wrote:Mayfly wrote:I believe Tim they couldn't find clear airspace to complete the air test - then sods law as soon as they radioed to say they wouldn't be doing the display blue skies appeared and they continued with their original plan but by then it was too late the word was out.
The same happened in 2008 when 558 couldn't make Southport then the front shot through at lightning speed and it was Duxford that couldn't be met.
Thanks Pam. That pretty much clears up that mystery. All except the engine trouble bit. Reckon that was just a case of Chinese whispers from the original issue though. Very annoying for myself and all the other people who were at CF that day who made their ways home and missed it.
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