HARRIER bows out!

[Mayfly]

[Minty4371]

Had an email from a friend of mine, who told me about his memory of the Harriers. It is as follows:
I remember as a lad in in 1962 going to RAF Upavon with my father who was in the RAF (stationed at RAF Odiham at the time) to a demonstration of the P1127. It was fantastic and really unbelievable. So it is a shame that the Harriers are going ahead of their time.

[Mayfly]

I remember being the envy of my mechs course at Saints because I was going to the Jump Jets!!

[Jigsaw]

I remember being the envy of my mechs course at Saints because I was going to the Jump Jets!!

WTF has Mechano(sp) got to do with VTOL?

[Xplumberlives]

I expect it to be busy with a lot elbowing and pushing from men with biggggg lens and I'm not into that


It's alright for you the fence doesn't bother you!!

Just as long as you don't let anyone else use you as a TRIPOD!

[Nickolas]

Wyton is closest to me...........
Now can I get there, see them AND get back to Stortford for 15:00 for a lesson?????

Without resorting to low flying myself?

[Xplumberlives]

Wyton is closest to me...........
Now can I get there, see them AND get back to Stortford for 15:00 for a lesson?????

Without resorting to low flying myself?

Simple, phone and collect student and give them a driving lesson and a flyby!! SIMPLES!!

[Nickolas]

Wyton is closest to me...........
Now can I get there, see them AND get back to Stortford for 15:00 for a lesson?????

Without resorting to low flying myself?

Simple, phone and collect student and give them a driving lesson and a flyby!! SIMPLES!!

Might be a bloody good idea!!

[Thumper]

Nickolas, I forgot to tell you, I am your 14:00 lesson

[Hihonyr8811]

Have I missed some important info somewhere?
I thought it was meant to be tomorrow?
Why have 17 harriers just gone ove my house

[Jigsaw]

Have I missed some important info somewhere?
I thought it was meant to be tomorrow?
Why have 17 harriers just gone ove my house

Heard some small jets earlier when we were at Asda Too cloudy to see but didn't sound like Harriers.

[Gaz]

Have I missed some important info somewhere?
I thought it was meant to be tomorrow?
Why have 17 harriers just gone ove my house

Practice, maybe??

[Hihonyr8811]

Well, we thought they were the red arrows at first, but they were neither red nor 9, nor did they sound like Hawks and we're pretty used to the reds as they use our house as a turning point.
So had a look on Fighter control forum and it's way too much of a coincidence.


http://www.fightercontrol.co.uk/forum/v ... 16&t=23834

So that's that, I'm pretty hacked of to be honest.

I know 14th was down as a just in case day, but the forcast I saw for tomorrow wasn't that bad.
In fact weather was miserable here today, could barely see them as they flew from the Cathedral NE, past our house to Scampton. We saw them through the houses. They had to pospone it +1 hour as it was.

Hope it was a practice

[Xplumberlives]

Nipped up to Cottesmore to watch the launch of 16 plus the Whipper in!

LAST PRACTICE, PARTY Tomorrow!

Great to see 20 Harriers running, wonderful noise!

I managed to see EVERY Harrier at Cott today!!

[Hihonyr8811]

You could have warned us
I'd have walked to the field and taken some pics if I'd known

[Xplumberlives]

You could have warned us
I'd have walked to the field and taken some pics if I'd known

If you have sufficient funds to provide me with an internet set up that I can use in a field I will gladly inform you!

[Gaz]

You could have warned us
I'd have walked to the field and taken some pics if I'd known

If you have sufficient funds to provide me with an internet set up that I can use in a field I will gladly inform you!

Get an iPhone

[Mayfly]

Helen they were determined to do it and the weather doesn't look good tomorrow so they did a 'practice' just in case - tomorrows will still go ahead IF the weather is good enough - Helen I need your phone number I would have let you know - I was around town and found out at 2o'clock they were doing a flypast at 3...

I was fortunate that I had my bridge camera in the boot!!!

[Hihonyr8811]

You could have warned us
I'd have walked to the field and taken some pics if I'd known

If you have sufficient funds to provide me with an internet set up that I can use in a field I will gladly inform you!

I was just joking

Wouldn't have got it anyway, had my head in a water butt (don't ask )

Don't do phones
Some people are scared of spiders, some of heights, me I have a phobia of phones, not kidding

Glad you got some pics though

[Xplumberlives]

Plan for tomorrow is to brief at 11:20 and launch at 13:00 with the fly by at Cottesmore at 14:00 and land at 14:15.

[Minty4371]

Apparently, at 15:00, they were over Spalding, Lincolnshire. 2 miles from where I live . I wonder whether they will follow the same route tomorrow. If so, I will try and see them .

[Xplumberlives]

He's a couple of shots from today, a little grey, but then you either see them or you never will again after tomorrow!

Group Captain Gary Waterfall OC Harrier Force leads out some of the Pilots for todays practice.


Wing Commander Dave Haines walking for his jet.


A nice wave as he taxys past us.


Two of the unserviceable Harriers at the back of the hangar.


Nice head on shot.


T Bird taxying out.



GR9 taxying out.

[Mayfly]

NoTAM & Timings for Tomorrow if it goes ahead


FORMATION TRANSIT BY 16 MIL FAST JET ACFT ACFT. THE FORMATION WILL
FORM UP IN VCY OF 5239N 00033E (MARHAM AD) FM 1305 HR AND THEN ROUTE:
5239N 00033E (MARHAM AD) 1318 HR
5221N 00006W (WYTON AD) 1322 HR
5219N 00014W (BRAMPTON) 1325 HR
5237N 00029W (WITTERING AD) 1326 HR
5239N 00029W (STAMFORD) 1327 HR
5302N 00029W (CRANWELL AD) 1331 HR
5310N 00031W (WADDINGTON AD)1332 HR
5318N 00033W (SCAMPTON AD) 1334 HR
5306N 00010W (CONINGSBY AD) 1341 HR
5244N 00039W (COTTESMORE AD)1345 HR
5240N 00044W (OAKHAM) 1346 HR
5244N 00039W (COTTESMORE AD)1350 HR
THE FORMATION WILL REMAIN IN VCY OF 5244N 00039W (COTTESMORE AD)
UNTIL 1400 HR PRIOR TO LANDING. TIMINGS, HGT AND ROUTE ARE APRX AND
MAY CHANGE DUE TO WX OR OTHER REQUIREMENTS. 10-12-0055/AS 1

[Xplumberlives]

3 copies, that's a FIRST!

[Mayfly]

Not any longer

Oooo that felt good