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by **Hihonyr8811** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:50 am

Apparently BBMF's Dakota is due an air test today $\:D/$ :ymapplause:

Just a heads up to anyone in the area

I don't have any times or anything, and the weather is looking pretty miserable.

Fingers crossed they bring her this way

by **Xplumberlives** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:14 pm

Hihonyr8811 wrote:Apparently BBMF's Dakota is due an air test today $\:D/$
Just a heads up to anyone in the area

I don't have any times or anything, and the weather is looking pretty miserable.

Fingers crossed they bring her this way

Why don't YOU go to her?

by **Sploosher** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:52 pm

Xplumberlives wrote:
Hihonyr8811 wrote:Apparently BBMF's Dakota is due an air test today $\:D/$
Just a heads up to anyone in the area

I don't have any times or anything, and the weather is looking pretty miserable.

Fingers crossed they bring her this way

Why don't YOU go to her?

Humberside airport is only 30minutes from me.............

and £5.40 return over the bridge........................

by **Hihonyr8811** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 6:57 pm

They spent all afternoon working on her, but they "Couldn't sustain ----------- pressure for longer than 30 seconds" so the flight was scrubbed.
I don't know what the missing word was as I didn't catch what they said

by **Xplumberlives** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 7:00 pm

"HYDRAULIC"

by **Sooty655** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:02 pm

Several off-topic and improbable suggestions (and some vaguely possible ones) have been deleted to keep the thread tidy.

Apart from XP's suggestion of hydraulic pressure as the problem, the other obvious possibility would be fuel pressure. I guess unless someone else heard the comment, or has access to the crew, further speculation is pointless (hint hint).

by **Hihonyr8811** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:12 pm

I'm sure there will be an update at some point, I got the info of the flight from the BBMF's twitter feed, so the lady in charge of twitter might say later or tomorrow what the problem was.
The conversation about what ever the problem was came from the pilot talking to Humberside tower/ground (on both my scanners :))

).

They did do a full engine ground run after that transmission, with what I would guess was engines up to 100% or something close, that's what it sounded like to me accross the other side of the airfield anyway =))

One other thing I fogot to say, unless she hasn't been in the spray shop yet, she's still in pegasus squadron colours (or as I like to call it AI colours :))

).
But as I say, it could simply be that they haven't coloured her in yet

by **Hihonyr8811** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:33 pm

I realise nobody cares =))

, but the missing word is/was FUEL

And they are still trying to sort it, did a number of low power engine runs this afternoon.

by **Minty4371** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:35 pm

Hope she is OK and that they get the problems sorted.

by **Sooty655** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:07 pm

Sooty655 wrote:.........the other obvious possibility would be fuel pressure.

Hihonyr8811 wrote:I realise nobody cares , but the missing word is/was FUEL

Oh well, I reckon that's this year's allocation of good guesses used up already. :))

by **Mayfly** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:13 pm

And there was me thinking you used reasoned logic!! :))

When is her first practice display due any ideas Helen?

by **Hihonyr8811** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:30 pm

surely it was an educated guess

If she does get back to Coningsby on th 1st of April, I'd hope get on to it as soon as they can???

I have her out and about last year mid march (17th), but of course she was in the BBMF hangar then so can't really read too much into it.

PDA day I have as the 24th, 27th and 29th of April. Hopefully it'll be around the same time this year

$\:D/$
A couple of days before might be nice, like the 21t for example =))

In other news, apparently Spitfire MK356 also failed her slow power engine runs :))

(wasn;t thre for that though, got that via twitter

)

by **Xplumberlives** » Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:39 pm

Hihonyr8811 wrote:I realise nobody cares , but the missing word is/was FUEL

And they are still trying to sort it, did a number of low power engine runs this afternoon.

I know someone who might have cared!

by **Mayfly** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:12 pm

Due her air test today and if all OK she go to Air Livery Manchester for her repaint..
BBMF

by **Gaz** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 3:34 pm

Why don't they use her more, for displays?

Don't get me wrong, I love the lanc and everything, but, don't get to see the Dak very often.

by **Mayfly** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:12 pm

She did quite a few last year , Southport, Dunsfold, Kinloss, Kemble, Duxford, Rougham, Whitehaven, Sunderland, Tangmere, Plymouth Hoe, etc

Perhaps you were sleeping :))

by **Gaz** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:21 pm

None of the "Good" shows then.....

by **Mayfly** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:45 pm

Don't remember seeing her at the 3 I did - Waddington, RIAT or Jersey - I wonder if she made Leuchars? Airshowa were mainly themed BoB last year tho'

by **Gaz** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:06 pm

Mayfly wrote:Don't remember seeing her at the 3 I did - Waddington, RIAT or Jersey - I wonder if she made Leuchars? Airshowa were mainly themed BoB last year tho'

That's fair enough. Like you say though, it never seems to be at the "Big" shows. Other than at Coningsby, the only time I've ever seen it fly was when it, randomly, flew over Bruntingthorpe one afternoon

by **Mayfly** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:28 pm

Seen photos of her at Manchester so she must be serviceable :ymapplause:

by **Sploosher** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:51 pm

Mayfly wrote:Seen photos of her at Manchester so she must be serviceable

Any idea what time she was there MayFly

I heard a Dakota flying near Goole at 15:40 hrs............ $\:D/$

by **Mayfly** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:53 am

No but I believe it was mid afternoon she did her air test..

by **Sploosher** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:58 pm

Mayfly wrote:No but I believe it was mid afternoon she did her air test..

Then there is a good chance it was her that I heard then...........

Great to know she is back in the air............ $\:D/$

by **Hihonyr8811** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:40 am

http://bit.ly/es2HNP

It's like aircraft porn =))

(can I say that here?

)

No corrosion found :ymapplause:

$\:D/$ $\:D/$

I dunno how long it takes to paint, but I can't see her going back to Coningsby tomorrow??

Goin to go tomorrow anyway after we get the shopping done, so will see

by **Cluny** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 12:21 am

I know its not going to happen but id love to see her in this scheme again

As I said , its not going to happen though

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