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PR19_Kit

Quote from: Nick on November 28, 2020, 04:04:13 AM

Then the Harrier turned up, did a great low display and ended with a bow to the crowds surrounded by a huge cloud of vapour  :thumbsup:


And drying out the runway at the same time no doubt?  ;D
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Rheged

Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 28, 2020, 07:18:43 AM
Quote from: Nick on November 28, 2020, 04:04:13 AM

Then the Harrier turned up, did a great low display and ended with a bow to the crowds surrounded by a huge cloud of vapour  :thumbsup:


And drying out the runway at the same time no doubt?  ;D

It was many years ago, but I can remember a BBC report on ?Farnborough? by Raymond Baxter where he described the Harrier (or it might even have been a Kestrel) bowing to the Royal Box at the end of its performance.
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you....."
It  means that you read  the instruction sheet

Nick

Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 28, 2020, 07:18:43 AM
Quote from: Nick on November 28, 2020, 04:04:13 AM

Then the Harrier turned up, did a great low display and ended with a bow to the crowds surrounded by a huge cloud of vapour  :thumbsup:


And drying out the runway at the same time no doubt?  ;D

Absolutely!   :thumbsup:

But it was still wet enough for the Hercules to have its own cloud when it did the Sarajevo short landing, reverse and take off trick!  ;D

kerick

Not over my house but NW Indiana I saw a meteor traveling SE to NW and break up. Green in color, at first I thought it was fireworks!  :thumbsup:
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Quote from: kerick on November 28, 2020, 08:25:45 PM
Not over my house but NW Indiana I saw a meteor traveling SE to NW and break up. Green in color, at first I thought it was fireworks!  :thumbsup:

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Quote from: kerick on November 28, 2020, 08:25:45 PM
Not over my house but NW Indiana I saw a meteor traveling SE to NW and break up. Green in color, at first I thought it was fireworks!  :thumbsup:

How tragic, was it an F8 or a T7, or some other mark?
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PR19_Kit

Quote from: JayBee on November 29, 2020, 05:30:59 AM
Quote from: kerick on November 28, 2020, 08:25:45 PM
Not over my house but NW Indiana I saw a meteor traveling SE to NW and break up. Green in color, at first I thought it was fireworks!  :thumbsup:

How tragic, was it an F8 or a T7, or some other mark?


It may have been a PR19.....................
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Rheged

#5797
Cold, dark, foggy, unpleasant, low cloud so no sightings of anything at all. .

As to the meteor, was it in fact  a  late model Farley Fruitbat with the acetylene powered navigation lights flickering and finally going out?
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you....."
It  means that you read  the instruction sheet

kerick

If it was a Meteor then it was a long way from home!
Pretty cool to see. It was gone in about two seconds.
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise

rickshaw

Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 29, 2020, 07:11:41 AM
Quote from: JayBee on November 29, 2020, 05:30:59 AM
Quote from: kerick on November 28, 2020, 08:25:45 PM
Not over my house but NW Indiana I saw a meteor traveling SE to NW and break up. Green in color, at first I thought it was fireworks!  :thumbsup:

How tragic, was it an F8 or a T7, or some other mark?


It may have been a PR19.....................

Or a PR29 from Downunder...   :thumbsup:
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Quote from: Nick on November 28, 2020, 04:04:13 AM
Quote from: Captain Canada on November 27, 2020, 04:23:30 PM
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This brings back brilliant memories of seeing a Harrier in the hover at North Weald airshow some time in the 90s. It was a dreary damp day, drizzle every half hour and puddles everywhere. Big delays in events.
Then the Harrier turned up, did a great low display and ended with a bow to the crowds surrounded by a huge cloud of vapour  :thumbsup:

We had a Harrier GR3 over here as well in the eighties, from no 4 sqn, If my memory serves. And it sure did the bow. Somewhere, I still think I have a sticker I begged from the ground crew.
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Over the house several times over the last few weeks.  ;D

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PR19_Kit

AND with retractable floats too.  :thumbsup:
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

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Quote from: PR19_Kit on December 02, 2020, 02:27:40 PM
AND with retractable floats too.  :thumbsup:

Isn't that a standard feature on all Grumman Goose?  :unsure:
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