Aviation Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / July 2004

I noticed a considerable downsize at Fairford this year. The static display
seemed to be half the size of last year. The flying display while enjoyable
was not a patch on years past even the stalls seemed less prevelant.
Opinions ?

Which is the best Channel Island to take flight training on?
I have a PPL but haven't flown for a while, so I am looking to do some
refresher work. I'd like to do some over water flying too, and the
grass at Alderney will be interesting; I've never flown from grass

A bit of a long shot, but does anyone know what the music was that they
played through the loudspeakers as the Fouga Magister was on display (both
Saturday and Sunday) at the Sunderland Airshow (25/26 July 2004) ?
Cheers

question for you: At the Tattoo at Fairford recently, there was a single
engined tug, tandem towing two sailplanes. Can anybody please explain how
this works and how sailplane one is not sawn in half by the cable to
sailplane two?

watch the B1 take off at RAIT yesterday, full afterburners. very impressive.
Has to be the loudest aircraft i've ever heard...anyone know any louder!

On Saturday night, a P51 Mustang leaving fairford after participation in the
air Tattoo, had an engine failure and force landed near Hungerford.
Apparently, pilot is safe.
I am trying to find out more info - anyone know anything?

In the July 2004 edition of Flyer magazine (page 68) there is a report
of an investigation carried out by the Air Accident Investigation
Branch (AAIB). The investigation involved a Cessna that overran the
runway on touch-and-go, due to lack of engine power.

For those that know me (and for those who don't if you're interested!)
here are some photos that my friend Ed took from the passenger seat
of the lead aircraft of my plane during the formation flying course I did
weekend before last. The third along on the top line shows the ...

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/21/065227
Hmm, wonder if this will take off in the UK - excuse the pun :)

At
http://meteonet.nl/aktueel/brackall.htm
there are several charts with the 1200 Friday on them, all showing a
different image. But the date is embedded within the image, so

I don't know if adds are allowed so please forgive me.
London Control is an air traffic control simulation system for the personal
computer. It is an authentic, highly realistic simulation of the actual ATC
sytem over England and Wales.  It delivers a level of sophistication not

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040716/140/ey55o.html regarding a "near miss" in
the skies above Berkshire in March.
"Prince Charles seconds from death!" says The Sun.
"The required separation levels were maintained at all times" says NATS.

Anyone remember a TV prog this last couple of years , regarding a forced
landing in French territory in North Africa ? Believe cause was massive
compass error/misreading thence plane ran out of fuel .
One fatality  (co-pilot I believe ) . Plane came down in highly inaccessibe

Does anyone know where I can find a display schedule for RIAT?  I have a
long journey to get there, so I don't want to make a huge effort to arrive
for the 10.00 kick off, only to find that the stuff I most want to see isn't
flying until 15.30...