Iconic Aircraft Aviation Forum

by **Checkflaps** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:35 pm

Xplumberlives wrote:Like the one that came to Cottesmore!

What, this one?

Garry

by **Xplumberlives** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:36 pm

That's the one!

by **Checkflaps** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:55 pm

How minging is the interior of the jet? It's like it was personally designed for David Icke.

Garry

by **Xplumberlives** » Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:56 pm

by **Cluny** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 8:52 pm

by **Saracenman** » Fri Jan 08, 2010 9:35 pm

nice - i can never tire of seeing the Sea Vixen strutting her stuff :ymapplause:

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by **Thumper** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 4:32 pm

I was too slow to get it as it hovvered only 100 foot overhead and it's a crappy camera phone video but every little helps and I got all excited yesterday :))

by **Cluny** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:52 pm

by **Thumper** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:54 pm

Oh yes, now that's a great sounding aircraft!! Thanks Cluny $\:D/$

by **Stigish** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:04 am

Wow, I've never seen flames coming from the engines like that before. Then again, I've never seen a night time take-off before. :ymapplause:

Here's my Sea Vixen vid from the Mudeford RNLI funday last year, apologies for the very poor focus/shaking and even worse commentary (note, before filming the commentator had apparently comfirmed with air traffic control it was due in approx 5 mins - camera not ready - que Sea Vixen 10 seconds later!):

by **Pujgnie** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:43 pm

Nice video Stiggy

Sea Vixen looks so much better in her Naval colours. Last saw her at that event a few years ago in the 'Red Bull' scheme... hey ho. Since then we have had mainly the Yak pair and the Blue Eagles. (Yawn

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Pity the Harrier has never shown its' face again at Mudeford.... since this happened later that year :

Great noisey display. The seagulls were NOT happy !!

by **Xplumberlives** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:02 pm

That was at lowestoft, the funny thing was the pilot suffered no injuries during the ejection but his ankle was broken by the loadmaster/winchweight that rescued him from the Seaking!

by **Pujgnie** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:13 pm

Xplumberlives wrote:That was at lowestoft, the funny thing was the pilot suffered no injuries during the ejection but his ankle was broken by the loadmaster/winchweight that rescued him from the Seaking!

I heard he broke it whilst landing BACK onto the ditched Harrier... he clearly lands back where the plane ended up. (good job it was in the sea - and not ablaze)

by **Xplumberlives** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:19 pm

He is thought to have hit the tailplane with his foot and then when in the Seaking the Loady was checking him out and when straightening out his ankle there was a loud snap and a lot of pain!

by **Thumper** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:43 pm

Yeah I read that he broke his ankle because he landed back ontop of the Harrier.

Is it right that the crash was caused because he touched the throttle levers rather than the nozzle levers?

by **Pujgnie** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:46 pm

Thumper wrote:Yeah I read that he broke his ankle because he landed back ontop of the Harrier.

Is it right that the crash was caused because he touched the throttle levers rather than the nozzle levers?

Yep... Pilot error in that case.

by **Thumper** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:49 pm

Ooooooooo how embarassing! I wonder if he went back to displaying the Harrier.

by **Xplumberlives** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:51 pm

Not sure, the pilots name was Tim Can I think and he was obviously known as TIN!

by **Thumper** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:33 pm

Or perhaps Tim Can't :))

by **Saracenman** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:36 pm

but Tim DID

by **Cluny** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 6:45 pm

by **Saracenman** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 6:48 pm

wow! cracking find Cluny! :ymapplause:

never seen that before $\:D/$

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by **Dan4th** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:33 pm

Me Neither!

That's "Fifi", now retired in California.

Thank you, Cluny!

Danf.

Correction: Currently in a hangar in Texas being
returned to flight!

Apologies for the music.....

D.

by **Checkflaps** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:58 am

OK, apologies if these have been posted before. I would have looked but I fear that my laptop may go into meltdown if I try to do too much on it at once. :))