Final flypast for the Tornado jets, today.

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  1. Mr Badger

    Mr Badger Well-Known Member

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    Over Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
    They're aiming to have three doing the flight over various airfields so if you're lucky you may see, or hear, them.
    I'll be keeping an eye out this afternoon about 3pm as they come down from Linton on Ouse to Waddington.
    The weather is fine for them luckily.
     
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    The good old Tonka, It's a bit of a shame these are being retired as they are still a great weapons platform and perfectly serviceable.
    They've served us well for 40 years and deserve a good send off.

    One of the great noises on take off!
     
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    My first model was a Panavia Tornado. Collected Take-Off magazine to get all the parts. Took me ages.
     
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    They are apparently due over RAF Waddington at 1509, so that may help with your timings Mr Badger.
     
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    Mr Badger Well-Known Member

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    Yes thanks.
    I've looked at the programme timings and will be on the lookout from about 2.45. All depends which route they follow from Linton.
     
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    Time flies. During my brief period with what was then BAC at Fulton in 1974/5,the Tornado then called MRCA (Multi-Role Combat Aircraft) was under development. Now it's heading for retirement. BTW, there is a very good new(ish) aerospace museum at filton tracing the history of 100 years of aerospace in Bristol. The highlight being the last Concorde to fly on show in a specially built hangar.
     
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    Can't beleive I saw this into service, and am now seeing it go out.
     
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    Are you talking abou the MRCA lad?
     
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    There's stuff still flying that pre-dates my service. Canberra, Victor (I think) and the VC10. The Tornado (or MRCA) was just coming in as I was leaving. 1980.
     
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    Today's itinerary


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    Initially called "Mother Riley's Cardboard Aircraft" or more disparagingly "The Blue Circle Bomber" as the initial radar (for ballast) was made of concrete! Turned into a great aircraft and will be missed.
     
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    I saw them !! (about 3 miles away from where I was standing in a field). So far away were they that they made no noise, I may as well have been watching three balloons.
    Took some video which from my position will probably make them look like sparrows several fields away.
     
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    Just heard one flyover Boston 3 times. Its one of the greatest sounding planes ive ever heard. Unfortunately i didnt get to see it.
     
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    To add to my first post, i used to see them pretty mu h every other day when i was a nipper, playing football outside and they would come screaming overhead to the bombing range a few miles away.
     

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