There's a Lancaster outside my window!

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Oberon

I am a very lucky person. Very lucky indeed.

I live not far from the old USAF airbase at Bentwaters where Carolyn Grace keeps her Mark IX Spitfire.



Therefore on nearly every sunny day there will be a faint drone in the distance of a Rolls Royce Merlin engine purring away. It's unmistakable, my ears pick it up straight away and it never fails to bring a smile to my face. Occasionally she'll bring the Spitfire right over the town and that's a lovely sight to see and sound to hear.
Since I've been living up here in Suffolk I have seen (outside of airshows) P-51 Mustangs, F-15s, A-10s, Hercules, a Tornado, Apaches, Lynxs, Sea Kings, Chinooks, Air Force One (75% sure), E-3 Sentries, and some other aircraft which travel with AF1.
It's a good place for aircraft watching...pretty flat too.

But have you seen a 'brick'?

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

But have you seen a 'brick'?

An F-4 Phantom II? Alas no...

I haven't seen a flying brick, I had my back to it at the time whilst running away from the guy throwing it, saw it on the floor after it hit me on the back of the foot though. Then I invited the guy involved to take a close examination of the floor.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Oberon

An F-4 Phantom II? Alas no...

I haven't seen a flying brick, I had my back to it at the time whilst running away from the guy throwing it, saw it on the floor after it hit me on the back of the foot though. Then I invited the guy involved to take a close examination of the floor.

Ya daft bugga!!

You know what a brick is Jamie?

A Phantom is a Rhino....a brick is?

[UnderseaLcpl]

Hands up if you reflexively had the urge to hit the "c" key upon viewing this thread.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Ya daft bugga!!

You know what a brick is Jamie?

A Phantom is a Rhino....a brick is?

A Banana jet?

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Oberon

A Banana jet?

And what could it possibly be,

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Vendor

And what could it possibly be,

Blackburn Advanced Naval Aircraft (or Blackburn Buccaneer)

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Blackburn Advanced Naval Aircraft (or Blackburn Buccaneer)

Great,thanks,nice shoots

[papa_smurf]

Beautiful aircraft

Not sure if it still happens, but every summer there was a flyover of Derwent water to commemorate the dam busters raid.

[Torplexed]

Originally Posted by papa_smurf

Beautiful aircraft

Not sure if it still happens, but every summer there was a flyover of Derwent water to commemorate the dam busters raid.

I think I saw that event in an old episode of Peak Practice once. Except they were using Spitfires.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

Status update if NAZIs had facebook in 1943

I can imagine the twitter that would follow: "Achtung Englanders!"

[joegrundman]

Originally Posted by papa_smurf

Beautiful aircraft

Not sure if it still happens, but every summer there was a flyover of Derwent water to commemorate the dam busters raid.

Derwent Water is in the Lake District. Are you sure it wasn't over the Ladybower reservoir?

[Torplexed]

Originally Posted by joegrundman

Derwent Water is in the Lake District. Are you sure it wasn't over the Ladybower reservoir?

He might be referring to the Upper Derwent Valley in the Peak District of which the Ladybower Reservoir is one feature.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Blackburn Advanced Naval Aircraft (or Blackburn Buccaneer)

Exactly...and not only has that photo above been my sig on the britmodeller forum for over a year now but I also have the diecast version of that 12 Sqn 'Brick' in the foreground.



Here's the photo without the mark:



If you like the 'brick', have a look here:

http://www.blackburn-buccaneer.co.uk/