The mighty 707
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#1 - by whitehatter on Sun September 21, 2014 at 21:43 GMT
Apologies if I've posted this before, but what could be nicer than watching a proper plane doing circuits?
None of your wimpy Embraers or flying bread van 777s here....
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#2 - by gordonsgin on Mon September 22, 2014 at 04:05 GMT
cant beat the sound of the old jets. vc10 was the best i think.lived about 5 miles from ringway but could still hear it after it had landed.especially early morning. -
#3 - by Baltimore on Mon September 22, 2014 at 12:33 GMT
Okay, I accept that they may be painted grey and designated KC-135's, but you can still see them (plus the odd RC-135) circuit-bashing almost every day of the year at RAF Mildenhall. Bootiful!! -
#4 - by Alastairw on Mon September 22, 2014 at 17:28 GMT
Smokey beast wasn't it. -
#5 - by whitehatter on Tue September 23, 2014 at 15:55 GMT
It was down to the engines, the core of the JT3D was based on those smokey old JT3C turbojets that planes like the B52 used to have.
Add water injection and they could lay down a smokescreen across an airport! -
#6 - by Johansen on Tue September 23, 2014 at 20:30 GMT
Quoting whitehatter, from a previous post
Apologies if I've posted this before
Never apologise for posting such stuff - simply awesome.