[Closed] Farnborough: Aviation geeks

Ta! May have to be in the garden later, then!

CFH, Farnborough ? Slumming it these days ?

Heaven forbid! No, am away from Farnborough, but likely to be able to see some of it from the garden depending on flight patterns.

Noisy day in the office for me then.

wheres your office Jef?

Fleet Business Park, bottom of Beacon Hill.

Meh - working.

I'll ask the cats how it was when I get home.

Slightly OT, but the JSF will be at Fairford later this year.

I lived in Farnborough for a while and watching all the planes come in for a show was a great experience as some of the pilots seemed to show off a bit - saw this Airbus looking like it was kinda hanging in the air at 45 degrees. Best thing though was seeing a Harrier going backward/sideways/in whatever direction it wanted.

Thanks for that ATP. Might pop up on to the Hogs back for a view.

A couple of low flying helicopters have come past already but that is not that unusual these days. Probably bombing Hankley!

Public Flying Display Confirmed RAF Typhoon, Breitling Wing Walkers, Rolls-Royce Spitfire, Meteor & Vampire, Arvo Anson, Sea Harrier...

Nice one ATP. Is that list for today's flying? Early jets are my thing. I will be keeping an eye out for those.

yup, todays list (it's a "today only" event anyway)

I don't support radio Farnborough is working.

Where did you find the info (I am not on FB!). Going to pop up now and have lunch nearby. Thanks again for the tip!

Where is this info coming from? There is no Sea Harrier flying in the UK so something ain't right there...

Best thing though was seeing a Harrier going backward/sideways/in whatever direction it wanted.

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Sitting on h back with my lunch now. All a bit quiet !!! Nice pair of buzzards and h'row in the distance but not much else yet

They'll be at lunch now 🙂

There was a prop plane up earlier.

Any Londonists see the Chinook buzzing round before unloading half a dozen parachutists last night?

Lunch finished. Only 2 small civi jets spotted. Think I had better head back!

Just dashed to B&Q and got buzzed by a couple of Bi Planes! Nice.

Seems like I was out by and hour. Main bit was around 12 delayed from 11. No spitfire.

Nice idea though ATP and a different spot for lunch!

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Any Londonists see the Chinook buzzing round before unloading half a dozen parachutists last night?

that was probably rhe HAC lot doing their annual (privately funded) display for all of the toffs - it's quite good fun. Last year one of the blokes ploughed into a load of us..

Yup, it was the HAC. I rode post there a bit later on as people were leaving.

Ah, that'll explain the DC3 in D Day colours that was rumbling about above my heard when I nipped out at lunchtime 🙂

I did see the biplanes & a chinook too but the chinooks are often about

I went for a run today and saw an old triplane wheeling about slowly, and there seemed to be some sort of WWII bomber on the ground. I thought maybe it was Gee Jay's DC3 but I think it had a double tail.

There is no Sea Harrier flying in the UK so something ain't right there

some sort of WWII bomber on the ground... I think it had a double tail

EDIT: official website says a Sea Harrier's going to be there, and they should know the difference. So... I dunno.