VC-10 3 ship Fly past at BZZ 28/8/12

[Squawk1177]

Only one place to be today...

XV108, ZA147 and XR808 prepare for a tight 3 ship departure - awesome sight, awesome sound...

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D7K_4145 by bethpagejet, on Flickr[/url]

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D7K_4170 by bethpagejet, on Flickr[/url]

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D7K_4229 by bethpagejet, on Flickr[/url]

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D7K_4237 by bethpagejet, on Flickr[/url]

And two fly pasts on their return

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D7K_4551 by bethpagejet, on Flickr[/url]

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XV108 recovers as number 2, followed by ZA147

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doubt we'll ever see this again - glad I was there

S1177

[peak45139]

Fantastic phots. Thanks for sharing. I was there too & stood next to you by the looks of it for the departure & captured it on video.

[Laurieg]

awesome shots =D> Just the way I will remember them. Cheers

[vc10boy]

just fantastic pitures of the queen of the skies,,they look in beautiful condition,like they where built last year...thanks for posting them...

[peak45139]

One thing that I'm surprised no one picked up on was that during both passes, the sole K4, ZD241, that was expected by many to be one of the 3 in the formation was actually doing high power engine runs against the detuner at the exact time of both flypasts. So at least it got in on the action of a kind! The revving of its Conways was almost timed, it seemed, to co-inside with the 2 formation passes.

[Laurieg]

Having being very intimate with that aircraft over the years on Majors and Minors I would say that it probably had 4 engine changes on arrival back in the UK. If there was ever an aircraft that was trouble for us, (apart from that hybrid 101), it was that one.
Pipes that had been shoved up holes that no human being will ever be capable of getting to without breaking a limb. Pipes that simply are not on any other aircraft and pipes that ARE on other aircraft but are not the same, (if you get my drift)

[Squawk1177]

ZD241 was supposed to be included but was tech...

Such is life

S1177

[peak45139]

Anyone know when ZD241 is due to go back to the Falklands or is due to fly again?

[Laurieg]

I suppose that that depends on the ops side. 241 is only capable of IFR, (being the only one of her kind), and that is all she really needs to do down there. I would expect her to spend the rest of the days down south for as long as it can whilst Voyager sorts it's problems out.

Voyager will be a major asset to put in that theatre so I could see some gap in deploying it there. So long as the 10 can do the IFR role in that area it makes sense to keep that restrictive airframe where she is.

Can't remember where she is in the drawdown, (4 months is too long away from the drawdown plan to remember, bearing in mind the Keo I have been having)