Not something you'd see today...

[Viscount Cornbank]

Apologies if this is old news but I hadn't seen this amazing shot, must have been quite a sight at the time :o

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0415941/L/

Cheers

Fraser

[TSR2]

Great find Fraser!I've never seen this before. Looks like they are really going some..... a whole new dimension to 4 darts in close formation

[Garry Russell]

:o Not seen that before Fraser.

Amazing....thanks for the link.

Garry

[Paul K]

Dats quite a photo. ;-)

[Garry Russell]

Dats quite a photo. ;-)

Garry

[jab]

Thats a nice shot wish they would do that now day's at airshows :flying:


James

[airboatr]

Dats quite a photo. ;-)

Garry

ohhhh
dats what I was going to say
... well dats the truth.....

[Viscount Cornbank]

I just think it's a great looking aeroplane, the FH-227 version that is ;-) Remember seeing it in the Observers book 1967 or something and it just looked right for all it c of g revisions. Technically the 227 was much more advanced than its Fokker stablemates with advanced integrated flight system for the day (common to contemporary DC-9s etc) and an APU to boot (first on a turboprop?) Only ever saw one in the flesh (or aloominum) a DAT example, at Jersey, ironically All the Fairchild versions struggled after the early seventies when the manufacturer stopped supporting them, but hey it's the 21st century and there still isn't one for FS.... :prayer:

Incidentally, if you see the film "Alive" about the crash of a Uruguayan Air Force 227 in the Andes, the attention to detail is commendable, with a proper 227 flight deck and engine readings. Only thing they couldn't manage was the right sounds, they should have called Cornbank House

cheers

Fraser