discussion Good day at Cosford despite the weather

[Steve Brodie]

Had a good day out at cosford yesterday, despite the glum of the weather, some shots here https://www.flickr.com/photos/brodiephoto/sets/72157652262642054 loads more to sort, due to conditions over shot as shutter was low to try and get something sharp of the whirly things !!

 

[Richi72]

Thanks for sharing Steve,

 

[Guest]

Thanks Steve to post them

 

[Robert1968]

Thanks for sharing ( awesome pics )


Robert

 

[Guest]

Great pics Steve


John.

 

[rickoshea52]

ZE370!!! Now there's a blast from the past. I have spent many a sweaty hour in the cabin of that heap of junk doing group servicings or getting covered in oil from doing SOAP's & chips. It's encouraging to see that 22 Sqn are keeping her as clean as we did on D Flt.

 

[papa 695]

Some great photos there Steve, looks like you had a great day out.

 

[monica]

some very nice pics,Steve,thank you for shearing

 

[colin m]

Very nice Steve, thanks.

 

[Steve Brodie]

ZE370!!! Now there's a blast from the past. I have spent many a sweaty hour in the cabin of that heap of junk doing group servicings or getting covered in oil from doing SOAP's & chips. It's encouraging to see that 22 Sqn are keeping her as clean as we did on D Flt.

Quite sad really as her last public flying display ever !!!!, whole of RAF SAR been shut down at end of June at Valley , love the yellow Budgies !!

 

[Steve Brodie]

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[Snowman]

Cool pics dude!!


That Meteor is something as well!!

 

[flyjoe180]

Great photos Steve, thanks for posting them.

whole of RAF SAR been shut down at end of June at Valley

Replaced with? Is the RN version of this affected too?

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Bristow is taking over, according to the commentator at the show they are much better equipped.

 

[flyjoe180]

I looked it up, SAR duties being taken over as you say Adrian, by Bristow. Some military crew will be on board. The Royal Navy SAR squadrons are being disbanded too. Such a long history coming to an end.

 

[Steve Brodie]

Trouble is MOD have realised that there are virtually no MIL SAR operations within the uk and almost all the call outs are for civilians, so why is the military paying for a civil rescue service. Sell it off and the money saved can go to something else, wont be the same seeing these;


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Instead of these flying chunks of metal hurtling across the sky;


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[rickoshea52]

I have a recollection that the MOD were paid by another government department to provide SAR cover, that was certainly the case for the SAR Nimrod kept at readiness - at the request of the CAA I think.


All things come to an end and the Sea King was overdue for replacement, all the aircrews I knew wanted a better airframe.