With due credit to the photographer:-

Question - why are both pilots wearing head torches? The Bell 429 is about to land at the London Heliport.


G-ODSA B429 at EGLW by Joseph Pringle, on Flickr

Definitely an increase in unwanted 'Suggested for you' adverts and propaganda. If algorithms were supposedly the way your interests were determined, then 50% of what I see is non-algorithm - plain rubbish really. Sometimes posts by my friends are way down the scroll and often a day or two after they...

Thank you for the positive reception and kind comments guys!

A couple of hours next to a Lincolnshire B-road was well rewarded whilst watching a heliborne photoshoot of the MQ-9B Sky Guardian (N190TC) conducted by an Airbus Helicopters AS355 Squirrel (G-NETR). Three passes were made over the Waddington area, allowing for ample pictures of a rare event. Right ...

London's Air Ambulance, a McDonnell Douglas MD 902, taking off from the London Heliport on the Thames. Battersea rail bridge in the background. Taken March 2012.

Air Ambulance G-RSCU (Agusta A109E Power) about to land at the Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance facility opposite RAF Waddington - Friday 13 August 2021 at 15:27. Original post:- https://www.civilianaviation.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=188&t=33706&p=122634#p122634 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/5138...

Air Ambulance G-RSCU (Agusta A109E Power) about to land at the Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance facility opposite RAF Waddington. Picture taken from the carpark at the WAVE just before The Reds performed a practice display over Waddington. Friday 13 August 2021 at 15:27. https://live.staticflickr.com/655...

Antonov An-24V (LZ-ANL) last in service with Balkan (Bulgarian Airlines) and withdrawn from service in 1999. Initially delivered new to Interflug, former East Germany, in 1966. Picture taken in 2014 outside Burgas airport, Bulgaria, where it forms part of the Bulgarian Aviation Expo. Preservation ha...

@andygolfer I refer to the date of closure for entries as per point 4 of the Rules, see below; should it read 7th August? "The competition will remain open until 23.59 (UK time) on the 7th July 2021 ... " excellent - at least we have one person reading the rules , many thanks!!! So that's only 3 el...

@andygolfer

I refer to the date of closure for entries as per point 4 of the Rules, see below; should it read 7th August?

"The competition will remain open until 23.59 (UK time) on the 7th July 2021 ... "

A former RAF Gloster Meteor NF.11 (Night Fighter variant) taxiing to be parked. Built in 1952 and photographed at Coventry Airport in May 2015. Civilian Reg G-LOSM former military Reg WM167. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49788326592_0ca84a94c9_b.jpg Gloster Meteor by Marius Bekker , on Flickr

Fokker 100 from Austrian Airlines (OE-LVC) about to land at Nice Cote d'Azur airport in France. Austrian Airlines have now retired the type. The picture was taken from the banks of the Var river next to the beach at Cagnes-sur-Mer, west of Nice. Paddle board surfers in the water, mostly sunny skies ...

Update on the above:- A major backlash by members of the public has resulted in a massive U-turn by parliamentary authorities. Bars and drinking hideaways within the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament) will now also close at 10pm, as is the case with bars and pubs for ordinary citizens. Wha...

Clearly we're not in this together.

"Parliament’s bars exempt from 10pm coronavirus curfew". (The Times 28 Sept)

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/parl ... eYNPZ5VBQ4

Departing Stansted, the last built MD-11F delivered to Lufthansa Cargo in 2001, D-ALCN. Taken midday March 2016.

Lufthansa Cargo MD-11F by Marius Bekker, on Flickr

Activating full flaps and reverse thrust 'King of Budget' Ryanair Boeing 737-8, Reg EI-EMM, using minimal runway length at East Midlands Airport. Taken March 2016.

Real time aviation streaming (livestream shows says the Facebook page) has arrived. Some hate it some love it, however, the entrepreneurial spirit of the human kind is alive and well. Today the man and his van is live from LHR, with 1,000+ viewers at any given time. He already boasts 180,000 followe...

Nice to be back, and thank you. Social media may well be our cushion of comfort during the weeks and months ahead.

There is life!

After a few days of non-access to this Forum you are back. Trusting licence and other issues have been sorted?

Seen at Stellenbosch Airfield near Cape Town, one of the 'Working on Fire' Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopters. Fixed wing and helicopters used in fire fighting are often based here during the dry summer months at short readiness, to protect vineyards and property adjacent to the mountainous surroundings...