Classic British Flight Sim

It's a bit noisy today. It sounds like the 1-11 is doing circuits at Boscombe Down. It's been active for a couple of days so if anyone's driving down the A303 keep your eyes and ears open.

Ian

Could be the last time to see the type!

It gets refitted then does a series of tests.

Conceivably this could well be on it's last job.

Reminds me of standing in Poole in August 2000 and looking up at a One-Eleven cackling in the climb over Sandbanks out of Hurn . I stood and stared with a feeling that I'd never see one again, and I've not seen one since.

May I note that the 1-11 video archives on youtube are alarmingly thin -
So anyone who is near and is willing to go to the time and effort of trying to get this bird on film -
you will not only make me happy but you'll be also taking one of the very last chances to fill these archives!

All the very best,

Nick

It does seem the One-Eleven is being allowed to slip away unnoticed.

BA doesn't even seem to record the end of it's service, it's as if a blind eye is turned toward it apart from a few dedicated enthusiasts.

As such the last 10-15 years seem to have the type in a state of "persona non gratis"

Recent history seems to have ignored it

I remember BBC South Today covering the last civvie flight out of Hurn.....ten years ago!!

Avion has two DVDs covering its history aswell, so, not all is forgotten!

Not that I'm a big fan of the type, but I do have quite a bit of footage of ZE432, the ETPS one (for posterity) at Boscombe. I'll try and put some up on the 'tube'.

WhisperJet wrote:So anyone who is near and is willing to go to the time and effort of trying to get this bird on film -
you will not only make me happy but you'll be also taking one of the very last chances to fill these archives!

Funny you should say that, Nick

I haven't got a decent video camera (I use a Canon G12 as it fits in my backpack) but I'd intended going for a bike ride today and one of my usual rides is around Grovelly Wood, near Salisbury which happens to be about 3 miles upwind from Boscombe and pretty much on the runway heading. She's scared the crap out of me a couple of times before by blasting over the horizon with no warning and with no time for me to get my camera out. So, as she was out this morning, I thought I'd head over that way this afternoon, settle myself down for lunch with a good view to the North East, set my camera to video and wait. I waited for half an hour and then suddenly ... nothing happened

So I took the photo anyway - it's not my fault the aircraft wasn't in it. Just imagine that it was in the shot 2 hours earlier, just coming over the trees on the ridge to the right. You could photoshop it in if you like Next time I hear it airborne I'll scramble over there quicker!



Ian

Hey Ian

Someones dumped a battered old Mountain Bike in the verge

Yeah, the rider's in the stinging nettles where I knocked him off with my land rover