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- @5 AIRCRAFT
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- @1 by Nite
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- @7THE STEALTH
- @1Most aircraft are breathtaking but the Stealth is a lot more then then that.
- The Stealth is based in United States Air Force. The Stealth's Nicknames are
- Nighthawk, Wobblin Gobblin, F-117A and Stealth Fighter. The F-117A is made up
- of lots of other parts of Aircraft. The undercarriage came from the Northrop
- F-5 and the fly by wire system from the F-16 Fighting Falcon. It`s first
- flight was on the 18th of June 1981.
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- @7THE VULCAN
- @1The Vulcan has 4 Rolls Royce engines for lots of force. The first type 698
- prototype (VX770) came to a tragic end on September 20th, 1958 during a flypast
- at Syerston when the airframe literally broke up (right). In that accident the
- whole of the right wing exploded. The reason it exploded is because of the
- speed that it was going. The Vulcan is always popular with crowds.
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- @7THE RED ARROWS
- @1There are ten red arrows but only nine fly in air shows. They have twenty
- manoeuvres which are:
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- @5 1. Arrival - Bignine Loop
- 2. Big Vixen Roll
- 3. Eagle Loop
- 4. Concorde Bend
- 5. Concorde into Feathered Arrow Loop
- 6. Delta Roll
- 7. Change into Leaders Benefit.
- 8. Leaders Benefit/Heart Loop + Cascade
- 9. Front Cross Roll
- 10. Vertical Rolls
- 11. Spectacles and Opposition Barrel Roll-Synchro
- 12. Roll Back
- 13. Inverted Pass-Synchro
- 14. Big 7 (Stepped Down)-Pass with Gear Synchro Goose
- 15. Shackle & Double Rolls-Synchro
- 16. Caterpillar Loop
- 17. Crowd Front Cross to Opposition Inverted-Synchro
- 18. Box Loop-Vixen Break
- 19. Opposition Loop-Synchro
- 20. Join up to Parasol Break (finale)
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- @7AVRO LANCASTER
- @1There are only two Lancasters left flying. Coningsby has one, but it was
- grounded. There is a company that suped up a bit to get the Lanc back up into
- the "big white". If you like the Lancaster, the Spitfire, the Hurricane or the
- Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, then come to the visitor's centre. It is
- open weekdays from 10.00 am - 5.00 pm and the last tour begins at 3.30 pm. It
- is closed on Bank Holidays, Weekends and for two weeks over Christmas.
- Telephone: (01526) 344041. It has a well-stocked souvenir shop, picnic area,
- space to park and toilets.
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- @4 ROYAL AIR FORCE
- CONINGSBY
- LINCOLNSHIRE
- LN4 4SY
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- @3[This mag is turning into one massive advertising campaign!! zYLAX!]