Interesting or unusual planes?

[TimC]

Yes. There are some grainy phone videos of it somewhere. He barrel-rolled the aircraft on its last flight. I'm not sure who else was in the aircraft, but I suspect Martin Withers was in the right hand seat. Martin was chief pilot at VTTS, and flew the successful Black Buck 1 bombing raid in XM607 along with a mate of mine, Pete Taylor. Martin had been one of mine and Pete's QFIs on 25 Course Basic Flying Training at 1 Sqn, 1 FTS, RAF Linton-on-Ouse in 1977, on the Jet Provost.

[Russell]

IMG_20240512_114253139_HDR by Russell Wiles, on Flickr

My son's Christmas present from his partner was a flight in a Tiger Moth.  When we got there they said that it was u/s but the good news is that they could offer this, which is a 3 seater so someone (me!) could go up as well.  Only 3 remaining out of a conversion run of 19 so quite rare now.

[Jurek]

IMG_20240512_114253139_HDR by Russell Wiles, on Flickr

My son's Christmas present from his partner was a flight in a Tiger Moth.  When we got there they said that it was u/s but the good news is that they could offer this, which is a 3 seater so someone (me!) could go up as well.  Only 3 remaining out of a conversion run of 19 so quite rare now.

Nice! 

[matthew]

I had three years working at an office in Frimley (2008-2011) and walking to the station in the lead up to, and during, the Farnborough Air show used to be fun. Watching the eurofighter practise it's display was just a change from quiet if flying towards me to loud if flying away. More impressive was watching an A40M being thrown around the sky as if it was a much smaller plane.

[Russell]

We live under the flight path and you can have too much of a good thing. 

[Russell]

and flew the successful Black Buck 1 bombing raid in XM607 along with a mate of mine, Pete Taylor. M

Just read Vulcan 607 by Rowland White about Black Buck 1, a very good book about an amazing op.  Highly recommended as are all his books.

[Mr Larrington]

Was out the front of Larrington Towers massacring green things at lunchtime when some variety of twin-engined biplane flew over.  I think it was a DH Dragon Rapide but can’t be sure.

[Jurek]

Was out the front of Larrington Towers massacring green things at lunchtime when some variety of twin-engined biplane flew over.  I think it was a DH Dragon Rapide but can’t be sure.

I saw that!
I was taking some air outside (someone indoors was setting up a chocolate scent dispenser  and I had to leave to get some air), it was heading due south from where I was at Waltham Cross.
Doubtless from Duxford.
I think your Dragon Rapide contention is most likely spot on.

[Mr Larrington]

It was heading roughly NE when it passed over Larrington Towers some time shortly after midday.  I may have heard it earlier too before going out into the Big Room.