Whats this, any plane spotters in?

**vandyke** · 28-10-2006, 07:03

Found this on Flash Earth at leuchers
http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=56.37....9&r=0&src=msl

**crabtastic** · 28-10-2006, 07:06

Shorts Tucano T1

**vandyke** · 28-10-2006, 07:20

I take it that is what they use for training? Cheers crabtastic

**Muttley** · 28-10-2006, 07:55

That was easy

**Mr_C_Hinecap** · 28-10-2006, 17:28

Still used by the BBMF pilots to stay current on 'tail draggers' landing on grass.

**PartTimePongo** · 28-10-2006, 17:31

I didn't know De Havilland (Ahhhhhh) made the Tucano.

Well you learn something new every day

I think that's a Chippy.

Mind you , my Air Rec. skills have been bonk in recent times...

**grumpyoldb** · 28-10-2006, 17:37

It ain't a tail dragger either.

Its from Linton-on-Ouse.

**brockle** · 28-10-2006, 17:38

Originally Posted by Mr_C_Hinecap

Still used by the BBMF pilots to stay current on 'tail draggers' landing on grass.

Bad wah.

**PartTimePongo** · 28-10-2006, 17:41

Especially bad wah from a Crab too. :D

I still think it's a Chippy looking at the tail , then again , is it the curvature of the lens extending the elevators?

**polar69** · 28-10-2006, 18:30

Chippy

the wingtips of the black bugger look a bit to rounded to be a Chipmunk

And it does look very similar to the Tucano's I see buzzing round E Yorks

**Mighty_doh_nut** · 28-10-2006, 18:44

Its a Tucano

The Gloss black paint job gives it away although looking at the tail you can see why PTP thought it was a Chipmunk....... but it isn't :D

**snapper** · 28-10-2006, 19:24

Its a Tucano, there's another one sat outside VAS if you scroll over, nice to see the place is still cluttered with old Phantoms...

**Persian_kitten** · 28-10-2006, 19:46

Originally Posted by PartTimePongo

I didn't know De Havilland (Ahhhhhh) made the Tucano.

I thought De Havilland's last roll-out was the Comet?

Weren't these made by the same people who developed the Banderanti?

**Archimedes** · 28-10-2006, 20:06

I'll vote Tucano as well.

The paint job isn't necessarily a decent clue anymore, since the BBMF's two Chippys have succumbed to the all-over black training scheme. They have a wide white band on the wings, though, and I'd guess that this would be fairly obvious in plan view.

http://www.deltaweb.co.uk/bbmf/othertypes.html

P_K, yes - originally developed by EMBRAER, but licence built (at considerably greater cost than simply getting the Brazilians to add the UK-specific features at their factory...) by Shorts.

Can I take my anorak off now?