Ian Black
@BlickyIan
globetrotter extraordinaire- my views - my images - my words! aviation guru photo guru ..my words do not represent any person or company dead or alive -
Orange - Provence - lovely Town and full of historic Jets - fact of the day - The single engined Mirage 3 just beat the English Electric P1B to be teh first European aircraft to exceed mach 2.0
Harrier pilots were not gifted at painting ... I think this was an attempt to have easy recognition of who the bad guys were in 4vs 4 air combat ..@TomHam70488209 @AndyT_hk any clues ?
and totally ULEZ compliant
We are excited to share this raw flight footage including take-off and landing, all with real sound. No special effects, no CGI, no AI, pure engineering. Enjoy the future! A fully functional real-world "speeder bike" that so far only existed in sci-fi movies is finally here.
Ed Milliband has just announced a £45billion pound investment to kick start the UKs flagging EV industry - Ernie Hill is appointed as Chief advisor ... ( benny)
Tell me you can still hear the gentle whirr of electricity and slow clank of glass.
some great footage of Thames Water in action
Adding a shutoff valve when you can't locate the city meter box 😂
quite a few Royals flew in the Lightning - Feel free to add - The shah Of Iran ( pictured ) King Hussain of Jordan - I think a member of the Netherlands Royal Family - King Charles sat in one - And a lot of Saudi Royals - Add if you know any more ..
Forgot how smooth #red10 I was at formation #baclightning #englishelectriclightning #thundercity 4 ship
HMS Prince of Wales in Darwin. This is a deeply impressive picture. Full complement of F-35Bs plus Merlin ASW helicopters. It has taken a long time, but we got there.
A beautiful cold war build!👏 Great work by Hugh on the 1:48 scale English Electric Lightning F.1. 📸 X/ @HughGriff1988 #Airfix #ScaleModelling #ScaleModels #EnglishElectricLightning #ColdWar #PlasticKits #ModelBuilds
F-4 Phantom - In fact FGR2 or F-4M The RAF Phantoms were the slowest and most expensive - But they still looked the part - As a young 20 year old it was a blast - amazed I survived !
Airbus or Boeing ? I'd take an A320 over a B737 any day - and I've flown neither 🤣 seriously I think the A320 must go down as one of the best airliners ever made @easyJet @easyJetholidays
My father leading the @rafredarrows in his Mach 2.0 Lightnings
I wish this was longer ... The Govt is looking at raising the age people receive their pension .. And telling us to save more for retirement .. with what ? I fail to understand how Govt Borrowing is now as high as when we had Covid !! surely if you are debt you stop spending !
🚨 Whilst @Keir_Starmer and @RachelReevesMP lie to you about fixing the economy the real picture is very bleak. 👇👇
Boeing .......
This TUI fly Boeing 737-800 (G-TAWO) aborted takeoff after the nose gear unexpectedly rotated 90 degrees. What do you think caused the gear rotation to that extent? Happened on July 20, 2025, at Manchester Airport, UK. 📹: LiveJets24(YouTube)
leaving Faro airport today I think I saw A KC-390 .. The shame I didn't know what it was like a mini me C17 ... But I don't think they are in Portugal yet - looked neat though and a posted here years ago that the KC-390 is going to do well
Did you know? 💭 Human Machine Collaboration (HMC) is essential in future air superiority, combining an operational Artificial Intelligence capability with future orientated cockpit design.
I'm a huge fan of @Feargal_Sharkey - He needs to be in Charge of UK water -
Meanwhile in other news the water industry rich list. The men and women that have been paid a combined total of £278 million in just 11 years. That by the way is your money. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
I had Dinner with Simon Mann And a mercenary Klaus Von Strell - He looked liked the bad guy in a Bond Movie -Trust me its easy to loose a 727Night time , No SSR Squawk and you you follow another aircraft ...very very closely ! I should write a book .. and yes they were in Angola
These 2 guys stole the massive Boeing 727 at an airport in 2003 and flew away, disappearing forever: no crash, no plane. How is this even possible??
Awesome photo !!
🌊 La mer, le sable et un panache tricolore qui se dessine dans le ciel. La Patrouille de France a offert 25 minutes de performance au Gruissan plage airshow. Un moment suspendu, salué par un public venu nombreux et rassemblant petits et grands ! 🤗 @Armee_de_lair @Armees_Gouv