RAF Tristar Departing Manchester

[dave3663]

This Beauty flew me down to the Falklands in 1988 - what a wonderful Aircraft. Love the sound of the engines spooling up

[drmartyn]

beautiful plane! Are there still ANY flying anywhere in the world?

[liamr685]

@drmartyn The RAF still operate them, untill 2016, when teh A330-MRTT will replace them, and Las Vegas Sand Corps fly one

[SpongeAnimation]

I flew in one onf these some time ago they r my fave plane :D

[airplanejack]

i saw that landing at liverpool (it flew over are house)

[stephen506]

i was fortunate enough to work on one of these

[carter55555]

@stephen506

Me too! I was one of the illustrious guys on Air Movements :)

Ahhhh...the memories of Brize Norton and the Spotlight club! Hahaha!

[MADTASS]

@carter55555

Not Russ Carter by any chance.

[cjacustomwoodworking]

What a growl- that plane is awesome!

[speedbird125]

reminds me of the good ol' days when passenger tristars operated out of manchester

[mattpowelluk1]

good vid,

the air intake is lush shame it retiering in 6 years, o well.

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[AntC1981]

Quality craft of the air.

[spandyclayton]

woop woop 704 im currently working at 216 sqn brize norton on these bad boys ( im a techie :D )

[bobarty]

Top vid,handsome looking jet too the RAF has got good taste from Ex member of.

[ryandavies333]

i go on this type of aircraft every year to go to work...

am in the army btw haha nice vid

[woody352sqn]

if it was fog

how come they didn't use ils?? are the tristars not equipped with them?

[oly720man]

The rvr was probably below operational minimums so they had to divert.

[woody352sqn]

cheers this is what i hope to fly because i cant be a fast jet pil;ot because i wear glasses but i can in the navy

its stupid

[sdrawkcab96]

@oly720man I know you replied 3 years ago. But operation minimals for the RAF not the aircraft because both the Trident and Tristar were both capable and certified for 0/0 landings

[cocoonery]

when i was on 216, if brize norton was fogbound we always used manchester as our first diversion airfield

[iPilot747]

@woody352sqn The tristar is equipped with the worlds best ILS

[cocoonery]

i used to work on 216 sqn for 4 and half years so seeing this video puts a special memory in my heart. i was cabin crew and what a lovely aircraft to work on.

[102trafalgar]

Bit of history. Are there any still in service with The R.A.F.? Thanks for sharing.

[oly720man]

Yes, quite a few. They are used for troop carrying, freight and air to air refuelling.

[Weihrauch88]

good video 5 stars :)

[lightning1975]

Cool. Went on one of those with British Airtours in the 80's. It was called 'Swansea Bay'.