RAF Coningsby 21st April 2011

My birthday trip for once coincides with a BBMF work up day and 2 x QRA Scrambles :)

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• RAF
• Coningsby
• Eurofighter
• Typhoon
• BBMF
• Battle
• of
• Britain
• Memorial
• Flight
• Hurricane
• Spitfire
• Lancaster
• Dakota
• C-47
• Tornado
• QRA
• Scramble

[livetofly935]

there was a QRA scramble???

[blizzardthewatcher]

@livetofly935

Yep , 2 of them .

The first at 34:41 and the second at 40:44 ;)

[edj66]

I wish they painted them something other than grey. I love the Lightning's bare metal finish. And the Tornado GR1 with camo was nice too.

[edj66]

And they're really working that Spit and Hurricane, don't often hear them revving up that much. Those pilots must have such a good time. Lucky gits.

[edj66]

Fantastic upload. Really great.

[edj66]

@staffsmole It stands for Quick Reaction Alert I think. Basically, they've detected an unknown aeroplane in British airspace and scramble fighters to intercept.

[zephsgranddad2]

@johnp94

I was stationed there in 1949. We had Mosquiti's the Lancs and shackletons were long gone You must be older than you think! It closed for rebuilding for jets in 1950 139 squadron moved to Hemswell

[staffsmole]

@blizzardthewatcher Forgive me, but I'd love to know what a QRA scramble is?

[FULLMETALSPUDDY]

@Thezangizo they killed the grass because the bugs were attracting dem pesky birds.

[freeman8128]

I spent some weeks at RAF Conningsby in the early '50's when I was a pre school toddler (Ca1951-53) - My uncle was based there living in Married quarters. I still have vivid memories: the aircraft based there were either Lancaster or Shackleton (similar appearance) the aircrew had fir-lined leather flying jackets - I remember them sunbathing beside their aircraft on the dispersals. I remember the fuel bowsers, the lorries & the AC1s who delivered the coal. Once RAF gets into you you're hooked

[BTTOLDSKOOL]

Nice to see Sptifre PM631 back and with a new paint!

[wormtoad1]

happy birthday!

do they use a separate runway for QRA