From Biggles Biplane....
Well, we didn't quite get to Amiens as planned. We got within sight of France yesterday, as we flew along from Capel le Ferne to Dover and overhead Swingate Down, from where the first aircraft departed for France on 13th August 1914.
However the gusting winds and storms on our planned route from St. Omer to Amiens and Arras where the Western Front Association commemorative events were being held, meant discretion had to form the better part of valour...
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Well, we didn't quite get to Amiens as planned. We got within sight of France yesterday, as we flew along from Capel le Ferne to Dover and overhead Swingate Down, from where the first aircraft departed for France on 13th August 1914.
However the gusting winds and storms on our planned route from St. Omer to Amiens and Arras where the Western Front Association commemorative events were being held, meant discretion had to form the better part of valour...
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Three replica B.E.2 biplanes will fly from Headcorn in Kent to Abbeville to mark the 100th anniversary of the first Royal Flying Corps Squadrons being deploy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=p58Yv40s658
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For
probably the first time since near the end of World War One, FOUR Royal
Aircraft Factory B.E.2 aircraft fly together in formation.
One of these aircraft, the B.E.2f (second from camera) is an original WW1 veteran. The other three, the dope coloured B.E.2c nearest the camera, and the two B.E.2e's farthest from the camera are all 100% accurate reproduction aircraft built by The Vintage Aviator Ltd in New Zealand.
It is unlikely that another formation like this will happen again in the near future as the two B.E.2e's are now in the northern hemisphere.
WW1 Centenary 28 July 2014
Anniversary of the Royal Flying Corps 12.08.14
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One of these aircraft, the B.E.2f (second from camera) is an original WW1 veteran. The other three, the dope coloured B.E.2c nearest the camera, and the two B.E.2e's farthest from the camera are all 100% accurate reproduction aircraft built by The Vintage Aviator Ltd in New Zealand.
It is unlikely that another formation like this will happen again in the near future as the two B.E.2e's are now in the northern hemisphere.
WW1 Centenary 28 July 2014
Anniversary of the Royal Flying Corps 12.08.14
by British Forces News
Three replica B.E.2 biplanes will fly from Headcorn in Kent to Abbeville to mark the 100th anniversary of the first Royal Flying Corps Squadrons being deployed to France. Simon Newton went to look at the machines.
--Three replica B.E.2 biplanes will fly from Headcorn in Kent to Abbeville to mark the 100th anniversary of the first Royal Flying Corps Squadrons being deployed to France. Simon Newton went to look at the machines.
http://www.aviationfilm.com
Copyright © 2014 Historical Aviation Film Unit
This video material may not be reproduced in any form (except as an embedded video on any other website), without the written permission of the Historical Aviation Film Unit.
