Another '50s marvel

can you tell what it is yet?

Why, it's the Bristol Type 188! Another one of the great British projects that never made it into production in the '50s/'60s. This rather fine freeware model is available on .to, and looks and flies really well. Heading out of Filton, appropriately enough, and then off for a scurry across the south of England to see if we can a few sonic booms going. Rattle a few windows, that sort of thing.

Came out of Fliton heading west and going like a rocket even before I manage to turn it round. Too fast to attempt to go under the bridge, but hey, next time, maybe

climbing

Isle of Wight in the distance

M25 below us, Heathrow in the middle distance

Port wing pointing toward the Dome down below

Heading toward my spiritual home (Sarfend)

This is probably not the sort of plane that, when you're up at around 25,000 feet doing 500kts, you suddenly decide to drop in on an airport you're just about to go shooting over, but I thought, hey, I haven't dropped in on the old place for a while so I whacked on the speed brakes and did a fast 180 and aimed the pointy end at the runway at EGMC.

Almost made it, actually. I did overrun the runway but at least managed to stop before I disrupted the traffic on the Rochford road.

As always, no pixels were harmed in the production of this flight. You are advised to try this at home - it's fun!