F4-Jag shoot down - more
Heard a GAF pilot in either and Alpha Jet or Fiat was lining up for a shot on another Jag when he saw the 'winder leave the F4.
He broke off saying "Ah, ze RAF are playing for real today best I go home."
Impinger, you are right when you say the F4 was bought as a fighter not a bomber. It was the reason why I didn\'t finish the OCU. I couldn\'t hack 90s.
B*tard Bill (I quite liked him actually) and Super Nav were on the OCU at the time. The CGI was the infamous, and Bryant.
The OCU was aiming balls out at AD aircrew in contrast to the bombers down at Honnington. That I could have had two tours mud moving didn\'t count for !!!!.
I was visiting SHAPE before Christmas, the Scottish Group Captain was there getting his Christmas duty free (NEVER, what in an RAF Staff car)?
Anyway, we were taken hostage by a mad lothario with a gun. Quite exciting. Anyway we persuaded the Belgique police to detain us in the bar in case they needed to take a statement. Hours later, !!!! faced, we staggered next door to the motel. The Bwords\'s ADC was as !!!!-faced as the rest of us and missed her bosses start time the next morning. He gave her a right bollocks but we eventually managed to get word to him what a star she had been.
Services to Stella Artois and all that.
I think it was Jim McRoberts, and apologeies for adding a Canberry staory to this thread BUT . . .during confrontation in Malaysia, in a
PR Canberra, they were tasked to do a low level run across an Indonesian airfield. The airfield was disused - oh yeah, why were they doing a recce - and there was no threat.
It was also at max range. The plan, a hi-lo-hi with about 20 miles low level and a climb as soon as they got the pics.
450k, 50 miles later, he was still calling Climb you bastard, climb.