Buccaneer 50th anniversary a few shots...

[Snapshot]

The Blackburn Buccaneer first flew on 30th April 1958!
50 years on, we can still see them over SA! Just Lekker!

I have posted this in the Military Forum but seeing as the only
Bucc's flying today are in God's back garden, I thought I
would post here too! Some in the SA section won't visit the mil thread
and might have been involved with 24 Sqn or the Buccaneer in general!
(mods, I trust this is ok?)

They were all taken by me during the final 6 months of flying with the RAF
1993-1994. I trust they bring back some great memories of this truly awesome aircraft.
We are all just lucky that some are still flying in Cape Town :D
'Lank lewe die herinnering van die Buccaneer'

Andrew Brooks

http://www.avcollect2.co.uk/buccaneer/pprune/XV352 GMGD 11ft Large.jpg
XV352



http://www.avcollect2.co.uk/buccaneer/pprune/XV352_TAIN_7x5300dpi.jpg
XV352





http://www.avcollect2.co.uk/buccaneer/pprune/XX900 DCMS Sno Large.jpg
XX900 on her last flight Snowdonia 6 April 1994


http://www.avcollect2.co.uk/buccaneer/pprune/XX901_Sharpy_JJ_tain02.jpg
XX901 owned now by the BAA


http://www.avcollect2.co.uk/buccaneer/pprune/XX894 DCND tain Large.jpg
XX894


http://www.avcollect2.co.uk/buccaneer/pprune/XX899_Fras_Westy_Snowdon_04.jpg
XX899 on her last flight Snowdonia 6 April 1994
(just noticed a great scratch along bottom right! Oh well, those
were the days, 35mm film!!!)


http://www.avcollect2.co.uk/buccaneer/pprune/XV361_Skids_Delish_Tain02.jpg
XV361


http://www.avcollect2.co.uk/buccaneer/pprune/XX901 MSJJ R Tain Large.jpg
XX901


http://www.avcollect2.co.uk/buccaneer/pprune/XV893 006.jpg
XX893


http://www.avcollect2.co.uk/buccaneer/pprune/XV359_Glenn_Delish_tain02.jpg
XV359


http://www.avcollect2.co.uk/buccaneer/pprune/XX901_Ned_Billy_Snowdon_03b.jpg
XX901 Last flight Snowdonia 6th April 1994


http://www.avcollect2.co.uk/buccaneer/pprune/XX894_Dick_Delish_tain_00.jpg
XX894 'dirty' in 809 NAS colours for the final 6 month's flying



http://www.avcollect2.co.uk/buccaneer/pprune/208 sqn_tain.jpg
208 Farewell Family album!!!


http://www.avcollect2.co.uk/buccaneer/pprune/RB_040_RB pre take off 19 March 1970.jpg
The great man himself, Roy Boot! (I did'nt take this one!)


There's more on my Buccaneer website and here's a link (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cK6V4Kt_Ejw) to a youtube tribute vid I posted a few months ago,
I trust you like?
AB

[Solid Rust Twotter]

First blood to the Bucc was at the hands of the SAAF thirty years ago, almost to the day. Bit of pointless information for you (but you probably already knew that)....:ok:

[Snapshot]

SRT thanks for taking the time to reply, yes the SAAF
has certainly used the aircraft well!
I have attached a link to a part of my site with a story
you might be aware of? If not, its worth a read.
Click 'Buccaneer to the Rescue' when in the page

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/andrewbrooks1/crewroom.htm

Keep well
AB

[kennyd]

Man what a story!:ok: I was lucky enought to do some training ops with them whilest I was on Strike Craft, they jammed all our radars and fire control systems and then flew circles around us for fun but most of all I remember the noise!

[Snapshot]

Glad you liked it! 30 years ago almost to the day!

[NOTOT]

GONE are the day when men loved flying and woman were scarery, for you gave US FREE SKIES AND FREEDOM, "STRAALER DREUN WAARBORG JOU VREIHEID!!!!!!!!!!!"

[Phantom Driver]

Tangled with them at low level quite a few times in the good old RAF (peacetime) days. Read all about it in "F4 Phantom- A Pilot's story"- chapter titled "A Tale of two Buccs". Great machines; great crews.