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orionsbelt
27th Jan 2012, 10:53
Take a look
East Anglian Film Archive: Spitfire To Lightning, 1962 (http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/204879)
Good shots of AI23 /AI 17 servicing, Javs and Lightnings
Thanks to East Anglian Film Archive
Stash Group Captain L H Malins
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NutherA2
27th Jan 2012, 12:37
I was on 23 Sqn in 1962 when the Station Commander directed a bit of a blitz on driving on the base. I remember one verse from a song written & performed by Vaughn Radford at a 74 Sqn party, who was a talented guitarist. It went to the tune of the Lonnie Donegan hit “Puttin’ on the Agony”:
“To Chief Inspector Malins and his Road Traffic Act,
His white lines, signs and licences, this song is sung with tact,
Stopping at a halt sign was quite enough before ,
But now we’ve got a speed limit on Runway 04”.
Gp Capt Malins was also at the party and his applause looked genuine.
Hamish 123
27th Jan 2012, 15:35
"Foam made from Ox's blood costing 16/- a gallon"
That's something I never knew!
Rosevidney1
27th Jan 2012, 19:09
Me neither. 80p for 4.54 litres eh?
DCDriver
4th Feb 2012, 14:18
- and half of it was sprayed over their own lads!
srobarts
5th Feb 2012, 07:04
Great memories, I was born and brought up in Norwich and the Coltishall Open Days were a regular feature. Thanks orionsbelt for the pointer.
The foam from blood used to really stink, I did my flying scholarship at Carlisle in 1968, they had a fire drill across the way from to accommodation huts and we had the full benefit of the smell!
Lightning Mate
7th Feb 2012, 16:46
Ahhhh..............Coltishall - home of the Frightening.
This, of course, was bread and butter to us....
http://i636.photobucket.com/albums/uu82/Lightning_29/Colt16-ship.jpg
Bread and butter LM! Never touched the stuff!!
Give me a pint of Adnams any day
Newt:ok::ok:
goofer3
7th Feb 2012, 19:52
Another one, (or 16), Coltishall, 14th September, 1968
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae294/goofer33/Colt14SEP68.jpg?t=1328647648