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These are 230 1979
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Oh that white church !
Further to Tiger Mate's comment, does anyone know of a link to the famous XMG heli shoot vid taken by a French (?) TV crew lured to the village for an interview and treated to an 'exclusive' by PIRA. It's rather a long time since I last saw it, however believe that some of that was taken from the church or the parochial house next door.
And while I think of it, does anyone have access to a copy of the vid of the Lynx being brought down near the three lakes ? I noticed that a couple of seconds of it are included in D****'s vid; but recall that there was a PIRA director's cut, which was much longer and showed the locals ape-ing a foot patrol etc.
As I mentioned before, superb thread, hope it keeps growing.
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And while I think of it, does anyone have access to a copy of the vid of the Lynx being brought down near the three lakes ? I noticed that a couple of seconds of it are included in D****'s vid; but recall that there was a PIRA director's cut, which was much longer and showed the locals ape-ing a foot patrol etc.
As I mentioned before, superb thread, hope it keeps growing.
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Answered my own question.
YouTube - IRA shoot down British Helicopter - 1988
Does anyone remember Capt ******* ***** (practising for his ATPLH/IR) providing hugely valuable top cover in Lx5 whilst VMC on top !
YouTube - IRA shoot down British Helicopter - 1988
Does anyone remember Capt ******* ***** (practising for his ATPLH/IR) providing hugely valuable top cover in Lx5 whilst VMC on top !
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Two More
Couple of XMG
while in the second shot ZA940 arrives over the north fence.
7th July 2005 and 28th March 2006 respectively. Much changed from those 1979 views. Today, little remains of these structures and the HLS is gone.
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miles offtarget, I do feel you're being a little unfair on H-S, afterall, he was precisely where he'd been told to be. The downing of the Lynx was entirely predictable given the inclination of the victim.
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Sorry, just a misleading stream of consciousness on my part, I certainly wasn't suggesting that the downed Lx was a result of that previously mentioned pilot.
The comment was precipitated by once carrying out an entire block of tasking, returning to BBK and landing on, only to find that he was topping up his suntan by flying a perfect (three times the drift on the outbound leg) hold on top of the usual claggy 8/8ths .... above the first serial's pick up grid !
Happy times indeed.
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The comment was precipitated by once carrying out an entire block of tasking, returning to BBK and landing on, only to find that he was topping up his suntan by flying a perfect (three times the drift on the outbound leg) hold on top of the usual claggy 8/8ths .... above the first serial's pick up grid !
Happy times indeed.
MoT
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Change of Tack
This reminds me of ambling back from JK's to the Mess..... http://www.wagenschenke.ch/HomeRun.swf
That'd be the sniper from Silverbridge who was covered in his own ordure when lifted in a beaut set-up. Didn't stay long in chokey after peace broke out, ISTR.
No photos but there was the one about the 845 cab lifting from BBK (in the middle of a major troop move) with the refueller still attached and pouring fuel in! Game lad - he clung on for grim death whilst all the other cabs shouted 'stop' on the RT. As we were sitting running right behind we didn't actually hear the refueller's words when the crewman finally opened the door to look out, but the actions were fairly explicit.
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845 arrival
845 CO leading the 4 cabs in to helidet, gets reception committe of shining airmen, OC helidet, Station commander, photographers and lots more. landed on to be put in a rowing boat and pulled up the pan to awaiting dignitaries. appearing from stage left, 2 airmen on a pushbike, one on the handle bars wearing a blue and white polka dot dress with a tape recorder belting out "Raindrops keep falling on my head" Rode through the middle of reception and dissapeared into the distance. Wingco carried on as if nothing happened. very puzzled looking navy people. Welcome carried on into the night untill all navy bods rendered useless by cheese and wine party. Navy personell complaining next day of pooping raw undigested gorganzola, Easily explained as it wasn't administered by themselves through the orifice that chews. Possibly some other method whilst they were comatose. Welcome to Helidet. (first hand gen, i was there)
