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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

6th Feb 2015, 07:50

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8 Sqd Venom crash in Oman 50 years ago

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Posted By l.garey

Thanks for this update Grizzlie. I am very...

Thanks for this update Grizzlie. I am very pleased to hear that the Venom and Owen Watkinson's grave are now protected. Last time I was there (in 2008, see my post 15, above) I was sad to see people...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

29th Sep 2008, 08:23

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8 Sqd Venom crash in Oman 50 years ago

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Posted By l.garey

Venom on Saiq plateau

Further to my earlier posts about the Venom that crashed in Oman, I have been trying to find information from the various serials on plates on the engine and different parts of the wreckage, but to...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

31st Aug 2008, 11:16

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8 Sqd Venom crash in Oman 50 years ago

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Posted By l.garey

Jebel Akhdar, 30 August 2008

As I said when I started this thread, I spent the weekend 2000m up in the Jebel Akhdar mountains in Oman, on the Saiq plateau, to commemorate exactly 50 years since Owen Watkinson crashed there on...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

26th Jun 2008, 05:42

Replies: 25

8 Sqd Venom crash in Oman 50 years ago

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Posted By l.garey

Thanks teeters. I shall try to get to see it. ...

Thanks teeters. I shall try to get to see it.
Sharjah is quite a surprise these days. Unrecognisable, except for the bits of RAF Sharjah that still exist l.garey - RAF Sharjah, Al Mahatta Museum...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

24th Jun 2008, 08:28

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8 Sqd Venom crash in Oman 50 years ago

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Posted By l.garey

Yes, brakedwell. In fact only an hour ago I was...

Yes, brakedwell. In fact only an hour ago I was rereading your posts resulting from the Sharjah thread (eg post 21):
...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

24th Jun 2008, 07:10

Replies: 25

8 Sqd Venom crash in Oman 50 years ago

Views: 10,918

Posted By l.garey

Thanks for the photo of the plaque Teeters. I did...

Thanks for the photo of the plaque Teeters. I did not know about it, but it is a great idea. Where in Muscat is it?
Are you in Oman still? Would you be around the Nizwa area on 30 August?
...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

23rd Jun 2008, 12:01

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8 Sqd Venom crash in Oman 50 years ago

Views: 10,918

Posted By l.garey

Thanks Teeters. Yes, I know Colin, and have...

Thanks Teeters.
Yes, I know Colin, and have his book! I have even visited his home/farm/airstrip. I told him about my proposed trip to Jebel Akhdar. He was a friend of Owen Watkinson on 8 at the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

23rd Jun 2008, 07:03

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8 Sqd Venom crash in Oman 50 years ago

Views: 10,918

Posted By l.garey

Yes, that is the one. (see my record at...

Yes, that is the one.
(see my record at http://l.garey2.googlepages.com/home (http://l.garey2.googlepages.com/home) and http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=319277...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

22nd Jun 2008, 07:37

Replies: 25

8 Sqd Venom crash in Oman 50 years ago

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Posted By l.garey

8 Sqd Venom crash in Oman 50 years ago

I posted the following in the Military forum, and got no reponses, although there were over 200 visits. I wonder if it is OK to repeat it in the History threads. It seems to me that this 50th...

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