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Old 8th Aug 2006, 19:41
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Try and establish contacts with the RCAF and German Air Force, both highly successful and large volume users.

The Belgiques were also enthusiatic operators. At the Cottesmore air show in about 1966 a Belgique staff pilot rolled the F104.

He did twinkle rolls at 20 feet and touch and go rolls at 50 feet. The latter involved a touch down at about 1500 feet, a roll at 50 feet, followed by a further touch down and a further popup roll.

Our attention was then divided between the F104, exiting stage left before a re-entry, stage left about 4 minutes later, and OC Ops doing about 90 down the peritrack to tell him to foxtrot oscar.

The response was, I believe, "Say again. Please speak slower." Rolling all the time

OC Ops was Wg Cdr Digman and the staish was Gp Capt, later Air Cdre, Eric Wright and later Director of Flight Safety.
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