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Old 2nd Apr 2010, 17:02
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kokpit
 
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Well found Gibbo, I've taken the opportunity to post the info here:

John Lovegrove says:

This picture was taken by Dutch Photographer Lieuwe Hofstra, who states:

"I was expecting this 19 sqn Phantom to hit the public road, but as I took this picture the pilot pushed to full throttle and missed the airfield fence by inches.....I Was a little shaky and deaf after this experience. I took this photo with a 50mm lens...that's why)."

John Says, "I was with 19(F) at Gilze-Rijen on Tactical Air Meet in 1984 when this picture was taken, however I had no idea until I saw this photograph how close we came to loosing this aircraft at that time, the aircrew never let on to the ground crew. They kept it to them selves or maybe they were not aware how close they came to certain disaster!"
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