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Old 26th Apr 2010, 14:40
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Jig Peter
 
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Lightning Mate

The going down shot would be great, too - Pity is that I don't have the Meteor shot, except in memory, but I believe it was in Flight in about the '50s. Perhaps one ought to trawl through their archives, unless it was a CB personal copyright - he too may have made four shots, showing the "complete, ideal loop" ...
Your Lightning shot reminded me of the sky over Lincolnshire one great day in the early '60s when I was refreshing at Manby as I did my best with a Meteor 8 and could see, away in the distance, others also "leaping like salmon up into the sky" and thoroughly enjoying themselves, like me. One of those "fun" trips that stay so clear in the memory that I can almost feel the straps against my shoulders ...

Oh Gor, the dust's got into me specs again ...
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