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Old 14th Jun 2010, 18:37
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MAN777
 
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Tiger Meet Cambrai France 1986 ?

I was stood on the runway pavement edge in my PR RAF photographer role along with 1/2 dozen French airforce photographers when a Mirage 4 (Nuclear bomber) taxied out for a simulated tactical departure, I was a bit puzzled when my non english speaking colleagues started to withdraw towards the crowd line, I presumed they had seen it many times before and were not interested in the departure, 30 seconds later I was lying on my belly gasping for air as the Mirage had turned the air black with rocket fuel fumes as it performed a JATO assisted take off, absolutely awesome, dont think my lungs ever recovered

Not my photo (i was much closer) but you get the picture !!

http://worldweapon.ru/images/sam/mirage4/mirage4_02.jpg
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