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Old 30th Jun 2010, 08:29
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huntert7
 
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1ANS Stradishall

First post - been lurking on this forum for some time!
Growing up in rural Norfolk, I well remember the Varsity's from Stradishall (particularly at night when they used to rumble over the house on navex's keeping a certain young schoolboy awake). I was very lucky as an Air Cadet to get a trip in a 115 squadron Varsity from RAF Watton on an ILS calibration sortie so I've had something of a soft spot for the aeroplane ever since. Slight thread creep - but I also remember the Meteor NF(T)14,s based at Stradishall flying at what seemed very low level. Any ex instuctors or navs on here who are willing to share their memories? All this probably helped to fuel my interest in military aviation, especially all things "dayglo".
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