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Old 25th Jan 2012, 11:59
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orca
 
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Alex,

I seem to remember that Dunkery Beacon was usually the Bullseye and the tinkers always ended up in the road/ river valleys to the South East of there. Always a little low for a gunsight (with peacetime rules about overflight, closure, speed and flying into the ground), a little cold for a Winder, but perfectly designated for an AIM-120....but that wasn't the point....

It did amuse me talking to a Lynx crew one day who stated categorically that in wartime no one would 'waste' an expensive weapon on them...as if there are enough A-A kills going around these days to be picky about how you get one! (But it cheered them up to think they were safe from the high tech stuff!)

Happy days indeed.
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