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Old 5th Dec 2012, 11:50
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You are quite right about it being CH, I always remembered his Hunter displays pre Reds. I believe he left the Reds after that and was in Oman. I've been lucky and only witnessed one which was the Lightning at Akrotiri in 1987 I think with a safe ejection. I've seen quite a few ground mishaps, particularly with Arresting gear and Barriers, one that comes to mind was a 56 Sqn Phantom at the end of a MPC at Valley in 1980, blew a tyre, engaged the RHAG and proceeded into the sand dunes! A similar one just last year with an F15 engaging a BAK 14 way off centreline and proceeding into the desert being finally brought to a halt by an electric transformer! Happy outcomes on both so I suppose the old adage is true, any landing you walk away from is a good one!
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