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Old 21st Dec 2012, 08:00
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BEagle
 
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....along with an interesting USAF vid from around 1960 called 'Weapons effects' which has some glorious old jets on it.
Was that the famous (and much appreciated) 'TAC Weapons Effect' film, which also features clips from the target itself - watching those Zuni rockets coming straight towards the camera was....interesting. The F-100 (?) which had to be abandoned after a premature detonation was also caught on camera.

Pah - enough of mud-moving! If you've got to move mud, do it with a bucket of sun and have done with it!

A very short legged aircraft, however and it seemed like we were out of gas just after we got airborne.
Indeed! I recall doing a Mixed Fighter Farce CAP in an F-4 with Porky P*** in a Lightning. Join CAP, a couple of turns around the CAP and Porky was off to find a tanker!

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