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Old 1st May 2013, 05:08
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Tim Mills
 
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Reference Episcopi, Danny, afraid not, I was there '65/'66 after a great tour on 32 squadron Canberras down the road at Akrotiri. Main role nuclear deterrence, so lots of LABS bombing practice on Episcopi range tossing 25 pounders into the Med, but also iron bomb practice, both "left, left,right, steady,back a bit", and shallow dive, not as steep as yours though! And low level rocketing with 2" rockets, 50 feet level, on what is now Larnaca airport. Great fun.

On another matter, I seem to remember a post a while back mentioning bomb trolley go carts not being launched down the hill in to Binbrook village; probably one of Geriaviators' lovely stories. Made me think, hills, in Lincolnshire, oxymoron surely! During my years in RAF Lincolnshire I never saw a hill; but then I only saw the south of the county, never posted to the craggy north!

See you later, as they say in this neck of the woods.
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