FlyPast
July was too early for the closure of Strubby and the formation was for AOC's,
The Varsities and Dominies were lined up on the short runway at Strubby, we had to get them all evenly spaced, we then stood in front of the machines along with the crews for inspection, after that they all left to join up with the JP's for a fly past at Manby, I have photo of the Varsity line up at Strubby.
One of the best displays was the Canberras leaving, SQDN LDR Sweet or Love can't remember which one, the names always caused amusement, took off and looped the Canberra as it passed opposite the Control Tower.1966
On the day the Pigs left(1972Oct) Fl Lt Rolfe, his reputation was one of very long starts, the record marked on the crew room window was one hour forty five minutes.
His start on the last day he had number one turning as the student was pulling the ladder in and number two as the student was getting in his seat and nearly had the front wheel off the ground taxiing, after take off he turned straight towards the Control Tower and cleared it by about fifty feet.
Great sights and many memories.
Last edited by donald d; 11th Feb 2017 at 19:53.
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