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Old 18th Jun 2017, 21:59
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Yes indeed - and thanks so much for the DVD copy! All I remember was lots of G, high IAS and AoB which I could just about make out by peering past the pilot at the instrument panel. I greyed out several times as I didn't have an anti-G suit and chundered copiously into a honk bag on the way back - but it was an amaxing experience, especially as Nigel took the formation back via another display for the benefit of Hermes (?) in harbour.

The variety of RN / RAF aircraft in those few minutes of ciné film makes me realise just how much we've lost since then. I see that the VC10 on static was one of the first I flew many years later on my OCU course in 1984 - and it was still going strong as a VC10C1K when I flew it for the last time in 2002!

Incidentally, there's a short piece from BBC Points West about the 'Vixen on the Navy Wings website.
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