Day 29: 1997-06-16
ATW Retro-blog: 1997-06-16 (Day#29)
Another non-flying day, at least for the Northern Venture chaps, in order to consolidate things a little: Ced and Bill planned the ‘trans North America sector”; Tonys (that’s plural, not Tony Severs alone) and Dave re-organised the Islander payload, removing items not required in better-equipped and serviced regions, which were to be returned to the UK on the RAF Hercules supporting the Tornado deployment; interviews with CBS and NBC; ‘tours and demos’ of the Chipmunks for many of the USAF personnel.
Finally retiring to pack for an early get-away on the 16th, which didn’t take long, so off to the ‘North Pole’ restaurant for dinner with members of the RAF deployment. It was determined that by now the team had regained the estimated 3.5 kg (7 - 8 lbs) of weight loss they’d experienced whilst traversing Russia.
[I suspect there are a few in the dHCAS who appreciate types other than just the DHC-1, so I’ll just go wild with photos today and leave you to identify them yourselves. Tally ho!]
Eielson Base Commander checks out WP962
The type which was almost the DHC-1
This one never based at Bruggen, because stationing the Dambusters there would have been a little too 'in yer face'.
Mt. McKinley, 20,320 ft high, as the back-drop
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