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Old 20th Aug 2017, 12:25
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ian16th
 
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Look @ Life extract on youtube

I've extracted the 8 or 9-minute item.
It is called Pipeline, it is evenly split with the 1st half about the RN refuelling at sea. But it is a carrier they refuel!

With my colonial barbed wire & wet string Internet connection it should be uploaded by about 13:45 GMT.

There are several familiar faces in it, but after the intervening half century the only name that I can remember with certainty is the Squadron Leader drawing a line from Kano to Cape Town was John 'Johnny' H Garstin. He was the captain of the a/c that did the 1st none stop flights to and from Singapore and the 18 hour around UK 'dry run' for the Singapore flight.

At the time the 18hr flight was the longest for a jet a/c, a week or so later the USAF did us the honour of taking the record back.

When the upload is finished I'll post the URL.
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