Pax River 1970s video -familiar face appeared later in Test Pilot?

[chopper2004]

Just caught this on Youtube very interesting :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJjP71tJzrY

Around 20:10 and 21:54 there is a Brit student appears and wonder if he ended up a few years later on in BBC Test Pilot series as the FW Tutor??

Cheers

[Brian N]

James Giles ?

[sycamore]

Ron Burrows...?

[chopper2004]

Was thinking Ron Rhodes?

[P6 Driver]

It could be anyone at this rate!

[bvcu]

looks like ron burrows to me , think james giles did EPNR.

[WhiteOvies]

Thanks for the video, its interesting to see how some things have changed and some not. Still see C-130, P-3 and Huey Cobras over Pax. Also the occasional EA-6. The only Corsair and Phantom to be seen are in the museum at Gate 1 along with a Tomcat, X-35 and X-32 amongst others. The steam catapult is still in use but with F-35C and X-47. Weapon Separation Testing continues with F-35 and P-8 but the technology has moved on a bit!

Also still a strong Brit presence at TPS, F-35 and P-8 but definitely no smoking in the Ready Room!

A wonderful bit of nostalgia as Pax celebrates 70 yrs of operations.:D

[chopper2004]

Cool its also 70 years of the American Helicopter Society International as well :) who has a Chapter at Pax River and of high senior flag rank are members :)

Forgot that one could smoke in a social setting on a base :) Then again the last time a good cigar was lit up in the officers mess was at Bassingbourn Barracks in 97 when I was a visiting OcDT for a dining in night :)

The legacy a/c in that vid there of A-6E, A-7 and EC-121 and the CSAR HH-3A hoisting out the pilot floating in the water :) , OV-10A were legendary :)

[Hueymeister]

I have to confess I did guffaw, just a tad when the Cobra crew chief was discussing the next trip as a 'hop' as he walked to the helo on crutches minus his left leg...