RAF 100th Anniversary Photo Thread

[NutLoose]

Just a thought I had

And one that everyone can contribute to, so post those images of the RAF aircraft, past, present and future.

To start the ball rolling some of mine.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4784/38921629880_8f1cb26a9a_c.jpg



https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4777/40021689354_12aed7e492_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4786/40021696224_983ed8d7df_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4802/26860400468_c9cdab66fa_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4773/40688729282_2d873d443b_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4797/26860871008_c0134bb449_c.jpg

[NutLoose]

And slightly slower

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4616/26654861858_1cb8b3545c_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4621/39589839695_bea53ef7cd_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4760/39587866095_3eb0da1d8b_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4668/39579812235_2fe67cc972_c.jpg

[NutLoose]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4470/24094780178_1315ef474f_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4509/24094811128_b86d29da68_c.jpg

[NutLoose]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4523/26648597969_dda5a3b0aa_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4529/38369142376_3a02134ba4_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4578/26648565889_af413e5b4f_c.jpg

I will put up more later if you wish.

[NutLoose]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4679/39440841861_2d7dae2cc6_c.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4598/38582188045_024d592562_c.jpg

[CAEBr]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4463/37289553540_d4d44fcedd_h.jpg

[NutLoose]

:ok::ok::ok::ok::ok::ok::ok::ok::ok: Superb

[CAEBr]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4510/36837806244_66c03eb4b5_h.jpg

[CAEBr]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4775/38924207960_c5002e5da8_h.jpg

[ICM]

Not quite 1 April 1918, but about a month later. It's an Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 of 10 Squadron at Droglandt in France, near the Belgian border, with Squadron officers and a member of the Chinese Labour Corps.

[wub]

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/wub_01/TT_zpspe3xhbch.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/wub_01/IMG_2406.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/wub_01/IMG_2522.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/wub_01/P1050151.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/wub_01/P1010636.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h269/wub_01/canb.jpg

[Alber Ratman]

[QUOTE=NutLoose;10079436]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4470/24094780178_1315ef474f_c.jpg

I hate it when people call it the Tiger Jag.. :E:E:E

[NutLoose]

Yep, any fool can tell its a Leopard. :E

[NutLoose]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/281/32301794605_96b3c7a6fc_c.jpg

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/302/31925045790_13e1440a41_c.jpg


https://farm1.staticflickr.com/333/32262615256_fa1a5e9fa3_c.jpg

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/281/32302112315_e0058d42ae_c.jpg

[NutLoose]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/657/31489758183_34f0802fa7_c.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7265/27533550126_46b64e27d9_c.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7432/27360665895_761b1a4956_c.jpg

[NutLoose]

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4223/34146483213_6ec6f870f3_c.jpg

[ancientaviator62]

Brilliant pics. Please keep them coming. My C130K pics were on Photobucket but are now no longer accessible. How do I put them on here now ?

[TUPE]

https://s5.postimg.org/j45x7g23b/A5149758-95_F7-4826-_BB21-_AD4_B838_E4925.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/wl2vqbcer/)

[TUPE]

https://s5.postimg.org/fkjzhsc9z/A839_EEEB-25_B4-4_E65-9924-940_E5_A149_CA3.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/irej1ewpv/)

[TUPE]

https://s5.postimg.org/6qxodv1o7/06_C60336-7_D30-42_E9-_ACA5-2_B430_D719723.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/s0laophyr/)

[treadigraph]

Brilliant pics. Please keep them coming. My C130K pics were on Photobucket but are now no longer accessible. How do I put them on here now ?

AA62, if you've still got 'em handy, do a new reply to this thread (not a quick reply) and there is a paperclip icon (next to the smiley) which allows you to upload photos and other files to PPRuNe.

Nutty, great thread!

[NutLoose]

You could open a free flickr acccount and load them onto that.

[wub]

Fairford 2006

[treadigraph]

4426
Leeming...

4425
Brize Norton...

[ancientaviator62]

wub,
very nice 'K' . Can't see the number but it will be in my log book.
I am trying to upload some of my pics but despite advice this dunce is struggling. I have clicked on the paperclip and found a pic pressed 'upload' and nothing happens !

[wub]

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight

[wub]

AA it's XV307. To submit a post with a pic, you need to put some text in too (min 10 characters)

[treadigraph]

AA62, try clicking the paperclip again - mine then showed the two pics I'd uploaded.

[wub]

Nimrod MR2

[ancientaviator62]

Thanks all. Here goes. Hastings of 36 Squadron at Bermuda circa 1966. If this works there will be more Hercules pics to follow.

[ancientaviator62]

It did work and I have only just discovered that clicking on the thumbnails increases the size ! XV 307 of 48 Sqn in her original war paint. Taken by me when we landed on the crushed coral temporary strip in the Seychelles.

[treadigraph]

4431

Think this was Farnborough, early 2000s.

4432

Northolt, mid-1990s.

[NutLoose]

Some excellent images,

A test of the site see if it works now

Jaguar setting sun,

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/795/27345371988_8d1ffd4fe9_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HEqboQ)

Jaguar Line sunset (https://flic.kr/p/HEqboQ) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

[Treble one]

4649

4650

4651

4652

[NutLoose]

Excellent shots.........

[Treble one]

4656

4657

4658

4659

[Bro]

I would enjoy seeing more of your photographs.

[2 TWU]

OPF, keep them coming.

[dagama]

4670

4671

4672

4673

[Old Photo.Fanatic]

2 TWU and Bro
OOOPS
I had downloaded the pics via Photobucket , only to have them deleted by their "System" !!!!
I will try again to down load them via Prune.
OPF

[Argonautical]

Vulcan B1 at Entebbe, late fifties I think.

[CAEBr]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/806/40701237124_e03641a1eb_h.jpg

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/874/26544485497_59d743ccfa_h.jpg

[walbut]

CAEBr,

Did you take all these pictures Steve? They are absolutely stunning, much better than I ever managed with Kodachrome 64 in my OM1 about 30 years ago.

Walbut

[CAEBr]

Gareth,

Yes, the Buccaneer and Hunter were at a recent photoshoot at Bruntingthorpe, the Vulcan, Gnat and Meteor at the Church Fenton airshow the other year. I'll look out a few more RAF aircraft shots from my digital files but searching through all my old slides is more something for the winter nights!

Steve

[Treble one]

4683

4684


A Couple more.

[4mastacker]

OPF,

It looks like Photobucket want wads of cash off you before they let you show your photos. I kicked them into touch nearly a year ago when they changed their Ts & Cs at short notice.

[AR1]

Mine. Mount Kent Nov 1986, dropping a new tuner off for the HF kit

[NutLoose]

OPF I would sign up for a free flickr account it is far better.

In the mean time there is a photobucket fix if anyone needs it.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=photobucket+fix&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&dcr=0&ei=tH7QWpXiC6qn8wfgypD4BQ

[NutLoose]

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8094/28902914264_32c102064e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/L33Zs1)Spitfire ML407 (https://flic.kr/p/L33Zs1) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr


https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8034/29426374371_7927ebdf78_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/LQiRUg)Blenheim final approach (https://flic.kr/p/LQiRUg) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7265/27533550126_46b64e27d9_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HX3Dcu)Lanc at the ready (https://flic.kr/p/HX3Dcu) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

[SATCOS WHIPPING BOY]

Here are a selection of mine for you all. Constructive criticism most welcome; there are some stunning shots from other members on this thread and any help/advice would be appreciated.

https://flic.kr/p/GrNrUF

LOTS MORE ( Full size) HERE

https://flic.kr/s/aHskzhKKyE

[NutLoose]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7397/27327410566_662489ea41_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HCQ869)Lightning full reheat (https://flic.kr/p/HCQ869) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

A slightly personal surprise, I was at Brunty for the show and parked on the runway was this

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4247/34935928376_8a0b5e1647_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/VeaLmG)Lightweight Landrover (https://flic.kr/p/VeaLmG) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

That was the one and the same Helistart we had on 240 OCU back in 76!!!!!!!!!!!

[NutLoose]

http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff321/taylortony/Victory%202015/Victory%20Meteor-2_zps6jdcolju.jpg (http://s536.photobucket.com/user/taylortony/media/Victory%202015/Victory%20Meteor-2_zps6jdcolju.jpg.html)

[NutLoose]

http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff321/taylortony/Victory%202015/Victory%20Meteor-1_zpsmoggwdxj.jpg (http://s536.photobucket.com/user/taylortony/media/Victory%202015/Victory%20Meteor-1_zpsmoggwdxj.jpg.html)

[NutLoose]

http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff321/taylortony/Victory%202015/Victory%20Hurri-2_zpsmpdqmpf1.jpg (http://s536.photobucket.com/user/taylortony/media/Victory%202015/Victory%20Hurri-2_zpsmpdqmpf1.jpg.html)

[NutLoose]

http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff321/taylortony/Victory%202015/Victory%20Blenheim-1_zpsoiuy1i1c.jpg (http://s536.photobucket.com/user/taylortony/media/Victory%202015/Victory%20Blenheim-1_zpsoiuy1i1c.jpg.html)

[NutLoose]

http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff321/taylortony/Victory%202015/Victory%20Blenheim-2_zpsz00l43ft.jpg (http://s536.photobucket.com/user/taylortony/media/Victory%202015/Victory%20Blenheim-2_zpsz00l43ft.jpg.html)

[Dan Gerous]

Nutloose, thanks for that pissbucket link, can see the pics now.:ok:

[NutLoose]

http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff321/taylortony/Victory%202015/Victory%20Seafire-2_zpsmeonmj7t.jpg (http://s536.photobucket.com/user/taylortony/media/Victory%202015/Victory%20Seafire-2_zpsmeonmj7t.jpg.html)

[NutLoose]

SWB your posts on here are not showing however I checked out your Flickr account...... Stunning work mate.

[SATCOS WHIPPING BOY]

SWB your posts on here are not showing however I checked out your Flickr account...... Stunning work mate.

Thank you Nutloose, high praise indeed.
I am new to FLICKR so trying to work my way around how it works.
I cannot seem to get a single image to display so have given up for now.:ugh:

[NutLoose]

Not a problem, the lanc is showing now

On flickr under your image on the right side of the page select the curved arrow between the star and the downward pointing arrow.

Select BB code, in the box that comes up select the bottom window and select a size you want, then right click and copy the blue code above that window.

On here if you paste it into the reply box it will link as your Lanc is to the page on flickr, but if you select go advanced tab below the quick reply box and post the image in there and untick the three miscellaneous options boxes it will post the image like mine has.

For some reason the site now has them on as default..

[SATCOS WHIPPING BOY]

For FLICKR (8) by Satcos Whipping-Boy, on Flickr

[dragartist]

AR1 interesting shot of the grey Sea King. Did a bit of design work for that. (RWR, Omega, and ARC360)
Busy time working round the clock with some great guys.

[SATCOS WHIPPING BOY]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/874/26546245427_54381773ef_c.jpg

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/810/26546244337_9eef9b1578_b.jpg

SORTED :ok:

[NutLoose]

And some :)

[SATCOS WHIPPING BOY]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/802/39620213620_bdeb264cb3_b.jpg Satcos Whipping-Boy, on Flickr

THE OLD ON THE NEW

[NutLoose]

Some superb images, 72 Sqn scheme I believe as used on their spits.

[CAEBr]

THE OLD ON THE NEW

and another one -

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/868/41392515502_a4945a6b9a_h.jpg

The glorious GiNA showing how to do an anniversary scheme without using a c****y piece of red sticky backed plastic :rolleyes:

[KPax]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/151883914@N06/40540965635/in/dateposted-public/

[KPax]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/151883914@N06/39626508950/in/dateposted-public/

[CAEBr]

Just Jane

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/815/41435017101_43e12ba766_h.jpg

[treadigraph]

I'm just seeing photobucket's pay up demand OPF... :{

[NutLoose]

Tredi read post 49

[Fareastdriver]

When XW209, the first Puma with those intakes, arrived on exercise in Norway we could not put any troops in the rear four seats. Boscombe were unsure about the effect of the intakes on the aircraft's stability so they wanted the CofG kept forward.

[treadigraph]

Tredi read post 49

Missed that! Whacko! Cheers Nutty... :ok:

[CAEBr]

Trainer Time -

Miles Magister, first purpose built monoplane trainer for the RAF

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/789/40562790685_2890a005e0_h.jpg


Hawk TMk1 Display Jet

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/784/41456400871_a72f78e686_h.jpg


Hawk TMk2

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/808/39647658790_33a3db5271_h.jpg

CAEBr

[Wander00]

I cannot help but opine that several of the posters on this thread would have done rather better than so called professional PR people on the RAF 100 project

[Cornish Jack]

F E D - I was at Boscombe when the TPs came back from the first trial flight of those Puma intakes. Loud and wondrous were the remarks about yaw inputs!!

[AR1]

AR1 interesting shot of the grey Sea King. Did a bit of design work for that. (RWR, Omega, and ARC360)
Busy time working round the clock with some great guys. Thanks.
Good looking scheme wasn't it. The Falklands weather was being kind that day and it made for some lovely colours on film. Camera was a manual
Praktica MTL3 with the f2.8 CZ lens. You can tell it's got above zero- The hookers taken his coat off...

[NutLoose]

There is a Sea King at East Mids now. just arrived at the Aeropark and it's not yellow, haven't had a look-see yet.

[CAEBr]

Some grey frames

GR4
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/902/41435894362_134e7c76da_h.jpg

Typhoon
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/863/26606653657_2b2290fd1f_h.jpg
A400M
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/866/41435881562_5f8d05c9f9_h.jpg

Sentry
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/788/39669935210_e80362cb22_h.jpg

CAEBr

[NutLoose]

Superb CAEBr

I have been uploading a few more of mine onto Flickr, I hope you like.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/809/41479589471_2d59cd59e3_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/26cpJPH)Meteor (https://flic.kr/p/26cpJPH) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/896/26607686337_fafff30726_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Gxem9H)Blenheim flypast (https://flic.kr/p/Gxem9H) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/883/41436771792_1414450a67_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/268ChBS)Hurricane (https://flic.kr/p/268ChBS) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/867/40586151275_738f0ab68d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/24QsCLT)Hawker Hurricane (https://flic.kr/p/24QsCLT) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/890/41478903561_99edf265c5_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/26cmdVF)Spitfire (https://flic.kr/p/26cmdVF) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/877/40585894705_20cc2720fd_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/24Qrjvg)Blenheim (https://flic.kr/p/24Qrjvg) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/880/40765365684_b7248b9e53_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/257i9Yu)Wessex (https://flic.kr/p/257i9Yu) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

[NutLoose]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/805/41438182282_96df9096cc_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/268KvUE)


It's real...

[CAEBr]

Old and new basic trainers to bump the thread up again

Jet Provost
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/875/41436075392_59aea2005a_b.jpg


Prefect (Grob not Ford)
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/879/41436071832_f87dacfa25_h.jpg

CAEBr

[Dan Gerous]

https://www.pprune.org/members/155383-dan-gerous-albums-old-stuff-picture1129-old-11.jpg

[AR1]

Couple more from the Vaults Lyneham.

[ivor toolbox]

a long time ago in a hangar

[CAEBr]

Couple of rotary types, both now out of RAF service

Sea King
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/796/41436075132_1c47d35a3d_h.jpg


Merlin
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/888/41436073792_e9a7b0eecd_h.jpg

CAEBr

[Wander00]

Ivor - which one is that? Flew most of them when they were "new" ie new as T17s

[Argonautical]

Hurricanes of No 151 Wing operating in Russia, 1941.

[SATCOS WHIPPING BOY]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/923/41506987372_a253550d15_b.jpg by Satcos Whipping-Boy

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/835/39739322360_ab40d29943_b.jpgby Satcos Whipping-Boy

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/811/39739318190_421523cb64_b.jpg by Satcos Whipping-Boy

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/933/41506976932_e4d0ceffaf_b.jpgby Satcos Whipping-Boy

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/809/41506984212_a5edecd9c3_b.jpgby Satcos Whipping-Boy

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/910/40836615824_df48284f2b_b.jpgby Satcos Whipping-Boy

[ivor toolbox]

Ivor - which one is that? Flew most of them when they were "new" ie new as T17s

WJ565, previously had been the test airframe for the B(I) 6 gunpack.

Ttfn

[SATCOS WHIPPING BOY]

4852
Testing out the new image upload function.

[Treble one]

A very fine day at 'The Big Green Time Machine.'

[MPN11]

C-130 Hercules, RAF Stanley, 1983

[Wander00]

Ivor - thanks, don't think that one hit the squadron, at least not whilst I was on it

[NutLoose]

Off the Benson Farcebook page, new Puma 100 year scheme

https://scontent.flhr3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/31950396_10155327555981128_9064069719866212352_n.jpg?_nc_cat =0&oh=eb9282dfc08d0d574dfb3e73e1ef1eed&oe=5B55C6FA

[Vzlet]

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/979/41072485975_85b6db991c_b.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4446/37732713042_934cd354cf_b.jpg

[ancientaviator62]

A pic from my past. On the temporary runway in the Seychelles with 48.

[1.3VStall]

Some lovely piccies on this thread. I'd be ashamed to put any of my snaps on here! Collected my Breitling RAF100 watch last week - I love it and it will be on my wrist in London on 10th July as I watch (no pun intended!) the flypast.

[Fareastdriver]

I bet that people don't know what those handles on the Provost just behind the cockpit are for.



The small one at the top to hang on to whilst opening the canopy.


The big angled one to hang on to climbing onto the wing with a chute wrapped around your backside and also so that you can pull yourself down and under the tailplane when you bale out.

[NutLoose]

1.3VStall,

Pop them on, there is no shame in showing your pictures, that's not what the thread is about, it's about celebrating the RAF's 100 years, some of the rarest aircraft shots that have survived would never have stood up to so called scrutiny, it is simply down to someone, no matter how good or bad a photographer taking the time to preserve a moment for posterity which without, would have been lost in time.

[NutLoose]

I bet that people don't know what those handles on the Provost just behind the cockpit are for.



The small one at the top to hang on to climbing onto the wing with a chute wrapped around your backside.


The big angled one so that you can pull yourself down and under the tailplane when you bale out.

I didn't, blimey, that sounds all a bit dodgy.

[Fareastdriver]

When we did our baleout drills way back in 1960 they would put a mattress underneath the trailing edge of the wing so you didn't hurt yourself when you slid off.

The last time I was in one was in the 70s when the apprentice's' school in the MU at Aldergrove was closing. They used a Provost for marshalling training and I was invited to do the last full power engine runs before it was disposed of. It was fully serviceable apart from the clock and the hood seal.

After fifteen years I managed to start it with the first cartridge and again saw the blue flame coming out of the exhaust at 3,000 r.p.m and +8 boost.

I believe it went to a college in England so it probably never ran again.

Edit to add: It got a civvy registration and is now in Muscat Museum, Oman.

[zetec2]

Re the piston Provost, ok having handles to help bail out but don't like that "very nasty" looking strake at base of rear fuselage, that would hurt if you caught it.

[NutLoose]

:) If you have the Serial no you should be able to see what happened to her.
I got roped into the running team in the mid 70's on the FW190, ME-410, Ki-100 Tony etc for probably their last runs to record the engine sounds for the BBC. Now sadly all sitting silent at Cosford. Chap working at Cosford came over when I was taking some pictures of them and said nice aren't they, he looked surprised when I mentioned we ran them. I took an old friend there to see the Lincoln as he flew in it in the Air Cadets.

[Fareastdriver]

I think those strakes are a modern radio aid as a picture of XF 877 r.i.p. does not have them. WV494, the one I did the run on was 7922M at the time. I was asked to run it as I had last flown it on 22nd February 1961.

[NutLoose]

She eventually made it onto the UK register and flew up until 87 ish when she was removed from the register, she was dismantled and shipped to Oman where she resides today in their military museum

http://www.goodall.com.au/warbirds-directory-v6/hunting-percival-bac.pdf

https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-BGSB.pdf

https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/search?q=G-BGSB&f=registration&exact=1&search_type=simple&source=g-info

[nvubu]

https://fi4nca.bl.files.1drv.com/y4mjdEPJ3MMaxXTaMv8UnccNyZflnOHzhoF1_RxoHK8Qbqc-sDXwh3dIzjtGytGwBIlHei16uFOGOM91SlevUUi5ugpXmTk7LWGVZ-ynyediyHNy3FixvFQwT-Uf99fb6t0Bbj5dv_eVfjgiJMqm1gV2NNO96GBA0P6KubW0N1s2-G-kMLZjkDIp0mqnZZg-VHEr2hKJWf8VFXIHLuBO7Musw?width=1024&height=760&cropmode=none

[NutLoose]

Interesting, no gold braid on his hat. Obviously felt he didn't need the bling back then, his record spoke for itself.

[nvubu]

https://rqwpwg.bl.files.1drv.com/y4maPSzoAxP8YUvOzQ2R6wq11MdNZjS3jEMJSIHLG6M53Hg4QR1OZqqC70WT kZ-g1Cx4CZQFNiUoFNUXs-whTcggDu01BENtbfUIBWklufInW_h4oIf4WA1sSixvHBdRgDy1n8L1roR_st cOTbM6EiQ7XGhb1mTyLDAPqvcAylWditAd1zlGheHs83Ap6uxDeSdn244gf0 ECIZdBUv5H-slCg?width=1024&height=725&cropmode=none

https://fwo1qg.bl.files.1drv.com/y4mivVbTEV-O4wJrP0w0zMc8bwgC23h1lWgiRoByw440iK6-1O0KHJuT4UjGE-w5zQutOEjr86JMZDDvIoSZtTtyqhp2JzgDeo06VP0MB-T7Z16ykMse6mN4D51jWLZfWb7CgTabIPnApFus3A7bDjyDSd2IsZgTm4trSA 53hGdp0d0BSiolmCg4zZ0tsDSugu9jgb_qeAzpQ2YBDVSaEsgug?width=10 24&height=810&cropmode=none

[ancientaviator62]

IAT flypast.

[BirdController]

Autumn sunsets at Brize Norton are often full of colour - this was an October 2008 evening departure

[BirdController]

A dismal May afternoon arrival in 2009...............................

[sycamore]

AA62,what year was that IAT photo...?

[roving]

Gibraltar, found on twitter

[ancientaviator62]

Sycamore,
it was taken on the 24 or 25 (we flew both days) July 1993. Captain was the gentleman, known as 'Sir Mat'. We were not allowed to fly 'joined up' but that would have been the safest place to be as we did that all the time. So from the ground it may have looked a little scrappy.

[sycamore]

AA62, aahhh,`Green Barrows`,used to be #4 always,we were not allowed to trailI I think in `95,led always by `Invincible SV`,another ..gentleman...,Can`t remember #2 or #3,Deano P (pilot) was #5,GREAT FUN as an `aloominum overcast`..

[ancientaviator62]

sycamore,
July 22/23 1995 IAT flypast with another gentleman Dean P. XV 195 according to my log book. Happy days on 30.

[Chris Scott]

These breathy ladies used to make an appearance occasionally at New Sarum in the late 'Fifties and early 'Sixties. But never, AFAIK, after 1965...

http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h335/Chris_Scott_46/RAF/1973%20Brize%20Norton%2001.1%20-%20Copy_zpshkabfhpb.jpg (http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h335/Chris_Scott_46/RAF/1973%20Brize%20Norton%2001.1%20-%20Copy_zpshkabfhpb.jpg)

(These were photographed at Brize Norton in 1973)

http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/h335/Chris_Scott_46/RAF/1973%20Brize%20Norton%2002.1%20-%20Copy_zpsvnvgl8l1.jpg

[Warmtoast]

RAF recruitment poster from 1920

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF-SeeTheWorld-1920RecruitmentPoster1_zps26db0aa0.jpg

[wub]

https://www.pprune.org/members/52598-wub-albums-wub-s-album-picture1282-my-grandfather.jpg

[Wander00]

AAh, Britannia, and the heady days of the mid 60s when the RAF could send two Brits to the USA for a fortnight to take two Towers cadet entries to visit Washington, Colorado Springs and 3 days R&R in New York. The navigator of our aircraft signed his route reports variously as Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama and John Cabot. They even took a bunch of USAF cadets on an aerial tour of the Rockies for an hour or so. How times have changed. Now not even the PM can always get an RAF aircraft when she wants one.

[MPN11]

Britannia indeed ... flying CCF/ATC cadets to RCAF Merville and USAFB Rhein-Main on the first legs of our 1963 International Air Cadet Exchange. Thank you, XL659 ... and XN398 for the inbound some 4 weeks later. Interesting that they used London Airport (Heathrow) - I presume to make it easier for the cadets to get to than somewhere in the wilds of Oxfordshire!

[MPN11]

Four generations of RAF here ;)

WW1. My Great-Grandfather (RFC) in 1917 with his 2 sons. On 1 Apr 18 he transferred to the RAF, as did his RNAS son. Sadly Jack, the Army one, did not survive the war.

WW2. My uncle ... I believe he made cpl eventually!

Cold War. I did my bit too!

[brakedwell]

AAh, Britannia, and the heady days of the mid 60s when the RAF could send two Brits to the USA for a fortnight to take two Towers cadet entries to visit Washington, Colorado Springs and 3 days R&R in New York. The navigator of our aircraft signed his route reports variously as Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama and John Cabot. They even took a bunch of USAF cadets on an aerial tour of the Rockies for an hour or so. How times have changed. Now not even the PM can always get an RAF aircraft when she wants one.

I flew a Britannia in a VIP role with a dozen or so IDC graduates on a North America tour in 1973. We left Brize Norton on September 12th and returned on October 16th! The itinerary was Ottawa, Quebec, Resolute Bay, Yellowknife, Vancouver, Victoria, San Fransisco, Vandenberg, Colorado Springs, Norfolk, Washington, New York (JFK). The only snag we experienced during the whole trip was an invertor failure on the final JFK - BZN leg. Total flying time 49.30 hrs with a lot of time off!

[NutLoose]

Another from Meeee

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1732/27593568147_8b89491d05_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/J3mfsX)
Black Mike (https://flic.kr/p/J3mfsX) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

[NutLoose]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1728/42413997152_9b7817d994_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/27BYPEY)
Black Mike The golden years (https://flic.kr/p/27BYPEY) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

[Warmtoast]

I took these photos during my first overseas posting to 5 FTS (RAF Thornhill), S. Rhodesia between 1951-1953 when the RAF was just 34-years old.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/HarvardFX435Adjusted_zps9b3545b7.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/Harvard1a_zps8a37c167.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/TigerMoth_zps893ac7f3.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/Harvard2.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/ChipmunkT10-1.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/ChipmunkT105.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/HarvardIIBs-FFlightline-up.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/VicFalls1952-1B_1270x960.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/HarvardIIBs-PracticeforFatalFormati.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/HarvardIIBs-PracticeforFatalForm-1.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/HarvardIIBs-PracticeforFatalForm-2.jpg
The two Harvard's above collided in mid-air three-days later at the Rhodes Centenary Air Rally at Salisbury in S. Rhodesia killing the three occupants (newspaper cutting below). Aircraft crashed away from spectators and thankfully no one on the ground was injured.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/DisasteratRhodesCentenaryDisplay-Sa.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/Mid%20Air%20Collision%202_zps0appob40.jpg
.

[NutLoose]

Good post Warmtoast

Jaguar from trainer to fighter as reflected in the shadow it casts

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1759/27609146737_53b72675e4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/J4J6rk)
Jaguar.. In the shadow of the trainer lurked the fighter it would become. (https://flic.kr/p/J4J6rk) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

[NutLoose]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1725/42446523652_ca284c0fca_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/27ERwEG)
Jaguar Pair (https://flic.kr/p/27ERwEG) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1756/42497624601_350884eae4_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/27Knrcx)
Jaguar T2 (https://flic.kr/p/27Knrcx) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

[NutLoose]

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/901/41596620775_af568eb54c_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/26nKy9P)
Jaguar pilot close up (https://flic.kr/p/26nKy9P) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

[ICM]

brakedwell: If I remember correctly, whilst you were taking one half of that year's IDC to the States, another Brit was taking the rest around Europe and the Middle East, also with lots of time off. Those trips consumed an enormous number of airframe days from the month's Brit task - and there speaks the Upavon 'Tasking' chap at the time. There was no way they were ever going to survive the 74/75 Defence Review and its reduction of the ATF, but they must have been exceedingly enjoyable for both crew and pax whilst they lasted.

(The Imperial Defence College was the earlier name for what became the Royal College of Defence Studies [RCDS], and I've no idea what it might be called now, if anything of the kind still exists.)

[NutLoose]

This should rekindle some memories :)

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1740/41777328144_5356c0ce95_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/26DHJa7)
Cockpit jaguar (https://flic.kr/p/26DHJa7) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

[brakedwell]

Enroute Nairobi - Bahrain, refuelling stop in the Seychelles, wish it had been longer!

[Treble one]

Hi Warmtoast-a friend of mine also did his flying training in Rhodesia (at RAF Heany) at roughly the same time as you I think.

He told me his course was the last course to use the Tiger Moth for EFT. The course after switched to the Chipmunk. He continued onto the Harvard and then was posted to Meteors.

[tdracer]

From your cousins across the pond - Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy
https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/raf-1-180968986/

https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/HUuaBfF__S_5AWvztL_HZAofppY=/800x600/filters:no_upscale()/https://public-media.smithsonianmag.com/filer/36/58/3658a588-a7ec-4da2-ab4e-819f51b90025/09c_jj2018_ericlong_t8a9480_live.jpg

[ancientaviator62]

brakedwell,
bit of a contrast between your pic and mine in post #99 !. When was yours taken ?

[brakedwell]

brakedwell,
bit of a contrast between your pic and mine in post #99 !. When was yours taken ?


18th April 1973

[NutLoose]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1754/42460544232_ee2551f6d7_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/27G6ouQ)
Tornado (https://flic.kr/p/27G6ouQ) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

[NutLoose]

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1752/41609946325_fef4e12d89_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/26oVRnF)
Hawk (https://flic.kr/p/26oVRnF) by Tony Taylor (https://www.flickr.com/photos/142550108@N08/), on Flickr

[tdracer]

This is from the Paul Allen FHCAM collection - on occasion I get to see in flying around here :ok:
https://flyingheritage.org/getattachment/1bfad852-788f-4ffa-aefe-98c53474dffe/attachment.aspx

[Warmtoast]

Treble one

a friend of mine also did his flying training in Rhodesia (at RAF Heany) at roughly the same time as you I think.
He told me his course was the last course to use the Tiger Moth for EFT. The course after switched to the Chipmunk. He continued onto the Harvard and then was posted to Meteors

From October 1951 onwards Tiger Moths in the Rhodesian Air Training Group (RATG) were gradually phased-out to be replaced by Chipmunks.

Chipmunks for the RATG were built at Hawarden near Chester, crated and shipped out to Durban in South Africa, transferred to rail wagons and sent to 394 MU at RAF Heany near Bulawayo. Here they were assembled, flight tested and then flown up to Thornhill.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/Thornhill-Chipmunk.jpg

Thornhill (5 FTS) was allocated 27 Chipmunks the first Chipmunk arriving at Thornhill in September 1951. This is it.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/Thornhill-TigerMoth4.jpg
...and this photo shows the last two 5 FTS Tiger Moths departing Thornhill for the Royal Rhodesian Air Force in Salisbury, probably in October/November 1951.

[olddog]

Old Grey Ladies

[ancientaviator62]

brakedwell,
we were there on July 14 1970. Did not take them too long to get it up and running ! Pic shows RN Wessex which had come to pick up the piston we delivered for the RFA ship.

[BAengineer]

RAF Odiham circa 1979

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x2000/80-odd_0049_e398601aade4a3891c7304affe12b4f91e5d1914.jpg


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x2000/80-odd_0048_5da6e366a52ba0e4e79fdf14965925fe9cf5436b.jpg

[cngaero]

RAF Odiham circa 1979

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x2000/80-odd_0049_e398601aade4a3891c7304affe12b4f91e5d1914.jpg


https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x2000/80-odd_0048_5da6e366a52ba0e4e79fdf14965925fe9cf5436b.jpg
That's a lovely pair of photographs, particularly the Wessex.
Please keep them coming if you have more.

[NutLoose]

Both 240OCU...... Happy days

[Treble one]

Warmtoast-thank you.

My chum sadly passed away last year-he had a lovely painting of 'his' Tiger Moth and Harvard flying together on the wall of his study.

He did actually fly Chipmunks later in life, both in the RAF (he was sent to Halton as a Flt Cmdr for refusing a CFS Tour), and as a Civilian whilst flying for BOAC/BA as part of a syndicate.

[ricardian]

Here's an advert (https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/34699078_2060085284242301_4186123311366799360_n.jpg?_nc_cat= 0&_nc_eui2=AeFuZkBeYKQP0LEHYaHm94QIjO8bmyfHQTkiazTW2v9M8_1WS-78FpBzoISBPkuxgshPacVrdJ5qL1H4kQ1zeLFu6RdmWDear4AsxZ2unNDSCw&oh=74455f5a0eabe3fccd07b1b72f6f4adf&oe=5BBBA32E)that RAF Careers ran earlier today until they realised the subliminal message that it gave

[Warmtoast]

Photographed by me at RAF Negombo (Katunayake) in 1957, 39-years after the foundation of the RAF.

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/800x585/216sqn_cometatkat_zpsb3934df4_960d5f78532e4534cb3c1cb70fa976 75d039adbe.jpg

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/800x550/valiantxd873_1280x880_0cd2fc46115cc2fc78935cf5fe2df95c356489 5e.jpg

A nice selection of RAF types photographed from the tower, plus a civilian TWA Constellation.
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/800x514/katflightlineup1958_bb01f368f0ae39be2c13327a035b396715c1ffeb .jpg

[ancientaviator62]

Warmtoast, great pics of a byegone era. My 'three for the price of one' ! Hastings and VC10 taken from the C130K at Akrotiri.https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/1024x654/hercules_hastings_vc10_ddb4a8596f6d0693001c72520e26ff187c18f c5f.jpg

[brakedwell]

Transport/ Air Support Command has been virtually ignored during the 100th Anniversary nostalgia. These photos should make up for the oversight (a bit!)


https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/1200x760/khormaksar_jpg__70b5fa35d3929cb826a94df7ea071851049ad02c.jpg
Khormaksar dispersal April 1958
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/1200x678/ksar_5905688e24876f8910e1c643b817685905a8be8a.jpg

Khormaksar transit 1958 - 84 Squadron Beverley in background
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/1185x776/8_sqn_venoms_aden_44ebdba685624a479dfc7cc5aba022e4574a10e8.j pg
8 Squadron Venoms April 1958

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/1024x652/hastingsnicosia_f9f754b41fcb623f8a24445d7ffc31a11a1973d9.jpg
Hastings Nicosia 1958

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/1600x1063/xm496_thule_copy_69f9c0b72f95e607c196b2cec5410e8494e9938b.jp g

XM496 Thule night stop during Polar Trainer 1971

[ancientaviator62]

brakedwell,
very evocative pics. Most of mine have appeared on the Hercules thread but if no objections I am happy tp post some here. ASI during Op Corporate build uphttps://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/1024x635/hercules_asi_op_corporate_98600217a228306e41623e5814d15bd134 106169.jpg

[morton]

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/2000x1026/album0001_f03a6596f5603e71f1426f49c926b3504bc2373b.jpg

Looking through my Albums I came across these. Don’t know where or when this first one was taken but it was after 1991 because of the 16(R) Squadron Jaguar.

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/1367x1784/album0002_97c021ae2009c68105ba77778fc16159fa74223c.jpg

Again don’t know where or when but sometime between 1991 and 2005.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/1711x1217/album0003_4b5730c506ab46b39476710615450e25e2bf3326.jpg

Out with the old and in with the new. Two ‘S’’s from when the Jaguars replaced the Phantoms at Laarbruch 1975 / 76.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/1312x1921/album0004_249964d3acb9e3d4e970c89daa4c8efbfd8ee8ea.jpg

Another ‘S’. 16 Squadron Buccaneer over Sardinia in 1976 during the annual APC there. I was one of the lucky groundcrew to have a jolly there with the late Ken Tait as my pilot. We finished the jolly by doing some (very) close formation aerobatics. Brilliant and effortlessly smooth for the ex- red arrows pilot. F/L M (Malcolm?) Brown was in ‘S’ which can clearly be seen as XW538. A year later, during a low level airfield attack on Volkel in Holland his engine exploded and the crew ejected safely. However, the report says it was again ‘S’ but XW548 not 538. Both were on 16 during my time there and I cannot remember 538 being re-lettered to ‘T’ and 548 becoming ‘S’. All the sites I have seen maintain that 538 was ‘T’ and 548 was ‘S’. Any info would be appreciated – sorry about the thread drift.



https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/2000x1205/album_10001_3bbcbfb9ecd2f90074c79297d8170e3cf15d87b1.jpg

Representative RAFG Aircraft over Rheindahlen 1976.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/2000x1587/album_10002_67a3dc6ce8b522a98a131cf665d7f9758b259f82.jpg

Vulcan close to home – over Lincoln. Might have been a premature 44 Squadron farewell tour before they thought they were disbanding.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/1016x1397/album_10005_2465b6cc5b8a9f4dd81f7b376a39c97d0d2d7383.jpg

Vulcan a long way from home with improvised wing mounts second only in agricultural style to the skips fitted to 50 Squadron after the Falklands.

[ancientaviator62]

morton,
very nice pics. This thread is improving daily. Anymore contributors ? Penerak in Malaysia.https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/1024x698/hercatpenerak_1__060e528e7490b21e21c5ee0a0faaecc9f710cf49.jp g

[Warmtoast]

RAF China Bay (Sri Lanka) 1957

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/800x484/sunderlandopp112_zps276fe3c0_9dc354abf81736a13dc0687e451cb9f db1debfc2.jpg

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/800x477/chinabay1957_sunderlandinformation_db4c9d744b4b8f83fcce3de13 3942ac93a5d3dbb.jpg

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/800x478/chinabay1957_sunderlandwalighting_c615baef43c2a991ec3d1bebaf 42e455219805d7.jpg

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/640x400/viewthroughwindow_6bc8925d9f7c467ade662cb07704c738ccdbb2d9.j pg

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/640x652/viewthroughwindow2_7b9004817d35d236a47feed5f9a52aa117ae19a9. jpg

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/800x455/china_20bay_20_20exercise_20jet_201957_20_20sunderland_20dep arts_20on_20an_20evening_20patrol_zpset0fdcr0_7303c3358e245a 91661d777c1c3bfdc8803c7d28.jpg

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/800x481/chinabay1957_sunderlandalightingare_18b89fedc4dd5e1dca0be5bc 0a0ca75d8aa4dddb.jpg

..and my only photo in colour of a 205/209 Sunderland taken at Gan in September 1958.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/800x582/sunderlandp_copy_addefc514c2423ac3271ea44bde2352a34bb94b0.jp g

[Warmtoast]

...and the sorry sight of them being broken-up for scrap at RAF Seletar in 1958
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/640x388/image5_zps3926937e_0101089dd7103cb161ade46d0738db0010758509. jpg

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/600x362/image2_d4a206ae3abf0c7246e886b2540a1195c274ae0c.jpg

[brakedwell]

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/876x1200/ternhill_provost_2d9d07b517f276f0aa7d416adcfea9d63c03320c.jp g

[brakedwell]

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/1024x642/argosy_masirah_7264165c118a388a342d90fc258101e1243a0384.jpg
105 Argosy Masirah 1965

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/1024x683/vip_andover_masirah_b259625462cef83f2a62569ed9dc99a7334c61e9 .jpg
VIP Andover Masirah 1966

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/1024x666/mombasa_36357f71b150e83e80e62fe40c54a0170068fc6d.jpg
105 Argosy Mombasa leave flight

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/1024x580/sharjah_875297948834cf249b84a6aad73a181a23d55639.jpg
152 Twin Pioneer and 105 Argosy Sharjah 1965

[Warmtoast]

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/800x533/abingdonhastingslanding_1200x800_1_11a6e7813c3ed189d8a206db6 25be1c48241a1cb.jpg
Hastings returns from a drop at nearby Weston-on-the-Green

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/800x533/abingdon_beverlytake_off_1200x800_1_96fa4d3ccca6cc7f248d93a0 7c6c4888e0e75931.jpg

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/800x533/abingdon_beverlylanding_1280x853_1_e0f545644c7e56791b99a1d51 e34f94199dd4439.jpg

[Warmtoast]

Pretty unique photos taken by me at Benson in August 1959 as I don't recall any other US President travelling by RAF aircraft.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/683x425/notthatone_thisone_9f292230ba7514bc765117fbfbc018725a1a2b62. jpg

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/669x468/ike1a_dce38cf836ec76dccb290f63932d935a65466b65.jpg

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/683x552/ike_2a_f4264449fb5950587310a432ebed539209727d46.jpg

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/399x800/image1_zpsbc4180e7_45d5c7314839b13ddd3fc1b4c71200342c8d3fb9. jpg

[Daf Hucker]

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/690x460/rj_zz665_514dfcfdee66d9e7de7656a628abcdb9613821f0.jpg

Rivet Joint
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/960x640/r1_80c85dce2222095290e91ae130096dcd49eefdeb.jpg

Nimrod R1

[ancientaviator62]

warmtoast,
nice pic of the Hastings after a para drop. Brought back memories of long days at PTS. In case anyone is wondering we always landed with the para doors stowed after such trips as they were a pig to refit and it was quite easy to lose one. And if you think that was dodgy look at this pic of a Hastings landing after a 'roller conveyor' sortie. The pic is not one of mine so apologies https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/1024x769/hastings_landing_roller_conveyor_9a643f43e4be282e1f8cbe824fd cd58a1b9c6367.jpg
if I have infringed any ones copyright.

[Lyneham Lad]

...and the sorry sight of them being broken-up for scrap at RAF Seletar in 1958
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/640x388/image5_zps3926937e_0101089dd7103cb161ade46d0738db0010758509. jpg



I was on 390 MU Seletar early '66 to mid '68 and the block I lived in overlooked the slipway - presumably the block in the background of your photo.
Below is a scan from one of my few surviving slides - 34 Sqn Beverlys. Flew in one of them up to Kuching - a very leisurely process!https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.gmforum.com-vbulletin/610x900/34sqnseletar_00f8d443667e3fd986c414362ca6ae46facba408.jpg

[sycamore]

I was taught by an `old` Hastings captain at AAEE,whilst doing a bit of freelance co-piloting ,at about the height shown in #161,you squeeze the brakes on then off, the pressure dissipates slowly causing a bit of wheel drag,and helps to `nail` the wheels,preventing`hop.skipping and jumping` down the runway....Same on the Valetta...

[Fantome]

Shades of an "in" technique to put a 727 down close to a greaser. At the last moment pole forward slightly.

(Love the Sunderland pics. But not the ones from the scrapbook. Some of Walrii would be nice.)

[Wander00]

Fantome - anyone going to tell Ryanair.....

[Fantome]

Does Ryanair damage pavements? The trick with the 3-holer was perfected by a former Bomber Command pilot who came home after the war and joined Ansett. (When he said his call-sign it sounded like he was saying "Romeo My Gecko".)






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