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Boeing Jet
26th Mar 2021, 19:43
I saw a tribute to Blue Peter John Noakes on you tube in which a clip showed John on a Nimrod Sortie. In what year was this and what squadron if known please?
SpringHeeledJack
27th Mar 2021, 11:03
I think it was one of the squadrons from Kinloss in an SAR role, it certainly wasn't 51 from Wyton, not even for a Blue Peter badge ;-) Possibly 1977.
The feats Noakes got up to for that programme were incredible, especially by today's standards, especially the freefall he did with the RAF flying Falcons display team.
longer ron
27th Mar 2021, 14:32
According to Morayvia's Dave Brown
Dave is another ex-RAF volunteer at Morayvia, having spent most of his career involved in Maritime Patrol Aviation. Dave too was once on TV, gaining a Blue Peter Badge for being part of a Nimrod crew which took John Noakes flying on a Fishery Protection sortie as far back as 1978.
From the Morayvia Facebook page...
https://i.imgur.com/NkWRJ3b.jpg
Haraka
27th Mar 2021, 17:00
I remember him ripping the seat of his trousers off demonstrating how to get in to Culley's Camel at Yeovilton
It wasn't transmitted..
Mooncrest
27th Mar 2021, 17:30
Nothing like a Nimrod but he also did a feature on the Campbell Cricket autogyro while with Blue Peter and flew a student gyroglider with an instructor.
John Noakes also flew with the Reds when they had Gnats
treadigraph
27th Mar 2021, 20:42
That's a hell of a barf bag John's carrying...
Recall Val Singleton did a "pinch hitter" (thanks to someone on here who taught me that term!) flying course with OATS for Blue Peter back in about 1972.
That's a hell of a barf bag John's carrying...
That will be the pies
reynoldsno1
10th Apr 2021, 10:24
I was one of the navs on that trip - it was 201 Sqn. One of the camera crew turned a most peculiar colour when I asked him if he wanted a curry for lunch. If it was 1978 it was either 14 Jul with Phil Zarraga, or 19 Sep, 24 Oct, 1 Nov with Chris Fitzpatrick.
Nimman
21st Apr 2021, 20:31
On the 25/26 April 1978 BBC TV presenter John Noakes and the ‘Blue Peter’ team visited 120 Sqn and recorded a programme about life on the squadron and had a flight in a Nimrod.
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/592x349/120_blue_peter_visit_25apr78_6cabd620f61890856cae43bd90a60be e18b88ebd.jpg
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/602x438/120_blue_peter_visit_apr78_d4d9ed4353e53267bad62fd59da5f69fd e477496.jpg
... and here's one I flew earlier ... :)