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They all look so young! I got a bit invoved with the War Lover as I did two two hour flight in an Anson with the main door rewmoved and the camera man shooting pictures of passing clouds, which were used in the film.
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Gosh Brakedwell, you do look rather like Steve McQueen. Or Robert Wagner... 
Just watching some episodes of Buccaneer and noticed something in some of the external Britannia shots:- what is the pod mounted under the fuselage under the wing centre section? Most Britannia's don't seem to have this.
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The photo was taken at Thule AFB, on a polar Navigation flight up to the North Pole with Spec N Nav’s at the end of their course. We were airborne over 11 hours on that flight.
The photo was taken at Thule AFB, on a polar Navigation flight up to the North Pole with Spec N Nav’s at the end of their course. We were airborne over 11 hours on that flight.
Thank you for the additional information brakedwell, sounds an interesting trip. I seem to recall reading an article in "Flight" about the Boscombe Down Britannia undertaking a North Pole navex to test various bits of Navigation kit that were temporally installed in the cabin.
I've heard of the Nav question when flying over the North Pole.
It goes somthing like this:-
Q. We are directly over the North Pole so, which direction is New York?
A. Due South.
Q. Which direction is London?
A. Due South.
OK. Now we are in the Sh*t. Fly 257 degrees Grid.
It goes somthing like this:-
Q. We are directly over the North Pole so, which direction is New York?
A. Due South.
Q. Which direction is London?
A. Due South.
OK. Now we are in the Sh*t. Fly 257 degrees Grid.
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Thank you for the additional information brakedwell, sounds an interesting trip. I seem to recall reading an article in "Flight" about the Boscombe Down Britannia undertaking a North Pole navex to test various bits of Navigation kit that were temporally installed in the cabin.
The VC10s of 10 Squadron carried out these flights from 1984 to 1989, the Boscombe Down Britannia carried out these flights before 1984, the Boscombe Down Comet took over the duty after 1989.
