Hawker Hunter Jet returns to Scotland
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Hawker Hunter Jet returns to Scotland
A Hawker Hunter jet's engine that was used in Pinochet's Chilean coup in the 1970s has made its way back to Scotland. After the coup, a set of engines were sent to the Rolls-Royce factory in East Kilbride for repairs, where the workers blacked it in protest. At some point, it was stolen from Rolls-Royce and returned to Chile, and now these filmmakers have located and returned it to be displayed in 2018.
There's a documentary called Nae Pasaran about the workers and their story, as well as what happened in Chile.
Have any of you heard about this story? There's a Kickstarter to finish the film and one of the rewards is a blade from the jet used in the film.
I can't post a link but it's Nae Pasaran dot com and it's on Facebook, too.
There's a documentary called Nae Pasaran about the workers and their story, as well as what happened in Chile.
Have any of you heard about this story? There's a Kickstarter to finish the film and one of the rewards is a blade from the jet used in the film.
I can't post a link but it's Nae Pasaran dot com and it's on Facebook, too.
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Strikes during wartime were not uncommon.
Strikes during wartime
Have had the same in Oz during WWII, Korea and Vietnam - unions blocking supplies to troops.
Strikes during wartime
Have had the same in Oz during WWII, Korea and Vietnam - unions blocking supplies to troops.
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The film is worth seeing - non-Scots viewers may regret the lack of sub-titles.
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There's a story, which could well be apochryphal (though it was reported in Flight) that the Rhodesians organised a clandestine mission to Sharjah, where the RAF had apparently abandoned a bunch of Hunters when they withdrew. The engines were supposedly removed from the aircraft and flown back to Rhodesia.
Sounds a bit fishy to me.
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Maybe not so fishy. The Omani government supplied spares to the Rhodesians.
Civilian cargo aircraft were flown in to a desert strip empty and flew out laden with aircraft spares. Whether from Omani stocks or just trans-shipped I don't know.
Maybe not so fishy. The Omani government supplied spares to the Rhodesians.
Civilian cargo aircraft were flown in to a desert strip empty and flew out laden with aircraft spares. Whether from Omani stocks or just trans-shipped I don't know.
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It's the bit about the RAF leaving a bunch of Hunters behind when they left Sharjah that I'm having trouble believing.
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"It's the bit about the RAF leaving a bunch of Hunters behind when they left Sharjah that I'm having trouble believing."
Neither do I. All RAF Hunter Mk.9s and 10s that flew out of Sharjah are accounted for.
Does anyone know otherwise?
Kieron.
Neither do I. All RAF Hunter Mk.9s and 10s that flew out of Sharjah are accounted for.
Does anyone know otherwise?
Kieron.
