Bucc Tanking a Tristar
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http://www.pprune.org/military-aircr...tanking-2.html
Check out this previous thread - you may get a lead from the replies last time round
Check out this previous thread - you may get a lead from the replies last time round
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I am pretty sure there used to be one in the 101 Sqn crewroom. But that was when they were south-side at BZN. It my have been lost or damaged with their continual north-side, south-side shuffling in recent years.
I am pretty sure there used to be one in the 101 Sqn crewroom. But that was when they were south-side at BZN. It my have been lost or damaged with their continual north-side, south-side shuffling in recent years.
Roly, that was an RNZAF A-4 refuelling the TriStar:
The same A-4 also refuelled the VC10K from which the photo was taken. There was also a VHS tape of the session, which the boss kept under lock and key and would never let it out of his sight.
One day he let us watch it with him, but was called away by his PA.....
The instant he left the crewroom, we quickly set up the squadron portable videorecorder, made a tape-to-tape transfer, then disconnected everything and were a picture of complete innocence by the time the boss came back - he never suspected a thing....
I managed to transfer the tape to DVD 7 years ago; so here is the view from the VC10K shortly before the deed was done:
Sorry, Jim! But you should really have known better than to have left the tape with us, even for just the few minutes you were out of the crewroom...
The same A-4 also refuelled the VC10K from which the photo was taken. There was also a VHS tape of the session, which the boss kept under lock and key and would never let it out of his sight.
One day he let us watch it with him, but was called away by his PA.....
The instant he left the crewroom, we quickly set up the squadron portable videorecorder, made a tape-to-tape transfer, then disconnected everything and were a picture of complete innocence by the time the boss came back - he never suspected a thing....
I managed to transfer the tape to DVD 7 years ago; so here is the view from the VC10K shortly before the deed was done:
Sorry, Jim! But you should really have known better than to have left the tape with us, even for just the few minutes you were out of the crewroom...
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I have the photo just scanned from the aforementioned excellent book and ready to upload but haven't the foggiest how to do that. When I try to insert it as an image associating it to a Picasa URL nothing appears in the Preview page!
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Thought you might like this Scimitar to Buccaneer http://usera.ImageCave.com/scouse/80...66_(25)(2).jpg
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Gem, you might need to explain to the less-IT-savvy contributors the significance of putting stuff in square brackets with a forward slash. FWIW, I larfed.
BEagle, having seen another vid - is there any reason why the Tristar wasn't barrel-rolling while plugged-in?
BEagle, having seen another vid - is there any reason why the Tristar wasn't barrel-rolling while plugged-in?
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MightyGem
How dare you, Sir! Doubt my integrity, Sir!
We could do anything in my day!
Foldie
The Buccaneer was, is and always will be 'The Last of the Few' - check out the The Buccaneer Songbook for full lyrics!
[wind up]Cough, photoshop, cough[/wind up]
We could do anything in my day!
Foldie
The Buccaneer was, is and always will be 'The Last of the Few' - check out the The Buccaneer Songbook for full lyrics!