A Hawker Hunter?
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Can anyone tell me, is it possible to have a flight in any of these magificent machines in exchange for a pecuniary disbursement?
As HHA are a commercial organisation I'm sure it would be possible given appropriate remuneration. Give them a call at Scampton.(or e
As HHA are a commercial organisation I'm sure it would be possible given appropriate remuneration. Give them a call at Scampton.(or e
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A friend of mine had a ride in Delta Jets black two-seater six years ago. Cost £1200 IIRC. He asked me to video the whole affair, including ejection lecture etc. It was his 50th birthday. He flew with Brian Grant [Sea vixen Display Pilot]. I was using a friends video camera, and filmed the whole thing with NO TAPE IN IT!!!
He never really forgave me, but I no longer have to feel embarrassed about it, as my great friend lost his life in a car crash last year. Contact Delta Jets at Kemble.
He never really forgave me, but I no longer have to feel embarrassed about it, as my great friend lost his life in a car crash last year. Contact Delta Jets at Kemble.
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I'm pretty sure that these are the Hunters that were down here in Al Ain (UAE) for the recent airshow. All told we had 4 Hunters here and their displays were just magic.
I didn't bother to watch any of the nasty little piston powered jobs doing their displays.
I didn't bother to watch any of the nasty little piston powered jobs doing their displays.
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Ah, BEagle, you are giving the game away now. I remember the day well. Wasn't Neville Duke flown in from Boscombe by Tony Neale? I seem to remember quite a lot of press coverage, in the aviation press at least. I am sure I have some cuttings tucked away somewhere in my Brawdy file.
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Early xmas present !
11.45hrs today, a brace of Hawker Hunters doing a few circuits over Blue Anchor Bay near Minehead, Somerset, such a beautiful sight, possibly Exeter based? Thanks anyway chaps, really made my day 
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I doubt very much if the two 20 Sqn pilots [then at Tengah] would remember this, but in 1966 I was an airman on 14 Sqn RNZAF [Canberra B12] based at Tengah, and somehow found myself attached to the RAF for an air-to-ground target shoot at the Asahan Range in Malaya. The shoot was run by two 20 Sqn Hunter pilots and , with not a lot to do, I pitched in to help wherever I could, as you do!
I had driven up there in a Landrover, and the 20 Sqn lot were in a three-tonner carrying all the gear and driven by one of these pilots. Come the day of return to Tengah and I'm approached by said pilots and asked if I could drive a truck, which I could, and they then asked if they could take my Landrover back to Tengah while I drove the truck. They apparently had an important Mess function to attend!
Realising what a large favour I was delivering, I innocently asked if there would ever be an opportunity for a ride in the 20 Sqn T-bird? Some days later, and back in the normal routine of Tengah, and having forgotten entirely about the possibility of the Hunter flight, I was contacted by 20 and asked if I was free to fly? With permission from my Boss [CO 14] I was off over the other side to the 20 pan in seconds, and had a wonderful 30 minutes in a Hunter. Dreams do come true now and then! Of all the rides I've had, that took the cake!
I had driven up there in a Landrover, and the 20 Sqn lot were in a three-tonner carrying all the gear and driven by one of these pilots. Come the day of return to Tengah and I'm approached by said pilots and asked if I could drive a truck, which I could, and they then asked if they could take my Landrover back to Tengah while I drove the truck. They apparently had an important Mess function to attend!
Realising what a large favour I was delivering, I innocently asked if there would ever be an opportunity for a ride in the 20 Sqn T-bird? Some days later, and back in the normal routine of Tengah, and having forgotten entirely about the possibility of the Hunter flight, I was contacted by 20 and asked if I was free to fly? With permission from my Boss [CO 14] I was off over the other side to the 20 pan in seconds, and had a wonderful 30 minutes in a Hunter. Dreams do come true now and then! Of all the rides I've had, that took the cake!
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Whilst working in Aberdeen recently, I regularly passed a T7 in the front garden of a small factory unit in Maryculter/Peterculter (8 miles from Aberdeen). It appeared to have Dutch markings. Anyone know the significance of it being there?
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Whilst working in Aberdeen recently, I regularly passed a T7 in the front garden of a small factory unit in Maryculter/Peterculter (8 miles from Aberdeen). It appeared to have Dutch markings. Anyone know the significance of it being there?
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Looks really good. The news reporter on the case needs a bit of re-briefing IMO. Re the engine fitted to the Hunter (Various Avons?) he/she said
"The only other jets to use the same type of engine were the Vulcan bomber and Concorde."
"The only other jets to use the same type of engine were the Vulcan bomber and Concorde."
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Cracking pic Sam Reefing it round with the condensation forming on the wings, Most Excellent. If it's your pic, permission to set it as my desktop please?
Pilot is Dave Phillips, ex-RNZAF and Cathay IIRC, and owner of the Hunter F74 which is ex-Singapore Air Force but formally an RAF machine!
