Lest we Forget
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Lest we Forget
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BBMF departure for royal wedding flypast and arrival back at RAF Coningsby. Beautifully edited and scored; crank up the volume! Just wonderful.
BBMF departure for royal wedding flypast and arrival back at RAF Coningsby. Beautifully edited and scored; crank up the volume! Just wonderful.
Many happy memories - thanks for the post. When I arrived on the F3 OCU staff I had the cheek to apply to BBMF. They laughed. It was pointed out that I was several stripes short of a chance of spits, but they let me co-pilot the Devon, which was nice.
My first hour as Station Flight Safety Officer I got a signal to re-open a Hurricane crash BOI. Walking over to BBMF with the previous SFSO I heard the distinctive "whumpf" of an F3 reheat flameout on climb out. Followed about 5 seconds later by another "whumpf". Followed 5 seconds later by the State 1 Crash siren.
I hadn't even done the SFSO course yet! Thinks I, "this is either the most well organised wind-up in history, or God hates me"
Postscript was the F3 pilot got one relit, and I learnt a lot about Merlin engine failures. God, apparently, just likes winding me up.
My first hour as Station Flight Safety Officer I got a signal to re-open a Hurricane crash BOI. Walking over to BBMF with the previous SFSO I heard the distinctive "whumpf" of an F3 reheat flameout on climb out. Followed about 5 seconds later by another "whumpf". Followed 5 seconds later by the State 1 Crash siren.
I hadn't even done the SFSO course yet! Thinks I, "this is either the most well organised wind-up in history, or God hates me"
Postscript was the F3 pilot got one relit, and I learnt a lot about Merlin engine failures. God, apparently, just likes winding me up.
