RAF cuts back in Gib
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I have no doubt you did. Its a difficult place to get in to and usually the civvy stuff went to Malaga 80 miles away when things got too choppy.
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We did Feb 85, here we all are 
one of the spare pilots onboard with us said if he had a Bang seat he would have gone.
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one of the spare pilots onboard with us said if he had a Bang seat he would have gone.Jaguar 1975-85
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Gib had a camera set to record every approach from the radar picture. On a visual circuit there years ago I went a bit wide to let my mate who was a bit short of noise juice go ahead. Strayed into Span air. Due for a bollocking but nothing heard
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Jinda,
Thanks for the tip.
The sheer number of cars causes traffic jams when going into GIB because our Euro friends like to fill up their tanks as it is about the equi of 30 pence/lit cheaper. Last Wed and Fri, there was traffic in the loop for most of the day.
Thanks for the tip.
The sheer number of cars causes traffic jams when going into GIB because our Euro friends like to fill up their tanks as it is about the equi of 30 pence/lit cheaper. Last Wed and Fri, there was traffic in the loop for most of the day.
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This is an example of the Air Traffic Control photograph taken at Gibraltar to which I think you refer. The photograph has a clock in the top left hand corner, and has date in the bottom left. This particular photograph was taken on my departure, in July 1974. I also have the arrival photograph.
The bold, nearly horizontal, white line is the line beyond which RAF aircraft were not supposed to cross, in this case, below it.
On the enlargement, I have tried to outline part of the coast of Spain, in red. The blue line is the approximate alignment of runway 27 at Gibraltar. The dotted, curving, line is the radar return of the departing aircraft.
At that time, Gibraltar ATC routinely forwarded copies of the arriving and departure photographs to the OC of the squadron concerned. ATC were at pains to point out in the accompanying letter that the arrival and departure were ‘without infringement’.
This is an example of the Air Traffic Control photograph taken at Gibraltar to which I think you refer. The photograph has a clock in the top left hand corner, and has date in the bottom left. This particular photograph was taken on my departure, in July 1974. I also have the arrival photograph.
The bold, nearly horizontal, white line is the line beyond which RAF aircraft were not supposed to cross, in this case, below it.
On the enlargement, I have tried to outline part of the coast of Spain, in red. The blue line is the approximate alignment of runway 27 at Gibraltar. The dotted, curving, line is the radar return of the departing aircraft.
At that time, Gibraltar ATC routinely forwarded copies of the arriving and departure photographs to the OC of the squadron concerned. ATC were at pains to point out in the accompanying letter that the arrival and departure were ‘without infringement’.
