AF plane almost hit by a Russian Bomber..?
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Whatever folk have to say about the BEAR, it's one heck of a good looking, and sounding aeroplane.
One flew over my train in the dark this evening and it not only rattled the windows, but it made the most amazing racket. Must have just lifted off for a spot of night flying.
Once heard, never forgotten!
One flew over my train in the dark this evening and it not only rattled the windows, but it made the most amazing racket. Must have just lifted off for a spot of night flying.
Once heard, never forgotten!
1. Gloves on the coaming was a Lightning thing, followed by a slow roll... Another trick was to formate alongside the tail gunner, wait until he'd managed to bring his ancient plate camera to bear, then hop over to the other side, wait again and repeat a few times....
2. The Bear F sonobuoy drop was a 43 Sqn event and they probably still have the paint scuff to prove it.
3. The dim-witted spams who thought a VC10K was a Nimrod was during one of my Bear intercepts - they then had to disappear about a hundred miles to visit their tanker....
4. Playboy was too small. Samantha Fox against a black background in The Sun calendar certainly wasn't and the appreciative gestures from the Ivans when my nav held the picture up against the window only went to show what part Sam's not insignificant parts played in the ending of the Cold War.
Keep polishing your six guns, Westie...oorah. The lighthouse nonsense has always been bolleaux and absolutely nothing to do with me.
2. The Bear F sonobuoy drop was a 43 Sqn event and they probably still have the paint scuff to prove it.
3. The dim-witted spams who thought a VC10K was a Nimrod was during one of my Bear intercepts - they then had to disappear about a hundred miles to visit their tanker....
4. Playboy was too small. Samantha Fox against a black background in The Sun calendar certainly wasn't and the appreciative gestures from the Ivans when my nav held the picture up against the window only went to show what part Sam's not insignificant parts played in the ending of the Cold War.
Keep polishing your six guns, Westie...oorah. The lighthouse nonsense has always been bolleaux and absolutely nothing to do with me.
With over 21000 posts, I don't need a six shooter to take aim against your dislike of Americans. A pea shooter works fine.
And, yes, you have jumped on the lighthouse theme, I imagine because you want it to be true.
And, yes, you have jumped on the lighthouse theme, I imagine because you want it to be true.
Poor old chap - I actually think the lighthouse fable is silly and only posted the YoofTube link for people who didn't understand the background.
Dislike of Americans? Not really. Only when they insist on behaving in a bovine 'Team America World Police' manner....
And what you do with that little pea shooter of yours is assuredly your own business....
Dislike of Americans? Not really. Only when they insist on behaving in a bovine 'Team America World Police' manner....
And what you do with that little pea shooter of yours is assuredly your own business....
The rear gunners position is from the Boeing B29 Superfortress via the Tu4 (a complete copy of the B29) and passed on to every other Russian bomber.
Last edited by Fareastdriver; 18th Apr 2014 at 09:34.
B-29 Ancestry
The B-29 to Tu-4 "Chinese" copy saga is well documented( there were very many detail differences in practice of course).
Apart from the tail position on most "Bears" which is evocative of the B-29, I believe another hangover from the Superfortress is of reportedly sharing the same fuselage diameter.
P.S. Atomcraft is 100% technically correct in his putting the nickname in Caps.
Lovely story of some Badgers flying over at a May Day Parade in Moscow in 1954. At that stage the West did not know for sure what the Russians called it.
Attaché "innocently" enquires of his escorting Russian aviation officer as to what these impressive aircraft were.
" Ah , those are what you guys call "BADGERS".
Apart from the tail position on most "Bears" which is evocative of the B-29, I believe another hangover from the Superfortress is of reportedly sharing the same fuselage diameter.
P.S. Atomcraft is 100% technically correct in his putting the nickname in Caps.
Lovely story of some Badgers flying over at a May Day Parade in Moscow in 1954. At that stage the West did not know for sure what the Russians called it.
Attaché "innocently" enquires of his escorting Russian aviation officer as to what these impressive aircraft were.
" Ah , those are what you guys call "BADGERS".
Last edited by Haraka; 21st Apr 2014 at 09:17.
