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During Gulf War 1 in Cyprus I'd helped strap the Nav in and once done asked him if he'd mind taking some photo's for me. He replied 'no problem'.
The Nav was CJ Weightman who was sadly lost later that year
Waiting for the crew.
The Nav was CJ Weightman who was sadly lost later that year
Waiting for the crew.
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Superb photographs this week gentlemen. I'm just reading David Gledhills series of four books, based on the Phantom in RAF service, by heck, the thing is a "reset beast" !!
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If you've not read it, 'One day in a long war' by Jeffrey Ethell & Alfred Price is an excellent book.
It is a full account of 10th May, 1972 and the air war over North Vietnam. The 'Duke' features in it quite a lot as do a lot of other US Navy and Air Force chaps.
It is a full account of 10th May, 1972 and the air war over North Vietnam. The 'Duke' features in it quite a lot as do a lot of other US Navy and Air Force chaps.
TheWestCoast wrote:
The full story certainly is. The flight on 10 May 1972, during which he and his RIO Willy Driscoll achieved 3 kills before themselves being shot down, is a classic of the time.
What a shame that Duke resorted to bribery and corruption in his post-USN life in politics, for which he served 7 years in jail...
Randy Cunningham. That's a heck of a story.
What a shame that Duke resorted to bribery and corruption in his post-USN life in politics, for which he served 7 years in jail...
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Superb photographs this week gentlemen. I'm just reading David Gledhills series of four books, based on the Phantom in RAF service, by heck, the thing is a "reset beast" !!
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Looks like someone might benefit from some German software
Sorry ... Just couldn't resist that one
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Nice to see some "bigger hipped" M's, though I'm sure the standard version is a very nice aircraft. Anyone have any thoughts of the difference (or not) in handling and performance with the RR powered beast ?
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Differences
Always seem to be surrounded by 'Tooms', but never had the pleasure of fettling them. I can't comment on performance differences between 'US' spec and RR models, but I do remember our scopies on the Great 8 mentioning the narrower birds were more difficult to spot head-on than ours.
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Hi not sure if this is the right place to raise this. We are starting the rebuild of the former Leuchars gate guard XT864, one thing we are looking for are the yellow protective caps for the sidewinder missiles, would anyone know where we could source them.
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We are starting the rebuild of the former Leuchars gate guard XT864, one thing we are looking for are the yellow protective caps for the sidewinder missiles, would anyone know where we could source them.
We are starting the rebuild of the former Leuchars gate guard XT864, one thing we are looking for are the yellow protective caps for the sidewinder missiles, would anyone know where we could source them.
surplus aircraft parts and accessories - Johnsons Of Leeds
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Pardon the (semi) thread creep, but for the plastic modellers in the crowd, Hong Kong Models is currently working on a 1/32nd F-4K/M. More details on their book of face page.
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As a slightly peripheral comment, how much of the US Defense Budget gets spent on stencils, tail art, and generally scribbling all over their aircraft?
