Phantom Phriday
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From: Manchester
Were there any 92 sqdn guys who were on the Deci detachment 30Nov1977 ? see posting 367. Must be someone out there alive and kicking, I remember one of the pilots was Flt Lt Hunt .
Memory also of a brilliant practise display one sunny morning for the Goodwood air show circa 1974. Got right up the nose of one of the locals who went to print in the Chichester observer complaining about the once a year noise! Everyone else loved it .
Memory also of a brilliant practise display one sunny morning for the Goodwood air show circa 1974. Got right up the nose of one of the locals who went to print in the Chichester observer complaining about the once a year noise! Everyone else loved it .
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From: Not at home!
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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From: Yeovil,Somerset
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.
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From: Quite near 'An aerodrome somewhere in England'
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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From: The Sunny Side
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" !!
S-D
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From: Wiltshire
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 ?
Smudge
Smudge
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From: very west
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.
Camlobe
Camlobe
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From: Belfast
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.
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