ULAS Needs Help !
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ULAS Needs Help !
It looks like some poor s0d/student has been given a large box of old pictures to sort and identify 
Judging by a quick exchange on Twitter ... many of the pictures aren't dated or annotated ... which is a bit of a shame really !
So here is the picture ULAS Tweeted this afternoon looking for some help
It's quite possible there will be other pics coming if the ID'ing of this one is a success ...
Best ...
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Leon ... They'll get round to Tiger Moth days I'm sure ... so be patient
Judging by a quick exchange on Twitter ... many of the pictures aren't dated or annotated ... which is a bit of a shame really !
So here is the picture ULAS Tweeted this afternoon looking for some help
Originally Posted by ULAS on Twitter
Calling all Ex-ULAS rangers: where and what year was this unmarked picture taken?!
It's quite possible there will be other pics coming if the ID'ing of this one is a success ...
Best ...
Coff.
Leon ... They'll get round to Tiger Moth days I'm sure ... so be patient
Not wishing to wave a red rag at a bull (or beagle) but I wonder how many of those with the white flashes actually went on to serve...
Instructor/staff mate seated second in from the left has managed to keep his "must maintain the steely eyed killer look regardless of the pranks going on around me" face quite well....
) but I wonder how many of those with the white flashes actually went on to serve...Instructor/staff mate seated second in from the left has managed to keep his "must maintain the steely eyed killer look regardless of the pranks going on around me" face quite well....
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He might have just left prior to it being taken, as there is a large incontinence wet patch far right
Mid-90s as I'd left ULAS by then and was back on the VC10K. Also it isn't Abingdon as it had been squaddified by then.....
NH was a co-piglet in 1991 during GW1, so by the time he'd done his captain's tour and CFS, that would make around 1994 at the earliest.
Judging by the rain, probably some Summer Camp photo - in the days when the RAF could still afford deployed UAS Summer Camps.....
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Nope - that's Colin 'Sillius Soddus' - he's probably just fallen asleep and is dreaming of his earlier times on Beverleys!
NH was a co-piglet in 1991 during GW1, so by the time he'd done his captain's tour and CFS, that would make around 1994 at the earliest.
Judging by the rain, probably some Summer Camp photo - in the days when the RAF could still afford deployed UAS Summer Camps.....
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Instructor/staff mate seated second in from the left has managed to keep his "must maintain the steely eyed killer look regardless of the pranks going on around me" face quite well....
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BEagle, Evalu8ter ... Many thanks Gentlemen for being so helpfull
I've also had a PM from a new PPRuNer (who hasn't posted yet) who is in the pic and has offered to help ... so I think my best course of action is to drop ULAS a line via their Twitter feed and hopefully persuade whoever has been given the task of cataloging the "unknown" pics to join us and pick-up the lead with this thread
In the mean time ULAS have published a few more "known" pics on Twitter ... I'll post these shortly for general interest and mirth ...
This all started when I asked ULAS if there was a pic of the 1974 Summer Camp at RAF Manston ...
I've also had a PM from a new PPRuNer (who hasn't posted yet) who is in the pic and has offered to help ... so I think my best course of action is to drop ULAS a line via their Twitter feed and hopefully persuade whoever has been given the task of cataloging the "unknown" pics to join us and pick-up the lead with this thread
In the mean time ULAS have published a few more "known" pics on Twitter ... I'll post these shortly for general interest and mirth ...
This all started when I asked ULAS if there was a pic of the 1974 Summer Camp at RAF Manston ...
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I've dropped ULAS a line as mentioned above ... let's wait and see
Here are a few other "known" provenance pics that have been published ... sadly quality isn't too good as some would appear to be photos of photos ... possibly pics displayed at Town HQ.
Anyway might jog a few memories for some
RAF West Raynham Summer Camp 1977
RAF St Athan Summer Camp 1978
RAF Abingdon New Year Camp 1979
I understand that ULAS are to move to RAF Wittering (been on the cards for some time) ... which seems a long way from London ... especially if you are a University of Kent student ! Still no public news on the new Town HQ location.
Here are a few other "known" provenance pics that have been published ... sadly quality isn't too good as some would appear to be photos of photos ... possibly pics displayed at Town HQ.
Anyway might jog a few memories for some
RAF West Raynham Summer Camp 1977
RAF St Athan Summer Camp 1978
RAF Abingdon New Year Camp 1979
I understand that ULAS are to move to RAF Wittering (been on the cards for some time) ... which seems a long way from London ... especially if you are a University of Kent student ! Still no public news on the new Town HQ location.
