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Ah! 23(F) as was. Presumably a piccy from the Victor. Cracking shot. Look - no flaps out on the Frightning either - and no rotors too.
Reminds me of the time I asked 'Victor the Vector' for pigeons to KEF and the man in the Bear blister held up a topo and pointed.................
Reminds me of the time I asked 'Victor the Vector' for pigeons to KEF and the man in the Bear blister held up a topo and pointed.................
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Ah! But you must admit, a far inferior (aircraft) and picture.
I'm still waiting for one of the 'Rotatingheads' to post a piccy of a helicopleter chasing a TU95..............
I'm still waiting for one of the 'Rotatingheads' to post a piccy of a helicopleter chasing a TU95..............
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Feb12 1987
Intercepted two Bear Foxtrots 100 miles off The Faeroes.
Two F15s from Iceland already on scene. Some points about the Bear, massive radar cross section, picked them up at 70 miles using an AI23 radar as fitted to the Lightning. The Bears were cruising at 30,000 feet and were quite quick. The Bear was so noisy and powerful I could clearly hear the engines while formating on them for pictures.
I imagine the crew of a Bear would get off in Cuba almost deaf and still be vibrating several hours after landing.
Aircraft was XS 919 and was southern Q at Binbrook that day. John Carter the other Q pilot. Unable to get home stopped off for fuel at Leuchars and in Ops was Alistair the chap who accidentally shot down a Jag. Interesting day out.
Two F15s from Iceland already on scene. Some points about the Bear, massive radar cross section, picked them up at 70 miles using an AI23 radar as fitted to the Lightning. The Bears were cruising at 30,000 feet and were quite quick. The Bear was so noisy and powerful I could clearly hear the engines while formating on them for pictures.
I imagine the crew of a Bear would get off in Cuba almost deaf and still be vibrating several hours after landing.
Aircraft was XS 919 and was southern Q at Binbrook that day. John Carter the other Q pilot. Unable to get home stopped off for fuel at Leuchars and in Ops was Alistair the chap who accidentally shot down a Jag. Interesting day out.
A Bear 'D' from a rather more comfortable cockpit:
Then we showed the Ivans a nice picture of Samantha Fox in The Sun calendar from the flight deck window. Much grinning and waving followed - little does Samantha know the part her parts undoubtedly played in perestroika!
Then we showed the Ivans a nice picture of Samantha Fox in The Sun calendar from the flight deck window. Much grinning and waving followed - little does Samantha know the part her parts undoubtedly played in perestroika!
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Nimrod transiting back to KSS having climbed out of our op area. Scottish Mil gave us a contact on reciprocal course and above. Contact was a Bear with F4 alongside which both went a couple of thousand feet right over the top. Seeing as how the Bear wouldnt have been squawking and was most definitely not under his control it struck me as very cavalier of the radar controller not to alert us as to what the contact actually was.
