Maritime Monday
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Maritime Monday
Well we've had a bit of fun with Phantom Friday, Tornado Tuesday and WIWOL Wednesday ... so Mighty Hunter (now Maritime) Monday must be worth a go 
Now I appreciate that our good friend Jetslut is going to claim further conspiracy ... so if anyone has some A2A Affiliation pics of the Mighty Hunter (Nimrod) and the Harrier ... it will make his day
Hopefully we'll have the opportunity of seeing a few pics that have been lurking in logbooks, lofts and old Nav Bags for a good few years ...
Just to get things started ... a video from a long time ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOR_5Om34vc
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Now I appreciate that our good friend Jetslut is going to claim further conspiracy ... so if anyone has some A2A Affiliation pics of the Mighty Hunter (Nimrod) and the Harrier ... it will make his day
Hopefully we'll have the opportunity of seeing a few pics that have been lurking in logbooks, lofts and old Nav Bags for a good few years ...
Just to get things started ... a video from a long time ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOR_5Om34vc
Coff.
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'Maritime Monday' might be a better heading, although it would open the floodgates to much more than TMH such as:
120Sqn Liberators, Aldergrove
120Sqn Liberators, Aldergrove
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Now Shackman that's a very interesting pic
Unless it's 'Secret Squirrel' stuff ... What was the purpose of the Horizontally Poloarised Yagi Aerial under the port wing ? I'm guessing it's a Vhf frequency given it's relative dimensions ... was there a corresponding aerial under the starboard wing ?
I'm guessing it would have been highly directional in receiving transmissions in a fairly narrow arc around the aircrafts heading ?
Unless it's 'Secret Squirrel' stuff ... What was the purpose of the Horizontally Poloarised Yagi Aerial under the port wing ? I'm guessing it's a Vhf frequency given it's relative dimensions ... was there a corresponding aerial under the starboard wing ?
I'm guessing it would have been highly directional in receiving transmissions in a fairly narrow arc around the aircrafts heading ?
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Just to get things started ... a video from a long time ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOR_5Om34vc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOR_5Om34vc
The Liberator pic reminds of the meekest, humblest bloke one could meet, a friend of my parents. He was a Sgt pilot in the war on Libs. He told me a story about his first minelaying (I think) sortie against a northern France harbour - did the RAF lay mines at Cherbourg?. He said the flak was unbelievable- once the run started, everyone just did their thing- no-one said a thing on the way back.
The captain, a guy named Ensor (decorated, I believe) looked over and said, "Were you scared back there Taff?"; to which our hero replied, "Sir, I was f'ing ****ting myself!".
"Good, says Ensor, you can fly with me anytime. I'm never flying with anyone who wouldn't be ****ting it back there!" It was, he said, the best thing anyone could have said to a newbie having endured the defences they just had.
He came to talk to my school kids on one occasion too- they ate it up.
RIP Campbell Hanbury RAF (at a ripe old age tho')
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The captain, a guy named Ensor (decorated, I believe) looked over and said, "Were you scared back there Taff?"; to which our hero replied, "Sir, I was f'ing ****ting myself!".
"Good, says Ensor, you can fly with me anytime. I'm never flying with anyone who wouldn't be ****ting it back there!" It was, he said, the best thing anyone could have said to a newbie having endured the defences they just had.
He came to talk to my school kids on one occasion too- they ate it up.
RIP Campbell Hanbury RAF (at a ripe old age tho'
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Mind you ... I thought it might have been this one
Image Credit : Hawker Siddeley 1971 : Promo Ad "The Peacekeepers of the Seventies"
Image Credit : Hawker Siddeley 1971 : Promo Ad "The Peacekeepers of the Seventies"
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Coff great idea, but can you rename it 'Maritime Monday' as suggested? That would stop the Hunter crowd getting confused and allow scope for more varied contributions.
From speaking to the older Maritime generations the Rod was not as good as the Shack, and the Shack was not as good as the Sunderland. Having had the opportunity to see in all 3 I'd tend to agree
From speaking to the older Maritime generations the Rod was not as good as the Shack, and the Shack was not as good as the Sunderland. Having had the opportunity to see in all 3 I'd tend to agree
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Hi Ivan ...
More than happy to change the Thread Title as requested ... unfortunately simply editing my original post won't edit the Main Title ...
Maybe a PPRuNe Mod could oblige given they have higher level editing privileges
More than happy to change the Thread Title as requested ... unfortunately simply editing my original post won't edit the Main Title ...
Maybe a PPRuNe Mod could oblige given they have higher level editing privileges