El Adem 23rd September 1969

[Imagegear]

Well blow me down, did we really look like that in those days?

The story went around at the time that the pilot only had main gear greens on his return from the range, A mate said that as soon as the aircraft stopped, he observed a shower of maps, papers, and other bit's and pieces ascending above the cockpit, closely followed by a fast moving pilot sprinting away across the bundu. (Rumour is a wonderful thing)

Thanks for publishing Airpolice, very good pictures by your late brother who was quite talented.

I was often able to watch returning aircraft from my deckchair about 200 yds from the centreline. 1 Sqn and others featured regularly.

A good one for the caption competition me thinks

IG

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[Pontius Navigator]

Love the pilot (?) pose back to camera, long hair but wearing his SD hat, as one did in those days.

"Nothing to do with me chief"

[Fareastdriver]

But of course. He was a capable navigator as well.

[airpolice]

As soon as I get the negative box from the loft, I'll know if we have more pictures of the incident, but I'm confident there will be all sorts of images from El Adem up until the last day.

[Imagegear]

Ooooer, this might be a print too far??

It wasn't me boss, honest !!!!

IG

[Pontius Navigator]

Originally Posted by Fareastdriver

But of course. He was a capable navigator as well.

​​​​​​As capable as a pilot too 😀

(Joking that it was PE and not nose wheel failure)

I remember a flight of Hunters from HK to Brunei - they had a real navigator to lead them in a Canberra.

[kenparry]

Love the pilot (?) pose back to camera, long hair but wearing his SD hat, as one did in those days.

"Nothing to do with me chief"

Probably was nothing to with him. For a range trip ex El Adem, nobody would take their SD cap on board. My guess is that he is the auth, gone out by Land Rover, to inspect the mess and try to find out if he himself is in any trouble.

[airpolice]

He's certainly dressed for flying, g-trouser tube sticking out as well as leg restraints.

I'm now really keen to see what other images we have in the box.

[rlsbutler]

Originally Posted by Pontius Navigator

​​​​​​ I remember a flight of Hunters from HK to Brunei - they had a real navigator to lead them in a Canberra.

My crew did one of those trips in the early 60s. I am sure they were happy to have someone do the nav for them, but it was ideal weather and whoever was navigating could see clearly to the horizon in all directions. I felt we were principally a mobile Ops Room in case one of the Hunters chose to drop out.