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Nice photos - particularly the 6-ship! Although I never did find the 'skunk' colour scheme very attractive.
I remember the 1974 arrival flypast of the Dominies at RAFC Cranwell when they arrived from the College of Air Warfare at RAF Manby (which was sadly closing) - any photos anywhere? |
No more lunchtimes at Gatow then? :ok:
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OPF,
Thank you again - a fitting set of photos indeed. Standby for some Ars@ to ask the question 'Why are they all just Dominies?' |
OPF - Very nicely done!
They certainly look too good to be scrapped! Another waste! :confused: |
O P F.
Brill pics thanks,were you a phot? |
Great photos and particularly nice to see XS 712 features so prominently as that is the first aircraft on my first entry in my first log book!!
Thanks once again..... |
Didn't one of them sport a 'Playboy Bunny' on the fin? Whatever happened to it? Who was the knurled gnome with the sense of humour failure?
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That was 'F' (XS739). Originally she also had a bunny head forward of the crew door as well.
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Terrific pictures and thanks for posting them.
Checked the log book and they all appear in Feb/Mar 75. Without doubt the end of an era for many "back seaters" |
Darkside2 - similar experience for me, I see that on 4 Dec 1969 I flew my first sortie at Strad (exercise D1 - aircraft famil) in XS730 which was also airborne today:ok:
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First trip was October 23rd 1966 - Dominie XS730 Ex D1 with Master Pilot Chappell (those were the days!). Ex D2 was XS739, so delighted to see them both at the very end.
Looking through the next 3 months flying, I see that the average flight time was 3:10 to 3:30. When I did a tour instructing in 80-82, my longest was 3:05, which makes me wonder what Div fuel we were carrying operating out of Stradishall in '66. It can't have been much by modern standards! Perhaps recent crews could hazard a guess? |
Great photos, thank you for recording the event so well for those of us unable to be there. But why are they all just Dominies?:E
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In the civil world they'd be Jet Dragons . . . . ;)
Nice pics. |
Great photos. Thank you, Old Photo. Fanatic. I have PM'd you.
My first flight 4 Sep 69 - XS 714. Last flight 4 Aug 80 - XS 728. TTN - I suspect we may know each other. |
waveskimmer (#6)
I assume your question is asking if I was a "Photographer" by profession .
Photography for me is a Hobby, I was always interested in taking photographs. I only had a simple camera upto the early 1970s. I then started serious Aviation photography as I could afford better camera gear. Also my working routine 28day shift pattern gave me time off to travel which all helped . Now well retired I am still very active in my Hobby So basically I am self taught and still learning. As the saying goes old photographers do not Die they just go out of Focus. OPF |
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