New cold war RAF pictures
 

Some cracking 50s/60s RAF pictures here. Appears to be a new book.

Link here...

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/...3167222097.jpg

Absolutely delicious!

Marvellous.

With regard to Seriousman's post on the Link, I can assure him that the QRA facilities at Waddo resembled no hotel that I've ever stayed in.

The bitterness to temper the sweetness of those wonderful pictures.

In the photo of the 3 V-Bombers from 1958, the Valiant, XD869, is the a/c that features in this Pprune thread.

Those days had a human cost.

BB, Waddo QRA, the envy of 1Gp, LOL.

Scampton had caravans but Coningsby/Cottesmore had to sleep in the the Officers Mess. At Waddo with its self contained dormitories and rest rooms, sheer luxury :)

Great pics. One of my JP instructors, Roger Pyrah, seen climbing into his Hunter at RAF Khormaksar in 1964.

That picture of the types from Hurricane to Lightning reminds me that somewhere I have an air-to-air picture of them in formation. IIRC the Hunter isn't there. if I find it, I'll post, although I'm sure someone knows a link to it?

Hunter is in these ones taken the same day.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...0da264b89d.jpg

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8656/...23263f2f_b.jpg

GeeRam. You are right. Blame the memory. That picture was on my study wall, until an enforced move a year or so ago. I know I have it somewhere, but.

Wonderful; Hurricane balls out*, Lightning full flap.

* Lest anyone think rude, look at 19th century steam engine governers.

That shot of the Twin Pin in Kenya is prime material for a caption comp.

Newly uncovered?

What?

Those are some of the most well known publicity and recruiting images of the RAF and have appeared hundreds of times in numerous books, magazines and other publicity material.

Somebody agreed. It has been.

The days when Britain had an aircraft manufacturing industry: Avro, Handley Page, Hawker, Gloster, English Electric, Folland, Vickers, et al (all competing for contracts).

Traditionally accurate DM caption:

“A Vampire of 5 Squadron, seen with its Goblin engine characteristically torching on starting up, at RAF West Malling, 2 February 1952. Despite being a popular aircraft, the Vampire was not comfortable to fly. Within the cramped cockpit the pilot and navigator and radar operator sat side by side, the discomfort relieved by the pilot being positioned just slightly forward”

IIRC there is a painting of that scene in the RAF Club.

PCD, not entirely inaccurate but could have been better written. As for the Goblin, always brings to mind the Teasmaid and the early morning tea at Nav School.

The pics looked familiar - investigating my bookshelf, from Ian Proctor's book, published 2014, ISBN 1783831898.

Yes, i put the Twin Pin up as the cap comp pic.