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... and of course, there was also the SOAF Jag that blew itself up at Rubkut range (I think) - but I guess that's another story....
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"STOP BUZZER"
So how did we venture into mame and destruction, lighten up, and have fun......
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No maim, pilot got out....
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Reynolds.. "SOAF Jag blew itself up" Seem to recall it was a hang-up on the wing due to using Hunter ordnance on a Jag. As you say that's another story.
The auld grey cells have taken a bit of a battering but I always thought it was an Airworkers truck that was "bounced" on the Thumrait road, '78-'80 'ish, were there 2 incidents? Rgds Luigi:confused: |
Lamer
That footage already posted....were you just trying a different source of my post?
Check back in the next week there will be more of the same....though you won't need to post it again. :hmm: |
Some more from the archives....
Hope you enjoy these, once again big thanks to John Eacott for hosting them on his website.
I have not restored these yet, and they are from 1980 or so and copied from a very copied copy.....I think you get my drift. Thumers 03 and 04 is for the Truckies as Fat Albert gets a Hunter and Jag escort on departure, The last one is a doozy as it is the same sequence as previously from the tower, but from the flightline.....see if you can spot the last jag! Turn up your sound... Thummers 01 Thummers 02 Thummers 03 Thummers 04 Thummers 05 :ok: For those with slow connections I recommend saving the file to your PC and running them from there rather than streaming. Run in Windows Media Player at 100%, don't expand as you will lose quality as the files are compressed. Yippee Ke Yi Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Were there 4 or 5 jags in clip number 5? Whatever...V V good clips!
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Twas not just the Jags that featured at Thumrait, I was leaning on the bar of the Mess there, as you do, when a fair roar was followed by a thump as a Skyvan did a touch and go on the roof, not an unusual event I was told.:p :p
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Cannot vouch for the touch and go's, but can tell you the Skyvans are still flying strong....
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Reynolds.. "SOAF Jag blew itself up" Seem to recall it was a hang-up on the wing due to using Hunter ordnance on a Jag. As you say that's another story |
He told me (I think) the 'delayed' ordnance was incorrectly fused and went off about 20' below the Jag, There was also another incident later with a Jag's cannon shells arming themselves shortly after leaving the barrel and detonating just in front of the aircraft - one Nicky Poo was the pilot ISTR |
Ah! Nicky Poo. A man of infinite wit and humour. Anyone know his whereabouts?
Madame Syn, who was Sister i/c Seeb Clinic then, has an album of the Pink Panther's detachment to Muscat following his temporary release (ie: kidnap) from Masirah in 1985. Nothing whatever to do with low-flying, but a wonderful memory of the time. My scanner's Cat 3 at present but I'll put them on a webpage and link it here during the week, insha'allah. Fox3, thanks for the Thummers links - great times! |
Did Madame Syn work with the notorious Doctor Helen T ?
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The very same!
Email me if you think we know each other. |
Think I have a piccie somewhere of Rick L. diving off the "cinema" wall into the pool at Thummers. Nicky-Poo, Toobs,J-B, Gerry,Parts et al..Bleedin' Hooligans the Lorra them! If they weren't trashing cars with their a/c, they were trashing "Snowy's" Range-Rover with an AK-47 or trashing my party in Skid Row with a landrover!!
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Nick the Pooh is alive and well and lurking in the East Midlands! I still have the Pink Panther with his flying suit, log book and the photo album of his kidnap by the Trannies at Seeb. Later in what the Air Secretary imaginatively called "A Planned Career" I had a Silentnight Hippo, almost full size which tried to fly with me in a Bulldog. He was even larger then me and the stick did not have enough movement for flight!. Any Thumrait/Masirah mates please contact me via e mail. My recollection of the RL bomb incident was that they were Pakistani made 500lbers which were left over from the war and, while stored in the open, had been flooded. There were several hundred of them left and we are actually using them instead of practice bombs during FAC training. The fact re the explosion under the aircraft and the O2 fire are correct. The pilot who was dragged across the desert was an ex F4 pilot called Bob P*****. He had spun a 2 seater in and ejected successfully, the other pilot was S**** W****** and he landed so close the wreckage that his parachute was tangled up on the fin! Happy days indeed.
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Videos are SUPERB. Is there anyway that you can save them to disk?? I hope so!!!
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Right click on each one and save target to disk. Then write to a cd.:ok:
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Thummers 3 & 4
Having watched these great clips I can say that Fat Albert plus escorts was the occasions of the departure of Thumrait CO, Tony Munro, on posting to Masirah as CO there. I have no idea how the 5 ship got thru the masts and wires on top of Ops (clip 4) but it was managed!
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I know it's not quite 'on subject' but I remember seeing a vid of a EE Lightning squadron scramble and a few v low passes from the cockpit, while I was at Willie Clamp's groundschool at Cranditz. Anyone got a copy?.......sure the wiwol crusties would like it too! ;)
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A2QFI. Pse check yr PM's.
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A2QFI
Thanks for the heads up on the history behind the clips, I have more that I am working on and it makes a big difference when you know what they were all about.
Anybody with any more material from this period feel free to PM me, as mentioned I am restoring some footage and building new shots to try and get something together before these magnificant days are lost. I will be here in the sandpit for the next 12 months, all going well, so looking forward to tyding it all up before then. :ok: |
Thumrait Tower ..... Air Traffic Control ..... NOT !
Well, I have finally got to visit this site, and what memories it has rekindled !
Dodgy Bombs were pretty fatal on Jags (a full piccie sequence of the ejection exists somewhere as I saw it in an Australia "Post" magazine years ago) Rick sure was lucky, and beat amazing odds to fly again. Motor Cycle Batteries stored in nose lockers on beat ups don't do Jags much good either ...... do they Dick ?! :p Air Traffic Control was rather a misnomer at OOTH .... we were a right bunch of misfits for the most part ..... a couple of ex RN ..... Hairy Doug and Don Thompson ..... couple of ex RAF (including an ex WWII Stirling pilot as I recall) ..... ex RAAF (Me !) ..... the GCI bunch and Ops crew were pretty amazing characters too ...... who could forget "Bubbles" (GCI) or Dickie (Ops) ..... The skyvan story was true .... Havn't heard the one about the brand new tower windows getting blown out by the arrival of the Jags yet Nick ?! Or the one about all the pool furniture getting dumped in the pool or reduced to bits by the beatup over the Mess. Also heard a rumour that one Jag beatup went through a hanger ....... Have no doubt it happened, and yes I do know who it was ..... ! Some stories happened in the Messes ..... one pissed off (Hunter) pilot who had been waiting a while got the staff attention by blasting a hole in the dining roof with his revolver at Lansab ! AT LEAST 1 laugh came at my expense ..... the Ex RN guys used to use QTH for QGH's ..... the RAAF used QDM ..... I recall sending a certaing "Paddy" out over Aden for an eternity before I realised the CRDF was set on QTE not QDM .... OOOPS ! Hunter time-exed rocket rails made great back axles for Land Yachts ! Cheers and beers. |
Yo Quad
Check your PM's mate....good to see you on here, everything you told me about this jewel of the Middle East is true.....yup lotsa sand, lotsa camels and lotsa parties, what more could you want !
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Not Omani Jags, but a seriously good (and amusing) low pass.
It's the same vid that Chimbu tried to post, rehosted for your enjoyment. Also posted on another low flying post, turn up the volume unless you are offended by strong language (which I doubt) Enjoy..... http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.co...Low%20Pass.wmv |
Who the hell is that giving AdC a haircut? Should be easy to spot - obviously has some familiarity with Supermarine/Rolls Royce products and also sports industrial strength gonads. Biggin? Duxford?:ok: :D :ooh:
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For Jackonicko
In case you doubted the Jags low level capabilities Jacko, I have the footage taken from the ground too and the last pass is definately 250 kts +
Ye who doubts....check page 2 of the thread onwards :p |
Here's another somehwat "low level" pass....
http://www.harry.hirschman.com/image..._ugly_pass.MPG Cheers! M2 |
Aviatrade
Have fun with these posts mate.
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MMM, That is really as close as one wants to be!! Any more like it? Regards, JR :ok: |
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was that last jag in thumers 05 below the rudders of the other aircraft? If it was great flying by the pilot. I miss it in New Zealand now....... |
I have a copy of the video shot in the early 80's that I am restoring which has these beatups on them and some. It was the "good ol days" when the lads used to give the place a good waz up....thankfully some great photos and footage still around to record the moments.
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RTAC
Thanks Jard,
yep where there is a will there's a way... I have 7 inquires about the Club, 3 of them are wanting to Learn to fly. so as you can see I need a Instructor that is willing for two weekends a month. I could proberly hire a A/C out of DARbut unsure of the legals. Also Jards, no luck at the base yet, not even sure if there is a OIC etc..... But will keep trying. Captn Gerry, Fancy comming up for a while???? Regards Jon Sorry about the last post , stuffed up. Jon Sorry about the last post , stuffed up. Jon |
absoutly superb pics/video of the Jaguar. The Herc Clips remind me of the ards airshow in mid 1990's when the Swedish airforce dislayed the Draken after a flypast by both Drakens the support herc on its transit to dublin requested permission to fly past and with the support crew in the back fle past very low was very impressed.
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I don't think I will ever forget the low flying
antics in Oman. The guys on Six sqn (hunters) eight (jags) knew how to fly, and it was a real priviledge to watch the national day 'return' into Seeb, and also to go out at Rubcut with the old man to watch FAC'ing with the odd 'flypast' sans 50 ft. Returning to Oman for a 'magic carpet' Ex some years later was a real eye opener for me. son of Kendo |
Flown with 8x1,000lb (concrete) twice. No problems getting airborne and actually not that draggy, but the circuit(s) to land were interesting. Cruising at 45,000ft in a lightweight jet was no problem provided M.98 maintained to keep the IAS sensible (and the engines happy). Fond memories.
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giggling good time
Thanks for the thread folks - reading this in Amman not looking forward to flying the Airbus home tomorrow, but many fond memories of my 40 months with SOAF.
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