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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

6th Oct 2021, 22:14

Replies: 16

Lightnings & Phantoms

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Posted By BSweeper

DH106. The door is in fact an auxiliary air inlet...

DH106. The door is in fact an auxiliary air inlet into the engine bay. The USAF Phantoms did not have the upper ones (but did have the lower ones). The door was open until airborne to keep the engine...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

6th Oct 2021, 22:10

Replies: 16

Lightnings & Phantoms

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Posted By BSweeper

Hi Dave. Very many thanks for that. XV461 as you...

Hi Dave. Very many thanks for that. XV461 as you have photographed is in very much 29 Sqn colours and so clearly not the one in OPs photo.

Do you have the exact date? The ac is in D fit which was...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

5th Oct 2021, 22:34

Replies: 16

Lightnings & Phantoms

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Posted By BSweeper

Hi. While on 29 Sqn, I diverted into RAF Binbrook...

Hi. While on 29 Sqn, I diverted into RAF Binbrook following an engine failure (big bang) over the North Sea. The date (my logbook says) was July 16 1980 and my pilot and I were flying Phantom XV 461....

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