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Forum: Military Aviation

12th May 2020, 08:19

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"I'm sorry for losing your aeroplane, sir."

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Posted By teeteringhead

That's definitely the one Treadi - the pilot's...

That's definitely the one Treadi - the pilot's name confirms it; 'twas he in the OP's film clip. And certainly an airtest and not enemy action.

(and looks like the report is wrong about Salalah -...

Forum: Military Aviation

11th May 2020, 20:31

Replies: 24

"I'm sorry for losing your aeroplane, sir."

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Posted By teeteringhead

Vampiredave - that sounds exactly the right time...

Vampiredave - that sounds exactly the right time and place. Bid Bid area was IIRC used for air tests, and I left in December '75.

Forum: Military Aviation

11th May 2020, 14:58

Replies: 24

"I'm sorry for losing your aeroplane, sir."

Views: 11,706

Posted By teeteringhead

I don't know the exact details Vampiredave, as it...

I don't know the exact details Vampiredave, as it was just after I left. It was in the North I believe - that is: out of Seeb rather than Salalah. Early 1976 at a guess??

Forum: Military Aviation

11th May 2020, 08:30

Replies: 24

"I'm sorry for losing your aeroplane, sir."

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Posted By teeteringhead

Beautifully put. I had a drink with him and...

Beautifully put.

I had a drink with him and a couple of other SOAF chums about a year ago in the Running Horse. Of course, none of us had aged at all (but that was before both my cataract...

Forum: Military Aviation

10th May 2020, 09:33

Replies: 24

"I'm sorry for losing your aeroplane, sir."

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Posted By teeteringhead

JENKINS - the Uppinghamian was a Balliol man I...

JENKINS - the Uppinghamian was a Balliol man I think, but the Etonian was Cambridge - can't recall the college. The Harrovian was probably old-style (Flight Cadet) Cranwell.

SOAF then seems to...

Forum: Military Aviation

9th May 2020, 16:50

Replies: 24

"I'm sorry for losing your aeroplane, sir."

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Posted By teeteringhead

The very same one JENKINS old fruit. And...

The very same one JENKINS old fruit.

And picked up by an Old Uppinghamian IIRC, from a squadron run by an Old Etonian.

Forum: Military Aviation

9th May 2020, 12:14

Replies: 24

"I'm sorry for losing your aeroplane, sir."

Views: 11,706

Posted By teeteringhead

I think - from the voice rather than the picture...

I think - from the voice rather than the picture - that it was the "air test flat spin" pilot.

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