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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Apr 2009, 22:20
Replies: 438
Views: 222,930
Posted By MAINJAFAD

In an earlier post I quoted the Helicopter was a...

In an earlier post I quoted the Helicopter was a Scout. Well here are the details.

On the 8th June 1982, a Scout AH1 (XR628/DO) of 656 Sqn AAC was forced to take avoiding action by going to a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Mar 2009, 00:00
Replies: 438
Views: 222,930
Posted By MAINJAFAD

Chinook on fire was hit by 30mm Aden fire by Flt...

Chinook on fire was hit by 30mm Aden fire by Flt Lt Mark Hare on the morning of 21st May 1982, to the north west of Mt Kent. (I've stood in the wreckage 10 years ago)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Feb 2009, 23:10
Replies: 438
Views: 222,930
Posted By MAINJAFAD

The Learjet came down over Pebble Island didn't...

The Learjet came down over Pebble Island didn't it???
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jan 2009, 22:13
Replies: 438
Views: 222,930
Posted By MAINJAFAD

Navaleye. Brown states in the front of the...

Navaleye.

Brown states in the front of the book that no official documents were used in its compilation, but he had access to personal accounts from multiple sources and had used them. He also...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Jan 2009, 21:23
Replies: 438
Views: 222,930
Posted By MAINJAFAD

I was going to post this before Navaleye put the...

I was going to post this before Navaleye put the 14 miles post on.

According to 'The Royal Navy and the Falklands War' by David Brown (Naval Historical Branch) which has a whole chapter on the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Jan 2009, 12:26
Replies: 438
Views: 222,930
Posted By MAINJAFAD

Helicopter was a Scout AH1, full details and a...

Helicopter was a Scout AH1, full details and a photo of the aircraft sitting in the pond are in 'Falklands, The Air War', which I don't have access of at the minute. Invincible did fire three salvos...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Dec 2008, 23:17
Replies: 438
Views: 222,930
Posted By MAINJAFAD

Thats what I was told, when I got a close look...

Thats what I was told, when I got a close look around it in the 1990's.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Dec 2008, 23:00
Replies: 438
Views: 222,930
Posted By MAINJAFAD

Didn't know that it had been sold off, though the...

Didn't know that it had been sold off, though the fact that the Argentines never paid for the thing is one of the more famous stories about that radar (Did GW1 didn’t it as well?).

(Off Topic) Do...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Dec 2008, 19:54
Replies: 438
Views: 222,930
Posted By MAINJAFAD

Yes there is a Chinook Wreck just off the ‘road’...

Yes there is a Chinook Wreck just off the ‘road’ that goes around the top of Mt Kent, it was taken out by a Harrier GR3 flown by Flt Lt Mark Hare on the morning of 21st May 82, with 30mm Aden cannon...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Dec 2008, 20:38
Replies: 438
Views: 222,930
Posted By MAINJAFAD

Captured Radars

Yes, the Skyguards are still in use to monitor low flying, and used as threat emitters at Spadeadam, before that they, along with the 30mm guns were operated by a RAuxAF Regt Sqn at Waddington. As...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Nov 2008, 22:03
Replies: 438
Views: 222,930
Posted By MAINJAFAD

Indeed having just found the footage in a BBC on...

Indeed having just found the footage in a BBC on line archive as part of the 'Task Force South' series made just after the war, The SAM hitting the Dagger footage is mostly likely that taken from the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Nov 2008, 21:06
Replies: 438
Views: 222,930
Posted By MAINJAFAD

I do remember the MoD releasing TV tracker...

I do remember the MoD releasing TV tracker footage from one or more of the ships in Falkland sound of events that took place on 21st May 1982. Some of the footage is quite common in programmes about...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Nov 2008, 19:34
Replies: 438
Views: 222,930
Posted By MAINJAFAD

Pucara wreck is that of Major Tomba shot was shot...

Pucara wreck is that of Major Tomba shot was shot down by Lt Cdr Ward on 21st May 82 south of Goose Green. (Saw it myself in 89, that what happens when you end up on the same heilcopter as AVM Eng...
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