Gary West Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 (edited) Just bought this years year book which means I now have 40 - yep every one from 1967 to 2007. Just trying to find out now if the official yearbooks did only start in 67 as I believe. Mid 70's was the best for value for money. Edited June 3, 2007 by Gary West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Cool - I was born in 1967 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx6667 Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Is it out yet? They used to come out around the April 1st - first one I bought was 1987, 20 years ago, eek! Have a pretty much full set since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 I bought them from 84 through to 2003 religiously, but haven't the last couple of years. Bought this years a few weeks ago because I was away from home and needed something aviation to read in the hotel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike7451 Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Cool - I was born in 1967 ME TOO!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Gosh, all you old guys! (Born three days into 1968!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike7451 Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Oy! Dont cheek your elders... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx6667 Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Yeah, 1967 rocks! 1968 sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Remember, if you buy your copy from WH Smiths, you get a free Vulcan fridge magnet. Robin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 I've got them all since 1977 together with all of the US Air Force and special editions. Richard - another 1967 vintage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 See? I always said that '67 was a special year. Now I've been proved right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennygman Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 (edited) Cool - I was born in 1967 And Me! Sounds like a mass 40th celebration at SMW then. Have we got enough for a splinter group yet? Steve. Edited June 20, 2007 by Bennygman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John(txic) Posted June 20, 2007 Share Posted June 20, 2007 Just trying to find out now if the official yearbooks did only start in 67 as I believe.Mid 70's was the best for value for money. No - the earliest one I have is from '61, and I believe they started earlier than that. Agree that the '70s ones were best - they were done by the old "Air Enthusiast" publishing house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary West Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 No - the earliest one I have is from '61, and I believe they started earlier than that. But are these earlier ones year books though John or just something similar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John(txic) Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 or just something similar? Aaaahhh - probably just something similar...... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=280121550955 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary West Posted June 21, 2007 Author Share Posted June 21, 2007 Worth adding to the collection though by the looks of it - actually since yesterday, I think the fore runners of the year books were called Flying reviews, so I might just get one and see what they are like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John(txic) Posted June 21, 2007 Share Posted June 21, 2007 Worth adding to the collection though by the looks of it - actually since yesterday, I think the fore runners of the year books were called Flying reviews, so I might just get one and see what they are like. No - you're probably thinking of the monthly magazine RAF Flying Review - which became Flying Review, and then International Flying Review before ceasing publication circa 1970. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungo1974 Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 Used to buy the USAF ones every year till they stopped Only RAF one i ever got was the Gulf War special in '91 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffclark7 Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Many thanks Gary, I did'nt realise that I had 40 issues of the RAF Year Book. Previous to the Year book it was issued by the Stations taking part in the annual RAF "At Home" open days each September. 1967, I remember it well, seven weeks square bashing at RAF Swinderby and then our pull out of Aden - seems politicians never learn from their mistakes Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary West Posted July 29, 2007 Author Share Posted July 29, 2007 1967, I remember it well, seven weeks square bashing at RAF Swinderby You beat me to Swinderby by 10 years Jeff - 1977 for me and by that time only 6 weeks bashing the square. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Gosh, all you old guys!(Born three days into 1968!!) I wonder if you'll be quite so smug, in a few weeks, when you're 40. Gary, I have a request; a club member thinks that he remembers an article, on painting Tornadoes, in which mention is made of using the same technology, i.e. rubber mats, as during wartime. Have you seen it, can you find it, and can I have a copy, if you do, please? I've been having a battle royal, for some time, with smart-alec types, who refuse to believe the rubber mats story. Edgar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary West Posted August 2, 2007 Author Share Posted August 2, 2007 Gary, I have a request; a club member thinks that he remembers an article, on painting Tornadoes, in which mention is made of using the same technology, i.e. rubber mats, as during wartime. Edgar - you've completely lost me mate? Care to explain what this means, and an idea of what year this may feature in? Happy to look for you if you can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Ah, well, that's the rub; my "informant" (to be polite) thinks he saw the item in a Yearbook, but can't be sure, and definitely can't remember when. I suspect that it would be a fair while ago, remembering when Tornadoes were last green/grey, but please don't get into a spin over it. It all started several years ago, when an IPMS(US) member questioned the story that we used rubber mats, as masks, when spraying aircraft during the war. Another "researcher" took up the theme, with even more fanciful ideas, and it proceeded to deteriorate, and get rather heated, from there. Since then I've found many eyewitnesses, including the Westland historian, and a post-war Hawker's employee; this article would be just another string to the bow. Edgar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompot Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 (edited) Worth adding to the collection though by the looks of it - actually since yesterday, I think the fore runners of the year books were called Flying reviews, so I might just get one and see what they are like. I don't think so, Flying Review was monthly, and was being published at the same time as the year book back in the sixties. I also have all the copies from '67 to '07, though it was being published before '67. I once saw a collection of earlier volumes for sale, I could kick myself for not snatching them up. I've also got one from 1992 signed by John Nichol and Jon Peters - any offers? Edited August 27, 2007 by tompot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike7451 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 You beat me to Swinderby by 10 years Jeff - 1977 for me and by that time only 6 weeks bashing the square. And you beat me by 7 years!!! Sept 1984 13Flt. 6 weeks of polishing anything that did'nt move,Saluting anything that did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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