Britman Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 CL44 Basset Canberra Sabreliner Islander Jet Provost Vulcan Vulcan Devon Noratlas UH1 Iroquois F4 Phantom G91 Puma Dominie Belfast Belfast Belfast Jetstream B707 Yours truly on the brakes. Oops! B707 DC9 Sea King Jet Provost XV15 on its way to Paris. Wasp DC6 Hope something takes your interest. 17 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinback Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Thanks for sharing - thats a dirty Puma! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 That Puma does look good. Is she just back from a Norway deployment? Another great set of pictures, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Pick of the bunch for me - HB-IBS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenko Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Those were the days. Many thanks for a walk down memory lane. Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 I hope you'll excuse me adding a few of my own, from the early 1980s: Breguet Alize: Antonov An-22: Canadair CL-44: u/s Lightning (one of three IIRC!): AOC's Pembroke: Mil Mi-2 Hoplite: I do miss a nice summer's day up there. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Thanks again Britman. The Poachers’ JPs and Dominie bring back memories of my first CCF annual camp at Cranwell in 1974 (nearly typed 1794 then; it feels like that long ago) and I spent three happy half-days in the sun on the JP Line helping turn the aeroplanes round between sorties. I can’t remember if I “played with” XW420 but I certainly did with at least one other Poachers jet. In that same week I flew in XS710 (stood in the cockpit doorway the whole time as there’s no jump seat) on a pilot conversion sortie, so lots of warning lights, bells, horns and other “you have a problem” attention-getters. Puma XW208 has very recently been acquired by Newark Air Museum but she’s in great need of lots of TLC and new bits having been a ground instructional airframe at Cranwell for some tome (as has the museum’s even more recently acquired Chinook ZA717). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 No excuses needed for additional eye candy (aviation of course ) and as for summer days playing cricket out the back of the hanger at lunchtimes, yes please , oh , you might throw in a Skylark or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dot Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 some great photos in this thread. Thanks for sharing Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 17 hours ago, Pinback said: thats a dirty Puma! Back when she was with 33 Sqn. I'm sure I probably worked on 208 in the distant past & Newark is close, so maybe we'll meet again. Britman, I hope you don't mind. I copied this Puma pic into a discussion on weathering in the chat section. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 I cannot ever remember seeing a Dominie with the RAF Collage blue band in that position on the tail and I live in Grantham....not good! The Wasp and Bell XV15 are particularly nice. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 11 hours ago, modelling minion said: That Puma does look good. Is she just back from a Norway deployment? Another great set of pictures, thanks for sharing. Probably returning. Gaggles of helicopters were regular visitors coming and going to the continent. 4 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said: Back when she was with 33 Sqn. I'm sure I probably worked on 208 in the distant past & Newark is close, so maybe we'll meet again. Britman, I hope you don't mind. I copied this Puma pic into a discussion on weathering in the chat section. Thank you , I think they are more use on here than in my albums. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 12 hours ago, RidgeRunner said: Pick of the bunch for me - HB-IBS I was lucky enough to blag a return trip to Liverpool Speke in this beauty! I have more on this aircraft to come.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Me too, I went LGW-BSL-LGW in April 1975 :). I still have the tickets, seat plan etc Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted March 4, 2018 Author Share Posted March 4, 2018 IBS was in freight mode that day carrying car engines due to strike action elsewhere at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 On 03/03/2018 at 9:39 AM, Sabrejet said: I hope you'll excuse me adding a few of my own, from the early 1980s: Breguet Alize: Antonov An-22: Canadair CL-44: u/s Lightning (one of three IIRC!): AOC's Pembroke: Mil Mi-2 Hoplite: I do miss a nice summer's day up there. Now you’re cooking on gas ... an air force AN-22 and a Mil-2. What was the date? Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 2 hours ago, RidgeRunner said: Now you’re cooking on gas ... an air force AN-22 and a Mil-2. What was the date? Martin June '86: one An-22 in to deliver (4?) Mi-2s and another to take them back. World Helicopter Champs at (Castle Howard?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 A few more: An-22 again: F-15C: CT-33: MS.760: Sea Heron: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 A great selection. They bring back many memories thanks for posting. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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