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  • November 21, 2004 at 5:41 pm in reply to: Cardington photo #1416900
    Rob
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    Hi all, I reported to Cardington on 18 Oct 1960, for initial training, although the hangars were there, thankfully we were billeted in wooden huts. Those were the days.

    Robin.

    November 19, 2004 at 5:06 pm in reply to: Rare Concorde Photo's #1419383
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    Hi Damien, many years ago when I worked in the RAF Air Movements section in MOD, my boss had a photo on his office wall of a Concorde in RAF Air Transport Command markings. If only.

    Robin.

    November 14, 2004 at 1:07 pm in reply to: Anyone Remember West Malling Airfield?(Old Thread 2004) #1429389
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    Hi all, I live a couple of miles from West Malling, and remember well the Great Warbirds shows. Sadly there is very little left of the airfield, however, some of the old Station buildings are used by Kent County Council. Several books have been written about the Station, including ‘From Moths to Merlins’ and ‘Kents Own’ both by local historian Robin J Brooks, and ‘By Day and By Night, by Peter Hall.

    Regards
    Robin.

    November 13, 2004 at 8:04 pm in reply to: Farnborough Canberra #1430023
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    Farnborough Canberra

    Hi Les, thank you very much for the info. The reason for my question was that I was given a flight in this aircraft in June 1961 from Farnborough to the English Electric base at Warton. At the time I was a pennyless National Serviceman wanting to go home on leave, as Warton was the nearest military airfield to home (Wigan) that was where we went. I suppose I could call myself a Canberra crewman. That was my first flight in a RAF aircraft, have had many since then, that’s another story.

    Cheers
    Robin.

    November 12, 2004 at 7:06 pm in reply to: Wonderful winter servicing ho ho ho #1431113
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    Glad to see that PA474 is still looking good, spent quite a few hours flying in the old girl in the early 80s.
    Robin.

    November 12, 2004 at 6:56 pm in reply to: Farnborough Canberra #1431117
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    Farnborough Canberra

    Hi Mark, I do not think that IAM had a Mk 4 Hunter at the time I was there (Mid 1961) althouth they had a Mk 1 earlier, and a 2 seat in later years. Quite often, units would use each others a/c, eg, ETPS and RAE, and there were always visiting aircraft of all types passing through. Sorry that I cannot be more helpfull, it was a long time ago.
    Robin.

    November 11, 2004 at 8:58 pm in reply to: Two Minutes – It's not enough #1431951
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    This is my first post on here. As a former member of the RAF, I can only agree what has been said before. This morning I stood with many hundreds of other ex-servicemen and women, including Her Majesty the Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh in the Garden of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey, and on the first stroke of Big Ben at Eleven o clock, all the traffic halted, and London was silent. A most moving experience.

    Robin.

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