Some pictures from the night
Me with the great man ( thanks Tony G )
Below he talks about his friendship with Hanna Reitsch. I just watched her as a character in the movie operation Crossbow where she piloted a specially adapted doodlebug to find outwhy the kept crashing the previous 4 flights had ended in crashed with the deaths of the pilots.
see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_Reitsch
Taylor Downing the other speaker talking about ” Churchill and the Boffins “
One of our Vice Presidents here at Martlesham is Don Strait
http://acepilots.com/usaaf_strait.html
He last visited us here at Martlesham in 2008. We had a lunch for him at the ” Black Tiles” and establishment he used when he was CO at Martlesham with the 356th Fighter group. He was their highest scoring Ace. You may have seen him in the signing tent at the Legends Show
he recently sent me the document below which I think is rather nice. Its shows him as a Major which he was at Martlesham, but he actually retired as a Major General.
He is now in his 90s
Great Guy
Wonderful pictures. I havent been for a while but they used to fly right overhead, not being a public display
Here is a video from 1997 Pilot Mike Chatterton. 14 years old now so not modern quality. They were so low. You can see the size of the clouds change as I zoomed out. One of my favourite shots.
You may if you wish look at my other pictures.
click on picture to activate video
RAF Lakenheath Visit
Martlesham Heath Aviation society had a great visit to RAF Lakenheath on the 29th September 2011 Our main subject to see was the HH-60G Pave Hawk, but we also got some more including a visit to the control Tower. Although we had been there before the Tower is always an exciting place to be.
Thanks to all the Guys and gals and Mag Mark Ledbetter and his Pave Hawk Crew.
Pave Hawk crew including a lady gunner.
Pave Hawk Pilot talking to members. we had a full close up look at the awesome machine
Pave Hawk unique tailplane assembly. The tailplane moves just like a conventional aircraft and the tail rotor is angled at 20 degrees
Martyn Cook MHAS Chairman looking very much at home in the ****pit
Mag Ledbetter holding 4 Squadron patches. The older ones amongst us will remember the Jolly Green Giant
The Pave Hawk
Bob Dunnett MHAS Vice Chairman with the Pave Hawk and information sign
Member David ****hall and the Pave Hawk
Veteran Vic Skeet being photographed by ace photographer and member Jim Empson
Chiefy Bill Grant and a F15 on a stick
Open Day 2011
I had a really nice day out yesterday at Bottisham Museum home of the 361st FG of the USAAF.
It was a nice little museum and very friendly. One of the displays was a ****pit of a P51 Mustang, constructed by Gary Dean from Boscombe a frined here at Martlesham. whilst being shown all the relevant bits the organiser Jason Webb introduced gary to Joe Kennedy thhe engineer of Ferocious Frankie a P51 out of Duxford belonging to the OFMC
here are a few photos
Buildings at Bottisham
Joe Kennedy right with Gary Dean and his magnificent Mustang ****pit
Gary P ( Nightfighter) in his Luftwaffe Uniform
one of the military vehicles and owner
An old Austin ( i think a 7)
A Citreon with the Free French badge on the back window
Jason Webb with Joe Kennedy in front of the P51 replica being built on site
Some instruments and panels from Gary’s ****pit. Well done mate its lovely.
Nice looking Jeep
Butchers trade bike. I dont know if he supplied the sauages and burgers for the stall but they were the best I have ever had
Well done Jason and crew. I hope to see you all again next year. Good Luck.
— Edited by tarkey on Monday 26th of September 2011 10:25:09 AM
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