You mean 91 Squadron weren’t at Dux with Mk1’s?! :stupid:

Actually the Special Ops element came from Germany, the Woodbridge element was the rescue squadron.

21st SOS ‘Dust Devils’ who were at Woody with MH53’s not Special Ops then?

They were only there for a couple of years in the early-90s, before flying operations at Alconbury closed down in early 1995.

I always regard RAF Woodbridge as the Special Ops squadrons spiritual home.

Sad, talk about the proverbial “guests that won;t leave”…WHY is the USAF even still in the UK?……why do they insist on having bases in the UK, Germany etc. when the NATO component for the defeat of the USSR folded up years ago?……there is NO reason for the USAF to even BE in the UK….

and simply put, getting F 35’s stuck in the UK is NOT a good thing…..apparently many US towns and cities near the testing grounds for the F35’s are issuing alot of serious noise complaints…I guess the F35 is one seriously LOUD flying brick…

Get back to reading your Socialist Worker !

Y

Though I understand at Boultbee, to be allowed to even touch the controls, you must have signed up for the course, not just a single flight?

The above is more a question, rather than a statement.

Moggy

As I understand it, you sign up for a course with time logged in a Tiger Moth or Chipmunk, Harvard and finally the Spitfire .

The one by Ben Dunnell is in the current issue of Aeroplane.

Many thanks Charlie, I must hunt that down.

It’s no exaggeration to say that that has to be one of the finest articles I have ever read, plenty of goosebumps whilst reading and happy memories of the Hanna and Grey family and reminders of what they have done for the warbird world.

Just read his DT obit. He certainly had some hair raising adventures in two of Hawkers finest.
RIP