No S o D, but it is a derivitive of the S-58…;)

Approaches to Runway 7, passed right over my house. It wasn’t used much, but aircraft using it severely upset my 12″ black & white TV’s signal. with an early Doctor Who like wavey picture effect…;)

Mick, I remember the Forbes 580 at Heathrow. That was another “Capitalist Tool”.

Nice pics!

Love the pinking shear effect on the engines…:rolleyes:

I have found split/broken WW.1 303 British (cordite strands) cartridges on the Somme and German Black powder rounds with loose heads, both having been exposed to the weather for nearly 70 years, and set fire to the emptied contents (singly) with a satisfying woomph. All ammunition is dangerous and anything bigger, just tiptoe away. I once persuaded a young chap and his mother that the “exhaust pipes” he’d found and were rattling around in the car boot were in fact unfired Stokes Mortar rounds (which do look like small exhaust silencers) with very corroded pins still just in place.. As for any rescuers recovering the ammo originally I don’t think they would have bothered, The radio possibly.

John

In my youth, around 1960, my cousin and I used to plane spot at Biggin Hill. To avoid ejection by grown ups, we used to sneak through the woods to get to the hangar at the far side. During one sortie, I nearly trod on something that looked like a shell or mortar :eek:. I retreated and careful circumnavigated the item, taking great care no to tread on any others there. I wonder if they still lay in the woods there?

Here’s some I took earlier…. At Booker C1972