Don’t forget that the R.A.F.’s HGV driving school was also based at St Athan.

I spent several weeks based there, terrorising the local population while learning to drive 4 ton Bedford lorries, in 1991.

It was part of my pre Falkland Islands deployment training.

Regards, Cabbage

I did mine as fast as I could to get out of the place, liked the locat but not the jumped up MT Cpl instructor who went out of way to make himself number one enemy.

As BSG-75 mentions the F14/Zero Dogfights – I like the scene in the ‘Final Countdown’ when the F14’s do a low pass over the small boat and later buzz the zeros.

It is a shame about the lightning, in fact more so that any real post mid 60’s military aircraft are flying in private hands. You just have to look at the long list withdrawn from RAF/RN service in that time ….. Not many types are still going.

The groups making these aircraft live all be it ground taxis are the only way may see our recent history in the future ….. Even then most are kept out in the open.

In UK or course …. Now the US a different story!

Signed – all the best

Anything to do with the 70th Anniversary of the ATC?

Get some chippys in doing air exp flights!

TonyT,

I remember the trips well, working as the stacker on 72Sqn used to call people out from all over but remember Odiham and Benson people coming over more often than not.

AOG stickers were used alongside state codes as well…… Bringing back the days.