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November 2, 2011 at 8:30 pm in reply to: Your first flight #1028726

Gary West
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Air Experience flight in the RAF 5/10/77 on board VC.10 XV107. 1hr 40mins From Scampton to Leeming, landed then back to Scampton.

And if it wasn’t enough to enjoy my first ever flight, I will never forget the sight climbing out of Scampton and looking down on all those Vulcans!

June 14, 2011 at 11:59 pm in reply to: Harrier GR1 Ejection #1075808

Gary West
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I found this old story after Googling this Harrier crash – I clearly remember one of the daily rags (Mirror I think) back in 1973 had this photo in B&W enlarged to fill the entire centre pages. I pinned it up on my bedroom wall, and vaguely remember the story heading was something like “seconds from disaster”…….

Glad I found it again after all these years.

March 9, 2010 at 2:30 pm in reply to: ZA715 Chinook HC1 crash – Falklands 1986 #1154622

Gary West
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Chinook HC1 ZA715
Wayne John HOPSON

That’s him – many thanks for your help guys!

July 18, 2009 at 10:09 pm in reply to: Mysterious Lightning T5 picture #1175236

Gary West
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Thanks to everyone that has contributed to this topic – very enjoyable to keep up with and the answer I wanted too!!

I feel some home made decals coming on now.

July 17, 2009 at 9:50 pm in reply to: Mysterious Lightning T5 picture #1176244

Gary West
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surely theres another photo of it somewhere that shows the correct reg:confused::)

Well if someone has £15k to spare, we might be able to find out – you’d take more than one photograph of that right!

July 17, 2009 at 3:10 pm in reply to: Mysterious Lightning T5 picture #1176671

Gary West
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If so, then they must have repainted the top of the fin as well as changing/amending the code because there is a difference in the paintwork.

If you compare the camouflage in Tim’s picture to the Ebay picture, they just about line up exactly looking through my glasses, so not too sure what you mean?

July 14, 2009 at 10:45 pm in reply to: Mysterious Lightning T5 picture #1180281

Gary West
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hmmmm not convinced its 458 with the DX codes 456 also had the DX codes until it finished flying.

You may well be right but the Ebay seller advised that this is 458 – he didn’t respond to all the other questions though like why, where & when……..yet anyway.

Interesting responses so far though 🙂

July 14, 2009 at 7:17 pm in reply to: Mysterious Lightning T5 picture #1180633

Gary West
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why not try asking the seller the question through ebay ?

Did that yesterday – no joy yet

July 14, 2009 at 3:14 pm in reply to: Mysterious Lightning T5 picture #1180945

Gary West
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180380238216&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp3907.m38.l1313%26_nkw%3D180380238216%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

Cheers – not sure what happened there.

July 6, 2009 at 11:35 pm in reply to: Hawk T2 at Valley, BBC report. #2436988

Gary West
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………front-line planes like the Typhoon or the Harrier jump-jet both of which are used in Afghanistan.

One day, the press will report something correct for a change 🙁

June 19, 2009 at 9:14 am in reply to: So Long RAF Swinderby…. #1208645

Gary West
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Watching Sgt Marsden throw his cap and pace stick through the hangar was always a good laugh.
He was a very frustrated man,

Wonder if it’s the same Sgt Marsden I knew?

I went through Swinderby Aug-Oct 1977 and the Sgt Marsden I knew whacked me on my head with his pace stick when I misheard one of his commands in the hanger during drill……git!

May 27, 2009 at 10:01 pm in reply to: My dads photos from Coltishall in the 60's 226 OCU #1160192

Gary West
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🙂 Top post says “Password : planes1”:)

Ooops 😀

Cheers

May 27, 2009 at 9:03 pm in reply to: My dads photos from Coltishall in the 60's 226 OCU #1160242

Gary West
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I’m being asked for a password???

May 26, 2009 at 6:17 pm in reply to: Scrapyard Photos; Any More? #1161079

Gary West
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Also any of the tiger schemed phantom that the owner of hanningfords……..
Ollie

I have the drag chute door from that a/c in my garden 😀 ……..along with another few bits of various Phantoms.

May 26, 2009 at 6:15 pm in reply to: Scrapyard Photos; Any More? #1161084

Gary West
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damn shame about the phantoms:( lets hope some of the remaining survivors like the brampton and leeming ones dont meet the same fate

Did someone say Leeming and Brampton?

XV423 & XV465 at Leeming taken around 2002 & XT914 gracing Brampton’s gate.
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