which is a must read for any interested in defence matters.
If you like the unbalanced ranting of an embittered demobed sailor on issues he doesn’t understand such as Army and Airforce requirements and procurements he didn’t have first-hand knowledge of…..
very pi$$ed off about that one, I was the ‘mole’ (bunker mole to be precise) that tried to tip off Mick J at CS – he did his best but the wonkers at MoD weren’t interested in saving an F-4, even though the Air Defence Museum (about 5ft from it’s location at the main gate) would have seemed an obvious choice. Understand Mick got a few bits for his one – is there anything else left?
The plan was to get one bomb on the runway, hence the off-set AP. The crew, with 1950s tec managed to hit the target with the first bomb – bearing in mind the Vulcan was not designed as an conventional bomber in the first place it was a bloody amazing bit of airmanship
Nothing personal intended, just the topic has been covered there, and even allowing for inter-service banter much of what Mr Ward has written should be taken with a dose of Saxo IMO
Alternatively the last resting place of many those that have done the deeds we are so interested in, and therefore may be more knowledgeable than those who weren’t there but rely on 2nd hand accounts?
Let me stop you right there…..Sharkey “I love me, who do you love” Ward’s book has been something of an embarrassment for our Dark Blue brethren since it first appeared. Pop over to PPRuNe and see how highly is views are held by the mil pilots there.
I stand corrected about Dad’s Army, though I had it in my mind that a techie copied some tapes using the work’s equipment – I wasn’t suggesting Betamax or VHS were around at the time.
Still looking for ‘Airline’ or ‘Game, Set and Match’
Copyright Nazis! If it wasn’t for home tapers that had squirreled away many of the B&W episodes of Dad’s Army they would have been lost for ever. I think Airline was a YTV production and they have been approached to re-issue the series but won’t. So if they are not interested in their product better the enthusiasts keep the memory alive than the master tapes sit in splendid legal isolation until they get dumped in some big spring cleaning exercise.
Try the Guard Box on three site RAF High Wycombe or inside the S259 cabin that was shipped back from the Falklands and now sits at the Radar museum at Neatishead, full of graffiti, both of them…..errr, so I’m told……..
OK David you clearly know more about Iraq than I, when do you want Saddam back? PM me if you rearly want to know how much I do know about this subject, I still maintain all you ‘know’ has been spoon-fed to you by UK the media and others with an agenda- just maybe you’ve been misinformed?
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