Some Oldies Binbrook Eighties

Garysb · Post by **Garysb** » 28 Aug 2009, 21:39

Exercise Elder Forest

CAF F-18

BAF Mirage III

Home Town Boys

RNlAF F-16

Sorry about the quality, old scanned slides

Cheers

Gary

tango234 · Post by **tango234** » 29 Aug 2009, 17:35

Lightnings, my favourite of all, sounded like hell and went like the clappers!!

Firebird · Post by **Firebird** » 29 Aug 2009, 18:45

tango234 wrote:Lightnings, my favourite of all, sounded like hell and went like the clappers!!

All true, but left out missile system that was next to useless and the frequent fuel priority to land calls.

( Sorry couldn't resist that

)

Psuls · Post by **Psuls** » 29 Aug 2009, 20:06

Garysb wrote:Exercise Elder Forest

BAF Mirage III

Gary

Correction Sir : Mirage 5 BR

It could be my Daddy in it

Do you know the exact date so he can check in his logbook?

Garysb · Post by **Garysb** » 29 Aug 2009, 20:34

I will try and find out the Date

5BR you are correct
still looks like a III

cheers

Gary

roellodder · Post by **roellodder** » 30 Aug 2009, 10:43

The BAF Mirages are'nt Mirage III's but
Mirage VBR's.
Roel

aljude · Post by **aljude** » 30 Aug 2009, 11:42

Ah, the good old days remembered.... young men, crash gate 3, jumpers as goalposts, writing on the farmers gate.... such memories, cheers

Tony

shaggy22 · Post by **shaggy22** » 09 Sep 2009, 10:12

tango234 wrote:Lightnings, my favourite of all, sounded like hell and went like the clappers!!

Hi tango you can still hear those monstrous lightnings at bruntingthorpe with full afterburner on. Granted they don't fly anymore but i nearly had my ears blown out i was that close too them (no more than 30 ft). It's a sight too behold.

Firebird · Post by **Firebird** » 09 Sep 2009, 11:14

Hmmm, you never know things have been known to fly at Bruntingthorpe that aren't supposed to.

shaggy22 · Post by **shaggy22** » 09 Sep 2009, 11:34

No they haven't.

Firebird · Post by **Firebird** » 09 Sep 2009, 15:34

*hehehe* I hope that is not your reputation that you are staking there.

petebramley · Post by **petebramley** » 09 Sep 2009, 16:03

Was delivering LPG there a few months ago and they lit off one of them things. I thought my time had come, a real check trousers moment

shaggy22 · Post by **shaggy22** » 09 Sep 2009, 16:31

Never. it's not like you can't prove it. The victor is not far behind in terms of noise. At least with the lightning you expect it too be loud but the victor winds up like a normal heavy jet engine aircraft and then blows your ear drums out whrn he floors it!

Some Oldies Binbrook Eighties

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