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RAF Greenham Common IAT 1983 - with added Phantoms !

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MR TERRY GREEN
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Re: RAF Greenham Common IAT 1983 - with added Phantoms !

Post by MR TERRY GREEN » Fri Feb 28, 2020 7:15 pm

The one and only-F-4 Phantom.Wonderful memories.

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Re: RAF Greenham Common IAT 1983 - with added Phantoms !

Post by F3 » Sat Feb 29, 2020 8:11 pm

That Ramstein sharkmouth was certainly a mean looking beast. The more pics I see of it the more impressive it looks. We were certainly lucky to see (and photograph) that line - up.

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Re: RAF Greenham Common IAT 1983 - with added Phantoms !

Post by capercaillie » Fri May 20, 2022 12:32 pm

Wonderful stuff Keith, didn't start IATing until 1985 so sadly missed the Greenham shows, but these are wonderful, lovely processing, that SC9 is just so nice.

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Re: RAF Greenham Common IAT 1983 - with added Phantoms !

Post by jpickers56 » Fri May 20, 2022 1:40 pm

Cracking memories of a classic show, I have 274 aircraft in my log book for that Saturday, we were well and truly spoiled then.

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Re: RAF Greenham Common IAT 1983 - with added Phantoms !

Post by Unknown74 » Fri May 20, 2022 1:50 pm

Love that picture of the SR-71 Blackbird, amazing.

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Re: RAF Greenham Common IAT 1983

Post by gvr » Mon May 23, 2022 12:51 pm

Ferrari wrote:
Mon Feb 24, 2020 9:28 pm
Great photos of great aeroplanes.

The Phantoms seem to have a high angle of attack - was this normal? (didn't get to see too many flying)

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Ferrari
From what I remember seeing the AoA was pretty standard compared to other types. Not too high and not too low. I do remember that it kind of "slammed" itself to the tarmac compared to the more benign ways an F-15 or F-16 touches the ground. This was the case with at least the ones I saw landing (Germans, Turks, Greeks and RAF).

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