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Six more from the 80's/90's.

Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic photos in here please.
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Fibrous Freddie
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Six more from the 80's/90's.

Post by Fibrous Freddie » Fri May 13, 2022 10:09 am


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Re: Six more from the 80's/90's.

Post by Mustang531 » Fri May 13, 2022 10:53 am

Thanks for sharing these, an interesting selection. I like the last one of the Tornado landing, you should get some Christmas cards made up with that image. It's only seven months until Christmas!

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Re: Six more from the 80's/90's.

Post by capercaillie » Fri May 13, 2022 11:00 am

A good angle on the WC-135B, was that Mildenhall 1989 display or just a random day out?

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Re: Six more from the 80's/90's.

Post by Fibrous Freddie » Fri May 13, 2022 12:00 pm

capercaillie wrote:
Fri May 13, 2022 11:00 am
A good angle on the WC-135B, was that Mildenhall 1989 display or just a random day out?
Hi
I saw (and photographed it) a few times. It may have been 1989. I was at the Mildenhall shows from 1976? until the end but don't know when I took the image. I guess that I'm not much of an 'aviation guy'. I've never collected numbers, and in fact gave up imaging as I'd rather just watch and listen.

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Re: Six more from the 80's/90's.

Post by KeBul » Fri May 13, 2022 1:12 pm

Good stuff, More nicely scanned memories.

Keep 'em coming Freddie.

Cheers

Kev

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Re: Six more from the 80's/90's.

Post by Rob666 » Fri May 13, 2022 1:39 pm

Hi Freddie,

Some great shot and variety but has to be the EF, how many times did I see 'Let them Eat Crow' and not appreciate it! Time machine please and UH here I come!

Cheers
Rob

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Re: Six more from the 80's/90's.

Post by Bilvo » Fri May 13, 2022 1:47 pm

Fibrous Freddie wrote:
Fri May 13, 2022 12:00 pm
capercaillie wrote:
Fri May 13, 2022 11:00 am
A good angle on the WC-135B, was that Mildenhall 1989 display or just a random day out?
Hi
I saw (and photographed it) a few times. It may have been 1989. I was at the Mildenhall shows from 1976? until the end but don't know when I took the image. I guess that I'm not much of an 'aviation guy'. I've never collected numbers, and in fact gave up imaging as I'd rather just watch and listen.
The WC-135B which was the squadron training aircraft, wasn't in service with the 10 ACCS at Mildenhall until at least the late 1980's and not long before the 1989 Air Fete. You most certainly didn't photograph it with the 10ACCS fin-band as showing on your image in the 1970s! Given the angle it is banking at and the direction of the light, I would be pretty certain this was at the 1989 Air Fete as it was flying the displays over that weekend.
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Re: Six more from the 80's/90's.

Post by Bilvo » Fri May 13, 2022 1:49 pm

Rob666 wrote:
Fri May 13, 2022 1:39 pm
Hi Freddie,

Some great shot and variety but has to be the EF, how many times did I see 'Let them Eat Crow' and not appreciate it! Time machine please and UH here I come!

Cheers
Rob
I saw "Cherry Bomb" more often than "Let them Eat Crow"! If only for the time machine I would come and join you!
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Re: Six more from the 80's/90's.

Post by Fibrous Freddie » Fri May 13, 2022 2:25 pm

Bilvo wrote:
Fri May 13, 2022 1:47 pm
Fibrous Freddie wrote:
Fri May 13, 2022 12:00 pm
capercaillie wrote:
Fri May 13, 2022 11:00 am
A good angle on the WC-135B, was that Mildenhall 1989 display or just a random day out?
Hi
I saw (and photographed it) a few times. It may have been 1989. I was at the Mildenhall shows from 1976? until the end but don't know when I took the image. I guess that I'm not much of an 'aviation guy'. I've never collected numbers, and in fact gave up imaging as I'd rather just watch and listen.
The WC-135B which was the squadron training aircraft, wasn't in service with the 10 ACCS at Mildenhall until at least the late 1980's and not long before the 1989 Air Fete. You most certainly didn't photograph it with the 10ACCS fin-band as showing on your image in the 1970s! Given the angle it is banking at and the direction of the light, I would be pretty certain this was at the 1989 Air Fete as it was flying the displays over that weekend.
Great I'll go with that... Thanks for sorting it... I barely remember taking most of the photos, and quite often had B&W. I lived five miles from Bentwaters for a few years in the '70's and again late '80's and have NO photos from those times (just smudgy memories!!!!)

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Re: Six more from the 80's/90's.

Post by paddyboy » Sat May 14, 2022 3:51 am

Another selection of stunners, FF :thumbs:

Thanks for posting and jogging my memory :thumb:

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Re: Six more from the 80's/90's.

Post by DanBeeden » Wed May 18, 2022 4:26 am

Lovely to see a different UH Raven with artwork. This is ‘Special Delivery’ I think. Every jet in the 42nd ECS carried nose art for a short while - mostly during 1987. Apart from the usual suspects mentioned above (Cherry Bomb and Let ‘Em Eat Crow), we don't often see shots of the others. Great stuff!

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