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Seven slides for Thursday... Variety of types this time.

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Fibrous Freddie
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Seven slides for Thursday... Variety of types this time.

Post by Fibrous Freddie » Thu May 19, 2022 8:53 am

Seven more from days gone by... mainly airshows this time. If you were there you have already seen 'them'; if you were not then here's some of what you missed! (In the seventies I was told that I'd already missed the 'good times'!

Back with a bit of variety (but still with a Lightning for the afficionados).

I always liked the Harrier GR3 with the LRMTS... One of my best aviation moments was when driving in Scotland and 'giving way' to two very low GR3's ascending a valley near Torridon... a few years later I was passed by a pair of Tornados at about the same spot but it is the Harriers that stick in my mind. Just a few seconds was better than any airshow.

The Frecce shots are quite poignant for me... Very sadly I've seen a few aviation mishaps including Brawdy, Fairford, and Mildenhall, and a chunk of skin detach from a phantom and pass near me at Wattisham; however standing crowd centre at Bentwaters the week before Ramstein and then hearing the news a week later shook me up much more than any of the others. Looking back on it, even in those 'less risk averse' days the manoeuvre seems insane.

I've found some slides of the 'Fairford migs' before their incident... I may scan them. It all needs a bit of perspective.

On with the 'smudges'... Enjoy (or not)!

ImageFrecce Bentwaters the week before Ramstein 1 by Fibrous Freddie, on Flickr

ImageFrecce Bentwaters the week before Ramstein 2 by Fibrous Freddie, on Flickr

ImageSpanish two-seat Harrier Fairford by Fibrous Freddie, on Flickr

ImageHarrier GR3 Static by Fibrous Freddie, on Flickr

Image56 sqn Tornado by Fibrous Freddie, on Flickr

ImageViggen by Fibrous Freddie, on Flickr

ImageLightning 6 by Fibrous Freddie, on Flickr

Thanks for looking while I slowly get to grips with scanning. More to come...
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Re: Seven slides for Thursday... Variety of types this time.

Post by F3 » Thu May 19, 2022 2:48 pm

Well remember the very wet last Binbrook show where I think that Lightning pic was taken!

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Re: Seven slides for Thursday... Variety of types this time.

Post by warthog56 » Thu May 19, 2022 4:07 pm

Great set of classic jets. Wouldn't have said that by the 70's you had missed the best shows - it was just a case of there being more of them and we never knew what to expect. Much more fun!

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Post by Fibrous Freddie » Thu May 19, 2022 4:22 pm

Biggin Hill 1965 (BoB 25th!) is the first I can really remember! Fabulous Vulcan.

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Post by dragonchaser » Thu May 19, 2022 6:10 pm

That Spanish AV8 is a stonker 👏

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Post by paddyboy » Fri May 20, 2022 4:26 am

Hi FF :P

Talk about saving the best till last :Wow:

I too was at Bentwaters ‘88 and thought the Frecce were a bit cavalier by pulling a full routine, when the Reds only did a rolling one as there was too much cloud :'(

Viggen was a real groundshaker with the ‘burner plugged in :O

Thanks for posting :thumbs:

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Re: Seven slides for Thursday... Variety of types this time.

Post by Mustang531 » Fri May 20, 2022 9:36 am

Thanks for sharing these, another great selection. Yes, that Lightning shot was Binbrook in 1987. Thanks for digging out some great memories too.

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