bha100
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- Aug 25, 2011
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I used to be based at RAF Cranwell which, apart from being the Officer training college, was also the jet pilot school. Because of that, visiting pilots used to "show off" a little with landing and take-off. One of the most impressive I saw was a visiting Lightening, which went screaming down the runway and I remember thinking he's going to run out of runway soon, at which point, the pilot almost seemed to sit the plane on it's arse and went up at nearly 90 degrees with the afterburners going!
I used to be based at RAF Cranwell which, apart from being the Officer training college, was also the jet pilot school. Because of that, visiting pilots used to "show off" a little with landing and take-off. One of the most impressive I saw was a visiting Lightening, which went screaming down the runway and I remember thinking he's going to run out of runway soon, at which point, the pilot almost seemed to sit the plane on it's arse and went up at nearly 90 degrees with the afterburners going!
Phil did you ever see the plane that 'definitely does not fly' from Akers? I saw it a few years back and was amazed and kinda humbled.
Of course I haven't, never, not several times in the 70s, or even 4 years ago, and I definitely didn't see one 3 years ago around 11pm taking off and silhouetted against the moonlight make a steep ascent a few miles offshore either. I also understand that a couple of years ago one didn't crash and burn into the side of one of the control buildings.
Phil did you ever see the plane that 'definitely does not fly' from Akers? I saw it a few years back and was amazed and kinda humbled.
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I was at Akrotiri 73-74 and didn't see it either lol. P & A Clerk.
Phil did you ever see the plane that 'definitely does not fly' from Akers? I saw it a few years back and was amazed and kinda humbled.
I was at Akrotiri 73-74 and didn't see it either lol. P & A Clerk.
No one ever saw anything
While you lot in Cyprus were not seeing planes that didn't exist we WERE seeing U2's and SR71's at Farnborough and Mildenhall and we have the photos to prove it,
Ha ha, I get you, but not considered so sensitive when its knocking about in Blighty though. You should have seen what I used to see when I worked at Brize Norton and 'RAF' Upper Heyford, now there was some messed up stuff going on there.