cymaz Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 A club mate emailed me this link. Really enjoyed it so I thought that it should be circulated around. HERE. Edited By cymaz on 17/05/2015 12:10:55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Your link is missing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 Sorry done now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_B Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Thanks very much Cymaz, that's a really interesting link you posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Let me tell you of a classic low pass at RAF Wattisham in 63. No picture. We had a visit by Venezuelan top brass and as part of the visit they were treated to a display in an EE Lightning by the late "Bugs" BUndell. The last part was a high speed pass between the control tower and our (41 Sqdn) hangar. Unfortunately Bugs must have miss judged his speed a bit. The result was a gigantic BANG and several of the big polarised glass windows in the tower shattered showering the VIPs with glass. The windscreen on a fire engine parked there disintegrated. Our line hut, an ex Prefab house, had the roof lift, the wall came in by about a foot and the roof came back down, all the light fittings crashed down. Everyone in the hangar was convinced and aircraft had actually hit the hangar the bang and shock was so strong Bugs circled round and landed and taxied in to where a Land Rover was waiting to take him to the tower where the station commander was standing on the steps waiting for him. Bugs was due to leave the station the next day anyway Edited By Peter Miller on 17/05/2015 13:02:13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve T Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Thanks Cymaz, I trailed all the way through, read every word...and thought it was excellent. Well done for finding it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightypeesh Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Cheers cymaz, great post. I have bookmarked it to give it my full attention later - looks like a good read. Cheers, Simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hopkin Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Not quite low "flying" but a chance in a million photo..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Bastow Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Now you know that is going to make a big bang! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm woodcock 1 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 It's a pity some of 16 Sqn's low level BI8 photos aren't available, especially the ones from El Adem where you can recognise the squaddies regiment by the photo of his belt buckle, now that was low flying, the guy was digging a trench at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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