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- Mon Jun 12, 2023 6:59 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: C130 retirement tour route 14th June
- Replies: 76
- Views: 10372
Re: C130 retirement tour route 14th June
Could have included Keevil, I enjoyed many a strip at Keevil supporting Hercs' 85-95.
- Wed Nov 30, 2022 4:30 pm
- Forum: Recent Serial tie up area
- Topic: OTT Melksham transport a/c, whose.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 661
OTT Melksham transport a/c, whose.
Overhead Melksham about 2.30 this afternoon heading east, large white transport a/c sounding like an Atlas, only caught a glimpse of it through the clouds.
- Fri Sep 30, 2022 6:15 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: Good bye Colerne Airfield.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1086
Good bye Colerne Airfield.
The powers that be had decided that Colerne was no longer needed, so the last two BUAS personnel today said good-bye to Colerne Airfield, having spent the last few months packing up, returning equipment and generally closing down, turned off the lights and locked the doors.
- Fri Jul 29, 2022 4:51 pm
- Forum: Heritage Area
- Topic: Airfield/village Memorials
- Replies: 93
- Views: 36200
Re: Airfield/village Memorials
IMG_0698 by Howie Marson, on Flickr I know that it was not an active airfield and only XII Technical Training School, building depicted on sign has only recently been demolished.
- Sun Jul 17, 2022 1:24 pm
- Forum: Heritage Area
- Topic: Airfield/village Memorials
- Replies: 93
- Views: 36200
Re: Airfield/village Memorials
Seen in Membury Services (M4) westbound car park is a memorial dedicated 'To the Personnel of the R.A.F and U.S.A.A.F 7th, 8th and 9th Commands. Who Served at Station 466 MEMBURY During 1941 to 1947. REMEMBER THEM
- Wed Jan 26, 2022 10:16 pm
- Forum: RAF Fairford
- Topic: U2 Wheels
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2524
Re: U2 Wheels
Some guy told me that they were made of the same material as skate board wheels.
- Mon May 03, 2021 2:25 pm
- Forum: Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic Photography
- Topic: 1979 IAT Greenham Common
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3745
Re: 1979 IAT Greenham Common
Brought back memories of a great day, was there yesterday walking around the airfield and sampling the coffee and cake afterwards from the tower cafe.
- Sat Oct 17, 2020 4:10 pm
- Forum: All other areas around the UK
- Topic: Manston Fire school closing
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1491
Re: Manston Fire school closing
I trained at RAF Catterick in the early 70's, lots of Pembroke, Canberra, Vulcan and Shackleton airframes used as fire trainers, Meteors dotted around the rough driver training routes, Hasting by the wet area and plenty of cockpits in the Fire School hangar and a Navy Buccaneer. Also trained at the ...
- Thu Oct 01, 2020 10:06 pm
- Forum: Southern England
- Topic: RAF Welford
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1840
Re: RAF Welford
Welford used to have its own rail link built 1952, you can still trace the track and sidings, and it was closed in 1973 as the USAF was moving more munitions by road. The rail link was always a bone of contention with BR.
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 9:32 pm
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Airfix 1/24 Hawker Typhoon
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5870
Re: Airfix 1/24 Hawker Typhoon
There is a photo of Typhoon EK139 HH-N "Dirty Dora" being serviced/re-armed in a blast walled dispersal at RAF Colerne, this dispersal is still there though hidden by bushes..
- Fri Mar 29, 2019 8:02 pm
- Forum: All other areas around the UK
- Topic: UAS Colerne
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8014
Re: UAS Colerne
U1213/19: Colerne: Aerodrome closed
Q) EGTT/QFALC/IV/NBO/A/000/999/5126N00217W005
AERODROME UNAVAILABLE FOR ANY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
FROM: 22 Mar 2019 08:00 GMT TO: 20 Jun 2019 22:59 GMT (23:59 BST)
Air Traffic and Fire Services have been withdrawn.
Q) EGTT/QFALC/IV/NBO/A/000/999/5126N00217W005
AERODROME UNAVAILABLE FOR ANY AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS
FROM: 22 Mar 2019 08:00 GMT TO: 20 Jun 2019 22:59 GMT (23:59 BST)
Air Traffic and Fire Services have been withdrawn.
- Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:18 pm
- Forum: Old Serial tie up area
- Topic: Old aircraft at RAF Catterick 1980s
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1468
Re: Old aircraft at RAF Catterick 1980s
I did my basic RAF fireman course at Catterick in 1973 and we trained upon many airframes, I remember the rows of Canberra and Pembroke airframes awaiting their fiery fate, scattered around for deployment training were Meteors, and a caged Canberra in the monitoring area, upon the burning area were ...
- Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:54 pm
- Forum: RAF Fairford
- Topic: 75 years of RAF Fairford
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4692
Re: 75 years of RAF Fairford
The first RAF Commander of RAF Fairford was Group Captain Allen Wheeler, who in his later years flew an Auster hangared at RAF Benson, on one such flight I was his passenger to Old Warden, he also used to own the Mk Vb Spitfire AB910 now BBMF.
- Wed Mar 13, 2019 3:15 pm
- Forum: General Photography
- Topic: Tanzania Safari 2015
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2704
Re: Tanzania Safari 2015
My Wife and I really enjoyed our Safari to Tanzania we ticked off the Big Five and a lot more besides, had a balloon trip across the Serengeti as well, landing to be greeted to a full English breakfast served under an acacia tree. We smelt the hippo pool well before we found it, how the baby hippo's...
- Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:43 pm
- Forum: All other areas around the UK
- Topic: UAS Colerne
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8014
Re: UAS Colerne
'RAF Colerne Airfield, Wiltshire was due to close 2018, now delayed until 2025 Updated disposal date following detailed work to assess the optimum laydown required to support operational capability'. What does this all mean,BUAS to return from Boscombe!, meanwhile there is a staff shortage caused by...
- Mon Dec 24, 2018 8:47 pm
- Forum: Current Military Photography
- Topic: Niederrhein Military Collection
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4583
Re: Niederrhein Military Collection
Spent three wonderful years there 81-84, 15 & 16 Sqn Buccs, 2 Sqn Jags and later Tornados.
- Sat Jun 30, 2018 3:13 pm
- Forum: RAF Wittering & Cottesmore
- Topic: Christine Damaged by Car
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5810
Re: Christine Damaged by Car
Person on another site said it was a lady driver who lost control whilst texting. Harrier will now sport a Renault kill marking, luckily enough the lady wasn't too hurt.
- Sat Jun 30, 2018 3:12 pm
- Forum: RAF Wittering & Cottesmore
- Topic: Christine Damaged by Car
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5810
Re: Christine Damaged by Car
Person on another site said it was a lady driver who lost control whilst texting. Harrier will now sport a Renault kill marking, luckily enough the lady wasn't too hurt.
- Thu Mar 29, 2018 7:35 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: You could not write this script
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4960
Re: You could not write this script
Was the Russian aircraft operated by Aerofoot!
- Sat Nov 25, 2017 10:18 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Europe - pause for thought
- Replies: 48
- Views: 10852
Re: Europe - pause for thought
All this talk reminds me of the lyrics to the Eagles Hotel California. "You check-out any time you like, but you can never leave|"