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Hi Peeps

With Xmas deccy duties duly performed, a bit more digging unearthed this sorry batch

I think the captions are accurate, but you know me

Honington 1992 by patrick ward, on Flickr

Honington 1992 by patrick ward, on Flickr

IAT 1989 by patrick ward, on Flickr

Boscombe Down 1990 by patrick ward, on Flickr

Coningsby 1989 by patrick ward, on Flickr

Coningsby 1989 by patrick ward, on Flickr

Boscombe Down 1990 by patrick ward, on Flickr

Boscombe Down 1990 by patrick ward, on Flickr

Boscombe Down 1990 by patrick ward, on Flickr

Boscombe Down 1990 by patrick ward, on Flickr

IAT 1989 by patrick ward, on Flickr

Hope they are worth a peek, anyways

Best regards as always

Paddyboy

Excellent as always

FGR2 is a cracker

...but those Swiss Hunters are very gorgeous

Very nice Paddy Can’t beat a flight of Hunters but the Phantom’s cool. Keep on rummaging.
See you soon hopefully

Nice shots Paddy and happy memories of two great Boscombe shows.

Keep them coming.

Yes a lovely bit of nostalgia there Paddy

what they said

Cheers Pads, I miss those beefy Drakens.
Thanks for the memories.
All the best
pawlee

Boscombe Down 1990. Thanks for reminding me of one of my more memorable hangovers - if thats the correct term. Stayed in an inn in Porton. On the Sunday night the landlord announced that it was his last day and the more beer we drank, the easier his stock take in the morning. We did our best but by golly did we suffer the following day. Keep 'em coming.

Thanks for posting!

I had the honour of collecting the PR9 pilot at Fairford, and taking him to flight ops for a bit of a lecture! A great guy...

Hi Guys

Thanks so much for peeking and replying

BD:

You are obviously my sort of guy

Is there such a thing as a bad hangover: I can't remember

Best regards

Paddyboy

PR9 for me, sorry to see them go. Good on you Paddy keep digging . Terry

paddyboy wrote:Hi Guys

Thanks so much for peeking and replying

BD:

You are obviously my sort of guy

Is there such a thing as a bad hangover: I can't remember

Best regards

Paddyboy

No idea. But we made it to the FRIAT grandstand for Monday departures.

Love the Phantom! Time stood still with that shot, it looks just as if it could have been taken at one of this years shows

TankBuster

Great to see pics of aircraft that are know longer in service, been doing the interest in milatary avaition for 50 plus years , there was not the amount of people interested then.The amount in numbers of aircraft and types was great, every day no matter what part of the uk you were at the sky was always busy ROB

Wonderful stuff Paddy, thanks for posting.

Pete

Great memories

The UK military airshow calendar was so full back then especially with the extra USAF bases.

Thanks again, guys, for peeking and replying

Mike: you are sooooo right

We had Hall, Heath, Alconbury, Woodbridge, Benty, UH, Shepherds Grove, (I am ancient) Sculthorpe, to name a few

Halcyon days, never to return

Best regards as always

Paddyboy

Must have missed these PB. Nothing sorry about such subjects esp. Swiss Hunters + the Tomb!

Lovely stuff Paddy always enjoy your shots from the past.

Very nice PB, quite the collection!

AshBailey wrote:Thanks for posting!

I had the honour of collecting the PR9 pilot at Fairford, and taking him to flight ops for a bit of a lecture! A great guy...

Aaah! I've long wanted to know the back story to the red card incident - any info??..