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by Josh B
Mon Apr 20, 2015 6:19 am
Forum: RAF St Mawgan & Newquay
Topic: Newquay March and April 2015
Replies: 2
Views: 2895

Re: Newquay April 2015

Also ian the Super lynx ,for the Algerian Navy ZK193 is currently in training with westlands.noted out and about over the last couple of weeks :thumb:
by Josh B
Sat Mar 28, 2015 2:18 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: Save our Shackleton wins
Replies: 3
Views: 1842

Re: Save our Shackleton wins

Yeap. . Hopefully she's staying local. https://m.facebook.com/pages/Save-Our-S ... 86?fref=ts

Been a funny week in cornwall for aircraft preservation! :whistle:
by Josh B
Wed Mar 25, 2015 6:08 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: Classic Air Force @ Newquay to close!
Replies: 4
Views: 2298

Re: Classic Air Force @ Newquay to close!

Been expecting that to come !! the word "shambles" springs to mind! Right kick in the privates for all the hard work the volunteers have put in over the last couple of years. The airframes have been transformed in that time.. now after all there hard work.. There taking them away from them :grr: dis...
by Josh B
Tue Mar 24, 2015 5:39 pm
Forum: RAF St Mawgan & Newquay
Topic: 24/03
Replies: 2
Views: 2379

Re: 24/03

Also noted today Ian where. Ascot 244 C-130J ZH882 did any over shoot AM. Ascot 4500 Atlas C1 ZM402 went trough the overhead around 12:30 Wildcats ZZ394 & ZZ388 calling Marine13 flight working the local area late afternoon. Seaking HC4's ZA299 ,ZA296, ZF117 and ZF116. in for fuel about the same time...
by Josh B
Sun Mar 22, 2015 6:37 pm
Forum: Other Airshows & Events
Topic: RNAS Culdrose Air Day 2015
Replies: 38
Views: 13019

Re: RNAS Culdrose Air Day 2015

Seamus wrote:Very nice, presumably in the static display?
when asked last year if he was planning to display it.. His reply was " not this year.. but I hope to next (2015) "!!
So fingers crossed for a display this year. :clap:
by Josh B
Sun Mar 22, 2015 6:27 pm
Forum: Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic Photography
Topic: Old gold, from Alan Noble
Replies: 54
Views: 14831

Re: Old gold, from Alan Noble

What a set.. and.. At long last a static photo of the AAC only camo chipmunk. ! Remember seeing at middle wallop many years ago. But as like a lot of the photos my dad had of it.. It got binned! ! :Oops: thanks for shearing.
by Josh B
Sun Mar 22, 2015 6:20 pm
Forum: Current Military Photography
Topic: Chinook HC6 visits Culdrose.
Replies: 5
Views: 2446

Re: Chinook HC6 visits Culdrose.

Josh, It was delivered to Odiham at the end of 2013 and was flying locally during 2014 so it's not that rare. If you type the registration into Flickr you will see it has been caught out on Salisbury Plain on a number of occasions. Nice catch though, I've still to shoot one myself! out of all the C...
by Josh B
Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:46 am
Forum: Current Military Photography
Topic: Chinook HC6 visits Culdrose.
Replies: 5
Views: 2446

Re: Chinook HC6 visits Culdrose.

Thanks paddyboy. Nice to see someone liked It. :thumb: thought this rare cab might have got a little more interest. ?? Guess it might have done if it was visiting somewhere at the other end of the country :whistle: For anyone that is interested it's still at Culdrose, along with its other boscombe p...
by Josh B
Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:38 am
Forum: Current Military Photography
Topic: LFA7 18/03/15 - Milky! Milky!
Replies: 11
Views: 3589

Re: LFA7 18/03/15 - Milky! Milky!

As already said. Cracking panning. :thumb: it paid of.
I thought everyone knew what the term "milky" ment when regarding the weather conditions? ? Guess not :halo:
by Josh B
Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:05 pm
Forum: RNAS Culdrose & Predannack
Topic: Removed due to lack of interest!
Replies: 3
Views: 2929

Removed due to lack of interest!

Deleted :whistle:
by Josh B
Thu Mar 19, 2015 2:04 pm
Forum: Current Military Photography
Topic: Chinook HC6 visits Culdrose.
Replies: 5
Views: 2446

Chinook HC6 visits Culdrose.

Very nice visitor in to our local.
ZK552 Gauntlet 68.
first time for Culdrose and not been to many any other locations either! !Image
by Josh B
Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:52 pm
Forum: RNAS Yeovilton, Yeovil Westlands & Merryfield
Topic: US 'deployment' to VL
Replies: 51
Views: 19487

Re: US 'deployment' to VL

Can we keep it civil please, I don't want to have to lock this thread. Any comments which do not add to the thread will be deleted. what.. like mine was.! :O :grr: as said above. . The COD Groundhounds MIGHT pop in for the mail etc. . And anything else that turns up will probably be a whether diver...
by Josh B
Thu Mar 05, 2015 7:23 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: RAF BAe125's for sale
Replies: 18
Views: 6644

Re: RAF BAe125's for sale

ZD620 is in at Culdrose today. Dropped of nick clegg I think? ! so it's still in use. But guess this will he the last time we get to see it ?!
by Josh B
Tue Mar 03, 2015 2:36 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: Nap of the Earth - Serious Stuff.
Replies: 8
Views: 2819

Re: Nap of the Earth - Serious Stuff.

EGCC wrote:
wolfie138 wrote:why, were you a jerk back then too?
I think I've mellowed in recent years.
Oh really? !! :roll:
by Josh B
Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:28 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: Mig-17 Anyone??
Replies: 3
Views: 1820

Re: Mig-17 Anyone??

Where's that lottery ticket? !! :Wow:
by Josh B
Fri Feb 27, 2015 2:47 pm
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: AFC for Chris Gotke Sea Fury Landing
Replies: 36
Views: 9980

Re: AFC for Chris Gotke Sea Fury Landing

No. This is just a discussion thread, and not to be taken too seriously. I think I will just spend the time making sure my spelling is correct, unlike your good self. :) And there it is. Yet again.. A personal dig at a forum member :O !! Oh. . But wait.. I thought you weren't taking this discussion...
by Josh B
Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:53 am
Forum: South West England
Topic: For Dunk (another one to lock)
Replies: 19
Views: 11123

Re: For Dunk (another one to lock)

phoenixegmh wrote:Image
Your point is??????
by Josh B
Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:25 am
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: AFC for Chris Gotke Sea Fury Landing
Replies: 36
Views: 9980

Re: AFC for Chris Gotke Sea Fury Landing

With respect, JOSH B, some of us on here have been around aircraft a long, long time. Flying them, jumping out of them etc., etc., In my case, I have been around aircraft for 57 years, and in that time have witnessed 11 crashes, and quite a few forced landings, rather more than most people on here ...
by Josh B
Fri Feb 27, 2015 7:34 am
Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
Topic: AFC for Chris Gotke Sea Fury Landing
Replies: 36
Views: 9980

Re: AFC for Chris Gotke Sea Fury Landing

I was there.. It was an outstanding peace of airmanship. Anyone that was there to witness it would have , and probably have done main times! said the same think. A reward others felt he deserved. . And rightly so :) it saddens me to see the armchair critics that seem to frequent this forum a lot ! B...
by Josh B
Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:40 pm
Forum: South West England
Topic: Reinstate St. Mawgan
Replies: 16
Views: 9241

Re: Reinstate St. Mawgan

Cracking idea. I like it.. but...
It's been asked before!
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