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Random St Mawgan visitors, Spanish P-3s, Greek F-4s, Various fast jets..

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Random St Mawgan visitors, Spanish P-3s, Greek F-4s, Various fast jets..

Post by TimFoo » Thu May 26, 2022 7:29 am

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Re: Random St Mawgan visitors, Spanish P-3s, Greek F-4s, Various fast jets..

Post by Mustang531 » Thu May 26, 2022 7:44 am

Thanks for sharing these, I think there's a lot of people out there who wish that their local bases offered such a selection of types. The variety that St Mawgan seemed to attract was something else as shown here. I only saw one Spanish P-3 in service and that was at St Mawgan 1991 IAD, which must of been one of the best shows I've ever attended.

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Re: Random St Mawgan visitors, Spanish P-3s, Greek F-4s, Various fast jets..

Post by Freeman Lowell » Thu May 26, 2022 7:45 am

Nice memories Tim. I particularly like the French T-33.
Is that one of Mike's sets of steps in the foreground?
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Post by TimFoo » Thu May 26, 2022 7:48 am

Freeman Lowell wrote:
Thu May 26, 2022 7:45 am
Nice memories Tim. I particularly like the French T-33.
Is that one of Mike's sets of steps in the foreground?
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Post by Sparts99 » Thu May 26, 2022 8:40 am

What's the pod on the Vulcan, is it one of the sniffers built in a Hunter drop tank?
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Post by TimFoo » Thu May 26, 2022 9:04 am

Sparts99 wrote:
Thu May 26, 2022 8:40 am
What's the pod on the Vulcan, is it one of the sniffers built in a Hunter drop tank?
Definitely a 'sniffer' pod as this was 27's secondary role at the time, didn't know it was a Hunter drop tank...

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Post by airman4207 » Thu May 26, 2022 9:59 am

Great pictures Tim, I think the T-33 was taken on 21st April 1980 and possibly the Vulcan too, I remember that day very well 😊 The only French T-33 I saw in service.

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Post by TimFoo » Thu May 26, 2022 10:06 am

airman4207 wrote:
Thu May 26, 2022 9:59 am
Great pictures Tim, I think the T-33 was taken on 21st April 1980 and possibly the Vulcan too, I remember that day very well 😊 The only French T-33 I saw in service.
I'll check tonight, I thought 81 and and didn't check but could well be '80. Photo taken from the Old civil terminal. I had a Vivitar 135mm and Dave had a 3x converter he used on his 50mm as a telephoto, both M42 screw fit so we each borrowed each others lenses to make a dodgy old 405mm creation, it let in hardly any light so you had to rest it on something, stop breathing and squeeze gently... :lol:

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Post by airman4207 » Thu May 26, 2022 10:29 am

Yes I just took the numbers back then , I have my log from 1980 onwards for St Mawgan before then I just logged under aircraft type I didn’t get my Praktica MTL3 until 1981 so no photos from 1980. We also had an Argus take off that day too😊

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Post by Sparts99 » Thu May 26, 2022 11:24 am

TimFoo wrote:
Thu May 26, 2022 9:04 am
Sparts99 wrote:
Thu May 26, 2022 8:40 am
What's the pod on the Vulcan, is it one of the sniffers built in a Hunter drop tank?
Definitely a 'sniffer' pod as this was 27's secondary role at the time, didn't know it was a Hunter drop tank...
I stand corrected, a Sea Vixen tank according to this

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Post by paddyboy » Fri May 27, 2022 3:28 am

Hi Tim

What a stunning variety of ‘frames St. Mawgan attracted :O

Thanks for posting another great set :thumbs:

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Post by TimFoo » Mon May 30, 2022 3:32 pm

airman4207 wrote:
Thu May 26, 2022 9:59 am
Great pictures Tim, I think the T-33 was taken on 21st April 1980 and possibly the Vulcan too, I remember that day very well 😊 The only French T-33 I saw in service.
I checked and you are correct!!

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