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Happy Days!

Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic photos in here please.
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Re: Happy Days!

Post by paddyboy » Tue Jun 06, 2017 12:25 pm

Hi Rodders :P

'Boring anybody' :S

I think NOT :Wow:

Keep 'em coming, please :thumb:

Nimrod, F3's, Firebird 'Toom......... :O

Need I go on :whistle:

Thanks :thumbs:

Paddyboy :clap:
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Re: Happy Days!

Post by Rodders » Tue Jun 06, 2017 4:08 pm

paddyboy wrote:Hi Rodders :P

'Boring anybody' :S

I think NOT :Wow:

Keep 'em coming, please :thumb:

Nimrod, F3's, Firebird 'Toom......... :O

Need I go on :whistle:

Thanks :thumbs:

Paddyboy :clap:
Hi PB and thanks ,That Toom is from No92 sqn ,at first glance I too thought it was from the "Firebirds",but its the Cobras.

Cheers Phil

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Re: Happy Days!

Post by paddyboy » Wed Jun 07, 2017 3:30 pm

Hi Phil :P

:blush:

I'll get me coat :'(
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Re: Happy Days!

Post by slogen51 » Wed Jun 07, 2017 3:55 pm

Brilliant thread - great too see airshow pics from before I started mil spotting in 1976

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Re: Happy Days!

Post by Rodders » Thu Jun 08, 2017 11:01 am

Another batch:
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C-9 Nightingale landing @ Coningsby date unknown
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Hs 146 Queens flight @ C`By circa 1997
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Sea Harrier FRS1 @ Kirmingtom airshow 1983
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Hoverfly @ Abingdon RAF Review 1968
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Lightning F6 @ Binbrook 1986

More to come Cheers Phil

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Re: Happy Days!

Post by paddyboy » Thu Jun 08, 2017 2:30 pm

Luuurrrvely :thumbs:

Thanks :thumb:

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Re: Happy Days!

Post by Rodders » Sat Jun 10, 2017 12:31 pm

RAF Waddington had regular "Photo-calls" in the 1980`s,and I was lucky enough to go to a couple of them.Here is a batch of pics taken at the 1988 (?) event.
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Victor K2
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Meteor T7 Vintage pair
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Canberra Target tug
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Harrier GR3 OCU
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Buccaneer S2 operated by British Aerospace

Thanks for looking Phil

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Re: Happy Days!

Post by bobthehandyman » Sat Jun 10, 2017 2:54 pm

yea ok enough, I'm starting to get bored. :P thats sarcasm for ya!! I'm 53 and remember a lot of these shows, such good times, thanks for sharing

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Re: Happy Days!

Post by paddyboy » Sat Jun 10, 2017 4:23 pm

Hi Phil :P

Meatbox makes me cry, as I was there at the 'Hall when she went down :(

Thanks for posting yet again :thumbs:

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Re: Happy Days!

Post by Rodders » Mon Jun 12, 2017 12:41 pm

Here`s another lot:
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BAC1-11 Finningley arrivals day 1991
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NF-5A as above
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NF-5B as above
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HS 748 as above.
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Meteor F8 Scampton 1991

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Re: Happy Days!

Post by paddyboy » Tue Jun 13, 2017 4:17 pm

Nos. 2 and 3 :Wow:

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Re: Happy Days!

Post by Rodders » Thu Jun 15, 2017 1:58 pm

The"warbirds" this time.
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AT-6C Texan (Harvard to us Brits) @ Breighton airfield early 90`s
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Hurricane II as above
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P-63 Kingcobra Coningsby airshow 90`s
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P-47m as above

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Re: Happy Days!

Post by paddyboy » Thu Jun 15, 2017 3:34 pm

More top notch :thumbs:

Thanks :thumb:

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Re: Happy Days!

Post by paddyboy » Fri Jun 16, 2017 3:19 pm

John: me and Ann were at Biggin that day :(

Seemed such a strange manoeuvre at the time

Dreadful loss :(

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Re: Happy Days!

Post by Rodders » Wed Jun 21, 2017 12:53 pm

Coningsby always turned up trumps ,we went to Marham,amd there was nothing doing there ,we decided to call at CBY on the way back.and these two aircraft were bashing the circuit
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Buccaneer S2
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Jaguar T-bird
These two are shots from one of CBY`s airshows
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A-7D Oklahoma ANG
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Tristar

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Re: Happy Days!

Post by paddyboy » Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:44 pm

More great additions ;)

Who doesn't love a SLUFF :thumbs:

Cheers :thumb:

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Re: Happy Days!

Post by Rodders » Wed Jun 28, 2017 2:47 pm

Just some more to be going on with:
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XR770 ,with red fin 1987(?)
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Harrier GR1 @ RAF Review Abingdon 1968
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Toom No111 Waddington photo call
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Toom No 228 OCU as above
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Spitfire BBMF as above
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another Toom No43 as above
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Re: Happy Days!

Post by paddyboy » Wed Jun 28, 2017 3:27 pm

Yum yum :lol:

Thanks again :thumbs:

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Re: Happy Days!

Post by Rodders » Fri Jun 30, 2017 3:46 pm

Well Folks the shows over ,PB have demanded money with menaces,until I shell up no more pics! I will look at another hosting site .Which one do you all use,please?

Cheers Phil

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Re: Happy Days!

Post by steved » Fri Jun 30, 2017 11:12 pm

I suffered the same fate with a recent, and probably all my previous postings (haven't checked yet).

I've switched to Flickr and hope to redo my previous posts as and when.

Hope you get something sorted as I really enjoyed this thread.

Cheers Steve

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