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Afternoon chaps

Going through some more negs and came across these from the 1992 Sky Pagent at Upper Heyford - 'Jack & Retract' and bomb loading demonstrations - something abit different from the norm.

Fully Retracted
'Jack & Retract' - F-111E - 20th TFW, Upper Heyford by Darren Currie, on Flickr

Half Extended
'Jack & Retract' - F-111E - 20th TFW, Upper Heyford by Darren Currie, on Flickr

Fully Extended
'Jack & Retract' - F-111E - 20th TFW, Upper Heyford by Darren Currie, on Flickr

'Jack & Retract' - F-111E - 20th TFW, Upper Heyford by Darren Currie, on Flickr

Bomb Loading Competition - F-111E - 68-0028 55th TFS, 20th TFW, Upper Heyford by Darren Currie, on Flickr

Bomb Loading Competition - F-111E - 68-0028 55th TFS, 20th TFW, Upper Heyford by Darren Currie, on Flickr

Bomb Loading Competition - F-111E - 68-0028 55th TFS, 20th TFW, Upper Heyford by Darren Currie, on Flickr

Bomb Loading Competition - F-111E - 68-0028 55th TFS, 20th TFW, Upper Heyford by Darren Currie, on Flickr

Hope you found of interest - will post some more from the show when I get them completed

Cheers

Darren

Hi Darren

Superb post matey... would love to see more of the show... I was there two.

Hope you and the guys are all safe and well mate

Tim

Some very interesting shots Darren - wish I'd got them!

Hi Daz

Swingers rule, buddy

Can’t wait to see some Spark Vark shots

Thanks for posting

Paddy

Very interesting shots there. Unusual to see detailed maintenance or demo situations. Makes a change from the usual fence line or airshow images we usually see of UH. (I know these are taken at an airshow, but it's a very different aspect).

Good historical record of Heyford doing its thing.

Thanks for posting.

I remember seeing a few similar demos with a Tornado and Jaguar at Cottesmore and Colt respectively. Gives you an idea of the amount of stored energy in those systems to move them, especially against the airflow.

We all know ejection seats are dangerous on the ground but many have learnt to their cost that the human body always comes off worst if you get it wrong when working with undercarriage systems, doors and airbrakes.

Completely missed this at the time, thanks for posting

Can never tire of seeing UH pics...Thanks Darren

Thanks for all the comments guys - very much appreciated!

All the best and stay safe

Darren

As mentioned above nice to see some different sort of shots of the old swinger.
Have got to say it looks rather mean and sleek in that first shot

Thank you for posting.

Cheers - Paul.

I remember going to a show must have been mid 70's . They only had a very small display in those days but they defiantly improved over the years. And became a defiantly must see.
mike