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Coltishall July 1983 with RF4C AL ANG
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 7:04 pm
by hvaneupen
Re: Coltishall July 1983 with RF4C AL ANG
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 7:23 pm
by TAFFEVANS
8 of the RF-4’s came through Valley on a Saturday morning!
Re: Coltishall July 1983 with RF4C AL ANG
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 7:31 pm
by Mustang531
Great photos, thank you for sharing them. Coltishall was one of my favourite bases to visit.
Re: Coltishall July 1983 with RF4C AL ANG
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 7:46 pm
by david14
Great stuff, thanks for posting
Re: Coltishall July 1983 with RF4C AL ANG
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 8:02 pm
by grimm31
Fabulous stuff. Have to admit I can’t recall the Jags using the eastern taxiway to get to the 04 end very often.
Re: Coltishall July 1983 with RF4C AL ANG
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 9:08 pm
by Blackcat1
Great photos. Thoroughly enjoyed my visits to Colt over the years.
Re: Coltishall July 1983 with RF4C AL ANG
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 10:37 pm
by Petepilot
Phantastic! Really, really great shots, many thanks for sharing!
Re: Coltishall July 1983 with RF4C AL ANG
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 1:36 am
by SW Sky Blue
Phabulous
Re: Coltishall July 1983 with RF4C AL ANG
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 6:05 am
by paddyboy
Superb shots from my beloved Colt, Harold
Looks like you were down at the Hautbois end for those
Thanks for posting
Paddyboy
Re: Coltishall July 1983 with RF4C AL ANG
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 7:13 am
by DanBeeden
Lovely shots - those first two Jags are immaculate.
Re: Coltishall July 1983 with RF4C AL ANG
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 2:25 pm
by 3Greens
Excellent shots and a great record Harold
Always loved a trip down to Coltishall... as good a place as my home base at Binbrook !
Think it was that deployment that on their initial arrival for the recovery believe two of the aircraft missed Coltishall and landed at Norwich Airport
I'm sure Paddy can confirm.
Thank for posting.
3Greens
Re: Coltishall July 1983 with RF4C AL ANG
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 3:08 pm
by Weazel69
thats a negative 3Greens. It was on the deployment - "Coronet Heron" by the 363rdTRW JO and it was 1 A/c in fact I have a somewhat ageing slide of the said A/c on the Norwich flightline - 12.06.1978
RAF Coltishall were recovering on Runway.04 that evening and the Pilot of the said A/c was having prob's and put the jet down thinking he was at Coltishall but found out a few min's after landing he was incorrect
the A/c involved was RF4C - 67-0466 - 62ndTRS 363rdTRW JO rd
Re: Coltishall July 1983 with RF4C AL ANG
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:07 pm
by luxto
Weazel69 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 3:08 pm
thats a negative 3Greens. It was on the deployment - "Coronet Heron" by the 363rdTRW JO and it was 1 A/c in fact I have a somewhat ageing slide of the said A/c on the Norwich flightline - 12.06.1978
RAF Coltishall were recovering on Runway.04 that evening and the Pilot of the said A/c was having prob's and put the jet down thinking he was at Coltishall but found out a few min's after landing he was incorrect
the A/c involved was RF4C - 67-0466 - 62ndTRS 363rdTRW JO rd
I watched that from Coltishall - it was in the 2nd cell of arrivals around 1900L.
Re: Coltishall July 1983 with RF4C AL ANG
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2020 12:14 am
by Nighthawke
I think both Norwich and Coltishall 04/22 runways are almost in line and only a few miles apart. Even so you would think he would have got the right one!
Re: Coltishall July 1983 with RF4C AL ANG
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2020 7:28 am
by The Phantom
Cracking images
Re: Coltishall July 1983 with RF4C AL ANG
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2020 4:50 pm
by 3Greens
Weazel69 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 3:08 pm
thats a negative 3Greens. It was on the deployment - "Coronet Heron" by the 363rdTRW JO and it was 1 A/c in fact I have a somewhat ageing slide of the said A/c on the Norwich flightline - 12.06.1978
RAF Coltishall were recovering on Runway.04 that evening and the Pilot of the said A/c was having prob's and put the jet down thinking he was at Coltishall but found out a few min's after landing he was incorrect
the A/c involved was RF4C - 67-0466 - 62ndTRS 363rdTRW JO rd
Many thanks for the correction Weazel69
Just found the notebook out .. Yes indeed 'Cornet Heron' in from Shaw SC from 12-26th June 1978.
3Greens
Re: Coltishall July 1983 with RF4C AL ANG
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 1:24 am
by Mustang531
Thanks for sharing these, an interesting selection of shots.
Re: Coltishall July 1983 with RF4C AL ANG
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 10:18 am
by jagnut
grimm31 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 02, 2020 8:02 pm
Fabulous stuff. Have to admit I can’t recall the Jags using the eastern taxiway to get to the 04 end very often.
They did when operating from the eastern revetments.
Re: Coltishall July 1983 with RF4C AL ANG
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 11:07 am
by jpickers56
Great memories, Coltishall in the eighties was a spotter paradise, never knew what would turn up but something always did. Thanks for sharing these.
Re: Coltishall July 1983 with RF4C AL ANG
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2022 10:29 pm
by SW Sky Blue
excellent
