F-111 'Varks from the 80s

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Re: F-111 'Varks from the 80s

Postby Jigsaw » Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:16 pm

Cheers mate. The Bucc one is exactly the one I had in mind :ymapplause:

Like this one (been on here before I think). Won't embed :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0-xnaRSL6g
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Re: F-111 'Varks from the 80s

Postby Xplumberlives » Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:19 pm

Jigsaw wrote:Cheers mate. The Bucc one is exactly the one I had in mind :ymapplause:



Naturally!

Somewhere I have a shot taken at RAF Laabruch in the early 1980s and the photographer was laying prone on the grass as the Bucc went over him about ten feet up!
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Re: F-111 'Varks from the 80s

Postby Jigsaw » Tue Nov 16, 2010 5:29 pm

Xplumberlives wrote:
Jigsaw wrote:Cheers mate. The Bucc one is exactly the one I had in mind :ymapplause:



Naturally!

Somewhere I have a shot taken at RAF Laabruch in the early 1980s and the photographer was laying prone on the grass as the Bucc went over him about ten feet up!


That reminds me of laying under the catch nets at Brawdy with Hawks, Hunters etc directly above me. Wish I had a camera with me then.
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Re: F-111 'Varks from the 80s

Postby Xplumberlives » Tue Nov 16, 2010 6:16 pm

Jigsaw wrote:
Xplumberlives wrote:
Jigsaw wrote:Cheers mate. The Bucc one is exactly the one I had in mind :ymapplause:



Naturally!

Somewhere I have a shot taken at RAF Laabruch in the early 1980s and the photographer was laying prone on the grass as the Bucc went over him about ten feet up!


That reminds me of laying under the catch nets at Brawdy with Hawks, Hunters etc directly above me. Wish I had a camera with me then.



Managed to find a picture of you doing it!
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Re: F-111 'Varks from the 80s

Postby Jigsaw » Tue Nov 16, 2010 6:26 pm

=)) =)) =))

Now Jiggy, type out 100 times.

'I must call them arrester nets in future'
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Re: F-111 'Varks from the 80s

Postby MOD » Tue Nov 16, 2010 11:29 pm

Low level pass Boscombe 89? ;) ;)

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Probably..
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Re: F-111 'Varks from the 80s

Postby Jigsaw » Wed Nov 17, 2010 2:33 pm

F'in ell. That is a great pic Ian :ymapplause: :D
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Re: F-111 'Varks from the 80s

Postby Molerat » Thu Nov 18, 2010 3:31 pm

Xplumberlives wrote:
Jigsaw wrote:
Xplumberlives wrote:Not as LOW as a BUCCANEER!


Very true. Buggered if I can find a pic tho :(



Let's start with this one then!
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And this one!
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The Bucc one is cheating a bit as he has only just put the wheels up, note nosewheel door open and tail skid extended.
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Re: F-111 'Varks from the 80s

Postby Xplumberlives » Thu Nov 18, 2010 7:34 pm

AND your point is?

ALL GOOD Buccaneer Navs would routinely dial in Gear up whilst thundering down the runway with the WEIGHT ON WHEELS switch stopping the gear retracting until the aircraft was actually airborne, hence the INCREDIBLY quick tucking away of the gear on take off!

THAT IS LOW FLYING at it's BEST!!!!
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