50 years ago today at Boscombe Down...
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Le TVR said:
Just fly it over the enemy at 50ft and M1.2 then dropping any payload would have added little extra....
My Grandfather recently told me of a story - when he was based at Akrotiri flying Vampires (or was it Javelins? I think Vampires). Him and a wingman were playing a little dare game..seeing how low they could get at 500KIA. They were following the course of a long desert road. He got so low he had to climb to avoid a coach coming in the opposite direction, but remained low enough long enough to see the expression on the coach driver's face.His wingman bested him though, by jinking under the telephone cables (and between the posts) strung alongside the road.
I'm sure there's a great deal of rose-tinted embellishment happening there, but still - imagine 60 years ago, driving a bus across Cyprus and seeing two jet fighters closing in on you at essentially the same height you're at in your coach. Amazing!
HereBeMonsters said:
My Grandfather recently told me of a story - when he was based at Akrotiri flying Vampires (or was it Javelins? I think Vampires). Him and a wingman were playing a little dare game..seeing how low they could get at 500KIA. They were following the course of a long desert road. He got so low he had to climb to avoid a coach coming in the opposite direction, but remained low enough long enough to see the expression on the coach driver's face.
His wingman bested him though, by jinking under the telephone cables (and between the posts) strung alongside the road.
I'm sure there's a great deal of rose-tinted embellishment happening there, but still - imagine 60 years ago, driving a bus across Cyprus and seeing two jet fighters closing in on you at essentially the same height you're at in your coach. Amazing!
This was allegedly caused by a low flying jaguar's fin. His wingman bested him though, by jinking under the telephone cables (and between the posts) strung alongside the road.
I'm sure there's a great deal of rose-tinted embellishment happening there, but still - imagine 60 years ago, driving a bus across Cyprus and seeing two jet fighters closing in on you at essentially the same height you're at in your coach. Amazing!
Ayahuasca said:
HereBeMonsters said:
My Grandfather recently told me of a story - when he was based at Akrotiri flying Vampires (or was it Javelins? I think Vampires). Him and a wingman were playing a little dare game..seeing how low they could get at 500KIA. They were following the course of a long desert road. He got so low he had to climb to avoid a coach coming in the opposite direction, but remained low enough long enough to see the expression on the coach driver's face.
His wingman bested him though, by jinking under the telephone cables (and between the posts) strung alongside the road.
I'm sure there's a great deal of rose-tinted embellishment happening there, but still - imagine 60 years ago, driving a bus across Cyprus and seeing two jet fighters closing in on you at essentially the same height you're at in your coach. Amazing!
This was allegedly caused by a low flying jaguar's fin. His wingman bested him though, by jinking under the telephone cables (and between the posts) strung alongside the road.
I'm sure there's a great deal of rose-tinted embellishment happening there, but still - imagine 60 years ago, driving a bus across Cyprus and seeing two jet fighters closing in on you at essentially the same height you're at in your coach. Amazing!
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