Mark Felton is an excellent fellow at coming in with his videos.
I feel the Pilot did a glorious but somewhat dangerous flight, he should have been allowed to stay in the RAF in some job related to public to show just what the RAF was for and as a recruitment Officer.
I wish I had seen that Jet fly under that Walkway though !
Having recently walked the Tower Bridge I am impressed by the feet, a Hunter has a wingspan shorter than a Spitfire but at 33 feet and speed of jet with a 200 foot gap its impressive. But I should also point out that precendents had been set...
The Eiffel Tower is 74 meters wide at the base of the arch so...
Nothing taken from highly impressive RAF feats of airmanship during WW2. They have a legacy of prowess in the air.
I should also mention that Tangmere was one of the airfields used by SOE/OSS Lysander pilots who flew alone, at night unaided, deep into France to deliver and pick up things...so Tangmere is synonymous with Who Dares Wins.
It will be be a bloody climb back up if things are allowed to slide.
And its not like in the days covered in those archives, when there was an average of a Class A accident a day ...yes. day... which was just chalked up to, "The Breaks of NAVAIR".
And while I'm at it...
The 82 year old article, "Pilot Sails From Truk Harbor" on p 32 (magazine not pdf) could be as pertinent today as then...
And an enduring reminder that "Naval Aviators" need to get back to being more 'Naval'...
Early naval aviatorJohn Towers was still around in those days (if by then out of favor and tucked into a cul de sac). How many folks know/remember the remarkable bit of seamanship he pulled off?
The Hunter was another great aircraft from Sydney Camm's stable. The gun gas problem had a rather interesting initial fix. - They wired the trigger to the engines and dropped the fuel flow to the engine.
Kinda' sad that it was still frontline in '68. As an aside, Mr. Pollock passed a few years ago.
Sir Sydney Camm was quite the designer. He started in the days of wood and dope biplanes, and at his retirement in 1965 was considering a Mach 4 capable design.
Legend has it he would play the curmudgeon when dealing with the chief engineers at Rolls and Bristol engines and tell them their horrible engines were ruining his fine airplanes. All in jest, unless you didn't know it was a running joke.
Even better would have been a low pass over the Thames by a Buccaneer!
Been about 2’ off the surface of the river!
Mark Felton is an excellent fellow at coming in with his videos.
I feel the Pilot did a glorious but somewhat dangerous flight, he should have been allowed to stay in the RAF in some job related to public to show just what the RAF was for and as a recruitment Officer.
I wish I had seen that Jet fly under that Walkway though !
Having recently walked the Tower Bridge I am impressed by the feet, a Hunter has a wingspan shorter than a Spitfire but at 33 feet and speed of jet with a 200 foot gap its impressive. But I should also point out that precendents had been set...
https://mywvhome.com/fifties/yeager.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYdB6thCLfg
The Eiffel Tower is 74 meters wide at the base of the arch so...
Nothing taken from highly impressive RAF feats of airmanship during WW2. They have a legacy of prowess in the air.
I should also mention that Tangmere was one of the airfields used by SOE/OSS Lysander pilots who flew alone, at night unaided, deep into France to deliver and pick up things...so Tangmere is synonymous with Who Dares Wins.
Great post.
(why I don't get invited to parties CMLXXII)
Flight Safety is a perishable commodity...
Why? Mostly because of Ego.
The recent spate of incidents that were 'excused' by higher authority is a bad trend.
Go back into these archives, and note the continual exhortations against "flathatting".
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/naval-aviation-news/back-issues/1940.html
https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/naval-aviation-news/back-issues/1950.html
It took decades to get that particular perennial killer under control.
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1577&context=nwc-review
It will be be a bloody climb back up if things are allowed to slide.
And its not like in the days covered in those archives, when there was an average of a Class A accident a day ...yes. day... which was just chalked up to, "The Breaks of NAVAIR".
And while I'm at it...
The 82 year old article, "Pilot Sails From Truk Harbor" on p 32 (magazine not pdf) could be as pertinent today as then...
https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/histories/naval-aviation/Naval%20Aviation%20News/1940/pdf/1dec44.pdf
And an enduring reminder that "Naval Aviators" need to get back to being more 'Naval'...
Early naval aviatorJohn Towers was still around in those days (if by then out of favor and tucked into a cul de sac). How many folks know/remember the remarkable bit of seamanship he pulled off?
The Golden Gate is the Iconic Bridge x Plane location
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ECsxUQsJTI
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/that-time-americas-top-ace-richard-bong-flew-under-the-golden-gate-bridge-and-buzzed-downtown-san-francisco-area-flying-his-p-38-lightning/
Anthony Eden should not have tried to get the empire back together again.
The Hunter was another great aircraft from Sydney Camm's stable. The gun gas problem had a rather interesting initial fix. - They wired the trigger to the engines and dropped the fuel flow to the engine.
Kinda' sad that it was still frontline in '68. As an aside, Mr. Pollock passed a few years ago.
Sir Sydney Camm was quite the designer. He started in the days of wood and dope biplanes, and at his retirement in 1965 was considering a Mach 4 capable design.
Legend has it he would play the curmudgeon when dealing with the chief engineers at Rolls and Bristol engines and tell them their horrible engines were ruining his fine airplanes. All in jest, unless you didn't know it was a running joke.
Zoomies. oftimes; fine fun lads 'n lassies!
Great story.