Yeovilton 10 July 1985

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Slijfie
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Yeovilton 10 July 1985

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After Stefan showed his photos of a normal 1984 flying day at Brüggen, several people said that was a great! idea. Three weeks later I thought it was time to continue where he stopped.

On a Thursday in July 1985, two days before the first Air Tattoo at Fairford, I was at Yeovilton and had a truly wonderful day.

A small part of the platform, as seen from the entrance of the FAA Museum.
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The FRADU operated some very old Hunters GA11s back then.
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And Hunter T8Cs
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And of course the FRADU flew with several types of Canberras.
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Classic Sea Harrier FRS1s.
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The base flight had some prehistoric Sea Herons C20s.
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But this Heron C4 (not a Sea Heron) of the Flag Officer Naval Air Command (FONAC) was the cherry on the appelmoes.
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Also based in that time where Lynx, Sea Kings and Wessex.
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RAF visitors were two Buccaneers from 208sq.
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And an Andover form 115sq.
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If anyone likes to see the numbers (50!), please tell.
Rob
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Re: Yeovilton 10 July 1985

Post by Stephan Lodewijks »

Yesss, great report from the old days!! Keep 'm coming!! :shock: 8)
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