MCS Phantom F4

[stinky]

Heres one for all you Phantom Types. Don't get too excited.

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[vim_fuego]

Thats a picture taken at Saints...he got into a lot of trouble for that but I think it was his last flight anyway...if so what a way to go out eh? Believe his initials were GP.

 

[Major Geek]

That is cool! Pass me another tissue.

But after some discussion - its a fake.

 

[vim_fuego]

To the best of my knowledge it is not fake...He also tested Buccs (again from distant memory so always open to correction) which went a lot lower...

This is a poor copy of this picture...still, if you look centre bottom you can see the ballsy chap standing in the middle of the taxiway...I reckon his ears might have been ringing after that...

 

[Major Geek]

To the best of my knowledge it is not fake...He also tested Buccs (again from distant memory so always open to correction) which went a lot lower...

This is a poor copy of this picture...still, if you look centre bottom you can see the ballsy chap standing in the middle of the taxiway...I reckon his ears might have been ringing after that...

If its real then cool.

Ears ringing? They should have been bleeding and he should also have brown stuff running down his legs!

 

[The Fact Hunter]

Don't see why it should'nt be real ! The B*rstards used to get enough practice going between the radomes at Mt Kent. (Aug-Dec 88)

 

[Lobby1234]

A Fake

A Fake

At that speed the aircraft should be blurred (as is the background). I took enough piccies of the phantom "Firey Cross" at MPA and at reheat mine were always blurred as was the background. The aircraft in this is just too clear.....

 

[The Fact Hunter]

At that speed the aircraft should be blurred (as is the background). I took enough piccies of the phantom "Firey Cross" at MPA and at reheat mine were always blurred as was the background. The aircraft in this is just too clear.....

Not necessarily, in the 'good old days' of wet film it would depend on what ASA he was using - 200 ASA blurred, 1000 ASA crisp

 

[Hu Jardon]

Not necessarily, in the 'good old days' of wet film it would depend on what ASA he was using - 200 ASA blurred, 1000 ASA crisp

I reckon its real I was at St Athan when he was around - He was a noisy fucl<er no matter what he was flying - in fact he was just generally a noisy fucl<er - I reckon if it had been a Buccaneer he'd have been even lower.:raf:

 

[Lobby1234]

Fake??

Fake??

The typhoon was originally edited out

 

[Major Geek]

Ha ha ha ha - OK who's next?

 

[Don Quixote]

MCS Phixer

MCS Phixer

I had the pleasure of being an MCS techie on the OCU for 3 yrs before having the cranwell labotomy. Without doubt, the best 3 years of my life. Can't beat a damm good PRFing wineglass birdie! As for light judicial tapping of the components - I guess most of us have dodgy elbows from whacking the 11 for a display problem! Regards to all

 

[PHIXER GIRL]

No I dont hunt bears, that would be easy. My hunting is confined to tracking down english speakers so I can buy stuff. Being of Jockanese extraction, trying to speak french sounds more like "wibble oui, wibble non, wibble...... oh fcuk it!"

There was a guy on 92 (we shall call him BB) who really suffered at the hands of others waving electric razors and malicious drunken grins. Thankfully, I managed 4 years with both my eyebrows, tache and hair intact.

Anyway good times.

Did you know Kate S in the bay? Ive been trying to get in touch with her.

I know Kate very well but I've no idea where or what she is doing just now.

I see you assume I was in the MCS bay. WRONG ???

Now that's got you thinking GTFPDQ to who I am. I was there the night you and Twang had beery argument.

PM me.

PG. XX.

 

[Lobby1234]

Kate

Kate

I Knew kate and her hubby John well (We were at leuchars and wilders together) Last I know they are still living at a village (Forgot name) maybe near the scottish ex phantom base. I worked with kate in ASF with skeno all those years ago.

 

[Tino]

You must be thinking of Balmullo, brings back a funny memory....

Back in 87 we were on one of the many 'locked in the site' exercises, no ex flying through the night so the non op ready crews on the punchy pullets were getting loads of night flying in. Strapped in a fairly pi$hed off JP who was on his 3rd trip of the night, saw him off and watched him take off before heading back to the HPS. Daft sod kept the jet in reheat for longer than norm, then stood the jet on its ar$e and went vertical right over Balmullo. Didn't fly the next night....must have had a proper bollocking, it was about 3 in the morning!

As you can see from the avatar I'm no fairy myself, but have fond memories of all the seat pan pulls you and the comms guys used to ask for. Also the ball-ache of the musical sparrow/skyflash swaps cos you could'nt get them to tune in.

 

[gemarriott]

You must be thinking of Balmullo, brings back a funny memory....

Back in 87 we were on one of the many 'locked in the site' exercises, no ex flying through the night so the non op ready crews on the punchy pullets were getting loads of night flying in. Strapped in a fairly pi$hed off JP who was on his 3rd trip of the night, saw him off and watched him take off before heading back to the HPS. Daft sod kept the jet in reheat for longer than norm, then stood the jet on its ar$e and went vertical right over Balmullo. Didn't fly the next night....must have had a proper bollocking, it was about 3 in the morning!

As you can see from the avatar I'm no fairy myself, but have fond memories of all the seat pan pulls you and the comms guys used to ask for. Also the ball-ache of the musical sparrow/skyflash swaps cos you could'nt get them to tune in.

Nice to have a fellow phantom armourer around. though fond memories of seatpans is stretching the point a bit. Lost count of the number of times we were sat around watching porn, playing cards, drinking tea till the day shift came on waiting to put the buggers back in.

 

[PHIXER GIRL]

Nice to have a fellow phantom armourer around. though fond memories of seatpans is stretching the point a bit. Lost count of the number of times we were sat around watching porn, playing cards, drinking tea till the day shift came on waiting to put the buggers back in.

I remember screwing up bad one day. I was sent out to replace the BIT box, so I got the plumbers to get the seat pan out - all going fine. Had to get help getting the plugs off cause they were much too tight though.

Then I heard voices and looked down. It was only the crew walking.

I had gone out to the wrong jet. OOPS! Had it in bits. OOPS.

Red face when I got back in. Sorry anyone if you were involved. I did not get in trouble so that was a relief.

PG. XX.

 

[Lobby1234]

Close Shave

Close Shave

I did that "sort of" one day went to Golf in HAS 29 wilders looking for PD PRF'ing birds, cooler on, radome open, park pulled, scanner scanning, then the liney walked through the door with pained expression "There walking for this in 2 minutes you slap heads." ooops should have been hotel in has 31 we managed to stow pack remove cooler shut raydome in two minutes. The aircrew were a bit bemused why there was a lot of fairies in the HAS with red faces but they never suspected bless em.

 

[the_crab]

I remember when 23 lost one in the North Sea the inventory holder was a fellow plumber. I believe it had on board 2 centrline tanks, a gun, 4 fletchers and at least half a dozen i/b pylons.

strangest job I had on the tombs was disarming the same aircraft 6 months after the crash. The navy had dredged up some bits from the botom of the oggin including the pylons. decidedly dodgy state those cartridges DT_Xtremez_42:

lol.......yea i remember that .......i was on VAS at the time, sharing the line hut

 

[gemarriott]

lol.......yea i remember that .......i was on VAS at the time, sharing the line hut

I was Line Cpl that very day.
VAS at Wattishame was pretty good for celebrity spotting. I remember Hurricane Higgins swanning into our line desk and saying "I suppose you want my autograph" the look on his face was a picture when all the FLMs yelled as on "Who the fcuk are you paddy" as he was shoved out the door.DT_Xtremez_14: