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RAF Form 414, Vol 14

Plane Tales

English - March 06, 2022 21:19 - 20 minutes - 33.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 143 ratings
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It’s logbook time again and you may recall that I was as freshly a minted A1 QFI as there could be and I had just left the training world to return to the front line on my old Squadron, the Fighting Cocks. I had been in Wales for
over 4 years and in that time the faces I knew on 43 Sqn had almost all gone... it was like I was joining a unit of strangers.

 

The Q Shed

 

Additional armed aircraft ready to go onto QRA

 

The F4 tank limiting speeds

 

A Soviet Badger trying to sneak past at low level

 

An F4 tanking from a converted Victor V Bomber

 

Decimomannu Air Base

 

How the ACMI Air Combat Manoeuvering Instrumentation worked

 

The Men of Harlech near Llanbedr

 

The Jindavik target drone

 

A frame from the Jindavik cameras showing a Sidewinder about to impact the towed flare target

 

My new navigator, Coolhand

 

A 43(F) Sqn Phantom

 

Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the RAF, the USAF, RuthAS and Mike Freer.

It’s logbook time again and you may recall that I was as freshly a minted A1 QFI as there could be and I had just left the training world to return to the front line on my old Squadron, the Fighting Cocks. I had been in Wales for

over 4 years and in that time the faces I knew on 43 Sqn had almost all gone… it was like I was joining a unit of strangers.


 


The Q Shed


 


Additional armed aircraft ready to go onto QRA


 


The F4 tank limiting speeds


 


A Soviet Badger trying to sneak past at low level


 


An F4 tanking from a converted Victor V Bomber


 


Decimomannu Air Base


 


How the ACMI Air Combat Manoeuvering Instrumentation worked


 


The Men of Harlech near Llanbedr


 


The Jindavik target drone


 


A frame from the Jindavik cameras showing a Sidewinder about to impact the towed flare target


 


My new navigator, Coolhand


 


A 43(F) Sqn Phantom


 


Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the RAF, the USAF, RuthAS and Mike Freer.