
Ian Black
@BlickyIan
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globetrotter extraordinaire- my views - my images - my words! aviation guru photo guru ..my words do not represent any person or company dead or alive -
Reigate Surrey
Joined June 2014
RT @archipeppe: A gift for Chris. @CcibChris @Hush_Kit @BlickyIan @gregalegi @ValkStrategy @CiroNappi6 @CovertShores @DJSnM @militaryhist….
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6 Sqn - can openers - Were the second RAF Squadron to get the FGR2 Phantom - They trialled the EMI recce pod and did Night ground attack using Lepus flares - Brave boys ! @CcibChris
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RT @AndreasKoureas_: In 1965 - after Sir Winston Churchill died - Lady Churchill naturally received many letters. One from the US stated,….
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Accidents do happen @BPAGofficial @CcibChris - during a touch and go . or a full stop RAF phantom XV495 burst both tyres and slewed off the runway - the crew stayed with it - lucky as the cockpit floor was damaged - the uk F-4 had a habit of nose wheel steering issues
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RT @JonA2i: What a trail he blazed! What a life! What courage! He makes today's drivers look two-dimensional and as dull as dishwater.
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I was lucky 🍀- I managed a base visit to @RAF_Marham a few years ago writing the Haynes manual on the Tornado - learnt a lot that I didn't know despite 5 years and 1200 hours on the Air Defence Tornado - 41 Sqn have a long association as a trials unit -
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RT @historyinmemes: The imprint of a Mitsubishi kamikaze Zero along the side of H.M.S. Sussex, 1945.
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Phantom on a cat - I guess there can have been few things more exhilarating than this @CcibChris
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US Air Force pilots inc Bud Anderson evaluated the Lightning in the late 1950s - seen with RPB and a civilian minder ! - they were impressed @thef35
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