Steve Rue
@PopsMcCrill
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Husband, Father & Grandfather, Ex-Fleet Air Arm. Dog lover, keen golfer, photographer, astronomer, AVGeek. Works in an office
West Sussex, United Kingdom
Joined September 2010
For every retweet of this post, I will donate £1 to the @VC_and_GC_Assoc up to £50,000. Time is running out following @I_W_M’s decision to close the Lord Ashcroft Gallery. Visit while you still can, to honour the bravery of those who risked so much to protect our great nation.
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85 years ago today, Flt Lt James Nicolson was awarded a VC for an action over Southampton. In 1979, I tracked down his widow and ‘rescued’ the tattered uniform & Mae West he was wearing on 16 Aug 1940 just before she was going to burn it! Today it resides at @MuseumTangmere
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Some cracking pics from #OpHIGHMAST - including this nighttime lighttrail of a F-35B landing on HMS Prince of Wales. #avgeek
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July 20 is Space Exploration Day, the anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing and a time to celebrate our commitment to lunar exploration. With @NASAArtemis, we'll send astronauts to the Moon and onward to Mars. https://t.co/5GLWO9dNTN
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Flight Lieutenant Dave Haines from 20(R) Squadron displays a BAe Harrier GR7 at the 2000 RAFA Shoreham Airshow.
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A great time to remind you that if you haven't yet read @JohnNicholRAF's book Eject! Eject!, then you really should!📚 #ExplodingFurniture
Yesterday, during a practice demonstration, two Patrouille De France Alpha Jet aircraft collided near Saint-Dizier. Both pilots and a passenger successfully ejected using the Martin-Baker F10LN Seat 🔻 #EngineeringForLife
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The @NASAVoyager 1 spacecraft took one of the most iconic photographs of our home planet 35 years ago today. The "Pale Blue Dot" image shows Earth as a pixel-sized point of light, highlighting our vulnerability—how small we are on a cosmic scale.
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WINKLE out in paperback on Thursday and delighted that @Waterstones will be selling as well as private booksellers like @ColesBooks - thank you! @MichaelJBooks
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15 December 2010. The Royal Air Force British Aerospace Harrier's last flight. After 41 years’ service, 16 Harriers left their base at RAF Cottesmore, Rutland, to perform a fly past of seven other RAF bases.
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I'm offering this image of the late Corps legend Tim Crossin up for auction, the highest bid will be donated to Tim's Cancer charity, bidding closes 8pm Sun 15th
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Red Wind Warning has expired but Storm #Darragh continues to vent its fury in #Fishguard. Winds still at 70mph+ Many trees down. Huge seas. Boats capsized. More tomorrow.
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It's Christmas RT #Competition time! RT for chance to win a signed copy of THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR sent out in time for #Christmas. The perfect gift for your loved one! Or it's just a tenner here: https://t.co/tGrs1Pp5Dr
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This is what Earth looks like from other planets https://t.co/2BaBfxXUXj
skyatnightmagazine.com
Ever wondered how Earth looks from other planets? Humans and robots have captured photos of Earth from the Moon, Mars, Saturn and beyond.
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It was an honour to have Nikki Scott at THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR show last night. Nikki's husband Lee was killed in Afghanistan in 2009 and she now runs the charity Scotty's Little Soldiers @CorporalScotty which helps the kids of parents who have died while serving in our Armed
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Well worth checking this out! A great entertainer & gent! #GuentherSteiner 👍
🏎No pit stops for Guenther. We’re cranking to fifth gear with 36 more tour dates with #F1 legend Guenther Steiner in 2025! Full of twists and turns, don’t miss this wild ride through Guenther's unconventional career in motor sport. 🎟️ https://t.co/Jc8syo6YKI
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A great talk by @JohnNicholRAF in Worthing this afternoon, about his book, the unknown warrior. Well worth attending and well worth reading! 👍👍👍
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