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| tc2324 | Aug 20 2016, 05:48 AM Post #1 |
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LCDR Tony `Banana's` Clay
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Tiger Bounce Back in 1985, 74 had had a pretty successful APC in Cyprus and flown against the F-14`s of VF-41 and VF-84 who were in the Med at the time. Feeling pleased with itself, on returning to the UK, the Tigers issued a challenge to all Strike Command Squadrons. 74 would man a CAP off the east coast and the threat directions were given. Pretty much every squadron turned up to see if they could get past 74`s CAP including Jags, Tornado`s, Bucc`s and even Canberra`s from 360 sqn on a jamming sortie. A tanker was on hand to top anyone up and NATO E-3 was overhead viewing proceedings. Overall, a very successful and interesting day. But the highlight of the day is the subject of this build. Paul Day of the BBMF was on a general handling flight in a Spitfire and cottoned on to what was going on. You can imagine the surprise of 74`s Boss when his back seater happened to look behind and point out that they had been bounced and possibly `shot down` by a Spit on their 7 o`clock. Despite the `loss` of one F-4J to a Spitfire, 74 carried out a very successful defense of the UK`s east coast that day. Coupled with the high launch and serviceability rate, everyone knew 74 were back and their new `toy` was a very capable and potent fighter. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| mac1677 | Aug 20 2016, 06:17 AM Post #2 |
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Lt Mac 'Shocker' McSheffrey
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Great builds and a fantastic story too
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| Simon G | Aug 20 2016, 07:18 AM Post #3 |
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heavy weatherer
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Very nice.
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| Nikon User | Aug 20 2016, 08:16 AM Post #4 |
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"BEAVER"
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Nicely built and displayed.
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| Olde Farte | Aug 20 2016, 10:12 AM Post #5 |
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Lt. Derek 'Smurfy' Reeve
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Cracking builds and a simple display with the back story. |
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| FTS | Aug 20 2016, 12:09 PM Post #6 |
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Lt. Steve 'Gun Show' Harrison-Green
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I'd not heard that story before, brilliant! |
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| TomTheCat | Aug 20 2016, 05:03 PM Post #7 |
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airbrush beginner
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Super builds, and I love those anecdotes! Keep them coming... |
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| Disorder | Aug 20 2016, 06:34 PM Post #8 |
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Lt Paddy 'Chancer' Boyle
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A spitfire and a Phantom, does it get any better? Excellent work on both. |
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| Mark M | Aug 20 2016, 07:57 PM Post #9 |
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Hawk T1
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That's awesome mate well done |
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| Olde Farte | Aug 21 2016, 08:45 AM Post #10 |
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Lt. Derek 'Smurfy' Reeve
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Of course it can be better Paddy, remove the Spit and add another Phantom.
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| tc2324 | Aug 31 2016, 07:13 PM Post #11 |
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LCDR Tony `Banana's` Clay
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Been away in Greece these last two weeks so apologies for the tardiness. Thank you all for the kind comments. |
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| snapper655 | Aug 31 2016, 08:13 PM Post #12 |
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Gun Monkey
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very nicely done,
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