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06-11-2005, 07:36 AM
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#481 | | Der Crewchief
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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__________________  US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | 
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06-15-2005, 08:51 AM
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#482 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Deep in suburban Surrey
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Country:  | I was in the RAF for 12 years working on radar and missiles (Bloodhound)
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06-15-2005, 08:52 AM
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#483 | | "Shooter"
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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Country:  | Cool. What years were you in?
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06-15-2005, 08:54 AM
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#484 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Deep in suburban Surrey
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Country: | Oh god *racks brain* umm.. 76 to 88...
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06-15-2005, 09:03 AM
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#485 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | I was in the USAF from 1984-1988. Three of those years were at RAF Lakenheath. We had a few friends from the RAF in those days.
__________________ http://www.vg-photo.com Wherever their bones may lie, the courage of heroes is consecrated in the hearts and engraved in the history of the free. Lt Col Honner DSO MC, 39th Commander speaking of the dead from the battle of Kokoda. | |
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06-15-2005, 09:12 AM
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#486 | | Senior Member
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Country: | I drove past there not long ago... it's pretty big!
Most places I was at were tiny radar stations/missile squadrons further up the east coast.
I did go across to Aberporth in Wales a few times to help fire the Bloodhounds on the range there, that was pretty cool 
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06-15-2005, 09:43 AM
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#487 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Sounds cool to me! I'm not familiar with the bloodhounds, were those anti-aircraft? We had Rapiers at Lakenheath many years ago.
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06-15-2005, 09:55 AM
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#488 | | Senior Member
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Country: | SAM, yes, but much, much bigger than a Rapier (I did see one of those fired as well) http://www.picture-newsletter.com/missile/
Bloodhounds are gone now, I think airfields are protected by Rapier MkIIs now...
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06-15-2005, 10:19 AM
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#489 | | "Shooter"
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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Country: | Oh, okay, those do look somewhat familiar. I'm not sure where I saw them, but I do remember seeing them years ago. Rapiers kind of made me think of a bad-ass R2D2!
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06-15-2005, 10:43 AM
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#490 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Deep in suburban Surrey
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Country: | Haven't fired one of these in a long time: 
anybody have a pic of the LMG? (similar to a Bren, with bipod and curved mag, but the barrel is like the SLR above, as it fires 7.62)
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06-15-2005, 10:56 AM
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#491 | | He who does not skim
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Country:  | Nope. Just this one that was used by the Canadian Army, taken from the same site as your L1A1 pic I think.  | |
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06-15-2005, 12:40 PM
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#492 | | Der Crewchief
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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Country: | Cool stuff welcome.
__________________ US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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06-15-2005, 12:45 PM
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#493 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Deep in suburban Surrey
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Country: | Danke! 
BTW: The Bloodhound was classified as an aircraft, each one was serial numbered and had it's own Form 700....
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06-15-2005, 01:06 PM
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#494 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | It certainly was big enough to be classified as such.
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