petermcleland 48 Posted July 3, 2011 Report Share Posted July 3, 2011 While taking Echo around the World I am reliving moments from the past in certain locations. Here are a few shots taken as I savoured a flight in 1960 that we flew to get a photograph:- Sadly this time, I did not have the leader and two wingmen to keep me company but here is the photo we got in 1960:- This was our favourite formation team photograph. Tim Cohu, the team number two, died last year. Link to post Share on other sites
ddavid 149 Posted July 3, 2011 Report Share Posted July 3, 2011 Who took the photo, Peter? Another Hunter from 208? Cheers - Dai. Link to post Share on other sites
petermcleland 48 Posted July 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2011 Who took the photo, Peter? Another Hunter from 208? Cheers - Dai. Yes Dai, It was taken by one of our airmen who was a keen photographer...He flew in the right seat of our only Hunter T7 two-seater. He also got some colour shots for his own use but I never saw them. One of his b/w shots was published in The Illustrated London News with the heading of "Unusual Photographs". Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 Great shots Peter - some impressive moves there! That real shot is very impressive too! Link to post Share on other sites
rob16584 42 Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 Fantastic stuff peter. The hunter makes a fantastic sound Link to post Share on other sites
jankees 917 Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 wow, the original is fantastic! btw, if you want to recreate it, you can use the recorder module. Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 Peter, why are the flaps out in the RW shot? John Link to post Share on other sites
ShrewsburyFC 215 Posted July 4, 2011 Report Share Posted July 4, 2011 Very nice photo and screenshots! :001_th_smiles89: Link to post Share on other sites
petermcleland 48 Posted July 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 Peter, why are the flaps out in the RW shot? John, we used 20 degrees of flap for all our Formation Aerobatic flights at high altitude places like Nairobi...And of course for that particular Kilimanjaro flight we were as high as 19000 feet. It gives a lot more bite for manoeuvering. If I remember correctly we introduced it out of necessity at high altitude displays but then standardised it for all displays...I had to remember if I did my Solo Aerobatics display after the final break, to get the flap in before starting my display as parts of my display were at very high speed. BTW...I was using 20 flap for these screenshots, but it is harder to see. Loops at that altitude need a bit of flap Link to post Share on other sites
allardjd 1,853 Posted July 5, 2011 Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 Good stuff - thanks. I was looking hard at your screenshots to see if the flaps were out or not but couldn't quite make it out. How long were you in the military flying game? Did you have a flying career after leaving the RAF? John Link to post Share on other sites
petermcleland 48 Posted July 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 How long were you in the military flying game? Did you have a flying career after leaving the RAF? I was a fighter pilot for 12 years in the RAF then an airline pilot for 22 years with BEA/BA. For my last 11 years flying I was a Captain on Tridents, retiring in 1986. Link to post Share on other sites
petermcleland 48 Posted July 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2011 wow, the original is fantastic! btw, if you want to recreate it, you can use the recorder module. Jankees...Yes I'm familiar with the recorder method...I used it to make this video:- I flew all three biplanes I might well try to recreate the original Four Hunter Loop over Kilimanjaro Link to post Share on other sites
kremin 0 Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 Hi Peter, Just out of interest where was 'Echo' that day over Kilimanjaro? You obviously had to grab a spare aicraft, or XE609 was renumbered, or XE549 was your new mount, or none of the above........ best regards Rick Canham South Australia Link to post Share on other sites
petermcleland 48 Posted July 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Hi Peter, Just out of interest where was 'Echo' that day over Kilimanjaro? You obviously had to grab a spare aicraft, or XE609 was renumbered, or XE549 was your new mount, or none of the above........ best regards Rick Canham South Australia Hi Rick, Echo was unserviceable that day so I just took a serviceable aircraft XE544 "Lima"...The previous day when we did the same sortie but found Kilimanjaro was covered in cloud, I flew XF421 "Hotel". I flew "Echo" as much as possible when it was serviceable but I did fly ALL the twelve FGA9s that the squadron had. One day I had to let the Boss have "Echo" to fly from Khormaksar, Aden back to Nairobi, Kenya...I flew the Boss' aeroplane XE618 "Delta" on that flight (Delta had a bit of a snag and it was important that the Boss got home that day). Rick here is the only shot we got from the day before...Kilimanjaro is lurking under that cloud:- Link to post Share on other sites
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