We had this taken in 1978, the photographer did it from the top of a cherry picker. he spent half an hour on it, then a jaguar went over at 100feet, and a couple of hundred knots, with a recce pod on and did the same job in .?? of a sec.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
The story of the ECM pod
One day, a fairy was sent up to Avionics to pick up an ECM pod, The pod was duly loaded on to a trolley and brought back by landrover. Onyl trouble was, as they went round the corner to drive on to the pan, the ECM pod fell off. The driver had forgotten to put the locking pins in and it took a trip sideways. The driver was told he had to pay the Quarter of a Mill back.....is he still doing it do you think??
Spotted some other pictures today
This one appears to have been taken opposite 216 as it looks like the bottom end of the hangar, which wasn't ours, or the bottom of the OCU hangar. A relevant picture at least. there aren't many around with the right finish on it, a bit like trying to find the ones that went off on the camoflage trials. they're were two tone sand and white\green, done in emulsion so they lasted a week or two till it rained a lot then it peeled off.
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