We're having so much fun with this in rec.aviation.military I want to share it here:
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jswRAF formation flight training
May 09, 2010
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ROFLMAO!!
Watch the Bosch peddle furiously away into a cloud bank!
Look out for the stocky fellow mumbling tank, tank, tank. ;)
Wes
-- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller
It is a 1942 photo of teenage cadets in the Air Training Corps, we think taken at RAF Benny Hill.
vroom, vroom, dadadadadat jsw
Benny Hill? :) Wasn't there a comedian using that stage name? ROTFLMA
Wes
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I think we need another "VRRRROOOOOM" here, as this one obviously flew right over his head!
LLoyd
As a side and more seious note..I wonder how many of those lads were still alive by 1946?
Gunner
If you've seen the blue angels or thunderbirds rehearsing, this doesn't seem so silly.
It does *look* silly, though.
Dave
Thanks for sharing. That sure is creative, and of course they have a much shorter take off taxi.
I can be Burns Gracie at times ;)
Wes
-- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller
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Or maybe even Gracie Burns!
(Say "goodnight", Gracie.)
LLoyd
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Considerably cheaper and safer than doing same in Hurricanes or even Tiger Moths for introducing formation work...
Mark Rand RTFM
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