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Post by Ykato on Apr 10, 2012 8:08:35 GMT 12
From Tube Account Colin Rippey:
Video also Has Scenes from RNZAF 50th Airshow at Ohakea.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 10, 2012 10:11:06 GMT 12
Simply awesome!
I loved the 1987 airshow footage, I'd never seen any film form that show before. Interesting how similar it was to last week's 75th Airshow with Mustand ZK-TAF, Red Checkers, No. 40 Squadron Boeing, Hornet, people lining up to look in a Hercules, etc, and yet it still seemed another era, a more glorious one perhaps.
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Post by obiwan27 on Apr 14, 2012 20:53:03 GMT 12
Superb video and great to see the roll under break towards the end.
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Post by phil82 on Apr 14, 2012 21:48:03 GMT 12
Colin Rippey was on my Staff Course....what happened to him?
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Post by baronbeeza on Apr 14, 2012 23:10:28 GMT 12
Gribbles did the Cranwell thing in 1981-82. You would have to imagine it was intended for him to use that knowledge somewhere. Not at all sure beyond that though.
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Post by skyhawkdon on Apr 15, 2012 8:52:48 GMT 12
Great stuff! The days before computers ruled our lives!
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Post by paddy on Apr 15, 2012 10:42:16 GMT 12
That name brings back memories. Col Rippey was the pilot on my Skyhawk Flight (Mid 70's). Night flare bombing over Volkner Island. I threw up.
CC Lee was the pilot on my Strikemaster flight. Gunnery and Bombing over Raumai Range. I threw up on that flight also. (I discovered that my stomach muscles are strong enough to re-cycle Macaroni Cheese whilst pulling 5.5 G!)
Armourers got all the interesting rides.
As an aside my aging memory tells me that Col Rippey overstressed a Strikemaster by pulling 9 G.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 15, 2012 14:15:49 GMT 12
Shit, 9 G in a Blunty must have been pretty intense.
The macaroni story made me laugh!
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