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Post by corsair67 on Jun 17, 2012 0:37:47 GMT 12
Interesting RAF clip of Tornado crews preparing for, and undertaking, a mission to bomb a SAM site:
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Post by flyjoe180 on Jun 18, 2012 12:41:09 GMT 12
All very jovial at the start there. Even a bit of time for video games. And some awesome 80s synth music in the style of Fighter Pilot.  Interesting video Craig, cheers. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 18, 2012 14:55:05 GMT 12
That film was superb. Thanks for posting it. Would the 'aggressor' F-5's (?) have been US examples or did the RAF have some?
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Post by Naki on Jun 18, 2012 15:37:06 GMT 12
Very 80s!....The USAF had aggressor F-5Es based in the UK before things were scaled back in the 90s.
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Post by skyhawkdon on Jun 18, 2012 21:29:18 GMT 12
A great snapshot of the technology of the day - map digitising board, 5 inch floppy disks and a audio cassette data transfer module! Would be early/mid 80s I'd guess. What year did the GR1 enter operational service?
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Post by corsair67 on Jun 18, 2012 21:43:35 GMT 12
A great snapshot of the technology of the day - map digitising board, 5 inch floppy disks and a audio cassette data transfer module! Would be early/mid 80s I'd guess. What year did the GR1 enter operational service? According to Wiki.... IX(B) Squadron reformed in August 1982, becoming the world's first operational Tornado squadron at RAF Honington with the Panavia Tornado GR1I believe that the first Tornado GR1s were delivered to the RAF in 1979. I wonder if any of those red cassette tapes ever ended up being put to personal use by having music copied onto them? ;D |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jun 18, 2012 23:00:23 GMT 12
The technology seems so ancient when you look back now. I had forgotten that computers even had an association with cassette tapes, but they did. I wonder how many cassette tapes' contents would fit on the average USB stick now!
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Interesting video Craig, cheers. 
