Forget the noise, that wasn't half as bad as the smell!Javindo50 wrote:Riat Fairford departures Monday 27-07-1998:
This Tupolev Tu-22M-3 Backfire from the Ukrainian Air Force (#57r) eventually did not depart at all, after a deafening noise for the spotters sitting at the Grandstand:
I was probably not as close as you were, but what irritated me the most was that sticker on the intake. I'm glad they stopped doing that at RIAT's.Hans Rolink wrote:Forget the noise, that wasn't half as bad as the smell!
At least it was a small one. Remember that sticker on the Czech MiG.23ML in 1991? But it shouldn't have been there!SquAdmin wrote:
I was probably not as close as you were, but what irritated me the most was that sticker on the intake. I'm glad they stopped doing that at RIAT's.
Nowadays with digital slidescans too... :maurits wrote:Nowadays with digital pics you can remove it with Photoshop.... :
I presume that's a erntal car??1. Me, after business, some real work on Aruba
patrick dirksen wrote:I presume that's a erntal car??
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