Visit: RAF Linton On Ouse

Herr-Berbunch · 10-15-12, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Aye, they managed to save Marham, so it's possible.

Suicide capital of the Air Force. If one place should've closed it is Marham!

Gerald · 10-15-12, 06:21 AM

Good photos,

Jimbuna · 10-15-12, 01:47 PM

Oberon · 10-15-12, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Suicide capital of the Air Force. If one place should've closed it is Marham!

I've heard that it's not exactly the entertainment capital of Europe...

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Linton was the only UK airfield the F-86 Sabre flew out of.

Really? How did that come about? I presume you mean only non-USAFE airfield the Sabre flew out from?

Jimbuna · 10-15-12, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

I've heard that it's not exactly the entertainment capital of Europe...

Really? How did that come about? I presume you mean only non-USAFE airfield the Sabre flew out from?

According to the Wing Commander linton was the only UK located airbase the RAF flew them out of....the rest being abroad.

There were USAF variants based at RAF Shepherds Grove for example.

Oberon · 10-15-12, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

According to the Wing Commander linton was the only UK located airbase the RAF flew them out of....the rest being abroad.

There were USAF variants based at RAF Shepherds Grove for example.

Nice, I didn't know that. I'd completely forgotten we had Sabres, I always think of them as Yank, Canuck and German birds.

Jimbuna · 10-15-12, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Nice, I didn't know that. I'd completely forgotten we had Sabres, I always think of them as Yank, Canuck and German birds.

As far as I'm aware they were a stop-gap measure supplied to us by the US because of the disparity in the NATO capability to combat the Russian Migs of the day....the Meteor was hopelessly outclassed and the Hunter was still a few years of mass production...hence the US paid for the Sabres sent to the UK.

Stealhead · 10-15-12, 10:46 PM

It was claimed that the F-86 was a very easy aircraft to fly and it was true few people know that a lowly USAF Airman(Air Force private) George Johnson once "borrowed" an F-86 and flew it for a little over an hour until he was guided
in for a landing.

Anyway he did get a courts marshal but did not get kicked out of the USAF bit surprising that they did not send him to flight school as he only had previous experience in a Piper Cub and not much at that.

http://www.airspacemag.com/military-...tml?c=y&page=1

Bit of a side story but interesting surely some UK Royal Air Force members have had similar
misadventures.

Oberon · 10-15-12, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealhead

Bit of a side story but interesting surely some UK Royal Air Force have had similar
misadventures.

Well...there was the one time that a pilot got a bit annoyed that the government wasn't going to do a celebration marking the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the RAF...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_...ridge_incident

Would have loved to have been on the banks of the river by Tower Bridge on that day...

TarJak · 10-16-12, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Nice, I didn't know that. I'd completely forgotten we had Sabres, I always think of them as Yank, Canuck and German birds.

And Aussie. We built our own licensed variant using RR Avon engines and different armament. The whole airframe had to be remodelled to cater for the Avon engine.

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Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	It was claimed that the F-86 was a very easy aircraft to fly and it was true few people know that a lowly USAF Airman(Air Force private) George Johnson once "borrowed" an F-86 and flew it for a little over an hour until he was guided in for a landing. Anyway he did get a courts marshal but did not get kicked out of the USAF bit surprising that they did not send him to flight school as he only had previous experience in a Piper Cub and not much at that. http://www.airspacemag.com/military-...tml?c=y&page=1 Bit of a side story but interesting surely some UK Royal Air Force members have had similar misadventures.