McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle

Odd - my antivirus won't let me view that page!

I suspect it is a rogue advert on that page. Ad happy pages are a pain with slow broadband so I usually cancel them.

John wrote:

www.thisisnorthcornwall.com/hunter-aircraft-crash.html

A bit of thread drift, but what would our current media have made of the the Tintagel Hunter crash if it had happened now?

I was in the UK at the time and remember the SAR helicopter, fire trucks arriving from St Mawgan, a Jaguar overhead taking photos. An indication of how things were dealt with in those days was the fact that the village was not closed off while the incident was being sorted out. I got to the crash site and remember the bizarre sight of the Hunter fuselage on its side in the alleyway between two buildings and the gun pack with cannon shells lying in the road directly opposite the Shell petrol station!

The pilot of this hunter tells his story in a book available on Kindle.
Story is titled "A Blob of Grease", about 31% in

This book is a compilation of flying stories, many of them funny, some hilarious.

and only £4.74!

Out of the Blue: The Sometimes Scary and Often Funny World of Flying in the Royal Air Force, as Told by Some of Those Who Were There www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00HFF7R22

Product Description
Out of the Blue - The sometimes scary and often funny world of flying in the Royal Air Force - as told by some of those who were there.
Foreword by Air Marshal Cliff Spink CB CBE FCMI FRAeS RAF R'td.

There's a saying in the Royal Air Force: if you can't take a joke, you shouldn't have joined. It's a perfect example of the wry humour that permeates the mind-set of Service personnel, and it resonates throughout this book. Whether the tale is set in the air or on the ground, it offers a glimpse of what life was, and probably still is, really like in the RAF.

Over a period of two years, three ex-military pilots, who joined the RAF on the same day and have been life-long friends, collected the stories. Sometimes terrifying, occasionally outrageous, and frequently funny, they show that the business of flying military aircraft sporadically throws up challenges that even the most capable of aviators struggle to meet. Without exception, the stories are related with a refreshing candour that acknowledges the failures as well as the triumphs on each author's part. Equally importantly, they are presented in a way that anyone can enjoy, regardless of whether or not they have any knowledge of flying or military life.

Many of the events recounted here happened during the Cold War, when the surreal world of potential nuclear conflict was the backdrop to day-to-day operations, and nearly all the stories appear in print for the first time. Indeed, it is true to say that, from an aviation perspective, they are frequently more remarkable for the fact that the protagonist got away with it rather than demonstrated great flying skill.

From the Publisher
This book appears in print thanks to the generosity of the sponsors CAE and BAE Systems, with the proceeds shared between the two charities, Help for Heroes and the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund.

Pull up a sandbag and I will tell you a war story...

kevin

There appears to be as much about the Tintagel Hunter as about the F-15, perhaps a new thread?