The diversion took place on Nov. 9, 1989, and the aircraft was Phantom FGR.2 serial XV476. As we have reported in…
Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
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Former RAF Jaguar pilot tells the story of when he was shot down by a RAF Phantom interceptor
by Dario Leone“Giving up on the medics, we decided it was time for the bar and he offered me a lift home. Only…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
Phantom Girl!: the story of Penny Wild, the fighter controller who became the RAF’s only female Phantom driver
by Dario LeonePenny Wild found the lightness of the hydraulically-operated controls to be a little unnerving at first but soon, when the two aircraft…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
That time a RAF Phantom crew jokingly requested fuel from an Argentine Air Force KC-130 flying over the Falklands
Archie’s fingers felt carefully for the in-flight refuelling probe switch. When he operated the switch, Archie and his navigator heard the typical…
