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13-12-2007, 01:23 AM
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You're Top Poster: #1   | Gloster Meteor In honour of nostalgair and his father, a new thread on the Meteor. Pictures and more info appreciated: The Gloster Meteor
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13-12-2007, 01:26 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2  | Gloster Meteor F.8 Aviaiton Warbird - in Hale's 77 Sqn colours.
__________________ http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/. http://www.awm.gov.au/index.asp  Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM. |
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13-12-2007, 02:27 AM
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You're Top Poster: #11 | Hi Guys, Thanks for the thread. I can almost see my Dad getting embarrassed and wondering what all the fuss is about; but he'd certainly appreciate it. I've a swathe of Meteor shots, but at the moment I'm holding them in reserve for my current project. However, here's one to show one of the operational 'challenges' that were faced in Korea. Not quite as exciting as air-to-air, but breathtaking in a different way. Cheers Owen Copy of Snowbound Meteor.jpg |
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13-12-2007, 02:37 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | It is breathtaking, Owen, thank you for posting it. It is especially appreciated given your current project.
__________________ http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/. http://www.awm.gov.au/index.asp Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM. |
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13-12-2007, 05:50 AM
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You're Top Poster: #3 | Gloster Meteor Couple of good snaps here: Google Image Result for http://www.korean-war.com/images/KWAircraft/Commonwealth/RAAF/meteor.jpeg http://www.korean-war.com/images/KWA...AF/meteor.jpeg meteorf8cw_25.jpg meteor.jpeg 180px-Gloster_Meteor_Mk_III_ExCC.jpg glostermeteor.jpg The Gloster Meteor beat the Me 262 by a matter of days to become the worlds first operational jet fighter. Image courtesy of NASA.
__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm |
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14-12-2007, 12:54 AM
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You're Top Poster: #11 | Hi All, Here are 3 from Temora recently. Cheers Owen Web Temora Sep 2007 145.jpg Web of Temora Sep 2007 119.jpg Web Temora Sep 2007 097.jpg |
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14-12-2007, 12:58 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | One day....
__________________ http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/. http://www.awm.gov.au/index.asp Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM. |
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14-12-2007, 01:11 AM
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You're Top Poster: #11 | Hi again, Yes Temora sure is a great place. (...and only a short flight from home  ) It is a real credit to EVERYONE involved there at all levels. It oozes genuine enthusiasm and passion.The sound of the Meteor is distinctive as the airflow hums past the gun-ports. Understandably, it's a favourite for me. I was also fortunate to help out recently in captioning some images for their latest display; appropriately for this thread it is titled "The RAAF in Korea". I might post a Temora gallery later if you're interested. Cheers Owen |
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14-12-2007, 01:15 AM
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You're Top Poster: #1 | We're always interesed - so post away. Us mere mortals who don't get a chance to get up close to these beauties can merely drool over the photos.
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