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ahage4x4 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
one thing i remember, i was 7 years old in 1987, my family and i were heading to Beirut,we were stuck in a huge car traffic, when an awful sound was approaching from behind and suddenly a hunter flew like 30 meters above us,can't describe the noise from hell and how everybody got shit scared inside the cars.I remember clearly seeing the pilot... These machines are extremely noisy!!
ahage4x4 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Not really!indeed the Leb air force still have 8 of them, but during the 2007 conflict with Nahr el Bared radicals, the RAF worked or at least tried to make them flyable and also tried to adapt launchers for modern rockets, it seems that the project was abandonned, modified Gazelle helos were used to launch rockets instead.
sonicbomb (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I did'nt know that, thanks for the information.
gtrtech13 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I flew in one of the twin seat trainers from Chivenor in 1970.The gunsight on these was interesting, you closed one eye to fire rockets and the other eye to fire the cannons it had two reticles.
cybersurg (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Thanks for the video. My late cousin used to fly a Hunter in the Indian Air force and shot down a Pakistani F-86 Sabre on the 12th of December 1971.
sonicbomb (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I have updated the description accordingly.
Chappo304V8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Sonicbomb, your wrong with the retirement date, there are still two Hunters in RAF service, F.58's ZZ190 and ZZ191, also the Lebanese air force still fly around 8 examples on operational combat combat sorties against guerillas
sonicbomb (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Ealy 60's I believe.
flintlight4 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This is a very interesting video of the Hawker Hunter, that magnificent British jet fighter of yesteryear. Ah, those were the days when the UK actually had an arms industry and exported quality jet-fighters and other military aeroplanes, with the other engines of war. Thanks, Sonicbomb, for posting this.Nostalgia makes me ask: when was this clip filmed? It looks to me to be about 1960, maybe a little later. Am I close?
Danda1999 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Always liked the "hunter!" |
