English Electric Lightning Hunts A Canberra

Flt. Lt. Tony 'Dobz' Dobbie recounts an exciting training exercise over the Mediterranean where he and navigator Mike Hall flew a Canberra B.2 as a practice interception target for a Lightning, flown by Steve Horridge.
This story, and many others, is recounted in Tony's autobiography: Suki, Me, & World War III, which is available via Amazon - www.amazon.co....
~~~~~
Cockpit footage filmed inside WT319 at South Yorkshire Air Museum.
~~~~~
Photo Credits:
1:06 - Marconi S259 by John Dell
1:17 - Composite featuring Canberra T.4 MOD (VN799) - www.defenceimag... for reuse under the OGL (Open Government License) with Ocean Background by Kallerna
2:06 - Composite image. EE Lightning superimposed over "Clouds over the Pacific Ocean from an Airplane" by Viktor Hanacek
2:54 - Composite image. EE Lightning superimposed over Schlieren View of Northrup T-38 Talon by NASA
2:59 - Composite featuring Lightning provided by John Sheehan, superimposed over ocean image by Engin_Akyurt
~~~~~
Intro/Outro Music:
Courtesy of Daddy_s_Music - pixabay.com/us...

[@mickboakes7023]

Brilliant story. Lovely bloke. The type I could listen to all day. I bet he’s got a few tales he could tell.

[@AirForceAnecdotes]

Oh, he has plenty of stories to tell, and there are a few others on this channel already ;) thank you 😊

[@RichardS-qh8mi]

What a magical story - how things have changed, become sanitised, more regulated and supposedly made ‘safe’. In those days the scenarios were allowed to develop and were therefore much more realistic. To have a Lightning go supersonic under you at 250ft must have be something else - the grin on the old Canberra pilot’s face said it all! Happy days in the prime of the RAF.😁

[@AirForceAnecdotes]

I can't argue with that. Thank you for your comment ☺️

[@marlenehoy2487]

A real cat and mouse story I could listen to this gent all day

[@stevethomas4615]

Had to check my logbook: 27 Nov '80; 2 sorties; Dobbie/Self; Hawk T1; XX179/XX166; Ex 5 & Ex 6. Next trip solo...thanks Dobz.😁

[@AirForceAnecdotes]

I'll pass the message on! 😉

[@stevethomas4615]

Fab😁

[@AirForceAnecdotes]

@stevethomas4615 Dobz sends his regards. How did your RAF career progress, I'd you don't mind me asking? Do you have any exciting anecdotes of your own you'd like to share? 😉

[@stevethomas4615]

Thanks for passing on my note. Briefly, instructor tour on the Jet Provost, then Jags, 54(F)Sqn, 226OCU, 6Sqn. Finished my time doing post-maintenance stuff on the mighty Jag as well as GR4/F3/Hawk. A good time was had 😁.

[@AirForceAnecdotes]

@stevethomas4615 no problem 😊 Very good. Would you be interested in chatting about your time on Jaguars? Perhaps email me, and we can work something out from there? [e-mail]

[@JohnHill-qo3hb]

Them were the days...

[@AnthonyDobbie]

Better a beer than a new Canberra 😆

[@AirForceAnecdotes]

Can't argue with that! 😄

[@AnthonyDobbie]

Lightening pilot: "Peek-a-boo!"

[@AirForceAnecdotes]

Peek-a-BOOM!

[@fractalcabbage]

A great little story and a lucky escape. Imagine if the engines had surged. The poor nav wouldn't have had much of a chance to escape 👍

[@privatebribert]

Brilliant

[@nervo6321]

Great recollection

[@AirForceAnecdotes]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@AirForceAnecdotes]

Spot the error in the introduction 😄

[@fractalcabbage]

Easily done! Great video otherwise 👌

[@davidlangley1725]

No hard deck then?

[@AirForceAnecdotes]

Apparently not 👀

[@markquinn3478]

Boys will be boys 😂

[@mothmagic1]

Aye and these boys had some very expensive toys.