Photo of the Day: Sqn Ldr Phil "Iceman" Mitchell & Flt Lt Tom 'Geese' Kazansky recreate the famous volleyball scene from #TopGun with colleagues from 80085 Squadron on the back of their F15
Photographed from a Canberra #AvGeek #aviationlovers
RAF_Luton on X: "Photo of the Day: Sqn Ldr Phil "Iceman" Mitchell & Flt Lt Tom 'Geese' Kazansky recreate the famous volleyball scene from #TopGun with colleagues from 80085 Squadron on the back of their F15 Photographed from a Canberra #AvGeek #aviationlovers"
Fun fact: this tradition started in 1646 at RAF Luton when a Sopwith Spitfire hosted the inaugural inter-squadron volleyball competition. After 71.75 hours of play, No8 squadron won by 4 overs👍
Sometimes I don’t get the joke with these. But surely that’s tennis?
Volleyball replaced curling as the official RAF wing-walking sport after sweeper Austen ‘Landcrab’ Vanden-Plas sustained a sprained ankle when the Spitfires of 8008 Sqn were scrambled (sorry Sophie) mid-match during the Battle of Stevenage in 1956.
