David Salter ✈️🇪🇺❄️ 🇿🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

@SlatsDave

Everton FC - European , aircraft geek, motorcycles, IOM TT, beer lover .Airbus not Boeing. Proud anti growth coalition

Liverpool, England

Joined February 2012

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CJ @cj87EFC

over 1 year ago

This needs to be incorporated into our match day ritual. Absolutely incredible when everyone started singing it.

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The Forgotten War

@ForgottenWarPic

8 days ago

South Africa sent one squadron of fighter pilots to Korea, and they fought so hard and lost so many that the American unit they flew with still honors them at every ceremony, more than seventy years later, by playing the opening bars of the South African anthem before the American one. They were 2 Squadron of the South African Air Force, and they called themselves the Flying Cheetahs. When the United Nations called, South Africa answered with its air force. The Flying Cheetahs arrived in late 1950 and were attached to an American fighter wing, and they threw themselves into the brutal, dangerous work of the fighter bomber, flying low over enemy territory, hunting tanks, trains, troops, and supply lines, right down in the dirt where the antiaircraft fire was thickest. They flew an astonishing number of missions, more than twelve thousand sorties over the course of the war. At first they flew the aging propeller driven F-51 Mustang, a fine old fighter but slow and vulnerable to ground fire on those low level attacks, and the losses were heavy. Later they converted to the F-86 Sabre jet, flying the SAAF's first ever jet combat missions in the skies over Korea. The price they paid was steep. The little squadron lost thirty four pilots killed in Korea, a grievous toll for so small a unit, flying a wildly disproportionate share of the dangerous fighter bomber sorties. For their skill and their sacrifice, the Flying Cheetahs were awarded both the United States and the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations. And then came the tribute that makes their story unforgettable. The Americans who flew alongside them were so moved by the courage and the losses of the South Africans that the US fighter wing they served with adopted a permanent custom in their honor. To this day, at that wing's ceremonies, before the American national anthem is played, they first play the opening bars of the old South African anthem, a standing salute to the Flying Cheetahs who fought and died beside them in Korea. It is one of the quiet, beautiful legacies of that war. A single squadron from the far tip of Africa, flying and dying over a frozen Asian peninsula, remembered forever by the allies who never forgot what they gave.

ForgottenWarPic's tweet photo. South Africa sent one squadron of fighter pilots to Korea, and they fought so hard and lost so many that the American unit they flew with still honors them at every ceremony, more than seventy years later, by playing the opening bars of the South African anthem before the American one. They were 2 Squadron of the South African Air Force, and they called themselves the Flying Cheetahs.

When the United Nations called, South Africa answered with its air force. The Flying Cheetahs arrived in late 1950 and were attached to an American fighter wing, and they threw themselves into the brutal, dangerous work of the fighter bomber, flying low over enemy territory, hunting tanks, trains, troops, and supply lines, right down in the dirt where the antiaircraft fire was thickest.

They flew an astonishing number of missions, more than twelve thousand sorties over the course of the war. At first they flew the aging propeller driven F-51 Mustang, a fine old fighter but slow and vulnerable to ground fire on those low level attacks, and the losses were heavy. Later they converted to the F-86 Sabre jet, flying the SAAF's first ever jet combat missions in the skies over Korea.

The price they paid was steep. The little squadron lost thirty four pilots killed in Korea, a grievous toll for so small a unit, flying a wildly disproportionate share of the dangerous fighter bomber sorties. For their skill and their sacrifice, the Flying Cheetahs were awarded both the United States and the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations.

And then came the tribute that makes their story unforgettable. The Americans who flew alongside them were so moved by the courage and the losses of the South Africans that the US fighter wing they served with adopted a permanent custom in their honor. To this day, at that wing's ceremonies, before the American national anthem is played, they first play the opening bars of the old South African anthem, a standing salute to the Flying Cheetahs who fought and died beside them in Korea.

It is one of the quiet, beautiful legacies of that war. A single squadron from the far tip of Africa, flying and dying over a frozen Asian peninsula, remembered forever by the allies who never forgot what they gave.

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Everton

@Everton

5 months ago

Seamus Coleman – one of our greatest-ever servants and captains – has announced his proud Everton playing career spanning more than 17 years will come to an end when his contract expires next month. Thank you for everything, Seamus. 💙

Everton's tweet photo. Seamus Coleman – one of our greatest-ever servants and captains – has announced his proud Everton playing career spanning more than 17 years will come to an end when his contract expires next month.

Thank you for everything, Seamus. 💙

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David Salter ✈️🇪🇺❄️ 🇿🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 @SlatsDave

6 months ago

@BrianLMcIntosh1 @boot15_vu You’re an idiot.

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Followed the Blues for 50+ years seen the good times & want them back again UTFTs !!!!

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The 1878s

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7 months ago

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Max Crypto

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7 months ago

Day 59 of 2026:

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8 months ago

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8 months ago

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Larry the Cat

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8 months ago

The names of the UK personnel who died in Afghanistan: George, Darren John Busuttil, Robert Gregory, John Kitulagoda, Jonathan Sherwood, Steven Cridge, Mark Craddock, Peter Edward Philippson, Jim Bartlett, Paul Patten, David Hashmi, Jabron Thorpe, Peter Jackson, Damien Raymond Eida, Alex Johnson, Ralph Nicholls, Ross Cutts, Andrew Barrie Reeves, Leigh Tansey, Sean Budd, Bryan James Hetherington, Jonathan Draiva, Anare Andrews, Gary Wayne Beattie, Stephen Bell, Gerard Martin Davies, Adrian Dicketts, Oliver Simon Johnson, Steven Knight, Benjamin James Langton, John Joseph Mitchelmore, Leigh Anthony Nicholas, Gareth Rodney Quilliam, Gary Paul Squires, Allan James Swarbrick, Steven Windall, Joseph David O'Donnell, Craig McCulloch, Luke Muirhead, Paul Wright, Mark William Wright, Gary Wigley, Jonathan Watson, Richard J. Dwyer, James Curry, Thomas Ford, Mathew Holland, Jonathan Summers, Scott Clark, Ross McLaughlin, Liam Reddy, Benjamin Smith, Michael Gray, Chris Davison, Simon Davey, George Russell Probyn, Daniel Bonner, Darren Gilyeat, Mike Sandford, Paul "Sandy" Downes, Neil "Tony" Wright, Thomas Dolan, Sean Wilkinson, Dave Hickey, Daryl Hawkins, Alex Atherton, David Keen, Barry Jones, Michael Rawson, Tony Hicks, David Foster, Robert Graham McClure, Aaron James Thrumble, John Bridge, Christopher Ford, Ben Wright, Damian Botha, Johan Brelsford, Craig Violino, Ivano Newman, Phillip Tunnicliffe, Brian Roberts, Alexis Alderton, Jake Mcdermid, John Sadler, Jack Johnson, Lee Gardiner, Darryl Lawrence, Damian Stephen Mulvihill, Damian Marsh, David Thornton, John Livingstone, Graham Keter Thompson, Gary Pearson, Robert Babakobau, Ratu Thompson, James Christopher Gostick, Dale Cuthbertson, Nathan Gamble, Daniel Murray, Charles David Bateman, James Doherty, Jeff Bryant, Sarah Larkin, Richard Reeve, Sean Robert Stout, Paul Whittaker, Joe Williams, Michael Shirley, Dan Johnson, James Barnes, Jason Stuart Rowe, Kenneth Michael Mathews, Jonathan William Cowton, Peter Joe Bland, Wayne Dempsey, Barry Cupples, Justin James O'Donnell, Gary Rawstron, Jason Lee Mason, Nicky Munday, James Rai, Yubraj Dunstan, Neil David McKibben, Robert Joseph Dura, Krishnabahadur Lucas, Alexander Evans, Tony Sparks, Georgie Birch, Marc Davies, Damian Fellows, Steven Manuel, John Henry Lewis, Aaron Nash, Stuart Deering, Robert Whatley, Benjamin Elms, Liam Reed, Chris Mackin, Travis Sawyer, Tom Herbert John Winter, Danny Robinson, Richard "Robbo" Nield, Daniel "Danny" Smith, Darren Kingscott, Stephen Gaden, Tom Gunn, Jamie Laski, Michael "Mick" Upton, Paul "Uppers" Harkett, Christopher John, Dean Stiff, Graeme Fasfous, Tobie Binnie, Sean Pun, Kumar Ross, Ben Sheldon, Adrian Evison, Mark Lawrence Mackie, Jason Suesue, Petero "Pat" Rossi, Jordan Richards, Robert Martin Hill, Kieron Bolger, Stephen Moffett, Nigel Thatcher, Cyrus McLaren, Robert Mervis, Paul Birchall, Sean Hammond, Joshua Thorneloe, Rupert Dennis, David Laws, Robert Elson, Dane Babington Browne, Ben Whiteside, Christopher Brackpool, John Hume, Daniel Aldridge, William Backhouse, James Horne, Jonathan Murphy, Joseph Scott, Lee Simpson, Daniel Toge, Aminiasi Etchells, Joseph Shepherd, Daniel King, Christopher Hopson, Craig Lawrence, Phillip Upton, Sean Lombardi, Anthony Mulligan, Kevin Hopkins, Dale Thomas Adams, Kyle Williams, Jason George Hale, Mark Wild, Daniel Hatton, Matthew Valentine, Simon Hunt, Richard Fullarton, James Annis, Simon Carter, Louis McAleese, Paul Young, Johnathon Bush, Shaun Houltram, Lee Andrew Millar, Stuart Elliott, Kevin Brandon, Richard James Elliott, Gavin Harrison, John Dunn Bridgeman, Jason McGrath, Stuart Hall, Brett Lockett, Michael Prosser, James Wojtak, Marcin Janes, Jamie Hill, James Oakland, James Mason, Thomas Schmid, Olaf Chant, Darren Telford, Matthew Major, James Boote, Steven Webster Smith, Nicholas Scott, Phillip Allen, Phillip Bassett, Samuel Fentiman, Andrew Marlton Thomas, Loren Loughran Dickson, Robert David Amer, John Paxton Drane, Adam Paul

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Everton

@Everton

12 months ago

🔘 9 top-flight titles 🔘 5 FA Cups 🔘 1 European title 🔘 One of football’s most passionate fanbases 🔘 A world-class new stadium Everton FC - a big club: past, present & future, @LeeDixon2.

Everton's tweet photo. 🔘 9 top-flight titles
🔘 5 FA Cups
🔘 1 European title
🔘 One of football’s most passionate fanbases
🔘 A world-class new stadium

Everton FC - a big club: past, present & future, @LeeDixon2. https://t.co/cN3mkirQXa

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David Salter ✈️🇪🇺❄️ 🇿🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 @SlatsDave

about 1 year ago

@philmunnsradio Awesome

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Alan Myers @ALANMYERSMEDIA

about 1 year ago

If you want to show your support for the fans, players and staff at @swfc and @MorecambeFC PLEASE RETWEET, This should not be happening at any club! #Footballisforfans

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David Salter ✈️🇪🇺❄️ 🇿🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 @SlatsDave

about 1 year ago

@earthcurated

SlatsDave retweeted

𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘦 𝘍𝘊 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘥 🦐 @MorecambeFCFeed

about 1 year ago

Morecambe FC has zero directors, less than 10 senior players and staff & players still haven't received their full June wages. Two former directors of the club, who resigned last week, say that we are "days" away from being thrown out of the football pyramid. Please share our current issues and check the replies below for a deeper look into our situation. There's a good chance you haven't heard anything about this. We are not being covered in the national media. We have loved the support from other fanbases so far, but we need more.