In cockpit pictures

[NDW]

Evening all,

I was scanning a few forums today and saw a similar topic posted on another forum.

Does anyone have any pictures of themselves flying/in cockpit pictures that they would like to share?

Cheers,

[Sir George Cayley]

I have, but for reasons of National Security........

SGC

[99 Change Hands]

This kind of thing?

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae135/wislonuk/Other0001.jpg

[99 Change Hands]

Marham, eastern HAS site with 617 in residence, 1983/4.

[AllTrimDoubt]

Yes, no.

Simples.

[99 Change Hands]

Talking of national security SGC.

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae135/wislonuk/617%20Sqn/6177.jpg

[fantom]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/minlgw/myknees.jpg

[fantom]

But I earned more munny with this one:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/minlgw/DSCF1388.jpg

[Geehovah]

Bang goes the anonimity!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/DeeGee/FinalCover.jpg

[NutLoose]

http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff321/taylortony/Fouga/Fouga5.jpg

http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff321/taylortony/Fouga/Fouga3.jpg

http://i536.photobucket.com/albums/ff321/taylortony/Fouga/Fouga1.jpg


:E

[NDW]

Absolutely fantastic, thank you very much indeed all!.

Incredibly jealous, but its pictures like this that sends the motivation to succeed sky high - no pun intented there < promise :E.

Keep them coming!

Best regards.

[tarantonight]

This thread could go on for some time. Secrecy is so last year (and spies are everywhere anyway).

More pics wanted.

TN.

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

Thank goodness for navs, as us pilots tend to have both (or, given the average cockpit ergonomics, all three) hands full most of the time.

[Fishtailed]

Thank goodness for navs


and sandbags;) Two from 1984

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/Scan_Pic0044.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/Scan_Pic0042.jpg

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/RickJWH/HawkValley1986001.jpg?t=1350691593

Me on a break & rejoin from my first solo formation in the Hawk, 1986, courtesy of a course mate sandbagging with the QFI
http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/RickJWH/krivakII001.jpg
A Soviet Krivak II in the Med. during the Cold War. Taken with a 50 zillion mm lens obviously, since it was totally verboten to get anywhere near them. And a second pass over the foredeck as a pair was unthinkable.

[Pontius]

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac157/Redeyemarvel/200479_210560708961122_138529_n.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac157/Redeyemarvel/189687_210557568961436_4810441_n_2.jpg

F3, I'll see your Krivak and raise you another :-)

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/ac157/Redeyemarvel/190248_210557538961439_8201913_n_2.jpg

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

Very nice.
There was a piccy from the second pass we did. You could tell what rank the Officer of the Watch was. Me, I was just sticking in close like a good #2.

[exMudmover]

Pontius:

I'll see your Krivak and raise you one more. Get lower next time.https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-j6gpfHT96ao/UIJvgb2BeHI/AAAAAAAAACc/Psika5NCbkk/h120/krivak.jpg

[exMudmover]

A better size piccy! Taken from an RF104G. North Sea

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-us936das8p0/UIJvf9bj7tE/AAAAAAAAACc/NwdPuZrFvXQ/s319-c/October20201202

[fantom]

Posted on behalf Blaireau (and he adds: ' Blur was due turb in jetstream. Taken 400nm north of Midway Island ').

Fastest I'd been since F4 days.


http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/minlgw/DSC_0048.jpg

[NutLoose]

Fox3WheresMyBanana
Thank goodness for navs, as us pilots tend to have both (or, given the average cockpit ergonomics, all three) hands full most of the time.


Munching on Bananas doesn't count..



.

[Warmtoast]

Indian Ocean 1980 at the height of the Tehran hostage crisis. USN had to make sure we were friendly!

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/Far%20East%20Trip%201979/Herc5Medium.jpg


http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/Far%20East%20Trip%201979/Herc3Medium.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/Far%20East%20Trip%201979/Herc4Medium.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/Far%20East%20Trip%201979/NavEng.jpg

Eng is stuck into Playboy whilst the Nav dreams of where we are.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/Far%20East%20Trip%201979/WelltheIndianOceanisratherlarge.jpg

The boss takes a nap - well the Indian Ocean is a big place!

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/Far%20East%20Trip%201979/EngwithParty7.jpg

The most important piece of airmanship is to know where it's coldest to chill the beer - (strictly to be drunk after arrival - not before!).

[Wander00]

Blimey - is that Watneys Red Barrel equivalent - takes one back a bit!

[Fishtailed]

Fastest I'd been since F4 days


Fastest I've ever been!
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/Scan_Pic0051edit.jpg

Nothing out the window but water, though some minutes earlier-

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/Scan_Pic0048.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/Scan_Pic0049.jpg

And some more minutes later-

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/Scan_Pic0026.jpg

[fantom]

FL 390 with 2140' on the rad alt.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/minlgw/FL390radalt.jpg

[Cornish Jack]

http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu193/CornishJack/Devon1.jpghttp://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu193/CornishJack/BKKInbound.jpg
http://i647.photobucket.com/albums/uu193/CornishJack/Angkhor1.jpg
Three above, crap quality but dated from 1962-ish. Guesses as to locations welcomed ... but no prizes!!

[frodo_monkey]

In a previous life...

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a282/frodo_monkey/LochNess2.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a282/frodo_monkey/LochNess1.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a282/frodo_monkey/P9020054.jpg

[thunderbird7]

Cornish Jack - Bangkok and Angkor Wat??

[sisemen]

I always thought that Vernon was supposed to be a switched on character :E

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/Far%20East%20Trip%201979/NavEng.jpg

[SRENNAPS]

NDW,

I have posted this link before and I know that it is video, not a photo, but if you have not seen it you might enjoy it:

Queens Birthday Flypast 1995. From inside the Cockpit - YouTube

PS. Sadly I have to admit that it was not me in the cockpit, but it was my camera. However, I do have a video of me on my Tonka back seat trip:ok:

[NutLoose]

Blimey, you even got Betty out to see who was making all the noise, nice to see 14 in there, and 31? There used to be a sample of the 31 roundel flash painted on the wall in the ASF hangar at Bruggen where they were working out the design before the squadron formed.

[SRENNAPS]

Pinkfin

Thanks for those. Lovely pics. I had the honour to serve on 27 Sqn Tornado in the late eighties and 27 Sqn Chinook a decade later. How many can say that?

I also have a huge and superb picture of a 27 Sqn Tornado flying over the Malaysian Jungle, taken in the eighties, hanging in my study. Any chance you were in that aircraft?? :ok:

[SRENNAPS]

Nutloose

It was 14 Sqn that was in charge of that whole Queens Birthday flypast. However, we used every serviceable jet at Bruggen to achieve it. I was on 14 at the time and it was bloody good fun:D:D

I was also on 31 Sqn Designate when we first formed with the Tornados at Bruggen back in 84. Before we had any jets (or aircrew) we had two rooms in ASF (one for us and one for the SEngO) where we unofficially formed the Sqn and started to cut out dayglo for the tool boards. That is why there is a painting of the original 31 Sqn flash there. The biggest problem was making sure that it was designed and fitted without painting over the side pitot probes:ok:

Gp Capt Joe Simm (then Stn Cdr) flew our first jet in and we made our initial home sharing with 20 Sqn Jags in the south west corner. That site eventually became 9 Sqn and we moved to our proper home in the North West corner; the nicest HAS site at Bruggen and fortunately very close to the Fear Dry Inn on 431 MU.:)

[Wander00]

That will be the Joe Simm who was OC Stanley then RAF Mount Pleasant - nearly killed me by driving me across the front of a huge Volvo earth mover

[NutLoose]

Srennaps,

I cannot remember you forming on 20 Sqn jags site and believe me I was one of the last, I watched the Squadron stand down parade through the fence of QRA and we remained on QRA after the Squadron had officially gone, I then moved over to 14 jags which was a far superior Jag Sqn in every way and form.. I then at the end of my tour had several weeks at 431 MU eng bay as they had a shuffle about to see the jag squadron strengths sorted until their disbandment....
First and last time I ever strayed from first line and it was dire... It taught me never get posted to a bay.... And bar those couple of weeks I never did.

I did look at your flash design...... And to be honest thought it was very stumpy and needed stretching with the tail of it redoing..... Sorry, but I did, couldn't believe it when everyone else seemed to adopt it.

BTW if you look at the 14 association website, I'm on the Gib Jag Picture, the lack of a 20 one tells you something

[SRENNAPS]

Nutloose,

Trust me, we did form on 20 Sqn jags. There was an Indian Jengo on one shift and a Pakistani Jengo on the other shift. Jeff Field was the WO and he transferred to us (31) along with some rigga Chief but I can’t remember his name. Also a sooty Cpl, Mick Berryman joined us, cracking lad. If I remember rightly the reason you carried on QRA, even after you disbanded, was because “we” were not ready. I also went to the 14 Sqn Jag final bash. I’m sure we must have been in the same room getting pi$$ed at some point. Great days:ok:

Pinkfin,

Wow! It is a great pic. Sadly I missed that detachment because I was posted to a Rolls Royce Project Team. To be honest I was gutted as I lived in Malaysia as a kid. I take it you remember Tojo??:eek:

Wander00

Same one, top bloke:ok::ok:

[SRENNAPS]

Pinkfin,

I have just taken a photo of the photo hanging in my study of the Tornado flying over the Malaysian Jungle. One of yours??

DSC_3613 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinspans/8106281540/in/photostream)

PS, any idea how i get the pictures to show here??

[NutLoose]

Srennaps,
The Jengo was Indian, the Sengo was Pakistani or Indian and if I remember a lower caste than the Jengo that cause friction. The Jengo who was a nice guy and wore a Turban until his father died, then came in one morning sans turban with a short back and sides ( was a promise to his father to maintain it whilst he was alive )
They were great on exercise and I felt sorry for them as neither could eat Bacon and as the breakfast was beans, compo sausage, egg and Bacon with fried bread, they tended to give it away, bet their cholesterol count was better..
Jeff Fields replaced WO Robinson that if memory had a relapse and had a certificate to say he was erm sane.

Sadly I had departed before the 14 Sqn disbandment piss up, which rankles, as did missing the end of my tour on it.
edit

Forgot to add, compo sausage.........drool

[Cornish Jack]

Thunderbird 7 - :ok::ok:

[iRaven]

SRENNAPS

Simples...
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8055/8106281540_80ed4f27dd.jpg

[SRENNAPS]

iRaven

Thanks for that. I still can't work out how to do it. I have tried image insert and it just comes back with a little X and no picture:{:{

Pinkfin

Thanks,

HLWSCU changes were always more fun for the Riggers when 5 star hotels were involved as were donk changes for us Sootys:ok::ok:

As for Tojo - the less said the better!

Agreed:D:D

[SRENNAPS]

This is a test:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8055/8106281540_80ed4f27dd_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinspans/8106281540/)
DSC_3613 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinspans/8106281540/) by Martinspans (http://www.flickr.com/people/martinspans/), on Flickr

Woohoo:D That works. Thanks Pinkfin:ok::ok:

[NDW]

All,

Thank you very much indeed for the pics so far. Superb to see. Keep them coming!

[sargs]

A formation that won't be seen again....

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8191/8109947960_ebb01bf28f_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougabroad/8109947960/)
DSC00220 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougabroad/8109947960/)

[sargs]

Strange, my camera says this was 29 May 07 but my log book says 30 May 07. Either way, was it you...?

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8336/8109984724_7e93831f0d_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougabroad/8109984724/)
DSC00274 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougabroad/8109984724/)

[thunderbird7]

Thunderbird 7 -

What was that taken from??

[Background Noise]

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/stickshaker/Jaguar/DSC_0419.jpg

[sargs]

I'm guessing Sentinel...?

Sure was. There are more if you wish....

[thunderbird7]

Ha! got that wrong - I meant Cornish Jack. Nice pics of the Hawk tho!

[fantom]

What was that taken from??

My mate's aircraft. Picture cropped to protect the innocent...

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b236/minlgw/hosie2-1.jpg

[Geehovah]

Falklands F3s. As an ex F4 mate and then F2/F3 I'm not sure how I fit into Beagle's idea of "fighter types". Hopefully I'm not a "fag charioteer"?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/DeeGee/Aircraft/UK%20Tornado%20F3%20Videos/th_FalklandsShort.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v221/DeeGee/Aircraft/UK%20Tornado%20F3%20Videos/FalklandsShort.mp4)

[Tonkenna]

A couple from me:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5249/5282187215_6cf605e098_n.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zz330/5282187215/)
VC10 plugged into a VC10 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zz330/5282187215/) by ZZ330 (http://www.flickr.com/people/zz330/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5244/5282793910_a56a7bea18_n.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zz330/5282793910/)
VC10 Formation (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zz330/5282793910/) by ZZ330 (http://www.flickr.com/people/zz330/), on Flickr

...and from the old days:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5218/5461015704_d50f4d8e63_n.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zz330/5461015704/)
Jet Provost in Airshow Paint Scheme (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zz330/5461015704/) by ZZ330 (http://www.flickr.com/people/zz330/), on Flickr

Tonks :cool:

[Fishtailed]

Hawks from Hawks, 1998-

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/Scan_Pic0034.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/Scan_Pic0033.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/Scan_Pic0032.jpg

[99 Change Hands]

Training aircraft eh?

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae135/wislonuk/NUAS/NUAS1.jpg

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae135/wislonuk/NUAS/NUAS2.jpg

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae135/wislonuk/NUAS/NUAS4.jpg

[99 Change Hands]

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae135/wislonuk/Chivenor/CHIV2.jpg

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae135/wislonuk/Chivenor/CHIV1.jpg

[Fishtailed]

Wonder who Nora was;) --Mmmm

[stickmonkeytamer]

The SMO pushed the anti-syphilis message...

http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo116/sband/f3spottyclose-1.jpg

What Navigators were really doing when they said they were checking the radar settings...

http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo116/sband/f3fhmnav-1.jpg

SMT

[Training Risky]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8056/8115936791_dcfe499b9e_b.jpg

Do COMO aircraft cockpit pics count? Me doing Formation 4 straight & level at JEFTS.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8469/8115944910_24081f072a_b.jpg

Formation 4 break.

Then the year after...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8184/8115935357_2a1982ac69_b.jpg

London Helilanes trip on 60(R) Sqn - over Battersea.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8050/8115937489_4f9f63aaa6_b.jpg

Taken by my forewarned brother standing on Chelsea Bridge!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8196/8115937337_5e1e2196be_b.jpg

London Helilanes - Westminster

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8472/8115937125_76c409d956_b.jpg

London Helilanes - The City from the Crewman's shoulder

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8336/8115936949_db3c5e9512_b.jpg

London Helilanes - Greenwich Millennium Dome (as was)

[overstress]

This isn't really what you're after, is it?

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8192/8116029064_ddea4346d6.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8186/8116123223_2afe51eed1.jpg
Anyone recognise this airfield?

Actually this thread has spurred me on to scan some old photos!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8046/8116078328_d0689051fd.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8055/8116096640_1be3ef5d2b.jpg

Airline pilot on day off:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8324/8116149376_2c1a9546bf.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8183/8116148509_50b21f78b6.jpg

Overtook this the other day...
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8466/8116172076_1a14ae979e.jpg

Pre-start checks
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8189/8116175919_3a4e39a2c1.jpg

Downwind descending for 33L at Boston
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8187/8116211074_16e8d68659.jpg

[99 Change Hands]

If you want dials, you want Dominies.

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae135/wislonuk/Finningley/FY5.jpg

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae135/wislonuk/Finningley/FY4.jpg

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae135/wislonuk/Finningley/FY3.jpg

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae135/wislonuk/Finningley/FY2.jpg

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae135/wislonuk/Finningley/FY1.jpg

[Warmtoast]

Have to go back a few years for these photos I took at 5 FTS (RAF Thornhill, S. Rhodesia) in 1952 -53.

Sadly I wasn't into colour photography in those days.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/Harvard2.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/HarvardIIBs-PracticeforFatalFormati.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/HarvardIIBs-PracticeforFatalForm-2.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/HarvardIIBs-PracticeforFatalForm-1.jpg

A couple of days later these two Harvards collided in mid-air at Salisbury, killing the three occupants.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/ChipmunkT105.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/ChipmunkT10.jpg

[CoffmanStarter]

Warmtoast ...

Nice Chipmunk pics. Were these part of the 21 Harvards and 17 Chipmunks shipped out to the RATG ?

Best

Coff.

[Warmtoast]

Were these part of the 21 Harvards and 17 Chipmunks shipped out to the RATG ?


They were indeed, but many more aircraft were involved.

5 FTS had 27 Chipmunks for primary training, about 60 Harvards for advanced training and 12 Ansons for navigational training. The Ansons were returned to the UK when 3 ANS at Thornhill closed at the end of September 1951.

The 27 Chipmunk T.10s allocated to 5 FTS were built at Hawarden near Chester, crated and shipped out to Durban in South Africa. At Durban the crates were transferred to rail trucks for the journey to 394 MU at RAF Heany near Bulawayo where they were assembled, flight tested and then flown up to Thornhill.

The Harvards were shipped to Ysterplaat near Cape Town, assembled by the RAF Erection Unit based there and flown up to Rhodesia by instructors from the RATG.

RAF Heany (4 FTS) - 100-miles south near Bulawayo had a similar number of aircraft, but no Ansons.

[CoffmanStarter]

Many thanks Warmtoast ...

It's a great shame that WG335 and WG351 didn't survive ... can't make out the serial of "32" in the first pic or the other chipmunk in the formation ... any idea ?

Best ...

Coff.

[Warmtoast]

It's a great shame that WG335 and WG351 didn't survive

No it was the two Harvards FX373 and FX431 that collided at the Rhodes Centenary Air Rally at Salisbury in June 1953.

I can't resolve the serial number of Chipmunk G32 in the photo, it's just too small.

[CoffmanStarter]

Warmtoast ...

WG335 : Reported : Engine failed during overshoot Moffat, Southern Rhodesia 10.3.1953.

WG351 : Reported : Crashed (out of fuel !) New South Wales 2.9.1965 was under a civilian serial of VH-SJD.

PS. I've just noticed that both your pics are in "Chipmunk The Poor Man's Spitfire" (page 277) ... so I guess you know Rod Brown :ok:

[Warmtoast]

Excuse the thread drift.

Coff

PS. I've just noticed that both your pics are in "Chipmunk The Poor Man's Spitfire" (page 277) ... so I guess you know Rod Brown

I recall a Chipmunk enthuisast based/living at Booker ISTR wanting to use some of my photos a few years ago, but can't remember his name, so assume Rod may be the one. Normally if people want to use my photos commercially I give permission, only requesting that the photo be attributed to me.

A couple more from my album.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/ChipmunkT10-1.jpg
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/Thornhill-Chipmunk.jpg

This one (WG272) was the first Chipmunk to arrive at to 5 FTS in September 1951.

[CoffmanStarter]

Warmtoast ... Check PM's ... :ok:

Best ...

Coff.

[Cornish Jack]

Thunderbird 7 - Devon VP977:ok:

[stickmonkeytamer]

Another few views out the office window...

http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo116/sband/1024gr2pairgr7pairscan.jpg

http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo116/sband/F3%20digital/1024zg797fi.jpg

http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo116/sband/1024f3boomlowscan_zps2854270e.jpg

http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo116/sband/Harrier%20a2a/harrierclosea2a.jpg

http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo116/sband/gr71.jpg

http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo116/sband/1024xv103upclose1997.jpg

SMT

[Fishtailed]

Great shots SMT

Over the Irish sea on a dull January day-

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/hawk2011003.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/hawk2011015crop.jpg


http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/hawk2011002-1.jpg

Clear over Windermere.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/hawk2011013.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/hawk2011011.jpg

[Fishtailed]

The following day, much brighter over the Irish Sea.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/percy11023.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/percy11029.jpg

someone stalking us?

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/percy11001.jpg

Here he is

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/percy11025.jpg

Another coming up port side

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/percy11019.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/percy11007crop.jpg

[Just This Once...]

Fish, that rear cockpit looks familiar...:ok:

[McC]

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w70/mcc757/Chivenor%20Hawks/Hawk4.jpg

:ok:

[GTPerformer]

a crisp March morning over the Lake District

http://www.imageurlhost.com/images/8pulhkyonqkkyo8567d6.jpg

[Fishtailed]

Sorry for the drift, but what aircraft is the panel from, under 'Pre start checks' in post No 69

[sycamore]

Standby AI looks u/s ...

[NutLoose]

Fishtail, would say JP 5

See

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3268/3209595707_c085b70990.jpg

http://www.gbairspares.co.uk/cockpitfest/3619/46769.jpg

[Fishtailed]

Fishtail, would say JP 5


Don't think so by comparison.

[Pontius]

It's certainly JP-ish (my dislike of the aircraft has led to me trying to purge images of it from my memory). The top of the handle visible to the right of the central throttle quadrant is related to pressurisation, so it has to be a 5 or possibly a Strikemaster (I've never seen the inside of one of those). It's got a few extras than the basic military model, so I'm going for civvy JP5 (with mods to shut the CAA up) or a Strikemaster.

[Avionker]

The yellow and black guarded switch, just above the ASI, is labelled "Pylon Stores Jettison". That probably points towards it been a Strikemaster I guess.

[friendlypelican 2]

First try at posting a pic, so apologies in advance if it is a c**k-up!
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8335/8134509490_6a207c4da3_b.jpg

As an aside, the pilot flying 642 in this photo is Al Brindle, who has featured on PPRune a few times, not least as one of the '22' in the Hunter Loop at F'boro. I took this in 1968.

[walbut]

Hi Fishtailed,
It was nice to see a picture of Percy on PPRuNe. I wish I had a £1 for every time I have sat in the cockpit of one of those writing down Torque ITT Ng Np and fuel flow at idle. Stans in winter was the coldest, Riyadh in summer with the ECS on full hot was the hottest. Ouarzazate was the most interesting, the only flight trial I have been on where the team mutinied aginst the leader. Brough and Warton were fairly mundane in comparison. :ok:
Walbut

[overstress]

Yes it's a Strikemaster Mk 82.

[saudipc-9]

I recognized Percy too. Flew her in 1999 prior to a five year stint in the sand box. I wonder where she is given all the training is done at KFAA now.

[Dan Winterland]

Then......

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb73/dbchippy/A2A.jpg


Now.

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb73/dbchippy/IMG_0535.jpg

[Courtney Mil]

Mango flavour? Euw!

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

How d'ya get the ice cream through the oxygen mask?
Don't you lose the spoon doing aeros?

[NDW]

Again, thanks for all the pictures. They really are all brilliant!

[Tea White Zero]

http://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj604/TTruckie/C-130Chav-1.jpg

[Fishtailed]

I wonder where she is


In a corner of a hangar probably,( Pinky went back to KSA.)
1993 in original colours, my first trip

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/018crop.jpg

2011 with the coffee stains, my last. Thanks Chris.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f280/fishtailed/crop-1.jpg

[99 Change Hands]

Sorry, couldn't resist a final flurry.
http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae135/wislonuk/Tanking/TANK5.jpg

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae135/wislonuk/Tanking/TANK3.jpg

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae135/wislonuk/Tanking/TANK2.jpg

http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae135/wislonuk/Tanking/TANK1.jpg

[peppermint_jam]

Wonderful shots of V's tanking, that's for sharing!

[thunderbird7]

Those last ones are excellent. What a great time that was when we had all those toys to play with :D

[PCDC]

Another that will not be seen again!

Apologies for just including the link - tried to upload the photo but no success. :sad:


http://i1321.photobucket.com/albums/u554/CliffVillages/FollowMe.jpg

[Hempy]

Sadly I wasn't into colour photography in those days.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r231/thawes/RAF%20Thornhill/Harvard2.jpg

with respect :)

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k144/h3mpy/Harvard2_recoloured2-1.jpg

[Geehovah]

Great shot of the Vulcan tanking. I did it a few times during that brief period but never had the camera along with me.

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

There was a Lightning pilot nicknamed Spock, after a few AAR incidents where he kept f#cking Vulcans.

[VinRouge]

Tea white zero, a little bit of ecb roulette? I can't see the screens!

[saudipc-9]

Thanks Fishy good pics. Please check PMs

[Black 'n Yellar]

Going one better, here is the video of my first ever attempt at AAR from the back seat of a Harrier T10, filmed by the front seater en-route to Cyprus in September 2010. It was not cleared to AAR from the front seat, due to the probe being so far behind the front seater. The difficulty with the probe being so far back is that the disturbance caused by the airframe pushes the basket away from the aircraft, requiring a fair sized lunge from a good distance back for success! That is my excuse anyway. Criticism only accepted from those that have tried it. You may want to turn your volume down unless you miss the sound of the mighty Pegasus.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnfPTvcwzfU&feature=plcp

[Black 'n Yellar]

Here is a demo of how not to do it.

How not to AAR. - YouTube

[Warmtoast]

HEMPY

Re. my original B & W 1950's Rhodesia 5 FTS Harvard now in colour. Post # 108 (above).

Nicely PhotoShopped or PaintShop Pro'd or whatever, but what's with the white squiggles around the rudder? - St Elmo's Fire?

Seriously though - a very good effort - thanks.

WT

[Hempy]

Ha!! Thanks for pointing that out...that was only a draft copy! I'll edit in the finished copy when I get home :oops:

All done :}

[Courtney Mil]

How Not to AAR.

Sorry, just tell me what sort of aircraft that was and how great their pilots are always telling us they are?

:E

[Pontius]

Sorry, just tell me what sort of aircraft that was and how great their pilots are always telling us they are?

(a)They're Junior Service :E
(b)You gave a bunch of them single-seat recommendations at Chiv :}

[Courtney Mil]

a) Mostly proud of that, until folk like the weak links above let the side down.

b) I didn't. Other Harrier Mates did that. Although a lot of the guys that really should have gone single seat started to be sent to the Tonka because the system was geting a bit unballanced.

Or, I could have said:

a) Fair cop.

b) Yeah. Thanks for pointing that out.

[stickmonkeytamer]

Back in around 1997...

http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo116/sband/1024xv103camera1997.jpg

[STANDTO]

" I always thought that Vernon was supposed to be a switched on character "

- Thought it was him!! Haven't seen him since 88. Wonder what he is up to these days? An English Tom Sellick personified

[crobinsonh]

Shot taken by Ian Pringle in Buccaneer ZU-BCR on November 2nd 2012.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh112/crobinsonh/IMG_0585.jpeg

[GR4yskull]

A pic from early days of Tornado testing that's been hanging around the office. Others on here may have more details?

http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o784/junglie846/ToplessTornado.jpg

GR4yskull

[Easy Street]

From that sortie came the paragraphs in the aircrew manual regarding "flight without canopy and rear seat", which would be the result if a nervous back-seater elected to depart the aircraft with command eject set to 'rear'. Funnily enough the handling notes refer to 'high noise levels' and 'strong airflow from rear-to-front along the side consoles'.

[tom3]

From an older post on this very forum,

"On 27 Sep 83, the RAF lost its first Tornado. ZA 586 from IX Sqn crashed at night, some 5nm N of Kings Lynn. Memory slightly faded, but I think the aircraft went out of control following an unexplained total electrics failure. The nav ejected, but the pilot (Sqn Ldr Mike Stevens) went in with the aircraft; at the time, there was concern that he may have been unable to eject due to the airflow pinning his arms outside the cockpit (the canopy having been blown off as the nav ejected). It was decided that the only way to alleviate pilots' understandable fears over this issue was for BAe to remove the canopy from one of its aircraft and fly it minus navigator (for safety reasons), with the pilot stretching his arms into the airflow at slowly increasing airspeeds. This was done successfully, disproving the possibility that, with the loss of the canopy, the pilot would be unable to reach the ejection handle.

Keith Hartley was the pilot, and received an AFC for his efforts. Somewhere, there exists a published photo of the event."

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

The usual British understatement. I remember the JP manual stating "manual bailout may require considerable physical effort", which our groundschool instructor translated as "You're gonna die!".

[BBK]

GR4yskull

The following is from memory so take that at face value. I think this test flight was conducted in 1988 or thereabouts. It was the last flight, I believe, of a pre production a/c and attained a speed in excess of 600 kts. Somewhere I have a video of it and he's certainly going a at a fair rate at the end.

The camera ship was a Jaguar that had difficulty keeping up with the Tornado without resorting to reheat leading to some colourful language from the Jag pilot regarding his fuel state!

regards

BBK

ps re the noise levels it was impossible for Keith Hartley to hear any R/T at the higher speeds although interestingly his transmissions were still intelligible.

[zero1]

I remember the flight and you are right, the test flight I think was made on the P-15 prototype from Warton with KH at the controls. The objective was to see the affects from a loss of the canopy to determine if the aircraft could still be flown. It should be noted the aircraft took off without the canopy.

However, some have suggested that this was the proposed sunroof option for the GR4....

[99 Change Hands]

Carried out due to the loss of the pilot in IX Sqn's crash as I recall. The question being whether the pilot could survive the nav's departure. Before that the doubt had been as to the nav's survival; the red line in the 700 saying the TV tabs were likely to detach and kill the nav if the canopy came off used to cause some sucking through teeth.

[acbus1]

The objective was to see the affects from a loss of the canopy to determine if the aircraft could still be flown.

Potentially fatal logic.

Maybe they rigged the eject handle for sphincter operation.

Incapacitated arms accounted for ............. Check
Works flawlessly in any emergency ............ Check

[Load Toad]

He'd have to put both arms out to test the theory then would he....?

[cuefaye]

Indeed, he did ------

[Load Toad]

Did he flap them up & down...?

[P6 Driver]

Did he flap them up & down...?

A Tornado with flexible and retractable canards!



(PS: The late Roland Beamont tested a Canberra without canopy to 450 knots on 12th April 1951)

[Onceapilot]

Great work by Keith Hartley! At least no-one else could claim to be in that photo. Seem to remember kinetic heating was a factor. Must be a record speed for a cabrio jet that took off and landed al-fresco?

[Temp Spike]

You know you can't really do that without a roll bar. It's illegal.

[NDW]

Good evening all,

Following the absolutely fantastic pictures posted by all (thank you very much, I really enjoyed looking at them). :ok:

Does anyone have any 'In cockpit videos' or anything similar they would be happy to share?

Regards,

NDW

[NDW]

Evening all,

Following last years posts - any new ones for 2013?.

Again, thanks very much for posting - really are brilliant to see.

[thing]

Bang goes the anonimity!

Picture of the car would be better Dave...:)

[thing]

Shot taken by Ian Pringle in Buccaneer ZU-BCR on November 2nd 2012.

Er....aren't his AI and the horizon slightly at odds with each other...?

[Sun Who]

Er....aren't his AI and the horizon slightly at odds with each other...?

No.

Sun.

[thing]

? Looks like the AI is indicating a slight left bank and descent while the horizon and standby indicator are indicating a bank to the right.

[thing]

Does anyone have any 'In cockpit videos' or anything similar they would be happy to share?I bought an iPad last October and thought I would see what it was like taking flying video, not expecting much at all. I had my flying buddy hold it up against the window and press 'play'. I was quite surprised with the results. The strobing effect of the prop is unfortunately one of the problems; you have to pay big bucks to get a camera that doesn't do that.
Bear in mind that this is real flying and not your mincy push button computerised mil stuff...:ok:

U9Tfza5lXJ4

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

not your mincy push button computerised mil stuff

Thanks for the post,
but there's a lot of FJ pilots who are qualified on the Tiger Moth too.

[thing]

Just a bit of friendly banter Fox. Most of the private pilots I know are mil or ex mil and top blokes (and pilots). At my own club there are ex CFS guys, FJ jocks going back to Vampires, ex mil guys now doing the airlines, you name it we've got em. We also have a Spitfire so ner.

[Nimbus20]

only one Spitfire?

[thing]

It's got two seats so it counts as two.

[Shackman]

Another sight not to be seen again:



http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3261/2349195081_6a011aa247_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/22827330@N04/2349195081/)

[Fishtailed]

That's a great photo Shackman. I remember 4 visiting Warton together many years ago.:)

[Pontius Navigator]

Reminds me of a very astute German when we took a Shacklebomber to an airshow at Oldenburg. "Is it a Halifax."

If you know your aircraft the question is not as daft as it seemed at first sight.