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You want to try taking the bog out of a Nigerian CAA aircraft where the carpet was crustier than a Ginsters Cornish Pasty.
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Rectifier change on a Britannia
3 tank change on a Canberra, in a tropical climate
Setting up the LABS gyroscopes... ditto
Dropped a nut in an NF11 cockpit, told the chief, ''don't worry lad, you've got all night to find it'', and I did!
3 tank change on a Canberra, in a tropical climate
Setting up the LABS gyroscopes... ditto
Dropped a nut in an NF11 cockpit, told the chief, ''don't worry lad, you've got all night to find it'', and I did!
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Originally Posted by NutLoose
You want to try taking the bog out of a Nigerian CAA aircraft where the carpet was crustier than a Ginsters Cornish Pasty.
No, I don't believe I do!
Originally Posted by NutLoose
You want to try taking the bog out of a Nigerian CAA aircraft where the carpet was crustier than a Ginsters Cornish Pasty.
No, I don't believe I do!
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One from an ex-colleague, his worst job was doing some wiring work in the nosebay of a Phantom, primarily because the best way to assemble the p clip afterwards was to superglue the washer to his finger. Once assembled he would pull a couple of layers of skin off his finger, but at least he could get everything in the right place.
Mine was trying to find a laser snag on a Tornado after I'd left the mob and become a civvy. We were called in as the "experts", turned out the only physical fault was a cable screen had come loose but the "noise" on the cable was now being interpreted as a laser range by the software which was giving every indication that the laser was firing when it wasn't.
Dave Parry: serves you right for being an Instie. At least the Comms kit was somewhere out of the rain and wind....
Mine was trying to find a laser snag on a Tornado after I'd left the mob and become a civvy. We were called in as the "experts", turned out the only physical fault was a cable screen had come loose but the "noise" on the cable was now being interpreted as a laser range by the software which was giving every indication that the laser was firing when it wasn't.
Dave Parry: serves you right for being an Instie. At least the Comms kit was somewhere out of the rain and wind....
chipmunk!
Generator balance,volt reg was behind the rudder pedals.Changing nav light bulbs with engs running on a crew change(varsities),at night of course!
Most things on a hunter!
Most things on a hunter!
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Replacing sheared cam roll pins on a RHAG lying in the snow after a Tonka driver had engaged it with his 15 ton tricycle at 150 knots.
Expeditionary Installation of a Portable Arresting System in rock hard ground. 31 x 5 feet stakes to be driven into said ground on each side. Now that was a sod of a job!
Expeditionary Installation of a Portable Arresting System in rock hard ground. 31 x 5 feet stakes to be driven into said ground on each side. Now that was a sod of a job!
Repairing a duff Green Satin cable to the indicator, situated vertically, down to the left of the Nav's bang seat,in the back of a Canberra B6Mod. in July, in Sharjah
Lost a few pounds there.
Regards,Den.
Lost a few pounds there.Regards,Den.
Setting up the searchlight on Nimmy's - far too many volts waiting to hit you on a damp Scottish night shift if you didn't locate your screwdriver exactly on the potentiometers while wearing 3 layers of arc welding glass to stop your retinas getting scorched
Another was getting the Herc Tanker HDUs set up, alas we didn't have a "gag" in ASI so had to do it while airborne rather than on the ground.
Another was getting the Herc Tanker HDUs set up, alas we didn't have a "gag" in ASI so had to do it while airborne rather than on the ground.
Loving these stories!
For me:
Also the battery on the Phantom.
Ramp actuator on the Phantom.
Stabilator feel bellows on the Phantom. (Not a regular thing to change but it did involve hanging through the access panel upside down for many hours working with a torch and mirror.)
Anything in Zone 19 on the Tornado - especially in hotter climates.
I haven't resorted to superglue on my fingers to hold washers in place but - look away now if you are of a nervous disposition - I have deliberately jammed split pin legs under my nail and then put my arm back in the access hole to reach a very inaccessible bolt. Makes me sick to recall it!
Keep 'em coming!
For me:
Also the battery on the Phantom.
Ramp actuator on the Phantom.
Stabilator feel bellows on the Phantom. (Not a regular thing to change but it did involve hanging through the access panel upside down for many hours working with a torch and mirror.)
Anything in Zone 19 on the Tornado - especially in hotter climates.
I haven't resorted to superglue on my fingers to hold washers in place but - look away now if you are of a nervous disposition - I have deliberately jammed split pin legs under my nail and then put my arm back in the access hole to reach a very inaccessible bolt. Makes me sick to recall it!
Keep 'em coming!
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On attachment with a Canberra Sqn refuelling the bomb bay fuel tank!
As someone relative new to this with relative little training, trying to insert the nozzle and then avoiding getting covered in fuel as it gets to the top. Not sure if there was a way to check the fuel level as no one told me
As someone relative new to this with relative little training, trying to insert the nozzle and then avoiding getting covered in fuel as it gets to the top. Not sure if there was a way to check the fuel level as no one told me
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Canberra Brake Control Valve - forward of the rudder pedals but under the cockpit floor, to give you yer differential braking.
It's a well known fact that English Electric's first great success in aircraft design was the Brake Control Valve, and that the Canberra was then designed and built around it.
It's a well known fact that English Electric's first great success in aircraft design was the Brake Control Valve, and that the Canberra was then designed and built around it.
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In the RAF, changing a tank unit in a Vulcan No.7 Tank ranks pretty close with changing and adjusting a VC10 Flap Asymmetry Transmitter.
As a civilian: absolutely nothing in over 40 years of fixing broken aeroplanes can compare with rewiring engine pylons on a B707. I still bear the scars on the inside of my upper arms!
As a civilian: absolutely nothing in over 40 years of fixing broken aeroplanes can compare with rewiring engine pylons on a B707. I still bear the scars on the inside of my upper arms!
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Dark Helmet said:
Yep Zone 19 was a bitch - plus you could be assured that when you looked down some SOB had painted your safety boots. - Good times!
Anything in Zone 19 on the Tornado - especially in hotter climates.
Anti "g" valve change in a Hunger FGA9/FR10 on the line in Muharraq with the seat still fitted in summer temperatures, the jubilee clip that tightened the outlet hose was very trying!!!!