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Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jun 2016, 15:49
Replies: 24
Views: 4,835
Posted By Landroger

Some friends and I visited Arromanches a few...

Some friends and I visited Arromanches a few years ago and my thinking about it all seemed to shift very slightly. I had known about 'Mulberry Harbours' since I was a kid, but never really...
Forum: Tech Log
20th May 2016, 14:57
Replies: 13
Views: 4,342
Posted By Landroger

Maybe late and certainly rather off topic, but perhaps relevant.

Many years ago, I worked with a Physicist, who had a flat mate who worked as a Psychologist at the Department of Aviation Medicine. Farnborough I think. Apparently he was peripherally connected in...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Feb 2016, 11:07
Replies: 53
Views: 19,563
Posted By Landroger

Chronus and Helium

I can't do the sums quickly (or at all to be honest!) but Chronus is right - we are 'running out' of Helium, although not overnight, so to speak.

1.4 million cu/ft of Helium is a lot, but not if...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Feb 2016, 13:14
Replies: 77
Views: 36,775
Posted By Landroger

747 Non Stop London - Sydney

I found this on this forum some years ago and liked it so much, I kept it on my confuser to read from time to time, when I needed some good news. I'm afraid I cannot remember the original poster,...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2016, 21:07
Replies: 68
Views: 21,662
Posted By Landroger

Biscuit74

Back in the early eighties, I often worked on the CT Scanner at a well known Hospital in Surrey. Among their specialties was a form of radiation therapy which 'killed' diseased bone marrow...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Feb 2016, 09:18
Replies: 77
Views: 36,775
Posted By Landroger

Rottenray

There you go! Now I agree with every word Denver (not just the few above.) And these few from the very interesting post by Bergerie1



It is a pity that what a lot of people remember about the...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2016, 18:23
Replies: 81
Views: 14,488
Posted By Landroger

I have been out every night this week, being a...

I have been out every night this week, being a Locum Scout Leader and thus didn't see the programme, but by reading the thread I think I can see the way it played out. And confronted by the fact,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Feb 2016, 21:12
Replies: 77
Views: 36,775
Posted By Landroger

Rottenray I like the phrase "..isn't as...

Rottenray

I like the phrase "..isn't as aesthetically engaging...". That could be uttered by any member of the FCO (Foreign & Colonial Office), yet I note you are from Denver? :ok: Don't...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Feb 2016, 17:00
Replies: 77
Views: 36,775
Posted By Landroger

Long Goodbye

I know we are going to be seeing 'The Queen of the Skies' for many years yet, after all, even the dash four hundreds are only thirty years old! But seeing things like this remind us that this may be...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Feb 2016, 11:02
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,678,143
Posted By Landroger

A very belated reply.

I'm not really sure why I stopped coming here, it is one of, if not the most interesting thread on any of the forums I visit - by miles. However, I got back into it a few days ago and realised I was...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Oct 2014, 15:36
Replies: 24
Views: 18,070
Posted By Landroger

Pozidrive

Not exclusively with an attached camera or the like. It's what happens if you smack your crash helmet on anything. It s also the reason why Professional Boxers are required to have CT scans one or...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Oct 2014, 09:06
Replies: 75
Views: 24,933
Posted By Landroger

I can't see what all the fuss is about. All you...

I can't see what all the fuss is about. All you have to do to upset the Argentinian government is to send a nice new destroyer to the islands for a few months, to run it in. Oh, and a Prince, in a...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Oct 2014, 08:54
Replies: 81
Views: 27,964
Posted By Landroger

Mainjafad

Ah, I was one of the civies. The prize for the winners of the All England Air Scout Air Spotting competition was an invitation to take part in the Air Britain Air Spotting competition. In a posh...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Oct 2014, 22:11
Replies: 39
Views: 9,123
Posted By Landroger

Who is funding these Mad Mullah's? Can't we bomb...

Who is funding these Mad Mullah's? Can't we bomb them too? If there wasn't any money, the Mullah's wouldn't find it quite so easy to bamboozle some addled teenager from Dudley or West Bromwich into...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Oct 2014, 21:53
Replies: 81
Views: 27,964
Posted By Landroger

I watched it this evening on Ch4 OD and I agree...

I watched it this evening on Ch4 OD and I agree with everyone. Guy Martin is certainly the most appropriate successor to 'Our Fred' and for all the reasons given. His enthusiasm, his genuine love...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jul 2014, 18:32
Replies: 136
Views: 22,527
Posted By Landroger

On holiday with some mates on the Italian Med'...

On holiday with some mates on the Italian Med' coast - trying to get laid - watching the launch on the hotel telly. I'm not sure when we left, but I remember sharing the driving in a Renault 4L,...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jun 2014, 17:34
Replies: 24
Views: 7,427
Posted By Landroger

Please excuse the ignorance, but is this the same...

Please excuse the ignorance, but is this the same chap who was flying Bravo November, with a TV reporting crew in the back, when they got called into a very serious fire fight for a casevac? It...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jun 2014, 17:13
Replies: 14
Views: 4,244
Posted By Landroger

Not quite the cadets, but the awesomeness was...

Not quite the cadets, but the awesomeness was still pretty intense. I was an 'Air Scout' and my first ever flight was in a Percival Proctor from Biggin Hill, flown by T.E.Scott-Chard. I knew him as...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jun 2014, 21:24
Replies: 58
Views: 9,628
Posted By Landroger

I was slightly puzzled as to why Aromanches was...

I was slightly puzzled as to why Aromanches was the BBCs base of operations, because it wasn't, actually, a 'landing beach'. Having said that, it was or became absolutely pivotal in the overall...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jun 2014, 09:43
Replies: 39
Views: 9,620
Posted By Landroger

India Four Two

"Wun, check; two - Packs 'prophylactics!"

Inspired is the word.

Didn't the 'Airplane' movie people pull the same B17 shadow gag? Sometimes it was a 707 shadow with B17 sound and sometimes a...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2014, 23:27
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,690
Posted By Landroger

As I said Smudge, a truly remarkable aeroplane...

As I said Smudge, a truly remarkable aeroplane and I have heard it said that Mr. Lockheed made some astonishingly good ones. I'm not sure the F/E was winding me up, because all of those things did...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2014, 23:13
Replies: 16
Views: 4,782
Posted By Landroger

The very quickest of Googles and I get this: ...

The very quickest of Googles and I get this:



Suddenly, I really think you've given me gold dust Hempy - I just know it was him! I have a Saffa friend, I must get him to find out a bit more. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2014, 23:07
Replies: 16
Views: 4,782
Posted By Landroger

Ah, now! That really is a name to conjure with. ...

Ah, now! That really is a name to conjure with. Thank you.

Roger
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2014, 23:06
Replies: 39
Views: 9,620
Posted By Landroger

I like the scene in the war room, where everyone...

I like the scene in the war room, where everyone is looking glum and serious and George C Scott is asked if the B52 stood any chance of getting through - meaning it would be bad news. Then the Scott...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2014, 22:50
Replies: 16
Views: 4,782
Posted By Landroger

I know exactly what you mean Basil and there is...

I know exactly what you mean Basil and there is just a chance that it's upstairs i the loft somewhere, but I certainly don't remember seeing anything like a log book.

Tell me about not talking to...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2014, 22:46
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,846,295
Posted By Landroger

My dad - 'Super Nav' or just Lucky?

My late father joined up from a reserved occupation in about 1942 and wanted to be a navigator. He was thus one of the few of his intake who got what he wanted. After that, it gets a bit vague.

I...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2014, 22:39
Replies: 16
Views: 4,782
Posted By Landroger

Thank you Smudge, I shall move it directly. ...

Thank you Smudge, I shall move it directly.

Roger
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2014, 22:27
Replies: 16
Views: 4,782
Posted By Landroger

My dad - super nav' or just lucky?

My late father joined up from a reserved occupation in about 1942 and wanted to be a navigator. He was thus one of the few of his intake who got what he wanted. After that, it gets a bit vague.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2014, 21:52
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,690
Posted By Landroger

Post GW1 SLF Albert story

Sorry to intrude into the house of Albert, but I do have one, tiny, SLF Hercybird story and some of you, I am sure, were there. I am a CT/MRI scanner engineer based in London and the south east, but...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th May 2014, 21:02
Replies: 9
Views: 3,021
Posted By Landroger

Two DH Doves, the remains of a Vampire and a...

Two DH Doves, the remains of a Vampire and a piston Provost? I thought I'd seen a Bristol Freighter, but I think it was a Dove side on and nothing to scale it.

Roger
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2014, 14:43
Replies: 399
Views: 402,971
Posted By Landroger

Dragartist

To turn that contention on its head, the so called 'Lightweight' Land Rover or AP (Air Portable) Land Rover was designed to comply with an RAF requirement of getting two Land Rovers, side by side, in...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Apr 2014, 21:17
Replies: 66
Views: 41,515
Posted By Landroger

Are there not a few Mi-26's here? And I seem to...

Are there not a few Mi-26's here? And I seem to remember seeing a clip of one hitting a crane while dropping Boron/sand into the reactor pit and following it down. A lot of very brave whirlibird...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Apr 2014, 20:38
Replies: 45
Views: 25,530
Posted By Landroger

I seem to remember reading that when our QRA...

I seem to remember reading that when our QRA fighters formated on the Tu-95 back in the day - I think they were talking Lightnings at the time - our pilots could actually hear/feel the Tu-95's...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Apr 2014, 22:37
Replies: 58
Views: 15,120
Posted By Landroger

My dad came home from the RAF where he spent his...

My dad came home from the RAF where he spent his entire service doing specialised navigator training, was demobbed after VJ day and thus I was born at the end of 1946 so, unable to contribute...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Apr 2014, 14:03
Replies: 22
Views: 6,383
Posted By Landroger

Wessex airborne in UK

Thanks Chinook, that steered me to other threads mentioning a flying Wessex in UK. Apparently the one I saw was Ghanaian and one of two!

And were they called Paraffin Parrot? :)

Roger.
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