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Forum: Military Aviation
21st Feb 2017, 19:34
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

PA474 thread drift

Gentlemen,
Many thanks for your kind comments. I shall pass them on to the rest of the Lanc Team.

Chug, understandably (I suppose) the RAF have expressed there desire for a curfew on the release...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Feb 2017, 19:38
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Bomber Command losses

A belated Happy New Year to one and all. Danny, glad to read that you bounced back after your recent 'hiccup' and are continuing to lead us onwards on our merry and wandering route through aviation...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Nov 2014, 08:28
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Danny's 21st (again)

Many happy returns Danny.

Camlobe
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Oct 2014, 08:24
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

FED Totally enthralling. Now please, can you...

FED
Totally enthralling. Now please, can you start at the beginning, and fill in all the details.

Suspect I'm not alone in asking.

Camlobe
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Oct 2014, 09:21
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Danny 42C, Like all here, I find myself...

Danny 42C,

Like all here, I find myself dismayed at your departure from 'regular service'. For some time now, I have voluntarily dedicated a portion of my day to learning about how the RAF worked...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Sep 2014, 07:26
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Danny, It is with concern that I note your...

Danny,
It is with concern that I note your intention to cease your regular (and indeed eagerly anticipated) posts to coincide with your last day in light blue.
If anyone has the right to choose...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Aug 2014, 07:45
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Heaters

Danny et al,

The heater on the Harvard is actually a highly technical device that has a secondary effect. The original short exhaust outlet pipe is replaced by a much longer unit. This extended...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2014, 00:55
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Hummingfrog, Your fathers 'trip' to obtain...

Hummingfrog,
Your fathers 'trip' to obtain strawberries, and your own 'fishing trip' made me chuckle as I remember an event in the mid-80's.

I was manning the trade desk at that stalwart, sole...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Apr 2014, 21:43
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Was it a bird, was it a plane...

Flash2001,

The Shackleton AEW II wasn't retired until 1991, and the radar system was an AN/APS 20, so I would say yes, not just possible but well spotted.

Camlobe
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Apr 2014, 12:54
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Shackleton

Danny42C said "knowing nothing about them".

Danny, the AVRO Shackleton is the grandson of the Lancaster, powered by the greatest reciprocating aero engine ever produced by Rolls-Royce, the...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Mar 2014, 23:04
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Have been rather occupied recently, and have just...

Have been rather occupied recently, and have just caught up with proceedings in our 'T' bar.

Wwwop, like all here, I look forward anxiously to the details of your career. You have left us hanging...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2014, 00:49
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Catchup, and how Camlobe didn't gain a pilots brevet in the Cold War

I haven't been on here for over a month, and what a month I have missed. OMQ's, snow chains, Catalina's, Ludwig II's bed, skiing holidays, how NOT to connect an appliance, ATC, fuel consumption, etc,...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jan 2014, 04:32
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Flying, shining, and wet sports.

Firstly, may I take this opportunity to extend my very best wishes to you all for the New Year.

Although I have never seen the Mohne, Eder or Sorpe dams (pictures excepted) I clearly remember on...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Dec 2013, 01:55
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Theory, wheels, and Darts

Hoping that all my fellow crew room companions had an enjoyable festive Christmas. Have to be two five pence pieces this time, run out of 10p pieces. Still works out to be two bob in real money.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Dec 2013, 23:36
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Christmas in the RAF

Clicker,
Always time for a Skoda joke.

Why do Skoda's have heated rear windows? To keep your hands warm when pushing the piece of $#|¥.

What do you call a Skoda convertible? A skip.

How do...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Dec 2013, 00:26
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Teeth, 'ack-'nd-bash, and Engines.

Chugalug2,
Although I had the pleasure of 'just being along for the ride' in a couple of different 4-engined taildraggers, grass excursions off the Tarmac happened on a couple of occasions....
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Dec 2013, 09:03
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Berlin Airlift, Yorks etc

I remember a number of years ago reading an account by a participant of the Berlin Airlift. One particular incident stands out that I feel sure we all can relate to due to our varied experiences in...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Dec 2013, 23:21
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Taffy etc

Danny & Smudge,
Thanks for the corrections. My only defense is my earlier referral to my failing memory (far, far to early in my opinion). Danny, while I have no doubt your ground crew were...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Dec 2013, 12:49
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Multicultural, nurses, oh and some training.

After our welcoming bull night, we band of merry men and boys settled into our home for nine months. RAF Halton is nestled on on one side of a hill-line and in the flat land below. The hill line is...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Dec 2013, 09:17
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

EASA, the short version.

Not long after the initial start of powered, controlled flight, the American authorities decided that a body should be put in place to regulate and promote aviation, this body being entitled the...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Dec 2013, 23:53
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Basic training over, next step.

Glad to say, I managed to avoid Guards of Honour for most of my career. Just as well. Sounds too bloody dangerous to me.

Ancientaviator62,
I once got a "permission to not shave for a week" for...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Dec 2013, 10:38
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Acknowledgements.

Dave Wilson,
There is a Tri-Pacer near to me that I know very well and like even more...and the owner has offered it to me at a reasonable price. Must get through Christmas first. It is a 1954...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Dec 2013, 19:54
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

A decision is required

Gentlemen,
If I may press upon you all for a moment. This thread is of interest to countless readers and contributors. By virtue of its total content, it is, as has been mentioned, of considerable...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Dec 2013, 12:49
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Let's hear more from Danny.

Chugalug wrote:

I just felt that Danny might be waiting his turn somewhat, and I suspect that all here agree that it is always his turn and is rather for us to wait ours.

Wholeheartedly agree,...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Dec 2013, 00:00
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

AOC's and parades, oh, and a flight.

MPN 11,
What a dashing figure you cut, with Mk 1 bonedome, complete with cloth inner. Must have been an excellent piece of good quality, high value, great performance equipment as we were still...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Dec 2013, 14:00
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Spray that again?

BEagle,
How dare you, sir. Your intro is responsible for my soaking wet iPad. Had me in stitches. The non-fiction version was still eye opening.

Camlobe
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Dec 2013, 08:53
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Similar but different, and thank you.

Dave Wilson,
I chuckled a few times reading your post as so much of it is familiar. Not just the joyous Basic Training, but the lead up to career choice and the CIO, but more of that later.

Union...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Dec 2013, 22:33
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

First shots, pay parades, and strange Northern practices

MPN11,
Begging your forgiveness, but as a mere crab (sorry, ex-crab) could you please describe a "kitchen rudder"?

It is notable that although the contributors on this thread cover many ranges of...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Dec 2013, 21:09
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Jankers, bumpers and guns.

Camlobe is charged. Dirty boots on parade. I have brought great shame on my family, my home, my fellow sufferers in Basic Training, the pet dog. I feel close to tears for having let the side down....
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Dec 2013, 23:52
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Responses

Chugalug,
Having just seen Danny's post after posting my latest drivel, my own thoughts are that Danny has explained it far more eloquently than I could have, and I am sure he is completely correct....
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Dec 2013, 23:40
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

English, all versions, and on a Fizzer.

From the first day at Swinderby, there were linguistic difficulties. Not from the Discip NCO's, as we could clearly understand everything they shouted and screamed at us. No, the issue was amongst...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Dec 2013, 00:41
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Dropping like flies, and unity

Dave Wilson,
No doubt, you and I weren't the first to arouse an NCO's better nature, and we will not be the last. My father, and his father before him, were infantry, but both were of commissioned...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Dec 2013, 23:37
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Toe in the water...

Following the encouragement above, I'll give it a go. If any of you gentlemen consider my 'contributions' to be of little merit, or even irrelevant, please be so bold as to say so, and I shall desist...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Dec 2013, 16:54
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Who?? ME??

MPN 11, Chugalug 2 and Danny,
Thank you for your considerate and welcoming words. I have put my two-bob (inflation, don't you know) into the tea bar swindle, and have just sat with my fresh brew...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Dec 2013, 09:37
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,856,504
Posted By camlobe

Phew, made it at last.

Ten minutes here, half an hour there. It has taken me around three months to finally arrive at this page. It has been the most absorbing and rewarding experience. So much of it is familiar, yet...
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