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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

15th Feb 2012, 12:55

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What you see on the flying suit leg patch is the...

What you see on the flying suit leg patch is the standard aircrew survival knife, primarily for cutting parachute rigging lines but also anything else a knife is useful for, the handle also has a...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

9th Feb 2012, 16:37

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The seat pan handle is the method of choice as it...

The seat pan handle is the method of choice as it is quicker and easier to get too, the top of the seat will make a very big hole in the canopy and shatter it.
Not all Canberra's have the canopy...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

9th Feb 2012, 12:35

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"Baz, very quickly back to the oxy reg, bit of a...

"Baz, very quickly back to the oxy reg, bit of a daft question this, but in moving from the nav seat to the prone position, how did you manage at high alt before you plugged into the nose cone reg?...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

9th Feb 2012, 12:25

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Posted By scorpion63

All electrical power for the ejection sequence...

All electrical power for the ejection sequence comes from battery not aircraft power supply so in the event of a loss of electrical power the hatch and canopy bolts will still activate. There are of...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

8th Feb 2012, 12:43

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Posted By scorpion63

25 Knot crosswind limit, both take off and...

25 Knot crosswind limit, both take off and landing, 20 knot for banner towing runways over 150feet wide, 15Knots for less than 150feet. Maximum tailwind component 5 Knots.
PR9 may be different,...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

3rd Feb 2012, 15:30

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Pre take off check arm hatch, disarm during after...

Pre take off check arm hatch, disarm during after land checks. The hatch switch box has two similar, side by side switches, one of which is guarded, the unguarded switch selects hatch arm and the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

25th Jan 2012, 16:43

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First trained on PR3, B2 in 1966 then through...

First trained on PR3, B2 in 1966 then through PR7, B6, B(I)8, PR9 as an engineer then in the back seat of TT18, B2/6(MOD) and B6(MOD) plus some T4 time. Apart from a foray into Vulcan, Pembroke and...

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