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Forum: Military Aviation
16th Oct 2020, 07:56
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

Depends on whether you have set red on blue at...

Depends on whether you have set red on blue at Khartoum.
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Oct 2020, 07:26
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

It could well be Mount Kinabalu in the background.

It could well be Mount Kinabalu in the background.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Oct 2017, 21:51
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

Two Air Traffickers in one car? I'm surprised...

Two Air Traffickers in one car? I'm surprised you got there. That's even worse than having two navigators.
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Oct 2017, 20:49
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

What I noticed about the cars in Aden were where...

What I noticed about the cars in Aden were where the chrome strips on the bodywork had been removed. In those days the strips were attached by metal clips which started the holes to rust as soon as...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Oct 2017, 20:38
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

The fans blowing the propellers around were...

The fans blowing the propellers around were facing different ways.
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Oct 2017, 14:53
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

The ITS Passing Out and Wings Parade were the...

The ITS Passing Out and Wings Parade were the only two I got caught for in eighteen years of officer service. My impeccable standard of dress ensured that I was always found another duty on AOC's...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Oct 2017, 12:01
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

We had a similar dhobi arrangement in Belize...

We had a similar dhobi arrangement in Belize though the laundry marks could be quite big.

Friday collection wasn't returned until Monday. Sometimes you would see the dhobi girl's boyfriend...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Oct 2017, 12:20
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

The ground crew are looking the wrong way; they...

The ground crew are looking the wrong way; they should be mentally stripping the talent.
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Oct 2017, 12:07
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

They would have had a bit of trouble taxiing on...

They would have had a bit of trouble taxiing on that surface.
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Oct 2017, 14:25
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

One of our AEOs had retired from the Air Force...

One of our AEOs had retired from the Air Force and had gone out to Aden as an officer of the Federal Army. He was there at the withdrawal watching the general exodus. Two Landies pitched up with a...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Sep 2017, 20:45
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

On one of my trips to Khormaksa when I was on...

On one of my trips to Khormaksa when I was on Valiant tankers there was a Ladies Night in the mess. We weren't invited so we stayed outside on the veranda. There was a magnificent green mantis...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st May 2017, 09:49
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

Judging by the propellers on the B26 when it...

Judging by the propellers on the B26 when it touched down No1 was under power and it was No2 that had failed. It's possible that the photograph has been reversed but the rotation direction doesn't...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Nov 2015, 20:33
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

The Mini Wallers Hotel. Each room had two...

The Mini Wallers Hotel.

Each room had two cold and two hot taps on each sink. One produced water and the other running slime. The theory was that they had decided to change the plumbing but...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Nov 2015, 09:34
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

When we tanked a bunch of Javelins to India in...

When we tanked a bunch of Javelins to India in the 60s we stayed for a few days in Bombay (that's what the Indians called it then). There was an avoid area which encompassed their Towers of Silence....
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Nov 2015, 09:51
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

IIRC I was told during a Far East flight...

IIRC I was told during a Far East flight refuelling briefing that the Whatever of Masirah had offered to sell it to the British government. His offer had been turned down as the preference was to...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Nov 2015, 18:59
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

There must have been a lot of Wing Commander's...

There must have been a lot of Wing Commander's wives.
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Nov 2015, 14:48
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

Looking through these pictures one can see who...

Looking through these pictures one can see who used Kodak and who used Agfa. All my Middle and Far East memories are on Agfa; now sadly faded and blued.
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Nov 2015, 09:53
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

Why on earth are they underslinging a Gnome...

Why on earth are they underslinging a Gnome engine for? Three blokes could lift it with its stand and throw it in the back.
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Mar 2015, 18:49
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

I had a refam ride with Digger Barrell at...

I had a refam ride with Digger Barrell at Northolt in 1971. I had forgotten how close the rotor blades pass over the cockpit roof and I found myself ducking at 1 Rrpm.
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Mar 2015, 11:08
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

The Sycanores had a bad time at first in the Far...

The Sycanores had a bad time at first in the Far East. Thet had wooden blades and when they caught the de Havilland Mosquito disease they would delaminate.

Not a good thing to happen to a...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Mar 2015, 14:13
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

If it was a Sycamore he would have had the engine...

If it was a Sycamore he would have had the engine at or above max continuous in the hover so he probably flew around to protect the engine.
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Mar 2015, 15:00
Replies: 843
Views: 352,270
Posted By Fareastdriver

May be 505, may not be. Try Google Earth ...

May be 505, may not be. Try Google Earth 34°50’38.80”S 56°01’13.64”W.
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