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Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jul 2017, 16:15
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,818,247
Posted By teeteringhead

Speaking of "gentlemanly conduct", ISTR a tale of...

Speaking of "gentlemanly conduct", ISTR a tale of a British Pilot interned in Southern Ireland who managed to escape to the North.

From where the appropriate authorities smartly sent him back!
...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jan 2016, 18:12
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,818,247
Posted By teeteringhead

ISTR that NZ lost the highest number of men - as...

ISTR that NZ lost the highest number of men - as a proportion of adult population - than any other Allied country .....
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jan 2016, 15:36
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,818,247
Posted By teeteringhead

Thank you Pom Pax - every day's a school day;...

Thank you Pom Pax - every day's a school day; even at my time of life! :ok:
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jan 2016, 13:18
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,818,247
Posted By teeteringhead

Halley (Squadrons of the RAF) records a very...

Halley (Squadrons of the RAF) records a very large number of "Empire" Sqns in addition to those mentioned above. I'll try and not take up too much space .........

They were:

18 & 257 - Burma. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Mar 2015, 16:39
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,818,247
Posted By teeteringhead

Indeed. ...

Indeed.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/da/78_Squadron_RAF.jpg/150px-78_Squadron_RAF.jpg

78's "Nemo non Paratus" has been rendered as:

"Never without a parachute"

[it's...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th May 2014, 08:14
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,818,247
Posted By teeteringhead

Hummingfrog Do you know if "Wolverhampton"...

Hummingfrog

Do you know if "Wolverhampton" was Pendeford or Halfpenny Green?



[I]Edited to add:

HF!
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Apr 2014, 11:53
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,818,247
Posted By teeteringhead

I heard a tale (I hope true) that this Latin tag...

I heard a tale (I hope true) that this Latin tag was adopted as a motto on the Coat of Arms of an aristocratic family .......



........ name of Longbottom! ;)

Obviously got past the Chester...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2014, 08:18
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,818,247
Posted By teeteringhead

.... and one Neil Armstrong, having safely walked...

.... and one Neil Armstrong, having safely walked on the Moon, "de-gloved" :eek: a be-ringed finger ..... falling off the wing of a Cessna.............
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jan 2014, 09:38
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,818,247
Posted By teeteringhead

Puts me in mind of a remark made by Ferry Porsche...

Puts me in mind of a remark made by Ferry Porsche (designer of the Beetle and - of course - the Porsche) when questioned on his preference for air-cooled engines:

"All engines are air-cooled! But...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Dec 2013, 08:55
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,818,247
Posted By teeteringhead

All the previous talk of Hastings reminds me of...

All the previous talk of Hastings reminds me of my one and only trip as a regular - had had a brief trip in CCF cadet days.

It was Flight changeover day (Odiham - Aldergrove in Detachment Days) in...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Dec 2013, 13:33
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,818,247
Posted By teeteringhead

Ah - morse on the Aldis Lamp! When young APO...

Ah - morse on the Aldis Lamp!

When young APO Teeters was starting flying training post AOTS (a briefly lifed son of ITS), the Powers That Be were tinkering with flying syllabi.

One plan - to...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Nov 2013, 17:35
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,818,247
Posted By teeteringhead

Did a "for real in actual" QGH in the early 70s. ...

Did a "for real in actual" QGH in the early 70s. Bringing a Wessex changeover back from Norn Iron to a Secret Hampshire Helicopter Base. Sh!tty weather and the only (alleged) NavAids (Decca and...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Aug 2013, 09:07
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,818,247
Posted By teeteringhead

If I may intrude into this hallowed thread, I've...

If I may intrude into this hallowed thread, I've a footnote of which the Gus Walker dit above reminded me.

I was presented with my Wings by Sir Gus, when he was (just) still serving, and we were...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jun 2008, 09:57
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,818,247
Posted By teeteringhead

..... depends how you want to calculate it! ...

..... depends how you want to calculate it!

The are 5 or 6 generally accepted calculations, which can factor in a sum's relationship to GDP, or average earnings or GDP per capita, but these would...
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