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Forum: Military Aviation

20th Nov 2016, 11:20

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Sticky Gaining An R.A.F Pilots Brevet In WW II

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Posted By CharlieJuliet

From my logbook I see that I did my Final...

From my logbook I see that I did my Final Handling Test on 26 Mar 65 and on 21 April I flew my last sortie at Strubby, delivering T7 WL 380 to Kemble. I expect that this must have been among the last...

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Nov 2016, 20:17

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Sticky Gaining An R.A.F Pilots Brevet In WW II

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Posted By CharlieJuliet

MPN 11. I was at Manby/Strubby in 64 - 65. At...

MPN 11. I was at Manby/Strubby in 64 - 65. At that time the CAW used Manby for JP/Varsity and Strubby was Meteor/Canberra. I was posted to Manby as a co on the Varsities on completion of FTS for a...

Forum: Military Aviation

21st Aug 2016, 19:39

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Sticky Gaining An R.A.F Pilots Brevet In WW II

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Posted By CharlieJuliet

Interesting post. I was holding at Manby on...

Interesting post. I was holding at Manby on Varsities when UDI was declared and I was invited into the boss's office and asked where my loyalties lay. I replied that as I came from Kenya, which was a...

Forum: Military Aviation

20th Aug 2015, 16:50

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Sticky Gaining An R.A.F Pilots Brevet In WW II

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Posted By CharlieJuliet

Pilot's Notes

Hi Danny, According to the history of the RAF Handling Squadron aircraft handling information (Pilot's Notes) was provided from the mid 30s by pilots who flew each new type. Initially parts of CFS...

Forum: Military Aviation

7th Nov 2014, 20:40

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Sticky Gaining An R.A.F Pilots Brevet In WW II

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Posted By CharlieJuliet

Hi Danny, Many Happy Returns for Monday! We...

Hi Danny, Many Happy Returns for Monday! We produced a more modern version of your ditty in '68:

Roaring down the runway, throttles open wide
Goes the mighty Phantom as it sways from side to...

Forum: Military Aviation

19th Oct 2014, 21:05

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Sticky Gaining An R.A.F Pilots Brevet In WW II

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Posted By CharlieJuliet

Yes still the same in '63 - 181 course. Also came...

Yes still the same in '63 - 181 course. Also came from the depths of the colonies - in my case Nairobi.

Forum: Military Aviation

9th Dec 2013, 12:36

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Sticky Gaining An R.A.F Pilots Brevet In WW II

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Posted By CharlieJuliet

Fareastdriver yes - 5200xxx. As soon as I'd taken...

Fareastdriver yes - 5200xxx. As soon as I'd taken the Queen's shilling (I think we were given one) my Dad took me to the Eastleigh NAFFI to utilise my ration of alcohol and cigarettes before I flew...

Forum: Military Aviation

8th Dec 2013, 20:03

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Sticky Gaining An R.A.F Pilots Brevet In WW II

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Posted By CharlieJuliet

Early 60s. Signed up at Eastliegh, Nairobi, and...

Early 60s.
Signed up at Eastliegh, Nairobi, and flew to Lynham as AC2. Arrived there at night and put up in transit mess. Next day given travel warrant to somewhere near South Cerney (never heard of...

Forum: Military Aviation

28th Jul 2013, 20:40

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Sticky Gaining An R.A.F Pilots Brevet In WW II

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Posted By CharlieJuliet

Hi Danny, On my course at Acklington in 63 we...

Hi Danny,
On my course at Acklington in 63 we had a total of 29 with 11 guys from Iraq. We were told that they had come directly from training in Russia as those ruling Iraq had changed while they...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Jan 2013, 22:02

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Sticky Gaining An R.A.F Pilots Brevet In WW II

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Posted By CharlieJuliet

Hi Danny, Your memory is still excellent....

Hi Danny,
Your memory is still excellent. According to the Vamp T11 Pilot's Notes the Goblin produced 3200 lb static thrust, the clean aircraft auw was 10900 lb and a clean aircraft took 12 mins...

Forum: Military Aviation

10th Nov 2012, 19:57

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Sticky Gaining An R.A.F Pilots Brevet In WW II

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Posted By CharlieJuliet

Hi Danny, and many Happy Returns. I have followed...

Hi Danny, and many Happy Returns. I have followed your stories avidly, but I would like to query your post #3194. I am not sure of the dates you are talking about, but in 1964/5 I was at Strubby...

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