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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

2nd Sep 2009, 22:56

Replies: 399

The VC 10

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Posted By ExSp33db1rd

Ahhhhhhhhh !! The Carlton ! and the sailing...

Ahhhhhhhhh !! The Carlton ! and the sailing club just the other side of the bridge. Flt Eng, stubbed his toe on an object in the sand one day, proved to be a bl***y big Mercury outboard...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

29th Aug 2009, 23:16

Replies: 399

The VC 10

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Posted By ExSp33db1rd

Nantucket and Bushmills were best from a...

Nantucket and Bushmills were best from a reception point of view, I seem to recall, for no good reason that I can think of, and I think NAN was the only station on the USA side, certainly the only...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

28th Aug 2009, 23:14

Replies: 399

The VC 10

Views: 192,679

Posted By ExSp33db1rd

Consol .... Bushmills, Lugo,...

Consol ....

Bushmills, Lugo, Stavenger, Ploneis and Nantucket ( -. .- -. 194 Kc. )

Would count - say 35 dots and be up to about 15 dashes and the door would open and a raucous voice...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

28th Aug 2009, 08:03

Replies: 399

The VC 10

Views: 192,679

Posted By ExSp33db1rd

The Strats. were welcomed to Kano by a Tribesman...

The Strats. were welcomed to Kano by a Tribesman sat on a camel blowing the Nigerian equivalent of a Didgeridoo ! long horn, anyway.

I've just been chatting to one of my microlight students about...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

26th Aug 2009, 22:44

Replies: 399

The VC 10

Views: 192,679

Posted By ExSp33db1rd

Yes, the Honolulu posting was hard to take !! a...

Yes, the Honolulu posting was hard to take !! a single, 26 yr old, being paid to live there, a change of cabin crew every 3 days, with side trips to San Francisco and Tokyo in the middle of the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

26th Aug 2009, 10:49

Replies: 399

The VC 10

Views: 192,679

Posted By ExSp33db1rd

Yes. I was on one of the first ones, Summer...

Yes. I was on one of the first ones, Summer 1961, we operated SFO - HNL - TYO v.v. The 707 took over from the Brit. 312, crews of which had sat for 3 months in HNL with nothing to do, awaiting...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

25th Aug 2009, 06:08

Replies: 399

The VC 10

Views: 192,679

Posted By ExSp33db1rd

O.K. ! Memory ! I was on the last 707 posting...

O.K. ! Memory ! I was on the last 707 posting before we pulled out, thought VC-10's took over the route then - can't remember about the posting, but as the 707 posting had been deemed no longer...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

24th Aug 2009, 10:58

Replies: 399

The VC 10

Views: 192,679

Posted By ExSp33db1rd

Ref. the handling of the VC-10 (I never did ) ...

Ref. the handling of the VC-10 (I never did )

As an F/O on the 707 - ex. Strats and Brits - I was appalled to fly with a Comet Captain converting to type, who had the temerity to actually...

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