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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Dec 2015, 21:17
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

My first trip to Moscow on the 707 was with a...

My first trip to Moscow on the 707 was with a Captain who had been BALPA President during a "look-see" visit to Aeroflot operations during some previous negotiations - details I forget. Upon arrival...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Feb 2015, 00:15
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

Agreed. No. Consol - maximum 60 counts....

Agreed.

No.

Consol - maximum 60 counts. i.e. dots, gradually building up to a single tone then gradually subsiding to positive dashes. One might count 20 dots and 32 dashes = 52, the missing...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Jan 2015, 19:28
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

Having some affinity with Santa Monica Airport,...

Having some affinity with Santa Monica Airport, California, where the "do-gooders" are trying to close it down, I sport a bumper sticker that is available from the airport "shop" stating " I LOVE...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Jan 2015, 20:22
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

Thanks for the details and corrections, chaps,...

Thanks for the details and corrections, chaps, Urban Myths do seem to be easier to recall than mathematical facts when One Is A Certain Age !

Interesting tho'.

I also recall a certain 707...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Jan 2015, 06:43
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

That was fitted at the behest ( demand ? ) of the...

That was fitted at the behest ( demand ? ) of the British ARB when the 707-436 was presented for UK registration. (also I believe the second hydraulic rudder boost system, the switch was fitted as...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Jan 2015, 23:59
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

Discorde - thank you for the correction, but I...

Discorde - thank you for the correction, but I recall reading that the pilot trying to copy him still needed a Flt. Nav qualification to set off across the Atlantic, even if Lindbergh didn't, and...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Jan 2015, 05:35
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

I don't recall INS being retrofitted to the 707 -...

I don't recall INS being retrofitted to the 707 - 436 until around 1974 or later, but I think we were still carrying Nav. qualified F/O co-pilots / S/O 3rd pilots until around the end of 1974,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jan 2015, 03:07
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

finncapt - I agree with all of that Astro...

finncapt - I agree with all of that Astro folklore, or at least my old memory does !

I recall choosing recognisable stars over those giving the best "cut", better to have a slightly off centre fix...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Jan 2015, 09:11
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

Some have, "Behind the Cockpit Door" by Arthur...

Some have, "Behind the Cockpit Door" by Arthur Whitlock for one, and an ex-Hamble trained, recently retired BA skipper, has recently published Part One of his memoirs, name not immediately to mind -...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Jan 2015, 01:53
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

BEA Airtours 707's. My memory suggests that...

BEA Airtours 707's. My memory suggests that Airtours did their own thing, and had no reference to the BOAC operation, and I recall that there was an Airtours accident of some sort, and we in BOAC...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Jan 2015, 00:35
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

and also the Britannia, answer is - not a lot,...

and also the Britannia, answer is - not a lot, see post 43. On that occasion the Loran was available until crossing the coast, after that no Loran, no Astro, no NDB's. After that just maintain a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Dec 2014, 05:56
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

Too true ! "Bombay, Bombay this is Delhi -...

Too true !

"Bombay, Bombay this is Delhi - shut up, Bombay !"

Flew with one of our WW II Polish Captains into Teheran from Karachi, and after a long and fruitless attempt to raise Teheran on...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Dec 2014, 03:46
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

Never went to Bedford, but ......... tea and...

Never went to Bedford, but ......... tea and bikkies on a Base Training detail ??

There's posh for you.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Dec 2014, 06:20
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

Private jet - Pls. see your P.M.s

Private jet - Pls. see your P.M.s
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Dec 2014, 06:53
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

Another North Atlantic Baron story. 707 ...

Another North Atlantic Baron story.

707 crew arrived in Anchorage, and the Captain asked if, instead of one of the routine crew menu/meals the following day, he could have a round of Roast Beef...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Nov 2014, 04:58
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

Not only Captains. There was once a pattern that...

Not only Captains. There was once a pattern that had the 2 F/O's change at Rome, whereas the Capt. & F/Eng. flew Beirut,Rome, London. The two new F/O's appeared at Rome, one climbed into the right...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Nov 2014, 20:29
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

The long trips, with many stops not served daily...

The long trips, with many stops not served daily - only 1 a week on some routes f'rinstance, we had to stay there for the whole time, life was hard ! - was the reason for flight crews being "posted"...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Nov 2014, 20:08
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

707 seating - as described and no, the Nav seat...

707 seating - as described and no, the Nav seat didn't move fore and aft on the a/c centerline, but it did swivel and move closer to the table, and up and down of course to accommodate various...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Nov 2014, 21:21
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

Low vis Nav. Agree, I got quite adept at...

Low vis Nav.

Agree, I got quite adept at navigating wearing a full face oxygen mask! The tube wouldn't reach the sextant mounting tho'
Raising the curtain that cut off light from the nav table,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Nov 2014, 20:05
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

..... and a table for your dinner. As Capt....

..... and a table for your dinner.

As Capt. JFK - LHR, and having "given" the flying for this sector to the F/O, I decided to put the S.O./ Nav in my seat as we flew up the East Coast towards...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Nov 2014, 23:10
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

Returning a hire car in ANC one day, the owner...

Returning a hire car in ANC one day, the owner asked if I'd be interested in an all expenses paid ship trip to Juneau to then drive one of his cars back to ANC?

It wasn't mid-winter, but it wasn't...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Nov 2014, 21:35
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

'cos no one believed INS would work at first, it...

'cos no one believed INS would work at first, it was black magic. "In The Beginning" we had an early INS experimental thinggy fitted to the sidewall of the fuselage of a 707 freighter main cargo...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Nov 2014, 20:44
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

Hobo - yes, 1 nm = 1minute of arc along ( up and...

Hobo - yes, 1 nm = 1minute of arc along ( up and down ) the Longitude. I think technically that is supposed to be made at the Equator - but who's counting ?

Except that the difference had to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Nov 2014, 02:26
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

Thanks, Yep, the peanut shells covering the floor...

Thanks, Yep, the peanut shells covering the floor wouldn't have been an advantage !
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Nov 2014, 01:36
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

Recently read a review of that, some Anniversary...

Recently read a review of that, some Anniversary date I think. 'fraid I can't remember where I saw it - can remember details from 60 years ago but not last week ! - but it will be available on the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Nov 2014, 21:23
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

arem - I remember the event of the ATC strike and...

arem - I remember the event of the ATC strike and the first BOAC a/c directly over the Pole, didn't the skipper send a 'greeting' to the BOAC Chairman from overhead ?

Akcherly, flying directly...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Nov 2014, 23:53
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

For which all the keys were marked No.3 !! ...

For which all the keys were marked No.3 !!

More Polar stuff.

A well known S.E.Asia airline ( Not SIA ! ) also flew over the Pole from Paris to Anchorage, and in later years used a DC-10,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Nov 2014, 06:34
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

My log book records London – Anchorage 18th May...

My log book records London – Anchorage 18th May 1970. My first Polar Crossing.

We flew NNW from London, and for the first few hours the Nav. Instructor would take frequent sun shots with the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Nov 2014, 21:46
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

No, Chichester set off for Norfolk Island en...

No, Chichester set off for Norfolk Island en route New Zealand - Australia in a Fox (?) Moth with a hand held Marine sextant. He reckoned that if he tried to maintain the direct track he could end...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Nov 2014, 08:21
Replies: 279
Views: 125,909
Posted By ExSp33db1rd

I can confirm the answers given by Hobo and...

I can confirm the answers given by Hobo and Airclues.

I joined BOAC in 1958 as a pilot, but was required to train for the Flight Navigator Licence, this started with 9 months classroom work...
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