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Forum: Military Aviation
10th Apr 2018, 12:24
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

Warmtoast : That's a photo of the Winchester...

Warmtoast : That's a photo of the Winchester Castle after the post-war refit that made her a single funnel ship. She was in that configuration when I sailed to England.

During the war the ship...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Apr 2018, 12:27
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

Interesting stuff about my home town Tr.9er,...

Interesting stuff about my home town Tr.9er, thank you for posting it. The ship shown on the front page is the Winchester Castle which carried me off to exile in England in 1950. i was born in the...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2018, 12:18
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

Nobody looked at my birth certificate. If they...

Nobody looked at my birth certificate. If they had they would have found out I was a foreigner and wouldn't have let me in. I'd served 5 years before I was found out as being neither a British, Irish...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Nov 2017, 14:14
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

Mrs B lived in the "protected village" of Pokok...

Mrs B lived in the "protected village" of Pokok Assam near Taiping, which was in a Hot Zone of Perak until the age of ten. She had no idea they were surrounded by Communist Terrorists or that...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Oct 2017, 12:23
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

At Waddington we had a reputation as the finest...

At Waddington we had a reputation as the finest night club in Lincolnshire. The NAAFI - Alias The Raven Club - presented such 60s bands as The Bee Gees, Pink Floyd, Small Faces etc and crowds of...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Oct 2017, 12:17
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

We ground crew didn't stand and wait. In between...

We ground crew didn't stand and wait. In between hectic periods of activity we sat and played Uckers. But we definitely Served. ;)
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Sep 2017, 12:15
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

Al Deere was Commandant of RAF Halton when I was...

Al Deere was Commandant of RAF Halton when I was there. He used to ride about on a motor bike and sidecar with his wife in the sidecar. Here he is at the Band Competion, with me picking up the prize...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Sep 2017, 13:12
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

The build up of troops and planning were a...

The build up of troops and planning were a massive task.

The Americans considered the British as rank amateurs, but the unnecessary casualties sustained on the relatively more lightly defended US...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Aug 2017, 12:12
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

Oh, where did you get that hat? ...where did...

Oh, where did you get that hat?
...where did you get that tile?
Isn't it a lovely one? - it's just the proper style.
I would like to have one, just the same as that.
Wherever you'd go they'd...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Aug 2017, 12:24
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

Apart from RAF Waddington Airmen's Mess in 1967...

Apart from RAF Waddington Airmen's Mess in 1967 and 1968 that is.

We staged the great Mess boycott, treated by Their Airships as a mutiny and investigated by the SIB. The 'snoops' uncovered a...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jul 2017, 12:22
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

Perhaps certain matters concerning downed RAF...

Perhaps certain matters concerning downed RAF Aircrew being denied boarding?
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jul 2017, 15:27
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

I wasn't impressed at the over emphasis on what...

I wasn't impressed at the over emphasis on what was going on on the ground. Which squadrons were engaged? What aircraft were used? RNAS involvement? What were the loss rates? Total losses -men and...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jun 2017, 12:27
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

You should have tried being an LAC. We had one at...

You should have tried being an LAC. We had one at Brize who fed his family by riding around the line on his bicycle, scrounging left-overs from the inbound VC10 galleys.
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jun 2017, 12:08
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

Can we send a P47 to shoot it down again? ...

Can we send a P47 to shoot it down again? :suspect: :oh:
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jun 2017, 12:43
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

I think the Royal Air Force adopted the best of...

I think the Royal Air Force adopted the best of what we inherited from the Royal Navy and the Army out of which we were formed. Which is why the Royal Air Force is the junior but superior service.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jun 2017, 12:24
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

The BBC suffers from embedded organisational...

The BBC suffers from embedded organisational bias. Over time an organisation acquires an ethos and then hires only people who share the same ethos. As everyone in the organisation thinks the same...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jun 2017, 12:30
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

The building was managed by a management board...

The building was managed by a management board that consisted of 8 residents, 4 independents and 3 councillors (one of whom is now the local MP). Establishing that the Council itself was responsible...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jun 2017, 12:29
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

For a while I worked in the RAF Changi Instrument...

For a while I worked in the RAF Changi Instrument Calibration Laboratory where one of my duties was looking after aircrew watches. Most aircrew tried to obtain the more classy "name" brands but I can...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jun 2017, 12:27
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

For a while I worked in the RAF Changi Instrument...

For a while I worked in the RAF Changi Instrument Calibration Laboratory where one of my duties was looking after aircrew watches. Most aircrew tried to obtain the more classy "name" brands but I can...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Apr 2017, 12:24
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

We rented a colour TV from Rediffusion in the...

We rented a colour TV from Rediffusion in the olden days when I was poor underpaid Sergeant. It was prone to lose the picture when a diode on the power supply board overheated. The clue was in where...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Apr 2017, 09:19
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

Excellent yarn, Geriaviator. That has made my...

Excellent yarn, Geriaviator. That has made my morning tea break an even happier occasion.

I did wonder what our own children made of our dragging them around the jungles of Borneo and Malaysia....
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Mar 2017, 12:18
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

One to bring tears to Danny's eyes...

http://pin.it/2GHz47H
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Mar 2017, 12:15
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

If tea bars aren't allowed now, I guess the Xmas...

If tea bars aren't allowed now, I guess the Xmas bars must have gone a long time ago. :(
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jan 2017, 10:16
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

My Chief at Brize was returning from a tour in...

My Chief at Brize was returning from a tour in Germany and was stopped on the road from Dover by the police. "Been in Germany long?" asked the copper, eyeing his BFG number plate. "Three years" says...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Nov 2016, 12:07
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

'Datuk' would be my choice as an appropriate...

'Datuk' would be my choice as an appropriate salutation.
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jul 2015, 12:21
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

Jeezus! What century did this happen in?...

Jeezus! What century did this happen in? :confused:
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2014, 12:43
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

When I had the privilege of rewiring PA474 the...

When I had the privilege of rewiring PA474 the Plessey Plugs on the original perished wiring were all solder connections. I asked my "Chiefy", Ralph how they did soldering out on a far dispersal. He...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jan 2014, 20:13
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

The business of Air Power is bombing enemy assets...

The business of Air Power is bombing enemy assets - manufacturing, transportation and troop/armour concentrations - and thus reducing their ability to fight. It's all about bombers and moving the...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jan 2014, 12:48
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

A bit late to jump in with this tale, but never...

A bit late to jump in with this tale, but never mind:

My Dad was a Visual Signaller (Bunting Tosser) in HMS Forester, with Canadian Close Escort Group C1 based in Londonderry. Now Dad was a...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Dec 2013, 07:03
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

Speaking of Sgt Moon's oil leak, it recalls the...

Speaking of Sgt Moon's oil leak, it recalls the oil pressure switch I was testing after an in-flight shutdown on a 205 Sqn. Shackleton. On the Form 1022 [The RAF Air Safety Report form] that...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Oct 2013, 12:35
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

Although we all knew what the "Snowdrops" our old...

Although we all knew what the "Snowdrops" our old wartime Chiefies referred to were, but they were universally called "Snoops" when I was in.
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Sep 2013, 16:17
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

Mention of Il62s and Russian crews makes me...

Mention of Il62s and Russian crews makes me recall the time in Borneo, when, as a Duty Engineer, I asked a visiting RAF VC10 Captain, in that special way we Englishmen use for addressing foreigners,...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Sep 2013, 07:05
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

... then there's the Airbus flight deck, with a...

... then there's the Airbus flight deck, with a handy pull out shelf below the instrument panel to perch one's laptop on. :)

- and a nice cup holder.
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Sep 2013, 20:11
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

Jack - Sir Andrew, shortly before his untimely...

Jack - Sir Andrew, shortly before his untimely passing from pneumonia. He stood us a round more than once - as we looked after his personal Gazelle, XW855 that now resides in the Hendon museum. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Sep 2013, 13:34
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,823,081
Posted By Blacksheep

RAF Northolt 1976. 32 Sqn Flight Line around...

RAF Northolt 1976. 32 Sqn Flight Line around 17:45 hrs. I'd sent the boys off to the airmen's mess for their tea and was enjoying a peaceful cuppa and a fag. The phone rings and I answer.
"CDS...
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