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Forum: Military Aviation
25th Oct 2020, 16:48
Replies: 843
Views: 352,267
Posted By ICM

If you scroll to the end of this section of the...

If you scroll to the end of this section of the ARDET (Argosy Detachment) website, there are some graphic pics showing how some facilities on the station had deteriorated by 1998. Memory suggests...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Oct 2020, 22:31
Replies: 843
Views: 352,267
Posted By ICM

I suspect I did a resupply drop on the Hadibo...

I suspect I did a resupply drop on the Hadibo airstrip to the expedition mentioned above on 29 March 1967 - 4 1-Ton containers and 5 Harness Packs. This was with an Argosy of 105 Sqn, and I take the...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Oct 2020, 12:31
Replies: 843
Views: 352,267
Posted By ICM

Indeed - with this as the aftermath of one such...

Indeed - with this as the aftermath of one such sortie in June 1967, a resupply to the South Arabian army that had taken over IS duties from 45 Cdo (RM) on the previous day.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Dec 2017, 18:53
Replies: 843
Views: 352,267
Posted By ICM

I've just become aware of an Aden Veterans...

I've just become aware of an Aden Veterans Association commemorative journal publication marking the 50 years since we left. I don't believe this link has appeared here before, and the journal is...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Nov 2017, 11:17
Replies: 843
Views: 352,267
Posted By ICM

Off on a different tangent, is there by any...

Off on a different tangent, is there by any chance a pilot on here from the Khormaksar Hunter Wing who recalls escorting an Argosy during a leaflet dropping sortie up to the northeast of Aden on the...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Nov 2017, 10:07
Replies: 843
Views: 352,267
Posted By ICM

I certainly recall a SAS section being dropped...

I certainly recall a SAS section being dropped off at Riyan in 66/67 by 105 Sqn Argosy, complete with Pink Panther LWB Landrover. One of them was very keen to to a deal with me on the Australian...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Oct 2017, 16:48
Replies: 843
Views: 352,267
Posted By ICM

As I read it, the Op Order text includes some of...

As I read it, the Op Order text includes some of the changes that "events" forced upon us. For example, I was there on 105 Sqn (Argosies) for which the original plan was a move to Muharraq at the...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Oct 2017, 08:09
Replies: 843
Views: 352,267
Posted By ICM

From the ARDET website - 30 years after we'd gone...

From the ARDET website - 30 years after we'd gone a former 105 Sqn pilot did a turnround in Aden and found the ex-MRT Wing hangars in splendid condition, with lots of serviceable aircraft parked...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Nov 2015, 17:24
Replies: 843
Views: 352,267
Posted By ICM

I've borrowed a digital converter to use on a box...

I've borrowed a digital converter to use on a box of slides that I had believed long lost till recently. First up, if a bit dark, the Jungle Bar price list from the Officers' Mess:
...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Nov 2015, 15:48
Replies: 843
Views: 352,267
Posted By ICM

"The more I see, the more I realise what a dump...

"The more I see, the more I realise what a dump it was!"

Indeed - and thanks to some pics on the ARDET site, taken by an ex-105 pilot passing through in 1998, we can see how things had...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Nov 2015, 11:15
Replies: 843
Views: 352,267
Posted By ICM

For Anglian AV8R: Despite The UK and President...

For Anglian AV8R: Despite The UK and President Nasser not being the best of friends, as you say, we were able to fly over Egypt whilst ferrying our 105 Sqn Argosies back to the UK for major...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Nov 2015, 08:52
Replies: 843
Views: 352,267
Posted By ICM

I'm afraid that I've no retained logs or charts...

I'm afraid that I've no retained logs or charts from back then with which to state authoritatively - but there was certainly a dogleg after Djibouti before setting course south down into Kenya,...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Oct 2015, 15:28
Replies: 843
Views: 352,267
Posted By ICM

Yes, indeed, I remember having a look at those...

Yes, indeed, I remember having a look at those Skyraiders - and comparing their downstairs accommodation rather unfavourably with my upstairs desk in the Argosy. (Of course, I was quite unaware of...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Apr 2015, 22:30
Replies: 843
Views: 352,267
Posted By ICM

That view of the runway at #113 was, as I recall,...

That view of the runway at #113 was, as I recall, very similar to that at Dubai just along the coast, with a real risk of misidentification! Little did we think back then how things might change in...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Mar 2015, 10:31
Replies: 843
Views: 352,267
Posted By ICM

Tennants? As I recall, it certainly was. And I...

Tennants? As I recall, it certainly was. And I also seem to recall a period during which supplies were held up and the cans were fairly rusty old stock ... but it didn't make much difference. And...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Mar 2015, 11:50
Replies: 843
Views: 352,267
Posted By ICM

Might JW411 be persuaded to add some of his...

Might JW411 be persuaded to add some of his photos from those days? Possibly some of the flooded Jungle Bar and the shenanigans therein circa 1 April 1967, after the exceptionally heavy rain that...
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