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Forum: Military Aviation
15th Oct 2017, 07:37
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

An RAAF Vampire pilot mentions the 'hi-jinks' in...

An RAAF Vampire pilot mentions the 'hi-jinks' in the 'air pressure brake' Vampire days. The Mk.35s had hydraulic pressure but it could also deplete quickly if mis-used (yes I recall having to park...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jun 2017, 23:14
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

Came across this composite Mosquito / Vampire...

Came across this composite Mosquito / Vampire FIRST DECK Landing video today but sadly the watermarking makes viewing difficult. Anyway: which aircraft would you choose to deck land? The SINGLE SEAT...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jun 2017, 15:36
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

'Danny42C' not having any experience / knowledge...

'Danny42C' not having any experience / knowledge of the single seat Vampires of yore, I had thought that the 'Fareastdriver' post here:...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jun 2017, 09:14
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

One of the most boring and most difficult 'engine...

One of the most boring and most difficult 'engine running' activities in the Vampires at NAS Nowra was to carry out 'compass swings' on the 'just big enough' concrete compass swinging circle near the...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jun 2017, 05:44
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

Vampire Rebuild 16 Jun 2017 Marcus Peake [PHOTOS...

Vampire Rebuild 16 Jun 2017 Marcus Peake [PHOTOS at URL]


http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l261/SpazSinbad/NewNewAllBum/RANvampire804SideViewGannetForum.jpg...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jun 2017, 12:08
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

English Electric Canberra and de Havilland...

English Electric Canberra and de Havilland Vampire set to Return to the Air 06 Jun 2017 Temora Aviation Museum...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd May 2017, 22:13
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

The five RAN FAA Vampire formation above are the...

The five RAN FAA Vampire formation above are the same with a different designation as explained in the text. I'm not familiar with that HOOhaa because they were all Vamps to me - just that some were...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd May 2017, 21:34
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

Original VampCutaway was here but no longer:...

Original VampCutaway was here but no longer: http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/photos/militaryaviation1946-2006cutaways/images/11376/de-havilland-dh-vampire-cutaway.jpg
...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd May 2017, 21:05
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

RAN FAA had only two types of dual seat Vampires...

RAN FAA had only two types of dual seat Vampires with the first lot NOT having ejection seats as you note but later modified thankfully to have same. The first lot had variations in instrument layout...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st May 2017, 03:08
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

Never too late to make a 4 page PDF from the...

Never too late to make a 4 page PDF from the 'megan' Vampire / Mosquito Evolution FLIGHT 23 Nov 1950 article above:

https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1950/1950%20-%201989.html
...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st May 2017, 01:29
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

Bin Lookin' at OLD material of dubious graphic...

Bin Lookin' at OLD material of dubious graphic quality to spy this gem - PEARCE c.1968. NOW attached is a 6 page PDF of graphics from a Vampire T11 Maintenance Manual (everything fixed with a rubber...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th May 2017, 11:06
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

I have no idea. We did not use weapons in our...

I have no idea. We did not use weapons in our Pearce RAAF training and I do not recall seeing the gyro gunsights although some inoperative ones may have been fitted on some. The RAN FAA had no...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th May 2017, 07:29
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

Thanks for responses - bin out&about today. Yeah...

Thanks for responses - bin out&about today. Yeah great news for Andy but still unresolved. COOPS has a photo posted on FaceBook from recent Anzac Day up in QLD. Anyone recognise the leather jacketed...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th May 2017, 18:43
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

On page three this thread is an airfield diagram...

On page three this thread is an airfield diagram with 'original' no circling warning over the hills east of the airfield RAAF Pearce. It has been a long time and in my researches I had forgotten a...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th May 2017, 17:28
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

'zzuf' thanks for that detail. Yes I remember...

'zzuf' thanks for that detail. Yes I remember BEST - the name - but not details now, I'll look it up - I was a Midshipman under training at Pearce from July to December 1968 on No.67 Pilot Course. We...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th May 2017, 07:08
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

http://motty.hobbyvista.com/Macchis/Macchi-Index.h...

http://motty.hobbyvista.com/Macchis/Macchi-Index.html: Macchi MB326H front cockpit instrument panel: MB-326H Details (http://motty.hobbyvista.com/Macchis/Details/pages/8-Front-Cockpit-Main.html)
...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th May 2017, 06:37
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

page 193 of this PDF (4.5Mb) has this quote from...

page 193 of this PDF (4.5Mb) has this quote from a long ago Pearce Vampire trainee:


Found an old funny story here:...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th May 2017, 06:24
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

Do not know any more details other than what is...

Do not know any more details other than what is stated here:
Forum: Military Aviation
4th May 2017, 01:52
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

Some eye watering stuff for us oldies.... :} ...

Some eye watering stuff for us oldies.... :}

Vampire Dual Seater Formation Fast Low FlyBy Cockpit View

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvjnkmvuqWI
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd May 2017, 17:52
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

The cockpit photo on page two this thread is of a...

The cockpit photo on page two this thread is of a T11 (did not have that recorded earlier) so I'll repost it here and add a ZOOM of the altimeter. Found my old interpretation of the three needled...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd May 2017, 17:05
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJDN4A39UiA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJDN4A39UiA
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd May 2017, 16:21
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

Heheh - glad you survived. New instructors eh....

Heheh - glad you survived. New instructors eh. Below are the engine limitations again from RAAF Vampire Mk35/35A flight manual. Somewhere if I dig deep in external backup media I have that little...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd May 2017, 16:02
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

This photo purports to be a RAAF Vampire Mk35...

This photo purports to be a RAAF Vampire Mk35 front panel in the Bullsbrook Museum (near RAAF Pearce). Control column was not painted gold and was not this ancient one but one with gun/rocket firing...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd May 2017, 15:54
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

'Fareastdriver' now you see the problem mentioned...

'Fareastdriver' now you see the problem mentioned by others here. The photo of the altimeter is a Mk35 RAAF Vampire (also RAN FAA I presume but geez after all these years and looking at a lot of...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd May 2017, 15:16
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

'Buster the Bear' I'm missing to what you refer....

'Buster the Bear' I'm missing to what you refer. 800 meters? Off the top of my dome NAS Nowra had 6,250 foot runways which were OK for even A4G ops (NATOPS required 6,000 foot runways as a minimum)....
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd May 2017, 15:10
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

Over on previous page this thread 'MPN11'...

Over on previous page this thread 'MPN11' mentions the Pearce parallel runways. Point Cook operated usually on north/south runways also with the main runway being a mix of concrete and macadam with a...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd May 2017, 14:46
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

For 'Danny42C' - yes 'half plus 2' sounds right....

For 'Danny42C' - yes 'half plus 2' sounds right. Had an e-mail stating the CMDR was at 12K so that would have been the turn inbound height. But he was at 2,000 feet over water descending turn into...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd May 2017, 10:49
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

'MPN11' one would have to ask the RAAF. However...

'MPN11' one would have to ask the RAAF. However the base has expanded a lot since 1968 with various training squadrons including Singaporean Air Force. I have no idea how it all works now because...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd May 2017, 08:23
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

With dual north south runways RAAF Pearce today...

With dual north south runways RAAF Pearce today looks to be much different, especially with the Macchi era sunshades on flight line. The long taxi to threshold 36 from the top north eastern side was...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd May 2017, 08:15
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

FARRKK!!! as we used to say. :-) One of the best...

FARRKK!!! as we used to say. :-) One of the best early days at Pearce (did not use RAAF in those days I think but they do now so excuse) and there were lots because for one we graduated to wings...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd May 2017, 07:31
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

What is the 'graphic altimeter' reading above and...

What is the 'graphic altimeter' reading above and below one may guess also please. TAH.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l261/SpazSinbad/NewNewAllBum/Vampire3handAltimeter.jpg~original...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd May 2017, 06:58
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

I'm pleased you mention the three handed...

I'm pleased you mention the three handed altimeter 'BEagle' the other things are self-evident. Photos of Spitfire front instrument panels look very similar to early VAMPIRE single seaters and that...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd May 2017, 02:34
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

Eight pages of MicroBurst and ThunderyBumpery...

Eight pages of MicroBurst and ThunderyBumpery Goodness attached (out of date a bit though). NOTICE the time/movement/burst effect in the graphic immediately above. Here one second and gone the next -...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd May 2017, 02:01
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

Without being at the airfield at the time as...

Without being at the airfield at the time as explained I cannot say more except speaking to squadron aircrew either in the air or left behind that day or ATC the storm was 'something else'. The...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd May 2017, 22:04
Replies: 124
Views: 67,729
Posted By SpazSinbad

FWIW yonks ago I wrote this text for...

FWIW yonks ago I wrote this text for ADF-serials.com and provided them with the map as seen in this two page PDF attached. https://www.faaaa.asn.au/spazsinbad-a4g/

Hammond initials? Dunno. Two...
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