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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Dec 2023, 09:58
Replies: 279
Views: 125,934
Posted By Bergerie1

Pax B, BOAC VC10 and B707 cabin crew were dual...

Pax B, BOAC VC10 and B707 cabin crew were dual qualified on both types. Some time ago I wrote this about the Indian Ocean trips:-I have often been asked which was my favourite route. To me, the best...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Nov 2023, 10:37
Replies: 279
Views: 125,934
Posted By Bergerie1

Discorde, Can you PM me with the title of the...

Discorde, Can you PM me with the title of the book you cannot advertise here. Many thanks in advance.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Dec 2015, 06:58
Replies: 279
Views: 125,934
Posted By Bergerie1

ExSp33db1rd, Good to hear from you again, I...

ExSp33db1rd,

Good to hear from you again, I hope you are keeping well.

Your description of fun in Moscow was great. Do you have any more stories like that? I didn't get to Moscow until the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Dec 2015, 14:58
Replies: 279
Views: 125,934
Posted By Bergerie1

Dave, I wasn't there. Your last para seems the...

Dave, I wasn't there. Your last para seems the most probable sequence of events.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Dec 2015, 07:50
Replies: 279
Views: 125,934
Posted By Bergerie1

Amstrong, I have sent you a PM Dave, I see,...

Amstrong, I have sent you a PM

Dave, I see, like me, you are a pedant!

Presumably the chandelier was fastened with a threaded bolt that passed from the ceiling beneath, to emerge through the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Dec 2015, 05:28
Replies: 279
Views: 125,934
Posted By Bergerie1

The story as I first heard it starts with a short...

The story as I first heard it starts with a short Notice in the 'Orders and Notices' manual which everyone was supposed to read before flying.

In those days we always referred to the BOAC HQ at...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Dec 2015, 09:43
Replies: 279
Views: 125,934
Posted By Bergerie1

vctenderness – spot on! After I retired from...

vctenderness – spot on!

After I retired from BA I worked for IATA in Brussels in the late 1990s, and was part of a team trying to negotiate better routes across Siberia between Europe and Japan....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Nov 2015, 07:35
Replies: 279
Views: 125,934
Posted By Bergerie1

Spooky, Sometimes one did, sometimes one didn't...

Spooky,
Sometimes one did, sometimes one didn't - it all depended on what was available. The accuracy figures I have mentioned are for celestial fixes using stars, planets, moon and sun alone - not...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Nov 2015, 13:36
Replies: 279
Views: 125,934
Posted By Bergerie1

megan, I was thinking a bit more. It would be...

megan,
I was thinking a bit more. It would be reasonable, if you got good shots in good conditions, to expect 10Nms as a good ballpark figure. And even in a little turbulence 20Nms should always be...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Nov 2015, 05:58
Replies: 279
Views: 125,934
Posted By Bergerie1

megan - 20Nms was quite good

megan - 20Nms was quite good
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Jan 2015, 07:46
Replies: 279
Views: 125,934
Posted By Bergerie1

A periscopic sextant had a very restricted field...

A periscopic sextant had a very restricted field of view. Thus, the approved stars were those that could be easily identified by colour and/or in a pattern that could be seen within this field of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Jan 2015, 07:46
Replies: 279
Views: 125,934
Posted By Bergerie1

The BEA Airtours accident at Prestwick:- ...

The BEA Airtours accident at Prestwick:-
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/6-1978%20G-APFK.pdf
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Dec 2014, 08:58
Replies: 279
Views: 125,934
Posted By Bergerie1

And yet another Atlantic Baron story. There...

And yet another Atlantic Baron story.

There was a certain captain on Britannias who was exceedingly proud of his smart appearance. When he travelled by train to Heathrow to fly (people did in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Dec 2014, 06:41
Replies: 279
Views: 125,934
Posted By Bergerie1

But it was not only male cabin crew. I remember...

But it was not only male cabin crew. I remember one trip on a 707 freighter out to Hong Kong and back - three hairy a+sed airmen with one angelic blonde angel to look after them. Untouchable but...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Nov 2014, 07:42
Replies: 279
Views: 125,934
Posted By Bergerie1

Aaaaaaah! Brake Dwell Cocktails. Those were...

Aaaaaaah! Brake Dwell Cocktails. Those were indeed the days.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Nov 2014, 18:49
Replies: 279
Views: 125,934
Posted By Bergerie1

I can remember, shortly after a VC10 had been...

I can remember, shortly after a VC10 had been fitted with twin INSs, being required to do a 20 minute astro fix schedule across the Atlantic to check the accuracy of the INSs. How daft can you get?!!!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Nov 2014, 16:28
Replies: 279
Views: 125,934
Posted By Bergerie1

Discorde See also my posts Nos. 3, 17 and...

Discorde


See also my posts Nos. 3, 17 and 14 on the 'Navigation System on Bristol Britannias'. There was little difference other than a much better Loran set!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Nov 2014, 16:19
Replies: 279
Views: 125,934
Posted By Bergerie1

I joined BOAC in 1962 as a pilot but had to get...

I joined BOAC in 1962 as a pilot but had to get my Flight Navigators Licence on Britannia 312s. The training was done by the few remaining straight navigators. After 2 years I went to VC10s as a...
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