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Forum: Military Aviation
30th Oct 2009, 19:52
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By GordonPDavis

Paddy's Shirt

Good to see you back again Cliff

Your story about Paddy giving up his shirt in exchange for Lira takes me back again to Singapore. In an earlier post I mentioned that a few of us went ashore...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Oct 2009, 18:43
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By GordonPDavis

First flight in a Spitfire

As I have explained in a previous post I transferred fro the RAF to the Fleet Air Arm.

I guess my first flight in a Spitfire was much the same as yours. Rather frightening hurtling along the...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Oct 2009, 11:42
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By GordonPDavis

The Good and the Bad

My pal, Harry Cowdrey, at 3 BFTS had a good instructor named Ted Yachachak, a Miami Indian. One day Harry asked his instructor what yachachak meant. He replied "Big Indian chief who fly in sky". ...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Oct 2009, 15:29
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By GordonPDavis

Wings Presentation

In contrast to your 'Wings' presentation?? ours was a wonderful affair. I was at 3BFTS Miami Oklahoma and the Commanding Officer, Wing Commander Roxburgh sent invitations to attend the Wings...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Oct 2009, 19:02
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By GordonPDavis

The ATA

Hi Cliff,

The ATA girls certainly did a wonderful job. In 1943 I was stationed at RNAS Henstridge flying Spitfires and Seafires. I hurt my right hand operating a clay pigeon machine and as I...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Oct 2009, 18:40
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By GordonPDavis

Just the job!

You were right. I had got URL of thumbnails, not whole photo. Thanks a lot

Gordon
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Oct 2009, 16:54
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By GordonPDavis

Deck Landing

Hello Cliff,

Hope I've got the hang of publishing pics at last.
Landing a Seafire on the Attacker was always somewhat scary. The two photos show that things could go wrong but nevertheless...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Oct 2009, 16:57
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By GordonPDavis

Photos from Photobucket to PRUNE

Hope I've succeeded! Clicking 'insert images' does nothing but I noticed on one of your help replies the photo URL starts with square bracket IMG square bracket and ends similarly. Tried this and...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Oct 2009, 09:53
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By GordonPDavis

upload pics

Have logged on to Photobucket and uploaded a trial photo. Copied URL of pic and then logged on to 'Prune'.

Copied URL into reply text area, wrapped URL with quotes but can get no further!
...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Oct 2009, 11:52
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By GordonPDavis

Help

Thanks to everone who had helped with putting pics on PPRuNe. Now scanning my pics to get them on Photobucket. Unfortunately most photographs have faded with time like me but doing my best.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Oct 2009, 16:55
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By GordonPDavis

Photo of Lancaster

The photo of the Lancaster was great. Landing a Spitfire on soft ground could be more disastrous. The small wheels stuck and the aircraft finished up with its nose in the ground!

I would like...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Sep 2009, 18:30
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By GordonPDavis

Ceylon

Without doubt the Spitfire and its sea borne counterpart the Seafire were great aircraft but they had their faults. Forward visibility was poor, the wheelbase was very narrow, they were not suitable...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Sep 2009, 12:16
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By GordonPDavis

Life at Harogate

No, afraid I know nothing about the Hurricane pilots during Russian convoy voyages but when you mentioned survival time of a few seconds in the freezing water it reminded me of an incident when I...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Sep 2009, 18:32
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By GordonPDavis

An RAF Officer

From The Concise Oxford Dictionary.

an the form of the indefinite article used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg, an hour an MP). I guess therefore an RAF Officer is...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Sep 2009, 16:21
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By GordonPDavis

Further browsing revealed that rather than 100,...

Further browsing revealed that rather than 100, some 5000 German prisoner of war were aboard the Queen Mary together with Winston Churchill and the War Cabinet and ‘yours truly’. Just as well they...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Sep 2009, 16:59
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By GordonPDavis

WILEY You must think I’m going...

WILEY

You must think I’m going round the bend – sending you the same reply twice! Playing around with the Forum this morning I realised that there was more than one page, 55 in fact....
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Sep 2009, 16:37
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By GordonPDavis

Hello Wiley, Yes, landing and taking off a...

Hello Wiley,
Yes, landing and taking off a Seafire from an Escort Carrier could be very fraught.
HMS Attacker had a flight deck just less than 500 feet long and a beam of 100 feet, rather short and...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Sep 2009, 11:14
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By GordonPDavis

Deck Landing

Hello Wiley,
Yes, landing and taking off a Seafire from an Escort Carrier could be very fraught.
HMS Attacker had a flight deck just less than 500 feet long and a beam of 100 feet, rather short and...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Sep 2009, 18:23
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,299
Posted By GordonPDavis

Harrogate and what followed

I got my Pilot's brevet at 3 BFTS Oklahoma (course 16). Returned to England expecting great things but then came Harrogate. Suffered courses on aircraft recognition, ship recognition, unarmed...
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