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Forum: Military Aviation
28th May 2017, 09:59
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By 26er

Climbing out of Cologne one day in a BAC1-11 with...

Climbing out of Cologne one day in a BAC1-11 with the cockpit door open, at about three thousand feet there was a large bang and a ball of energy slowly left the flightdeck and made it's way down the...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Apr 2017, 09:33
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,099
Posted By 26er

Have I missed something? Is "soldier A" still in...

Have I missed something? Is "soldier A" still in prison?
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Oct 2016, 20:13
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By 26er

Fareastdriver, Bore us, please.

Fareastdriver,

Bore us, please.
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Aug 2016, 10:41
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Posted By 26er

Danny, re your experience at MSG, I arrived as a...

Danny, re your experience at MSG, I arrived as a new QFI there ( 202 AFS ) in September 1952 flying Meteor F4 and T7. Neasham/Croft, some seven miles south west was a relief landing ground, the main...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Mar 2016, 10:13
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By 26er

THE BEST LAID PLANS etc.

I am reminded of a flight way back in 1988. My crew and I were positioning on an Aer Fungus Shorts 360 from Dublin to Shannon. Later we met up with the crew in the bar, three ladies, who told us that...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Nov 2015, 18:32
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By 26er

Danny, Re your 7732 I understood that if...

Danny,


Re your 7732 I understood that if an nco or w/o (master aircrew) was commissioned his pay, if greater than that of the commissioned rank he achieved, would remain frozen until his new...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Nov 2014, 18:49
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By 26er

The old ones are the best !!!! When I...

The old ones are the best !!!!


When I moved into this area some 30 years ago I became aware of Bicester Garrison. You couldn't get into the local pubs at lunchtime or in the evenings (time of...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Nov 2014, 10:07
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Posted By 26er

Danny, re your last, I think you are confusing...

Danny, re your last, I think you are confusing the Spitfire and Meteor posts. As I am sure you remember, the Meteor T7 had no guns or gunsight.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Nov 2014, 08:39
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By 26er

Tim Mills Your flying from the back seat...

Tim Mills


Your flying from the back seat with a cameraman in the front reminds me of that rubbish film "High Flight" the second unit of which joined us at Nicosia to take "action" shots of...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Oct 2014, 16:51
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Posted By 26er

Danny, In 1952 I did the basic part of the course...

Danny, In 1952 I did the basic part of the course at South Cerney on Prentices and the advanced part at Rissington on Meteor T7s. Those not selected for jets - mainly the ex Sunderland, Brigand or...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Oct 2014, 10:28
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By 26er

More "hell on the hill". On the Meteor course in...

More "hell on the hill". On the Meteor course in 1952, night flying, giving "patter" from the back seat, in the midst of a bunch of jets came an unknown aircraft flying a low downwind leg which...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Oct 2014, 07:55
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By 26er

HELL ON THE HILL = Rissy = Royal Air Force Little...

HELL ON THE HILL = Rissy = Royal Air Force Little Rissington = CFS (730' amsl)
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Oct 2014, 16:10
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By 26er

Danny, The Fighting Lady was the USS...

Danny,


The Fighting Lady was the USS Yorktown. The film is worth watching again if you've the time. Try Google.


There were two Yorktowns - CV5 and CV10. I visited CV10 near Charlestown SC.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Sep 2014, 08:35
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,099
Posted By 26er

Fifty-five years ago in the film library at 229...

Fifty-five years ago in the film library at 229 OCU there was a WW2 propaganda film shown on "clampers" days called "Journey Together" in which a very young Richard Attenborough played the part of a...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Sep 2014, 20:43
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By 26er

I flew a 1-11 475 freighter which was on contract...

I flew a 1-11 475 freighter which was on contract to DHL flying parcels at night - approx. 0330 local take off - from Brussels to Stockholm. Usually departures were from 25R with a climbing right...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jun 2014, 08:09
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By 26er

Re "drunken chopsticks" in the mid fifties some...

Re "drunken chopsticks" in the mid fifties some of the Meteor F8s on the squadron were fitted with "Appendix", a bit of kit intended for use to home on a target jamming the fighter control frequency....
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jun 2014, 11:05
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By 26er

POM PAX It was my NHS number at one time...

POM PAX


It was my NHS number at one time - I had a card with it on - but it has now become a ten digit number, but nobody told me. Must have been some twenty years ago.
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jun 2014, 08:20
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By 26er

No idea what my NHS number is without looking it...

No idea what my NHS number is without looking it up but BJBP 2484 is forever imprinted in my mind. Dad was 2481, Mum 2482, big sister 2483. God only knows how they made out for a double digit family.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th May 2014, 08:08
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By 26er

So not that different from my 6FTS course in...

So not that different from my 6FTS course in 1950/51. 91 (of which 4:30 night) Prentice, 104 Harvard (7:30 night)
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Feb 2014, 14:59
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By 26er

On reflection and having read Geriaviator's...

On reflection and having read Geriaviator's contribution I am not sure where the Silver City Bristol Frightener landed in the UK. I seem to remember they called it "Ferryfield".

In 1985 I...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Feb 2014, 09:14
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By 26er

Dec '60 I brought my heavily laden 403 back to UK...

Dec '60 I brought my heavily laden 403 back to UK via Lydd courtesy of Silver City, the rest of the family having gone on ahead by train/ferry. No problems at all with Customs. In another later life...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Dec 2013, 08:29
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By 26er

iirc BAVS were still in use in Berlin in the...

iirc BAVS were still in use in Berlin in the early seventies.
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Dec 2013, 09:41
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By 26er

PEUGEOT 403 Danny, The 403 I had in...

PEUGEOT 403

Danny,

The 403 I had in 1958 was a bog standard one bought from a dealer, Herr Portner of Bielefeld, who used to come to RAF Gutersloh to do business very successfully. In fact I...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Dec 2013, 13:40
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,099
Posted By 26er

In the late fifties there was a traffic signal...

In the late fifties there was a traffic signal suspended over the crossroads in the centre of Gutersloh town which resembled a clock face with red and green sectors and a pointer which rotated. It...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Dec 2013, 12:35
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,099
Posted By 26er

Initiation seems to be much of a muchness no...

Initiation seems to be much of a muchness no matter where the RAF invited us to attend for initial training. In my case, having started at Padgate on 28/11/49 and expressed my wish to be a National...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Oct 2013, 19:56
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,099
Posted By 26er

And another thing, the Berlin corridors were ten...

And another thing, the Berlin corridors were ten statute miles wide because they had originally been designed by the army. There were really four corridors, one of which went to Warsaw. As a result...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Oct 2013, 15:41
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,099
Posted By 26er

Chugalug, Like you I had the pleasure of a...

Chugalug, Like you I had the pleasure of a similar visit and briefing. I flew BEA/BA S1-11s at the same time. We may even have met in the pub more or less opposite the Ambassador Hotel. One point...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Oct 2013, 08:11
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,099
Posted By 26er

It works for under 25s too, at least on Sylt...

It works for under 25s too, at least on Sylt beach!
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Oct 2013, 16:07
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,099
Posted By 26er

Danny, Your good lady wife can be assured that...

Danny, Your good lady wife can be assured that you would have had no problems with the bare-arse beach culture. As one who spent an August there on APC you would find that for every nubile young...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Oct 2013, 08:25
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,099
Posted By 26er

Re "High Flight", part of this was filmed by the...

Re "High Flight", part of this was filmed by the 2nd unit at Nicosia just after Suez. So many inconsistencies. At about 1hr11min you can see the aircraft sported Nos 1 and 34 Squadron markings. The...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Oct 2013, 14:23
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,099
Posted By 26er

Danny, To remind you of when you were...

Danny,

To remind you of when you were younger you may wish to see page 21 of the "Weekend" section of today's "The Times" describing a good walk around Thorney Island. It says it is nine miles...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Oct 2013, 11:41
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,099
Posted By 26er

Re your mushroom scrumpers at Thorney, I seem to...

Re your mushroom scrumpers at Thorney, I seem to remember that at Chivenor some time in the sixties the SAR Flight had their own lobster pots in the Taw estuary. A relatively easy way to harvest the...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Sep 2013, 08:25
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,099
Posted By 26er

Old(ish) Hunter pilot checks in. 1955,...

Old(ish) Hunter pilot checks in.

1955, Tangmere, and the two day fighter squadrons, Nos 1 & 34, eagerly awaited the arrival of our new aircraft. Of course the first of the Hunter F5s with the...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Sep 2013, 08:36
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,099
Posted By 26er

I suspect the authorisation of Gus's flight would...

I suspect the authorisation of Gus's flight would have been made by one of the QFIs after briefing him. In those days that's the way it was done. As a very junior Fg.Off QFI I authorised several...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Aug 2013, 21:09
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,099
Posted By 26er

One flight from Chivenor sticks in my mind, with...

One flight from Chivenor sticks in my mind, with all you GCA experts discussing the equipment's technicalities.

A Hunter T7 needed an engine airtest and J/T Bloggs, a fitter, asked if he could...
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