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22nd Nov 2020, 18:14
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Posted By dogle

Pursuant to our late CO’s brilliant metaphor .......

Pursuant to our late CO’s brilliant metaphor .... long have I lurked in the nether regions of our ‘virtual crewroom’, just cleaning up the ‘tea swindle’ mugs but with ears always a-flapping (twixt...
22nd Sep 2016, 12:12
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I was most pleasantly surprised earlier today...

I was most pleasantly surprised earlier today when my lair was overflown by an aircraft in yellow U.S. livery, almost certainly the venerable Stearman (UK registration). It was a lovely sight, and...
7th Jun 2016, 10:24
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Posted By dogle

The Charge to Production theory of the Two Balls

WW II was a time of immense industrial activity, in which vast numbers of civilians suddenly found themselves doing completely unfamilar jobs in pursuit of the War Effort.

My late father was one...
5th Jun 2016, 19:58
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Posted By dogle

Wink Thanks topgas for those splendid photographs. ...

Thanks topgas for those splendid photographs.

Whoops, here we go again ..... the (still unresolved) Mystery of the Two Balls .... which has much intrigued me, although I recall thinking...
31st Jan 2015, 19:27
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Posted By dogle

fredjhh's memoirs?

Conversation in the Crewroom having lapsed for a moment, whilst our aircrew ponder a while, and quietly contemplate the stove ...

.... like many others I am very much looking forward to reading...
21st Dec 2014, 13:41
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Posted By dogle

Dogle's Law (depreciation, used cars, for the purchase of).

Danny is so right, and the impecunious young officer of today would do well to note his words of wisdom (likewise perhaps the not-so-young!).

(Of course in the immediate aftermath of the war,...
17th Nov 2014, 19:17
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Posted By dogle

On "boondocks" mentioned recently, I was...

On "boondocks" mentioned recently, I was expecting our crew members from south of the Tropic of Capricorn, or thereabouts, to jump in and say that the word was merely a corruption of 'bundu' (a view...
3rd Sep 2014, 18:30
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Posted By dogle

An other - somewhat unkind? - Lightning chestnut...

An other - somewhat unkind? - Lightning chestnut was:

Q. What is the turning circle of a Lightning on full reheat?

A. Forget it, you have fuel exhaustion before you manage a 360 that way!
18th Apr 2014, 10:48
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Posted By dogle

It seems that USS Wakefield, formerly SS...

It seems that USS Wakefield, formerly SS Manhattan (indeed sister to SS Washington) in her civilian life, was a handsome ship and enjoyed quite an eventful wartime career -...
16th Apr 2014, 00:05
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Posted By dogle

Splendid, HF, thank you so much. May I put...

Splendid, HF, thank you so much.

May I put in a word in defence of Mona's Isle, home of tailless cats and four-horned sheep?

It is to me (not having served there) a lovely place; in peacetime,...
28th Mar 2014, 21:26
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Posted By dogle

Wwwop, may I second MPN11's warm welcome (and...

Wwwop, may I second MPN11's warm welcome (and join the queue of those anxious to set up your drinks on the bar, all gasping to hear more).

Amazing coincidences - oooh, 'tis a small world - it is...
1st Mar 2014, 09:56
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Posted By dogle

I enjoyed the BBC radio interview, broadcast 0930...

I enjoyed the BBC radio interview, broadcast 0930 today, with North Yorkshire author and WWII Lancaster pilot Bill Spence, marking his nomination for a literary award. He sounded very fit, and like...
22nd Jan 2014, 21:51
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Posted By dogle

Oh, no, Danny - by no means unworthy ..... and...

Oh, no, Danny - by no means unworthy ..... and but barely in jest (where so many a true word be spoken!).

The late Professor Parkinson wrote lightheartedly in his most popular work about the...
6th Jan 2014, 10:18
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Posted By dogle

It was indeed, Danny. Rudolf Kaiser - Wikipedia,...

It was indeed, Danny. Rudolf Kaiser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Kaiser)
24th Oct 2013, 19:41
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Posted By dogle

Aahhh, Grey Lady indeed ... truly a 'proper'...

Aahhh, Grey Lady indeed ... truly a 'proper' car!

Now, those mirrors which the chauffeur so disdained - it seems that Peugeot was putting the side mirrors in that more logical place long before...
16th Oct 2013, 14:27
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Posted By dogle

Thank you so much, Danny, for that clarification...

Thank you so much, Danny, for that clarification - I was labouring under the mistaken impression that the Vengeance's dive brakes could be operated delicately at less than full whack.

Smudge -...
15th Oct 2013, 18:04
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Posted By dogle

Danny, Sir! ... might I beg a great indulgence,...

Danny, Sir! ... might I beg a great indulgence, and revert, just briefly, to the Vengeance days?

Following your description of the Vengeance's vital and mighty dive brakes, I was much engaged by...
29th Nov 2012, 22:54
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Posted By dogle

"What have I unleashed !! " - only just a...

"What have I unleashed !! "

- only just a whiff of the wonderful cameraderie which exists in your (bulging) 'virtual crewroom'!

(my own two-wheel comments suppressed - with difficulty - lest...
24th Nov 2012, 13:50
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Posted By dogle

As I recall, flying the Yellow Jack was not the...

As I recall, flying the Yellow Jack was not the sole privilege of Plague Ships such as yours but rather a routine hoist meaning 'I am inbound from foreign and (therefore) require Customs and medical...
20th Jul 2012, 16:13
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Posted By dogle

Danny, on the very few occasions on which I have...

Danny, on the very few occasions on which I have been reduced to somewhat unecclesiastic language by failure of copy=>paste operations, I had - inadvertently - closed down the source (copied) tablet...
4th Jun 2012, 10:58
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Posted By dogle

Downwards-directed lamps ... being coloured, I'd...

Downwards-directed lamps ... being coloured, I'd guess at some form of recognition aide .... early IFF. The control panel for these appears to be the one snuggling up to the compass ... so if you...
27th Feb 2012, 19:47
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Posted By dogle

....... and it would be splendid to hear from...

....... and it would be splendid to hear from former members of what was once British Airways Limited - the guys (and especially the girls!) of the Air Transport Auxiliary.
22nd Feb 2012, 22:14
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Posted By dogle

Danny, Sir!, thank you so much .... I suspect...

Danny, Sir!, thank you so much .... I suspect that you have no inkling of how much enjoyment your posts are bringing to so many, but it is so - please bear in mind that we are quiet because we are...
5th Aug 2010, 19:37
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Posted By dogle

The NY Times obituary is accessible without...

The NY Times obituary is accessible without registration here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/world/europe/05levy.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries

One of many others:
Sabena pilot Captain Reginald...
27th Mar 2010, 22:47
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Posted By dogle

In response to regle's wise prompting to ask our...

In response to regle's wise prompting to ask our questions whilst they may still be answered, I have a couple -


As a young lad after the war it was quite a thrill for me to have a "ride"...
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