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Forum: Military Aviation
13th Mar 2017, 08:39
Replies: 156
Views: 114,082
Posted By MPN11

Ah, of course. Thanks, Warmtoast ^

Ah, of course. Thanks, Warmtoast ^
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Mar 2017, 19:23
Replies: 156
Views: 114,082
Posted By MPN11

Re-reading this wonderful thread, I noticed there...

Re-reading this wonderful thread, I noticed there was (repeat was) a cross runway. I assume 'better' aircraft with increased crosswind limits made that redundant quite quickly.
Forum: Military Aviation
14th May 2016, 17:54
Replies: 156
Views: 114,082
Posted By MPN11

Warmtoast .. an ongoing, fabulous, memoir. I...

Warmtoast .. an ongoing, fabulous, memoir. I wish now that I had bought a camera back in the 60s in Singapore, but I spent all my money on car, beer and women ... and was still paying off my UK...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th May 2016, 08:46
Replies: 156
Views: 114,082
Posted By MPN11

Lovely collection!

Lovely collection!
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2016, 09:03
Replies: 156
Views: 114,082
Posted By MPN11

Excellent, farefield ... thanks for that. Much...

Excellent, farefield ... thanks for that. Much nostalgia!

Not very strong on runway marking, I note, and the poor old Shack looks a bit battered! Tower r/t patter a bit dated ... it later became...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Apr 2016, 18:14
Replies: 156
Views: 114,082
Posted By MPN11

My souvenirs were confined to: Wife #1 from...

My souvenirs were confined to:
Wife #1 from Singapore
2 x 105mm Shell Cases and a quarry-blasting rock-let from Port Stanley.

The latter were considerably cheaper ;)
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Apr 2016, 07:36
Replies: 156
Views: 114,082
Posted By MPN11

Danny42C ... cigarette ash was indeed an...

Danny42C ... cigarette ash was indeed an efficient eraser of chinagraph. And, of course, in the average Tower there was a plentiful supply [back then].
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Apr 2016, 19:06
Replies: 156
Views: 114,082
Posted By MPN11

goofer3 ... NP, many [but not all] of us can read...

goofer3 ... NP, many [but not all] of us can read maps and radar tubes upside down :)
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Apr 2016, 19:05
Replies: 156
Views: 114,082
Posted By MPN11

ATC had a small industry of AATC's cleaning...

ATC had a small industry of AATC's cleaning perspex totes and GCA plaques ... I was just glad someone else did it! No idea what they used, but it was in small red 250 tins [or Imperial equivalent]
...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Apr 2016, 17:20
Replies: 156
Views: 114,082
Posted By MPN11

FED ... the old GCA truck (of fond memory) had...

FED ... the old GCA truck (of fond memory) had many dozens of luminous buttons and switches and text everywhere, together with a UV lamp on a bungee cord at each of the 3 control positions to wave...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Apr 2016, 11:27
Replies: 156
Views: 114,082
Posted By MPN11

"The Buildings" ... as GlobalNav noted earlier,...

"The Buildings" ... as GlobalNav noted earlier, some are still visible on Google Earth. Zooming in shows no trace of a footpath to the short extensions [my first thought was some sort of entrance...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Apr 2016, 16:12
Replies: 156
Views: 114,082
Posted By MPN11

Ah, aircon ... like the new Officers Mess wing at...

Ah, aircon ... like the new Officers Mess wing at Tengah, intended for V-Bomber crews. But fortunately the rest of us managed to occupy it. Two floors of 48 (? ... ISTR I was in 47) rooms in total,...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2016, 17:52
Replies: 156
Views: 114,082
Posted By MPN11

Mickj3 ... Defer to your personal experience,...

Mickj3 ... Defer to your personal experience, but I have never heard the term "Landing Craft Men". Nor has Wikipedia >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_craft

Not worth chewing our gums...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2016, 08:10
Replies: 156
Views: 114,082
Posted By MPN11

Please excuse nit-picking, but this great piece...

Please excuse nit-picking, but this great piece of work deserves to be 100% ;)

You said "... operated two (later three) WW2 LCM (Landing Craft Men) boats ..."

Is that not >>> ...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Apr 2016, 14:17
Replies: 156
Views: 114,082
Posted By MPN11

Oh, thanks for the reminder ... I owe him a phone...

Oh, thanks for the reminder ... I owe him a phone call!!

The private ATC Old and Bold community has some lovely photos of Gan, but we're not allowed to re-distribute them.
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Apr 2016, 10:15
Replies: 156
Views: 114,082
Posted By MPN11

Outstanding stuff, Warmtoast. I eagerly await...

Outstanding stuff, Warmtoast. I eagerly await the next instalment.

As a side issue, I was an ATCO at Tengah 67-70. We evolved a cunning plan, whereby we would do a controller swap between Tengah...
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