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Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Mar 2013, 16:05
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

Know what I mean?

:rolleyes: 212man.....I did know what you meant!

I 'might' have had a hand in helping training civvie crews once upon a time, prior to joining them, but oil prices dived to 12$ a barrel and jobs...
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Mar 2013, 10:54
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

green suits

212man - 'cos they closed Leuchars (B Flt 22 Sqn) years ago, otherwise it would have! :E
Forum: Rotorheads
23rd Mar 2013, 00:28
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

Cool Great Vid IFR Piglet

What a great vid and what a lovely shiny heclopeter! Took me right back to the good 80's; same place, same weather, same MRT, same Corpach (but fuel in 45 gall drums) and good ole Walter Wessex!...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Dec 2012, 17:32
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

Cool Good Hevens (sp), was I? :D

Good Hevens (sp), was I? :D
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Dec 2012, 16:21
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

Snoop HF Ah, what poetry! You haven't been...

HF


Ah, what poetry! You haven't been drinking have you? ;)
Anyway, we were lucky - we had Nimrods back in the olden days :ok:
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Dec 2012, 11:56
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

Ah, must have been Lossie then - Brawdy would...

Ah, must have been Lossie then - Brawdy would have been 250mls! ;)
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Dec 2012, 18:48
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

Angel Don't fancy it anymore, but the FV would be ok if...

Don't fancy it anymore, but the FV would be ok if it turned downwind/sea or prob even slowed down. Not so sure about the warship though! :ooh:
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Dec 2012, 11:15
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

:E don't forget the T...

:E


don't forget the T Shirts........lots of them! :=
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Dec 2012, 07:57
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

Sigh!

And with age comes experiance, a broader perspective, and sometimes even wisdom - hope you get there, there might even be a civvy seat out there for you! ;)
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Dec 2012, 22:56
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

Yes Crab, that came after PNG, they were crap....

Yes Crab, that came after PNG, they were crap. And I also trialled 'self drive nitesun' - and your point is? :hmm:
Forum: Rotorheads
8th Dec 2012, 11:10
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

As a former Crab, with 22 years SAR experience on...

As a former Crab, with 22 years SAR experience on Wessex and Seaking, plus a couple of tours on SH (including flying PNG ops in NI whilst being shot at - probably before THE Crab was born) I feel...
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Jun 2012, 20:58
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

then again, maybe not! :rolleyes: Still, civvy...

then again, maybe not! :rolleyes: Still, civvy soon, chin up, or should that be Chinook, where your undoubted superior professionalism will find good company :ok:
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Jun 2012, 21:53
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

Maybe it was better when there was less 'upper...

Maybe it was better when there was less 'upper management' and more rigorous selection in the first place? :E
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Jun 2012, 17:52
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

http://www.kintailmrt.org.uk/image/ops/1989/winchi...

http://www.kintailmrt.org.uk/image/ops/1989/winching1.jpg

that's not the old fashioned way! It's a Seaking with latest technology lights. All we had when I were a lad were carbide lamps and we...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Jun 2012, 10:18
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

Things must have changed in the attitude to...

Things must have changed in the attitude to currency vs competancy since I retired CRAB! I saw a lot of the 'ticks on the board' generation, who just couldn't wait to get on with their ISS, Open Uni...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Jun 2012, 09:30
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

NRDK - couldn't agree more! NVG not a black art...

NRDK - couldn't agree more! NVG not a black art either (well sometimes, esp in FI!). Did an awful lot of night mountains (and SHNI) pre NVG, goggles just make it a whole lot easier. Still have to...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jun 2012, 17:22
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

but Crab, the RAF is constantly posting people...

but Crab,
the RAF is constantly posting people and training up new guys, front and rear crew. Four hours training per shift is plain ridiculous for stable (geographically speaking) experienced...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Jun 2012, 22:21
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

Crab et al, having spent 22 years flying RAF...

Crab et al,
having spent 22 years flying RAF SAR, Wessex and SK, I would contend that four hours per aircrew member IS over generous, unless you are constantly training new boys and girls, which of...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Jun 2012, 22:57
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

Lyme Bay canoe cock up for example, oh, and the...

Lyme Bay canoe cock up for example, oh, and the Fastnet! :oh:
Forum: Rotorheads
27th May 2012, 12:53
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

yer aye doomed, doomed I tell yer! :hmm:

yer aye doomed, doomed I tell yer! :hmm:
Forum: Rotorheads
26th May 2012, 13:38
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

:ugh:Many years ago, when Walter Wessex was Queen...

:ugh:Many years ago, when Walter Wessex was Queen of the skies, I was asked by a member of the House of Lords Defence Study Group why we needed a navigator to operate the hoist, and if the pilot...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th May 2012, 10:14
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

careful TC, some of us remember the Fastnet...

careful TC, some of us remember the Fastnet Fiasco....action photos a speciality?:=
Forum: Rotorheads
24th May 2012, 16:50
Replies: 1,362
Views: 377,242
Posted By Al-bert

Bless!

I was initially a tad irritated by TC's comments, but then I realised he must be ex navy - bless! :cool:
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