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Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Nov 2018, 15:12
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By Reader123

Best cure for that is to learn how to do it...

Best cure for that is to learn how to do it yourself.

Lessons on Kurrent (taught up until 1914) https://script.byu.edu/Pages/German/en/kurrent.aspx I suggest you start there, you will appreciate...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Nov 2018, 14:02
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

Found a couple of photographs of India of my late...

Found a couple of photographs of India of my late father's from late '45/46 and though I'd add them to the thread. I remember I found the negatives at home some years ago and printed them, they were...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Mar 2017, 09:31
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

This seems an apt point to share this item of...

This seems an apt point to share this item of news. Canadian town sorry for pink tap water - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39201090)
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jan 2017, 11:49
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

I'm sure you've told that tale before, Danny,...

I'm sure you've told that tale before, Danny, thought it may have been somebody else, but last time the punchline was "Do you mean you don't have a man to drive it for you..."
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Dec 2016, 13:53
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

"Now a lot of people didn't know that (self...

"Now a lot of people didn't know that (self included!), but they do now. Thanks Danny!"

Surprisingly it's actually quite well known and I was reading about it only a week or two ago in the context...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Dec 2016, 08:51
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

Seafury45 #9828 It's astonishing we had anybody...

Seafury45 #9828 It's astonishing we had anybody left alive by the end of 1940.

In 1938 the Navy ordered the carrier HMS Implacable, which was limited to 23,000 tonnes, thanks to the Washington...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Dec 2016, 12:29
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

Quite. But maybe the RAF wasn't quite so silly -...

Quite. But maybe the RAF wasn't quite so silly - don't believe everything you read in Wikipedia... The fixed Browning was in the starboard wing and under the pilot's control; the gunner had a K with...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Oct 2016, 14:56
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

Thanks, I wasn't looking for an identification of...

Thanks, I wasn't looking for an identification of all the aircraft type, although I suppose you might have thought that was what I wrote. Clearly I was misled by the title of the film, if they're...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Oct 2016, 13:43
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

Here is the SEAC Newspaper. As described by its...

Here is the SEAC Newspaper. As described by its publishers. And you can see it being dropped on airfields. Front Line Newspaper - British Pathé...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Oct 2016, 11:26
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

Burma

My father having served in Burma in the RAF during the war, I have found the descriptions of day-to-day life by Danny fascinating. (I've mentioned this before about n thousand posts ago...) BB's...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Aug 2016, 09:34
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

Danny, my condolences. Requiem aeternam...

Danny, my condolences.

Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescat in pace.
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Aug 2016, 15:36
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

Walter - Getting PoWs to work on sensitive...

Walter - Getting PoWs to work on sensitive installations such as railways has always struck me as a brave thing to do. Was there any sabotage that you were aware of?

I am struck by the CIA's...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Dec 2015, 13:46
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

Walter603, what a Christmas treat! Thank you for...

Walter603, what a Christmas treat! Thank you for your contributions and for bringing this thread back to firing on all twelve cylinders, I hadn't looked here for a bit as 1960s ATC is somewhat...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Apr 2015, 14:00
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

But are we familiar with this?...

But are we familiar with this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8RqlK1d1_k (Again, apologies if so.)
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Apr 2015, 15:56
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

I guess the increased risk today compared with...

I guess the increased risk today compared with earlier would arise from the breakdown of the cement or other-such gunk used to hold the radium and the luminous compound (Zinc Sulphide, as described...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Feb 2015, 13:28
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

Dogle wrote: "My greatest fear is that I shall...

Dogle wrote: "My greatest fear is that I shall throw away something of value (sentimental/historical) from his great collection of war memorabilia. My father wrote his memoirs down which we are...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Nov 2014, 09:40
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

Thanks, I've put it on the reading list. A copy...

Thanks, I've put it on the reading list. A copy here for only a couple of pounds if anybody else fancies it:

Freedom's Battle - The War in the Air 1939-1945, An Anthology of Personal Experience.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Sep 2014, 09:05
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

No I'd never heard of it. But thirty seconds...

No I'd never heard of it. But thirty seconds with Google determines that Journey Together is a 1944 film made by the RAF, written by - and acted by - members of the RAF. Apparently our Hero joins...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Sep 2014, 16:45
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

"Fortunately the load was the usual 8 x 25lb," ...

"Fortunately the load was the usual 8 x 25lb,"

The Camel carried 4 x 20lb Cooper bombs; so much for progress!
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Sep 2014, 16:55
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

"Lots of rumours about Chinese aviation in the...

"Lots of rumours about Chinese aviation in the eighties and nineties; none of them true."

Really...? My father flew on a Chinese airliner in the early 1980s. There were two more passengers than...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Aug 2014, 09:41
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

"I wonder if younger people sense a melancholy...

"I wonder if younger people sense a melancholy atmosphere around so many derelict airfields, or is it just we oldies?"

Definitely. They have 'ghosts' if not actual ghosts. Places that ooze...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Aug 2014, 16:41
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

It's quite a while ago since Danny made the...

It's quite a while ago since Danny made the allusion to the tale from Flight, and somebody might have been there before me, but there must surely be something to the tale of the DC4 with the locked...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th May 2014, 14:18
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

The French did their best with the decimalised...

The French did their best with the decimalised compass, with 400 gradians in the circle. Gradian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradian)


When I was at school,...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Mar 2014, 09:44
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

That'll be a Davy descender. We had loads of...

That'll be a Davy descender. We had loads of them in College when I was an undergraduate. Crazy scary looking really. Couple of chums of mine managed to get a ride on one once when they came round...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Feb 2014, 15:33
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

I suspect the statute of limitations will...

I suspect the statute of limitations will probably preclude the recovery of the missing VAT...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Feb 2014, 14:46
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

"What it meant was that a fashion hanbag produced...

"What it meant was that a fashion hanbag produced in China and sold at the tenth of the cost of an identical handbag made in China had to be destroyed so the label owner could continue to make a...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2014, 11:16
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

No actually you shouldn't... Copper wires are...

No actually you shouldn't... Copper wires are made of copper as it's an excellent conductor. Solder is made of lead and tin which doesn't conduct as well.
Therefore, if you buy something which...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Feb 2014, 10:57
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

Gentlemen. Please replace those fuses with Wylex...

Gentlemen. Please replace those fuses with Wylex plug-in breakers like these.


Toolstation > Electrical > Wylex Consumer Units > Wylex Plug in Breaker B Type...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jan 2014, 16:57
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4GiyDOGdpM ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4GiyDOGdpM

A bit American and Pacific based, but some nice local colour for the flying boat posts. This Youtube malarkey is rather addictive... particularly all...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jan 2014, 18:05
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

The invasion (that failed) must have looked...

The invasion (that failed) must have looked vaguely like the invasion of Rangoon towards the end of this film.


WW II in Color Battle for Burma - YouTube


Apropos of nothing, I also tripped...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jan 2014, 15:39
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

My mother and grandmother (though she is long...

My mother and grandmother (though she is long dead) lived in Germany until 1946. Having indeed used cigarettes as currency:


they too would have understood the value of your gold. I think it...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Nov 2013, 16:10
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

8000 bomber crew in training, and one dreads to...

8000 bomber crew in training, and one dreads to think how many unnecessary deaths on bombing raids otherwise than as a result of enemy action.

Interesting to contemplate in the context of today's...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Nov 2013, 12:04
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

Danny, what I mean is surely it's a lack of Dutch...

Danny, what I mean is surely it's a lack of Dutch skills that's the problem, not German, as your wife is in the butcher in Heerlen?

I think I'm being very stupid here, somehow, but like a terrier...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Nov 2013, 14:19
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

Danny I'm confused... You're staying in...

Danny I'm confused...

You're staying in Heerlen in the Netherlands, your wife is in the butcher and lacks German language skills?


More interestingly, you say that even when in MQ at GK, you...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Oct 2013, 12:15
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,844,393
Posted By Reader123

"when of course there will be no more story - it...

"when of course there will be no more story - it will end when I hand my F1250 in."

So what are we all going to do after that? 100,000+ words over almost two years (thus far); Dickens was...
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