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Forum: Freight Dogs
8th Dec 2012, 14:53
Replies: 98
Views: 64,055
Posted By JW411

Well, my record was Cold Lake, Alberta to Brize...

Well, my record was Cold Lake, Alberta to Brize Norton (4303 nautical miles). It took us 13 hours and 30 minutes. I freely admit that we only had a 25,000 lbs load down the back.

My heaviest load...
Forum: Freight Dogs
4th Dec 2012, 16:41
Replies: 98
Views: 64,055
Posted By JW411

Did you also know that Andy flew the Liberator,...

Did you also know that Andy flew the Liberator, the Hastings and the Belfast with 53 Squadron?
Forum: Freight Dogs
4th Dec 2012, 16:31
Replies: 98
Views: 64,055
Posted By JW411

You might remember big Andy Wilson? Andy did an...

You might remember big Andy Wilson? Andy did an exchange tour with the USAF on C-133s (which he obviously survived, unlike many others).

I can always remember on our global trainer, one American...
Forum: Freight Dogs
9th Feb 2011, 19:42
Replies: 98
Views: 64,055
Posted By JW411

More likely the engines and props that came off...

More likely the engines and props that came off G-BEPS.
Forum: Freight Dogs
3rd Feb 2011, 12:33
Replies: 98
Views: 64,055
Posted By JW411

Old Fella: Thanks for your reply.

Old Fella:

Thanks for your reply.
Forum: Freight Dogs
3rd Feb 2011, 09:00
Replies: 98
Views: 64,055
Posted By JW411

Has anyone heard whether the Belfast survived the...

Has anyone heard whether the Belfast survived the cyclone in Cairns or not?
Forum: Freight Dogs
24th Jan 2011, 16:31
Replies: 98
Views: 64,055
Posted By JW411

411A: The Slowbacks were 11% down in...

411A:

The Slowbacks were 11% down in predicted performance in all respects (height, speed etc etc). The Fastbacks were back on specification.

The problem was the amount of drag created by the...
Forum: Freight Dogs
23rd Jan 2011, 17:00
Replies: 98
Views: 64,055
Posted By JW411

No we didn't; the unmodified ones were called...

No we didn't; the unmodified ones were called Slowbacks and the modified ones were called Fastbacks.
Forum: Freight Dogs
1st Jan 2011, 07:57
Replies: 98
Views: 64,055
Posted By JW411

Thanks for that; you are of course quite right.

Thanks for that; you are of course quite right.
Forum: Freight Dogs
31st Dec 2010, 18:25
Replies: 98
Views: 64,055
Posted By JW411

asmccuk: It most certainly will include PSC...

asmccuk:

It most certainly will include PSC time. In fact, that bit is already pretty well already written. What I am finding time-consuming is doing research to make sure that I have remembered...
Forum: Freight Dogs
31st Dec 2010, 18:06
Replies: 98
Views: 64,055
Posted By JW411

ferrydude: Let us just get one thing...

ferrydude:

Let us just get one thing absolutely straight here.

I would not touch the Cairns Belfast with a forty-foot barge pole.

Sentimentality is one thing but I can guarantee you that...
Forum: Freight Dogs
31st Dec 2010, 17:42
Replies: 98
Views: 64,055
Posted By JW411

411A: Now none of us are getting any younger...

411A:

Now none of us are getting any younger and it was 1972 when I got to the Belfast. However, I'm not sure that the habit that the C-133 had for shedding engines wasn't more connected to the...
Forum: Freight Dogs
29th Dec 2010, 20:25
Replies: 98
Views: 64,055
Posted By JW411

So you are denying that 50 C-133s during it's...

So you are denying that 50 C-133s during it's service killed 57 aircrew and that makes it a much better aircraft than the Belfast that killed absolutely nobody?

Even if I were to take 57 killed...
Forum: Freight Dogs
29th Dec 2010, 19:58
Replies: 98
Views: 64,055
Posted By JW411

Well my friend; I would have thought that you...

Well my friend; I would have thought that you could have worked that for yourself.

For what it is worth, I am in the process of writing my second book (my first was an historical tome).

When I...
Forum: Freight Dogs
29th Dec 2010, 19:26
Replies: 98
Views: 64,055
Posted By JW411

ferrydude: C-133 13/04/58 54-0146 ...

ferrydude:

C-133

13/04/58 54-0146 Fatalities: 4 Georgetown GE.

10/06/01 57-1614 Fatalities: 8 Near Tachikawa at sea 33 minutes after T/O.

27/05/62 57-1611 Fatalities: 6 ...
Forum: Freight Dogs
29th Dec 2010, 07:58
Replies: 98
Views: 64,055
Posted By JW411

Before anyone asks what the difference between...

Before anyone asks what the difference between the Belfast and the C-133 was it was mainly that our one worked and their one didn't.

Not one single Belfast disappeared without trace or crashed...
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