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Forum: Military Aviation
4th Sep 2014, 13:48
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

Don't know about anyone else, I SO wish I'd had a...

Don't know about anyone else, I SO wish I'd had a digital camera for all those years - or even an iPhone camera!

I have nothing on Red Flag at all - we took the Buccaneers out in 1977 and nary a...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Sep 2014, 07:56
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

AA62 You too have a PM :cool:

AA62

You too have a PM :cool:
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Sep 2014, 22:51
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

Anyone know how Bert is? I last saw him on 30,...

Anyone know how Bert is? I last saw him on 30, but understood he retired and was driving a crew coach at Brize.

His nickname on 30 was Gloria after the character in 'It Ain't 'Alf 'Ot Mum'. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Sep 2014, 15:35
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

Omega, Pete Tyas sadly has passed away. I'm...

Omega,

Pete Tyas sadly has passed away. I'm sure he would not object to those of us who remember him with affection (sometimes trepidation) having a laugh at his antics.

I used to keep my...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Aug 2014, 14:37
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

Ah . . . the joys of the lumpy box: ...

Ah . . . the joys of the lumpy box:

Salmonella on a stick
Lark's vomit sandwiches
World's skinniest chocolate eclairs
Armadillos (unidentified meat sealed with grease en croute)
Weekend Pork...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Aug 2014, 08:51
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

Just in case he's still with us, I'll not mention...

Just in case he's still with us, I'll not mention his name, but anyone remember the incident where a flight engineer used the Elsan for a gronk but hadn't dropped his flying suit quite far enough?
...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Aug 2014, 20:06
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

AA62 We were sitting on the ramp . . ....

AA62



We were sitting on the ramp . . . similar effect old chap, oh boy, oh boy (especially to young hormone-charged aircrew wannabee).

Happy days, for us at least.
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Aug 2014, 14:51
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

Operation Ablaut (if memory serves). I was...

Operation Ablaut (if memory serves). I was holding for the Thorney OCU and went as an 'extra' loadmaster as Lyneham was short of crews (!) and were carrying oodles of pax.

I was drinking Keo a...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Aug 2014, 10:48
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

In my day we always seemed to stay in Block...

In my day we always seemed to stay in Block 100/101/102 each room with French Doors and a urinal (OK it was a sink . . .)

Happy days, Masirah detachments shuttling between there and Akrotiri...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Aug 2014, 21:02
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

I too was at Colerne on Black Team, flew on Base...

I too was at Colerne on Black Team, flew on Base 3 airtest with the same crew Smuj, then applied and went flight engineer.

The rest is personal history . . . (lot of parallels there old chap)...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Aug 2014, 20:30
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

Yep they are wet. The Iranians...

Yep they are wet.

The Iranians (pre-Ayatollah) had some too - definitely wet, but don't think they are the full (sic) 9,000 lb ones, I think they are slightly smaller in volume.

TR1/U2-R --...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Aug 2014, 17:46
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

Did you guys notice the Yank SF aircraft had two...

Did you guys notice the Yank SF aircraft had two external tanks on each wing . . . that must be obscene.

Bordering on 80,000 lb fuel (average fuel flow 5,000 lb/hr) and the bloody thing was being...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Aug 2014, 12:46
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

It was just your observation that the ADS arms...

It was just your observation that the ADS arms were connected and a comment earlier in the thread about not going beyond the ramp horizontal in flight - absolutely.

I was just 'agreeing' that the...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Aug 2014, 07:47
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

Isn't there a clue in the nomenclature? I...

Isn't there a clue in the nomenclature?

I always thought that ADS meant Air Despatch System, inferring they were fitted to ALLOW airborne stores release (along with the Bombracks).
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jul 2014, 20:54
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

Funny thing is I still have one of the brown tin...

Funny thing is I still have one of the brown tin boxes the Smoke Floats came in - in my shed.

Along with the orange HUPRA bag, God I had to do some negotiating with the Squippers to get that. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jul 2014, 11:32
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

Whilst on 30, we won the Lord Trophy by dropping...

Whilst on 30, we won the Lord Trophy by dropping Lindholme Gear (ASRA) in the right place.

I believe it was originally a TS exercise trophy but when 24/30 went Route only, it morphed into an ASR...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jul 2014, 18:43
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

Yep, re: Nimrod AAR entering the aircraft and...

Yep, re: Nimrod AAR entering the aircraft and running across the floor!

At least the Hercules one had the good manners to be routed on the outside to the centre dry bay en-route Refuel gallery.
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jul 2014, 15:01
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

Beat the shyte out of the Nimrod one!

Beat the shyte out of the Nimrod one!
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jul 2014, 22:38
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

That'll be the 45* bank limit with flap then . ....

That'll be the 45* bank limit with flap then . . .

Yeah, yeah I know about barrel rolls, I also know not many pilots do them 'properly'.

Hat, coat . . . exit :=
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jun 2014, 21:11
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

Gondu (possibly Gondo) Meskel DZ in Ethiopia pans...

Gondu (possibly Gondo) Meskel DZ in Ethiopia pans out at 8,179 feet and we were doing 4 x 1 tonnes of grain from about 10 feet.

We had the ITN camera team with us as it was the last Ethiopian air...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jun 2014, 15:33
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

Trying out the public folder in Dropbox. ...

Trying out the public folder in Dropbox.

Ethiopia, December 1985 at Makalle strip. The 'hard' work is going on underneath as the aircraft is being unloaded (a mobile hospital). This piccy is of...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jun 2014, 20:37
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

It was actually with a combined STS and Sim team...

It was actually with a combined STS and Sim team I managed to fly low-level inside Grand Canyon for a Red Flag (trash-hauling) trip. Colin Greaves and Ken Price (whose swan-song it was). January 1980...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jun 2014, 19:57
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

Wasn't it in the Flying Order Book, my memory was...

Wasn't it in the Flying Order Book, my memory was both Salalah and Aldergrove as we were possible recipients of inbound ordnance?

We used to do a demo one on the OCU with one at flight idle if...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jun 2014, 19:50
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

30 Sqn were not renowned for discernment were...

30 Sqn were not renowned for discernment were they . . . ?

They even gave me a job for 3 ½ years before shoving me off to the sim.
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jun 2014, 17:14
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

When asked about dead-heading in a Herk, I always...

When asked about dead-heading in a Herk, I always likened it to sitting inside a galvanised dustbin with someone clouting it with a cricket bat.

Be grateful for not having travelled in a K . . . ...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jun 2014, 08:36
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

The picture is not reversed as the decal on the...

The picture is not reversed as the decal on the air intake panel is readable (mag plug access if memory serves).

It's not set for a buddy start either as didn't we line up the cuff with the...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jun 2014, 07:53
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

Well said Coff, this was a part of so many of the...

Well said Coff, this was a part of so many of the 'readership's' life and is very nostalgic.

Lovely to see the Crud and Custard colour scheme again that always seemed at odds with what we were...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jun 2014, 21:36
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

Ah 'Normal Brakes' and Parking Brake on eh? Oops...

Ah 'Normal Brakes' and Parking Brake on eh? Oops . . .
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jun 2014, 21:15
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,567,565
Posted By Dengue_Dude

Managed Thule AFB 76°31′52″N 068°42′11″W a couple...

Managed Thule AFB 76°31′52″N 068°42′11″W a couple of times.

Not further south than Mount Unpleasant though . . .
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