RN Gazelle XW895
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Standeasy
Right on both counts!
Was ZB647! An you did take control! Heh ho I think your final words were something along the lines of "You could have done so much better.....!"
Still with BMI? Saw the old TOG as a crab. Seems mellower now!!
Right on both counts!
Was ZB647! An you did take control! Heh ho I think your final words were something along the lines of "You could have done so much better.....!"
Still with BMI? Saw the old TOG as a crab. Seems mellower now!!
Just checked the old parchments and I did my D40 IF Test (didn't do an actual IRT on BFT course) with Mark Osman on 30 Jul 1984...and passed! Only did two other trips in that machine all course...but boy what a happy summer of love that was - happy days
Spud. Not just a bog and galley. What about a lovely hostie bringing you a coffe with a smile That would have been something to distract you in the middle of a 360 auto to the autofield.....
That would have been something to distract you in the middle of a 360 auto to the autofield.....
Spud, It didnt have a bog, galley or bed; yet most cabs on 705 managed OK without the mods, including the occasional discerning hostie, one suspects.
Fuel2noise: XW895 Chelsea Barracks & rtn 3.55 DCO....via Chatham House SRZ......
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Fuel2noise: XW895 Chelsea Barracks & rtn 3.55 DCO....via Chatham House SRZ......
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peterperfect: I did Chelsea Barracks for my landaway but that was in XW897 6&7 Sep 1984.... got my beefer laid in West Kensington so passed the trip ('Captaincy 1 & 2' if I remember it was billed); now those were the days.
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Mu sole attempt at controlling this wonderfull piece of engineering was on Jan 22 1980, with Nige North, the wonder on the accordian. D16, Advanced autos.
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...with all this top-grade notsalgia for the Gaz-piece I wonder if 'those who touched the hem of the 705 garment' could reach into our pockets and acquire one to re-kindle those fondest aviation moments? Base it in a cornish field somewhere and then have some fun. As an aside we could even re-create the extra-curricular activities so essential in forming the Fleet Air Arm heros of our generation. Any takers??
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dug the logbook whilst at work today and found I flew this racing gazelle once way back in Jan 86 during an IRI's course (deep joy) at Culdrose.
Great time of year to hold an IRI's course though!
Great time of year to hold an IRI's course though!
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Flew my FHT in this a/c with Barry Kirby on 27th July 1981, and had the pleasure of flying the machine again with the observer (!) in the left seat of the calendar phot.
Have a video sequence available if anybody is interested, taken at Redhill a couple of years back.....
Have a video sequence available if anybody is interested, taken at Redhill a couple of years back.....
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Flew this for D15 (Advanced Autos) in Jul 94. Strangely that was my only trip in it despite having to go back for a refresher after a year's holdover before 706.
Remeber my time on 705 with great fondness, although I'm not sure we could ever recreate the atmosphere of the squadron even if they did do away with DFS. You can but dream...
Remeber my time on 705 with great fondness, although I'm not sure we could ever recreate the atmosphere of the squadron even if they did do away with DFS. You can but dream...
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Base it in a cornish field somewhere and then have some fun. As an aside we could even re-create the extra-curricular activities so essential in forming the Fleet Air Arm heros of our generation. Any takers??
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Now chaps, the back bar of the beehive with samantha (and friend) after a sessione in the red fred - we really are getting nostalgic. I remember those friday happy hours when you couldn't move in the main bar then off to Penzance and the barn to celebrate surviving another week! The FAA started dying when they pulled the plug on the training at CU. The W/R these days is a sad relic of a halcyon past. I vividly remember those zaps especially 14 pilots course - Cunning stunt men!! One zap was inside trap 1 on the first floor of keppel for years! Stan Deasy will remember the very first imitation squadron badge for a flying course "Tedium" mocking the glorious eight hundred and tenth!
Ah golden days
Ah golden days
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I remember well, there was also a few trouser snakes around on those nights!! I have never looked at a ping pong ball in the same way since. Pussers rum nights - i'm getting all nostalgic again, was asked tonight at end of 4th sector wether i miss the andrew or not, if it was always like those days then a hell of a lot! However things move on and change - not always for the better.
Anyway my curry and ale await me after 12 hours stuck in my skybus.
Anyway my curry and ale await me after 12 hours stuck in my skybus.