RN Gazelle XW895
Delighted to see posts above... nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
Thought readers would be comforted to know that the carpet (next to the bar) in the Barn is still as sticky as it was when I was on BFT in 1984! Talking of sticky... always wondered if Samantha had shares in Johnson & Johnson. Peter Perfect is bound to know the answer!!!!!!!!
Thought readers would be comforted to know that the carpet (next to the bar) in the Barn is still as sticky as it was when I was on BFT in 1984! Talking of sticky... always wondered if Samantha had shares in Johnson & Johnson. Peter Perfect is bound to know the answer!!!!!!!!
...and in marshmallows. Now that's the right way to eat them.
Where were we? XW 895. Among other memorable sorties, B1 recat v Burnett 1985, as well as pre-A2 workup (which went a great deal better than A2 v God, but then that wasn't in XW 895)
Where were we? XW 895. Among other memorable sorties, B1 recat v Burnett 1985, as well as pre-A2 workup (which went a great deal better than A2 v God, but then that wasn't in XW 895)
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I do believe the classy janner herpetologist was called Wanda, Cribber's Stag Night ? Where is she now: doing effects of control demos at Paignton Zoo per chance I was in 6Y2 by the way.
Have we gone off the original thread ? ..........yes but who cares !
Lets face it, a good number of Wafus must have flown in XW895, but only a few got the dubious honour of the marshmallow.
Perhaps the FAA Museum could set up a small vignette entitled "The lost snake under the settle" , it would be better than looking at encrusted bits of old Barracudas (but there again...).
I do believe the classy janner herpetologist was called Wanda, Cribber's Stag Night ? Where is she now: doing effects of control demos at Paignton Zoo per chance I was in 6Y2 by the way.
Have we gone off the original thread ? ..........yes but who cares !
Lets face it, a good number of Wafus must have flown in XW895, but only a few got the dubious honour of the marshmallow.
Perhaps the FAA Museum could set up a small vignette entitled "The lost snake under the settle" , it would be better than looking at encrusted bits of old Barracudas (but there again...).
The nostalgia is indeed oozing. Perhaps we should suggest that this thread ought to be a sticky. But then again it might be taken the wrong way...
...which leads me back to the Back back bar, and that (surely extinct by now) double headed Dodo (I'm forever getting names wrong).
...which leads me back to the Back back bar, and that (surely extinct by now) double headed Dodo (I'm forever getting names wrong).
... and there was the evening when darling Sam brought along a 'friend' with a delicious chocolate coloured skin tone.... 'jambon noir' if you will. Rick Hatters had never seen such a choice example and had (yes really!) to be physically restrained by the boys until his ardour was dampened by copious pints of spingo... or was it cider.... time blurs the memory.
Any takers for a Barn club run for old time's sake one day??
Any takers for a Barn club run for old time's sake one day??
D44. Attempting a cushion creep limited power TX out of the St Earth Confined area (and just about succeeding, with a limited power wing over to miss the trees at the far end)!! Sandy M suitably unimpressed.
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Ahh nostalgia!
Happy hours and trashing cars.
Samantha's face when Andy Leach returned serve with his table tennis bat was a picture as was everyone elses when BW was shown to be wearing Gieves and Hawkes boxers!
The best advice I recieved on 702 was from a Course Officer who pointed out that the Continental Landaway Subs was not to be spent on pressies and postcards but was exclusively destined for booze and tottie - those wise words resonate daily!
Happy hours and trashing cars.
Samantha's face when Andy Leach returned serve with his table tennis bat was a picture as was everyone elses when BW was shown to be wearing Gieves and Hawkes boxers!
The best advice I recieved on 702 was from a Course Officer who pointed out that the Continental Landaway Subs was not to be spent on pressies and postcards but was exclusively destined for booze and tottie - those wise words resonate daily!
Stan Deasy.... wise words on the spending of subs!
I am very proud to note that when I finished EFT my 50/60 stated "this officer flies the Bulldog as if he is waiting for a hostess to bring him a cup of coffee." I have always regarded this as a high accolade and have attempted to operate all the aircraft I have since flown in the same manner.
705 cultured much the same spirit in and out of the cockpit..... the thought of a hostie looking after the crew during a 360 auto/fast-stop/engine-off merits close consideration..........
I am very proud to note that when I finished EFT my 50/60 stated "this officer flies the Bulldog as if he is waiting for a hostess to bring him a cup of coffee." I have always regarded this as a high accolade and have attempted to operate all the aircraft I have since flown in the same manner.
705 cultured much the same spirit in and out of the cockpit..... the thought of a hostie looking after the crew during a 360 auto/fast-stop/engine-off merits close consideration..........
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705, great time, great bunch, great instruction.
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Never managed to drink a cup of coffee in a 360 though.
Keeping the sodding ball in the middle while controlling Nr and spelling Chrysanthemum backwards for Mark Osman used up all my capacity.
or was it Mumehtnasyrhc backwards?
Time take its toll
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Never managed to drink a cup of coffee in a 360 though.
Keeping the sodding ball in the middle while controlling Nr and spelling Chrysanthemum backwards for Mark Osman used up all my capacity.
or was it Mumehtnasyrhc backwards?
Time take its toll
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Close examination of my one remaining brain cell shows that I dinged the frangible tail end piece on XW895 while doing practice EOLs at EGDR.
I over-corrected in the landing-run, several times, and we came to a halt at 90 degrees to our original heading.
The tower hit the crash button on our behalf.......
I over-corrected in the landing-run, several times, and we came to a halt at 90 degrees to our original heading.
The tower hit the crash button on our behalf.......
gaz flowers
Dwarf B'head.... Mark Osman's special word for spelling during a 360 was 'rhododendron'.
On that note, who else was presented with a daisy to mark the first Gaz solo by their 705 beefer? It was standard practice to stick the aforementioned flower into one's logbook to mark the event... as I noted on a previous thread it was a summer of love, 1984.
Also, why is this thread not a 'sticky' when it deserves far more attention than raking over endless Chinook coals.
On that note, who else was presented with a daisy to mark the first Gaz solo by their 705 beefer? It was standard practice to stick the aforementioned flower into one's logbook to mark the event... as I noted on a previous thread it was a summer of love, 1984.
Also, why is this thread not a 'sticky' when it deserves far more attention than raking over endless Chinook coals.
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XW895
Just checked my log book and I have 4.10 in this fine aircraft - did my D8 (Circuits with emergencies - wow!) with Jan Criddle back on the 22 May 1979, then my D10 again with Jan Criddle (the engine off landing sortie where the Beefer has to check that there are only 2 skid marks and not 3!). Then flew it again on the 12 and 16 Jul 79 for my D42 (GFP Revision) and D28 (Confined area landings!) both with Nige North. Ah happy days! 
Oh - by the way - I too remember Samantha in the Beehive - 1013 as the back bar used to be called! Don't think I ever experienced the marshmallow - but the ping pong balls stick in my mind.............or was it...............my..........?
Oh - by the way - I too remember Samantha in the Beehive - 1013 as the back bar used to be called! Don't think I ever experienced the marshmallow - but the ping pong balls stick in my mind.............or was it...............my..........?
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F2N,
Reckon i have sussed you out, i remember you using that phrase often. The give away is the written word though - which is very similar to how you wrote my 206's!!
I guess those comments about the bulldog were preparing you for the summer of '89. Wonder where the Sprite freestyle ski team ever got to? Alas my team shirt has been cleared out by 'er indoors.
Remember that wonderous exchange " 10 kts, 15 Positive Climb" quickly followed by "Don't talk to me i'm on instruments!"
Concur your comments re sticky - which was how i spent that summer as i recall!
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be! Reckon that the military forum should be more as a nostalgia site as it might attract more people that are actually in it.
Regards to L.
Reckon i have sussed you out, i remember you using that phrase often. The give away is the written word though - which is very similar to how you wrote my 206's!!
I guess those comments about the bulldog were preparing you for the summer of '89. Wonder where the Sprite freestyle ski team ever got to? Alas my team shirt has been cleared out by 'er indoors.
Remember that wonderous exchange " 10 kts, 15 Positive Climb" quickly followed by "Don't talk to me i'm on instruments!"
Concur your comments re sticky - which was how i spent that summer as i recall!
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be! Reckon that the military forum should be more as a nostalgia site as it might attract more people that are actually in it.
Regards to L.
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THAT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING. I NOW KNOW WHY I GOT DX'D FOR SPROLLING!
AGREE WITH STICKY COMMENT BUT WE ARE NOT THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE AS WE AINT CRABS - THANK HEAVENS.
MAX - DO I KNOW YOU? HAVE WE SLEPT TOGTHER?
THAT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING. I NOW KNOW WHY I GOT DX'D FOR SPROLLING!
AGREE WITH STICKY COMMENT BUT WE ARE NOT THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE AS WE AINT CRABS - THANK HEAVENS.
MAX - DO I KNOW YOU? HAVE WE SLEPT TOGTHER?
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shhhhh....... very sorry, but i am a little deaf you know.
perhaps that explains why i did understand much on 705 or was it the chain gang and harrier ground runs when living on 2 deck.
pehaps i should change my handle to deaf bulkhead
perhaps that explains why i did understand much on 705 or was it the chain gang and harrier ground runs when living on 2 deck.
pehaps i should change my handle to deaf bulkhead
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Dwarf,
Needless to say have slept with many!! Not quite sure if we have been intimate though!! F2N was drafting my 206's well before he was SP of 8** so no fluid exchange there! i did have the pleasure of sleeping with them during Ocean Slave - although those that know me will be wise to the fact that i would prefer to forget the deployment - especially the bit of the indian ocean between diego garcia and djibouti!!!!!!
IMHO we should begin a campaign to make this sticky - crabs or no crabs.
Needless to say have slept with many!! Not quite sure if we have been intimate though!! F2N was drafting my 206's well before he was SP of 8** so no fluid exchange there! i did have the pleasure of sleeping with them during Ocean Slave - although those that know me will be wise to the fact that i would prefer to forget the deployment - especially the bit of the indian ocean between diego garcia and djibouti!!!!!!
IMHO we should begin a campaign to make this sticky - crabs or no crabs.
Halom Habib!!
MaxAOB...let's work it to the bone...c'mon, let's work it to the bone...
Delighted to see you up on this thread; well sussed! Reckon I have just about acquired the spare capacity to take off and talk after many more years of hard practice!
Wise word re: the Sprite boys... I was (spookily) just thinking about them the other day cos I did meet up with Michael de Rijter in Amsterdam some years ago. Happy, happy days and certainly in the category of "I learned about flying from that"!!
Best wishes for now as there is some fuel I need to convert into noise.
PS Rumour has it that Slid is running an eatery somewhere up in the smoke having fallen from grace with Mrs Slid, not to mention running out of jobs in the andrew. Poetic justice?
Delighted to see you up on this thread; well sussed! Reckon I have just about acquired the spare capacity to take off and talk after many more years of hard practice!
Wise word re: the Sprite boys... I was (spookily) just thinking about them the other day cos I did meet up with Michael de Rijter in Amsterdam some years ago. Happy, happy days and certainly in the category of "I learned about flying from that"!!
Best wishes for now as there is some fuel I need to convert into noise.
PS Rumour has it that Slid is running an eatery somewhere up in the smoke having fallen from grace with Mrs Slid, not to mention running out of jobs in the andrew. Poetic justice?
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F2N,
Have just returned from turning about 13 tonnes of fuel into noise in spain! 800kgs isn't even near our MLA these days. I am amazed that Mrs S was still around after the Malaysian deal anyway! Reckon we need to suss the eatery and book ourselves in for a full fried b'stard complete with aregonies (spel?).
Hope to bump into you before the annual event in January - have heard on the grapevine that you now back in the command hot seat and even training - you obviously growing old in style!
Good to talk and best we hit the nostalgia button again soon.
ps. Wonder where the lovely wendy swainbank is these days, spin the doncaster and abbey hotel in great malvern dit often on 'interesting' night flights.
Have just returned from turning about 13 tonnes of fuel into noise in spain! 800kgs isn't even near our MLA these days. I am amazed that Mrs S was still around after the Malaysian deal anyway! Reckon we need to suss the eatery and book ourselves in for a full fried b'stard complete with aregonies (spel?).
Hope to bump into you before the annual event in January - have heard on the grapevine that you now back in the command hot seat and even training - you obviously growing old in style!
Good to talk and best we hit the nostalgia button again soon.
ps. Wonder where the lovely wendy swainbank is these days, spin the doncaster and abbey hotel in great malvern dit often on 'interesting' night flights.