XW231 and XW222 - Whats the story?
Yes Albert - I do indeed know what the categories are. The categories were as I stated and I do know what I helped repair.
The Harriers were both jobs that BAe turned down but "we" at 431 replaced both undercarriage mounting Beams and an integral water tank after a maintenance overpressurisation. The jobs took several years to complete.(mainly waiting for BAe to complete there tasks)
The Harriers were both jobs that BAe turned down but "we" at 431 replaced both undercarriage mounting Beams and an integral water tank after a maintenance overpressurisation. The jobs took several years to complete.(mainly waiting for BAe to complete there tasks)
PS - just found it... (I am sixth from the left - but look nothing like that now!)
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There was one ended up on its side in ASF at Odiham 
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I recognise Mick Swift, Chris Baggley, Clive Clark and a few other faces but not more names...
I wonder where I was that day?
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I recognise Mick Swift, Chris Baggley, Clive Clark and a few other faces but not more names...
I wonder where I was that day?
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I first flew her on May 14th 1985 abseiling chaps out the back with a FO Stubbs, (don't recall the chap
Rolled over?
Yes Albert - I do indeed know what the categories are. The categories were as I stated and I do know what I helped repair.
The Harriers were both jobs that BAe turned down but "we" at 431 replaced both undercarriage mounting Beams and an integral water tank after a maintenance overpressurisation. The jobs took several years to complete.(mainly waiting for BAe to complete there tasks)
The Puma rolled over on the side of the river in Hameln and side skins, the Nose-Gear Box Structure and the Tail needed significant repairs. Giggest job was re-jigging the Barbeque Plate on the cabs roof inside the MU MT Hangar.
MARTSU (MASU) did not deploy to NW Europe which was the sole reserve of 431MU
The Harriers were both jobs that BAe turned down but "we" at 431 replaced both undercarriage mounting Beams and an integral water tank after a maintenance overpressurisation. The jobs took several years to complete.(mainly waiting for BAe to complete there tasks)
The Puma rolled over on the side of the river in Hameln and side skins, the Nose-Gear Box Structure and the Tail needed significant repairs. Giggest job was re-jigging the Barbeque Plate on the cabs roof inside the MU MT Hangar.
MARTSU (MASU) did not deploy to NW Europe which was the sole reserve of 431MU
intermediate gearbox decided to stop playing resulting in a stunning arrival at LZ!
I wonder if Aerospatial knew about the problem already?
Was XW222 donated by Airbus helicopters? GTIGE, an ex Bristow 332L, which was traded in for a 225, fully serviceable but due for a Check 4 (the big one), was donated to the Helicopter Museum at Weston Super Mare.
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Biggest job was re-jigging the Barbeque Plate on the cabs roof inside the MU MT Hangar.
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I was brought in off leave to replace the pilot, aka "The flying vicar"!
You were damned lucky you hadn't picked up the usl because otherwise I reckon you'd have been in the Weser! When we arrived at the engineers park the aircraft was propped up by some long pieces of 4 by 2 with the port u/c hanging off.
The inter gearbox securing bolts hadn't been manufactured correctly, so torquing them up just caused the nuts to reach the ends of their threads, leaving the gearbox slightly loose on it's mounts and able to move until the Flector pack failed.
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I last flew XW231 in January 1994 and left the RAF shortly afterwards. Back then she was an OCU aircraft.
My last ever Puma flight was, rather ironically, an engineering airtest in the oldest Puma, XW198, in February 1994.
My last ever Puma flight was, rather ironically, an engineering airtest in the oldest Puma, XW198, in February 1994.
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