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So, internal weapon carriage - apart from the last versions carrying 4 Sea Eagles; ( more likely 1 0r 2 + fuel ) ring any bells re. F-35 etc, far more effecitive than Tornado & likely to give a Super Etendard a run for its' money ?
Probably the best thing Wart On came up with, though the cockpits were described as ' steam driven slums '.
Probably the best thing Wart On came up with, though the cockpits were described as ' steam driven slums '.
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So, internal weapon carriage - apart from the last versions carrying 4 Sea Eagles; ( more likely 1 0r 2 + fuel ) ring any bells re. F-35 etc, far more effecitive than Tornado & likely to give a Super Etendard a run for its' money ?
Probably the best thing Wart On came up with, though the cockpits were described as ' steam driven slums '.
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So, internal weapon carriage - apart from the last versions carrying 4 Sea Eagles; ( more likely 1 0r 2 + fuel ) ring any bells re. F-35 etc, far more effecitive than Tornado & likely to give a Super Etendard a run for its' money ?
Probably the best thing Wart On came up with, though the cockpits were described as ' steam driven slums '.
Cockpits were described as ergonomic slums in the 13 years and 2500hrs I was flying 'em! The offset seating arrangement was a brilliant move to give a good view forward for the GIB and assist with crew cooperation (you could actually hit the pilot on the back of his helmet with a ruler if he didn't do as he was told!).
Ahar - great days!
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BUCC DVDs - ALL SPOKEN FOR!
Folks,
Assuming that I receive the appropriate donations from everybody who has bid for one of the Buccaneer 50th Anniversary DVD Box Sets I regret to inform you that all 29 have now been bid for. However, if you wish to be placed on a reserve list, that could be created by donation defaulters
, then please PM me and I will advise you if or when you win by default.
For those who have successfully bid
then standby for further information tomorrow.
Foldie
Assuming that I receive the appropriate donations from everybody who has bid for one of the Buccaneer 50th Anniversary DVD Box Sets I regret to inform you that all 29 have now been bid for. However, if you wish to be placed on a reserve list, that could be created by donation defaulters
, then please PM me and I will advise you if or when you win by default.For those who have successfully bid
then standby for further information tomorrow.Foldie
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Buccaneer Songbook
Whilst I am on a roll, if anybody is interested in a copy of The Buccaneer Songbook that was published last year also for the 50th Anniversary of the First Flight of the Buccaneer then please PM me. Same rules apply as Post 48.
Details and full description here:
The Buccaneer Songbook: An Anthology of Drinking Songs
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Details and full description here:
The Buccaneer Songbook: An Anthology of Drinking Songs
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C'mon BEags,
A Buccaneer DVD andthe much acclaimed songbook! Good barbie entertainment for next year, and a video for those winter dinner parties. Get along, foldie's saving one of each for you. And fifty quid to Help for Heros would be just the job!
A Buccaneer DVD andthe much acclaimed songbook! Good barbie entertainment for next year, and a video for those winter dinner parties. Get along, foldie's saving one of each for you. And fifty quid to Help for Heros would be just the job!
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I'm led to believe that the standard stowage for the internal bay was 4 X 1,000lb HEMC. Pretty much at all times.
. Because the bomb door rotated open rather than clamshells, the demijohns were placed upside down on the open door and their stoppers sealed with bodge tape. That way, if a stopper did pop at 36,000ft, the demijohns were upright and you didn't lose the contents of your demijohn as long as you checked them by entering the bomb bay by its inspection panel (well, before they fitted the bomb bay door tank that is) before rotating it on arrival back at base.Crates of oranges and lemons from Akrotiri and dozens of boxes of wet fish and King Prawns from Lossie, Kinloss or Macrihanish were routinely shipped to the squadrons in Germany.
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Bucc bomb bay uses......
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Do you remember the story of the pilot posted from Laarbruch (XV Sqn?) to Lossie and decided to use a landaway at Lossie to ferry much of his kit prior to posting? Picture bomb bay loaded with stereo, record collection, cameras, mess kit, and various uniforms, so leaving said pilot to travel light to subsequent posting..........
Now picture said ac, 480 kts at LL over N. Sea when up on the radar appears a solitary Leander-class frigate just begging to be attacked! Hereafter SOP's takeover and into attack mode goes the crew which includes rotating the bomb bay whereupon miscellaneous matelots find themselves "bombed" by some rather strange looking bombs.
Much embarrassment all round and no insurance cover for the loss of "baggage" in transit!
Must have happened in mid 1979.......
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Do you remember the story of the pilot posted from Laarbruch (XV Sqn?) to Lossie and decided to use a landaway at Lossie to ferry much of his kit prior to posting? Picture bomb bay loaded with stereo, record collection, cameras, mess kit, and various uniforms, so leaving said pilot to travel light to subsequent posting..........
Now picture said ac, 480 kts at LL over N. Sea when up on the radar appears a solitary Leander-class frigate just begging to be attacked! Hereafter SOP's takeover and into attack mode goes the crew which includes rotating the bomb bay whereupon miscellaneous matelots find themselves "bombed" by some rather strange looking bombs.
Much embarrassment all round and no insurance cover for the loss of "baggage" in transit!
Must have happened in mid 1979.......MB
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That happened regularly. As OC Accts at Honington at the time I had a regular stream of 12/208/237 OCU aircrew to my office asking how they could claim for lost/bombed baggage. 
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Anything from Whippet-bothering territory is ' Wart on ' in BAe terms;
Doctor Cruces, I understand the trial Tornado avionics were first tried in Buccaneers, leading more than one crew to ask " why bother with the Tornado airframe ? "
Doctor Cruces, I understand the trial Tornado avionics were first tried in Buccaneers, leading more than one crew to ask " why bother with the Tornado airframe ? "
Not a Bucc man, but just by accident caught the hour-long Buccaneer programme on Movies for Men (Sky ch324) - it is bound to be repeated- everything else is on that channel
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36000 ft in a Bucc???
Tornado GR1 was struggling in the mid 20s - been there, done it and got the t-shirt!
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I was travelling for most of Sunday, Monday and today. Although I was able to access PPRuNe on the private yacht....OK, Maerske Delft from Dover-Dunkerque, I couldn't send anything as their web-nanny wouldn't allow it.
So, 500 km later I imagined I was too late....
But Foldie, if you do have a copy of the DVD available, I'd willingly cough another donation to H-for-H - I'm already a contributor, but every little helps them.
PM if poss? Purrleezy please?
So, 500 km later I imagined I was too late....
But Foldie, if you do have a copy of the DVD available, I'd willingly cough another donation to H-for-H - I'm already a contributor, but every little helps them.
PM if poss? Purrleezy please?