Old drills that you just can't forget.
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Shack
Switches one, contacts one, turning Number One, Number one's on the throttle, Charge temp hot number one.
Same for the other three.
And I sat down the back!!
My mate has a tape recording of the Shackleton starting checks.....we spent a happy (if somewhat sad) hour listening to them late one night over a beer...happy days!
One for the guys down the back though.
Undercarriage locks - 5 stowed
Pitot covers and static vent plugs - 4 stowed
Ladder - stowed.
Same for the other three.
And I sat down the back!!
My mate has a tape recording of the Shackleton starting checks.....we spent a happy (if somewhat sad) hour listening to them late one night over a beer...happy days!
One for the guys down the back though.
Undercarriage locks - 5 stowed
Pitot covers and static vent plugs - 4 stowed
Ladder - stowed.
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Winjeel Pre Take Off Check List Acronym Menomenomic
T ry
T ickling
M ary's
P ...
F laps
C ause
S he
H as
H airy
C ...
T rouble
Try matching woids with actual fings to check.
T ickling
M ary's
P ...
F laps
C ause
S he
H as
H airy
C ...
T rouble
Try matching woids with actual fings to check.
Any takers for this convoluted mnemonic ?
A
D - am'
F - ine
G - irl
K - issed
L - onely
M - arine,
N - et
R- esult,
S - prog
U - nder
W - ay
A
D - am'
F - ine
G - irl
K - issed
L - onely
M - arine,
N - et
R- esult,
S - prog
U - nder
W - ay
OK I'll bite -
It is the clockwise sequence of 30 degree sector morse ident letters for the YE/YG USN & RN Carrier homing beacon system. "A" represented North to 030 deg so if you heard that, you steered between South and 210 for Mother. They changed the Ident letters regularly during combat operations, but for many "peacetime" years it fortunately remained unchanged. If you were lucky, someone had a big inky rubber stamp to stamp the circle of sectors on the back of your flying glove.
Code named "Hayrake." LFH
T ry
T ickling
M ary's
P ...
F laps
C ause
S he
H as
H airy
C ...
T rouble
I was too late in the piece to fly it, but how about this:
Trims set
Tailwheel locked
Mixture rich
Prop full increase
Flaps set for T/O, fuel quantity pressure selection, flight instruments set
Carby heat cold
Switches set
Hatches
Harness
Controls full and free
Dunno about the last T!
And in this PC day and age, it would probably have to be:
Talk
To
Mary
Politely
Foregoing
Chauvinist
Sexism
Helping
Her
Career
Thrive
T ickling
M ary's
P ...
F laps
C ause
S he
H as
H airy
C ...
T rouble
I was too late in the piece to fly it, but how about this:
Trims set
Tailwheel locked
Mixture rich
Prop full increase
Flaps set for T/O, fuel quantity pressure selection, flight instruments set
Carby heat cold
Switches set
Hatches
Harness
Controls full and free
Dunno about the last T!
And in this PC day and age, it would probably have to be:
Talk
To
Mary
Politely
Foregoing
Chauvinist
Sexism
Helping
Her
Career
Thrive
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Wasn't there some sort of RAF mnemonic used for preparing to join/rejoin the airfield? I'm not talking of FREDA or it's many variations, but something that actually guided the student pilot (JP3 /Jetstream in my case) through his preparation for the approach.
Of course, it could just be a faulty memory on my part (wouldn't be the first time!)
Of course, it could just be a faulty memory on my part (wouldn't be the first time!)
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Pre-joining checks
F - Fuel - Sufficient, select fullest tank
R - Radio(s) - set correct freq
E - Engine(s) - this covered everything, temps/pressures
D - Direction Indicator - sync to compass, select heading bug to runway QDM
A - Altimeter (set QFE/QNH)
FREDA explained
MB
R - Radio(s) - set correct freq
E - Engine(s) - this covered everything, temps/pressures
D - Direction Indicator - sync to compass, select heading bug to runway QDM
A - Altimeter (set QFE/QNH)
FREDA explained
MB
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Out of my league as an ATCO, but I still remember this ... name that aircraft!
E&OE, this was a longggg time ago.
Speed below 135
Select gear down
2,400 rpm ... copilot, synchronise
Oil coolers Auto
Cooling Flaps open
Brake pressure 1,200 (value?)
Three greens?
Checks complete.
(Hatches and harness? where did that come?)
E&OE, this was a longggg time ago.
Speed below 135
Select gear down
2,400 rpm ... copilot, synchronise
Oil coolers Auto
Cooling Flaps open
Brake pressure 1,200 (value?)
Three greens?
Checks complete.
(Hatches and harness? where did that come?)
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Too easy, but funny how it stuck in my mind!
We are talking 65-67 here.
Dave and I were the 2 plt off ATCOs on opposite shifts at Strubby, and occasionally were asked to 'assist' in the RHS with Air Tests and things like that if there were insufficient 'holding co-pilots' to go around the School of Refresher Flying. Our duties seemed to be confined to reaching the switches on the upper right overhead panel (air intake, oil cooler ... thats it) that would otherwise require an orang-utan in the LHS to reach!
We even had our own flying kit at the Sqn, and obviously got some stick time as well. I recall one trip where I was directed to the LHS for a quick Air Test or similar, and told start it up and get going. Was it 12 blades? Young ATCOs avidly read the copies of Pilot's Notes in the Tower in those days, of course!
Can you imagine anything like that these days?
We are talking 65-67 here.
Dave and I were the 2 plt off ATCOs on opposite shifts at Strubby, and occasionally were asked to 'assist' in the RHS with Air Tests and things like that if there were insufficient 'holding co-pilots' to go around the School of Refresher Flying. Our duties seemed to be confined to reaching the switches on the upper right overhead panel (air intake, oil cooler ... thats it) that would otherwise require an orang-utan in the LHS to reach!
We even had our own flying kit at the Sqn, and obviously got some stick time as well. I recall one trip where I was directed to the LHS for a quick Air Test or similar, and told start it up and get going. Was it 12 blades? Young ATCOs avidly read the copies of Pilot's Notes in the Tower in those days, of course!
Can you imagine anything like that these days?
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DI....."What is the Spirit of Hand to Hand to Hand Combat?
Us...."To KILL!"
DI...."What is the Spirit of the Knife?"
Us..."To KILL!"
DI...."What is the Spirit of the Bayonet?"
Us..."To KILL!"
DI...."What is the Spirit of First Aid?"
Us..."To KILL!" "Huh What""
Drills may be good....but they may be not so good too!
Us...."To KILL!"
DI...."What is the Spirit of the Knife?"
Us..."To KILL!"
DI...."What is the Spirit of the Bayonet?"
Us..."To KILL!"
DI...."What is the Spirit of First Aid?"
Us..."To KILL!" "Huh What""
Drills may be good....but they may be not so good too!
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OAP's - Fix/Attack,Stab,Ackle- etc sounds like a Bayonet Drill.
or "In, Out, on guard", with a butt stroke if required.
500N wrote:
Are you sure that wasn't merely some form of Antipodean foreplay? As in "You awake?", "Brace yerself, Sheila" (or, if in Tasmania, "Brace yerself...Mum!").
"In, Out, on guard", with a butt stroke if required.