Old drills that you just can't forget.
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Good Soldiers Must Eat Slowly Cooked Quail
Ground
Situation
Mission, (repeated)
Execution
Service Support
Communications
Questions
That's how orders are given prior to a operation/exercise for ground troops.
CLAP
Clearly
Loudly
(And with) Pauses
How to give Fire Control Orders
GRIT
Group
Range
Indication
Type
The way in which one gives a Fire Control Order
Mag to Grid, get Rid. Grid to Mag, Add.
Determining Magnetic Deviation from Grid North.
ICGO
I could go on...
Good Soldiers Must Eat Slowly Cooked Quail
Ground
Situation
Mission, (repeated)
Execution
Service Support
Communications
Questions
That's how orders are given prior to a operation/exercise for ground troops.
CLAP
Clearly
Loudly
(And with) Pauses
How to give Fire Control Orders
GRIT
Group
Range
Indication
Type
The way in which one gives a Fire Control Order
Mag to Grid, get Rid. Grid to Mag, Add.
Determining Magnetic Deviation from Grid North.
ICGO
I could go on...
Hatches and harness
Heater and demister
Electrics - volt and loadmeter
Force trim
Caution Panel
Fuel - quantity, pressure, selection
Ts and Ps
Audio
Auto
Full Throttle
66
Now let's pull pitch and f*** off!
Think it's all there (may be a bit out of order perhaps) - any takers?
Heater and demister
Electrics - volt and loadmeter
Force trim
Caution Panel
Fuel - quantity, pressure, selection
Ts and Ps
Audio
Auto
Full Throttle
66
Now let's pull pitch and f*** off!
Think it's all there (may be a bit out of order perhaps) - any takers?
Drills.
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Ground
Situation
Mission, (repeated)
Execution
Service Support
Communications
Questions
Situation
Mission, (repeated)
Execution
Service Support
Communications
Questions
Ground
Situation
Mission, (repeated)
Execution
Service Support
Command and Signals
Any Questions
Check Understanding
Group
Range
Indication
Type
Range
Indication
Type
Group
Range
Indication
Target
Mag to Grid, get Rid. Grid to Mag, Add.
Last edited by ExAscoteer; 21st Mar 2013 at 03:33.
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What does this remind you of?
Speed below 140
Airbrakes in
Undercarriage down - three reds, and hopefully three greens
Fuel sufficient for a [120/115] threshold speed
Flaps - to half or as required
Brakes on/off- pressure good/pressure released
Harness tight and locked
Its been a while since I last flew one, 1981 ISTR must check my logbook.
MB
Speed below 140
Airbrakes in
Undercarriage down - three reds, and hopefully three greens
Fuel sufficient for a [120/115] threshold speed
Flaps - to half or as required
Brakes on/off- pressure good/pressure released
Harness tight and locked
Its been a while since I last flew one, 1981 ISTR must check my logbook.
MB
Madbob, the Jet Provost.
Below 140,
Airbrakes IN
Landing gear DOWN, 3 reds.... 3 greens
Fuel (>500 lb, wasn't it?)
Flaps to T/O
Harness tight and locked...yours?
Wheelbrakes ON - holding, OFF - exhausting
Ancient Aviator, what about that 'Series....Parallel' thing which I recall from about 1972?
Another mnemonic - ERCATLI. Anyone? I'm afraid it comes from my pongo CCF days (we didn't have an RAF section...
)
Back to aircraft, how about 'Move together, stop together'? Which, if not called, prompted a voice from the back to call "Check cheeses!".
Below 140,
Airbrakes IN
Landing gear DOWN, 3 reds.... 3 greens
Fuel (>500 lb, wasn't it?)
Flaps to T/O
Harness tight and locked...yours?
Wheelbrakes ON - holding, OFF - exhausting
Ancient Aviator, what about that 'Series....Parallel' thing which I recall from about 1972?
Another mnemonic - ERCATLI. Anyone? I'm afraid it comes from my pongo CCF days (we didn't have an RAF section...
)Back to aircraft, how about 'Move together, stop together'? Which, if not called, prompted a voice from the back to call "Check cheeses!".
Last edited by BEagle; 21st Mar 2013 at 09:43.
Gun firing all right - gun stops:
Cock - mag off - fresh mag on - carry on firing.
(No 1 stoppage drill for the Bren)
In the dim and distant past I was a Rockape before I was a nav!
Cock - mag off - fresh mag on - carry on firing.
(No 1 stoppage drill for the Bren)
In the dim and distant past I was a Rockape before I was a nav!
Tankertrashnav, indeed! But what about the No.2 IA drill when you also had to undo the locking lever thing, pull the barrel forward, turn the gas regulator another notch using a .303 round, replace barrel, lock, recock, then carry on firing....all while the North Korean hordes were charging at you blowing their bugles?
My late father told me that, during pre-WW2 national service, the 'weapon normally, weapon stops' was practised so frequently with whatever type of machine gun they used, that one Welsh comic piped up "'scuse me, Corporal, but if this bloody gun keeps stopping, indeed to goodness, why don't we get a better one which doesn't?". That earned him extra spud peeling for a couple of days!
During some lecture back in the days of 35mm slides, the carousel failed to advance with the usual zzzz....clunk noise of the time. The lecturer then went into a well-practised routine of "Projector projecting normally, projector stops. Power off, magazine off, clear the action (and out flew the jammed slide), magazine back on, power on, continue projecting!"
My late father told me that, during pre-WW2 national service, the 'weapon normally, weapon stops' was practised so frequently with whatever type of machine gun they used, that one Welsh comic piped up "'scuse me, Corporal, but if this bloody gun keeps stopping, indeed to goodness, why don't we get a better one which doesn't?". That earned him extra spud peeling for a couple of days!
During some lecture back in the days of 35mm slides, the carousel failed to advance with the usual zzzz....clunk noise of the time. The lecturer then went into a well-practised routine of "Projector projecting normally, projector stops. Power off, magazine off, clear the action (and out flew the jammed slide), magazine back on, power on, continue projecting!"
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ExAscoteer ;
Surely it was:
Group
Range
Indication
Target
I remember it as, and I'm pretty sure that it is...'Type'
Anyway, as for the others, I've heard of being picky, but picking on Airborne Aircrews post in that way, is as petty as if I was to post; 'Tq, Nc, T4, CWP' and you telling me that surely that only applies if you are in a Gazelle.
ICGO
Group
Range
Indication
Type
Range
Indication
Type
Surely it was:
Group
Range
Indication
Target
Anyway, as for the others, I've heard of being picky, but picking on Airborne Aircrews post in that way, is as petty as if I was to post; 'Tq, Nc, T4, CWP' and you telling me that surely that only applies if you are in a Gazelle.
ICGO
