New Boots anyone
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See they have designed these new ones more along the lines of Combat boots with more emphasis on walking....... Glad to see they are looking ahead to the future.....
Didn't 'itler form Luftwaffe ground combat units when he ran out of planes or fuel for them to fly..
Didn't 'itler form Luftwaffe ground combat units when he ran out of planes or fuel for them to fly..
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Let's hope this will not be not a repeat of the recent Belleville boot debacle. You know, the one where a random chap at Linton was asked to trial the boot's airworthiness potential before it was released to the rest of the UK's military aircrew (allegedly the 'trial' could have involved a quick before lunch full and free check - just saying...). Subsequently the design was apparently rejected, after its introduction to service, for various reasons - from the we fear change "the boot's sole is too stiff for my sensitive feet" to the more worthy flight safety related "my foot got jammed in the yaw pedal and scared me" reasons. I hope that this new boot will not be another example of glossy brochures, reality and a lack of thorough testing all failing to protect the end-user.
No apostrophes were hurt during the making of this diatribe...
No apostrophes were hurt during the making of this diatribe...
Looks like the CWFJ (aka The A$$ Freezer) is still around ... AP1358 calls it "RAF No 14B Dress" ...
The MOD blurb talks about vital missions in Afghan and rescues etc in UK.
Forgive me; but by the time this stuff is available we shall be out of the first place and will have made over the second task to the civvies.
The boots - by the way - look as though they might have a tread,: any FOD hazard here?
Forgive me; but by the time this stuff is available we shall be out of the first place and will have made over the second task to the civvies.
The boots - by the way - look as though they might have a tread,: any FOD hazard here?
These boots were made for....
Bl**dy hell - a gestation period of around 20 years finally comes to an end. 
No wonder there are still concerns over procurement processes...
I remember staffing the STF for `extreme cold weather flying boots` during the Kosovo push. A boot fitted with a breathable sock insert was chosen (You may think Gortex but I couldn't possibly comment) as the most suitable.
When the Kosovo thing finished, (and in summer), my office received an Incident Report (IR) from a unit just west of the A1 near Stamford, stating that the said boot was too hot. Apparently, the problem was so bad that the wearer took unilateral action to alleviate the problem. He cut the membrane out of the boot.....
Priceless!
PS: I`m sorry but the Mk 4 CWJ the lady is shown wearing (above) just looks awful - A real mess..
No wonder there are still concerns over procurement processes... I remember staffing the STF for `extreme cold weather flying boots` during the Kosovo push. A boot fitted with a breathable sock insert was chosen (You may think Gortex but I couldn't possibly comment) as the most suitable.
When the Kosovo thing finished, (and in summer), my office received an Incident Report (IR) from a unit just west of the A1 near Stamford, stating that the said boot was too hot. Apparently, the problem was so bad that the wearer took unilateral action to alleviate the problem. He cut the membrane out of the boot.....
Priceless!
PS: I`m sorry but the Mk 4 CWJ the lady is shown wearing (above) just looks awful - A real mess..
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@ Crab - The apostrophe police will be out to get you for that one
Hay Festival 2013: Oxford professor asks for grammar pedants to relax - Telegraph
I do hope the apostrophe police take note of this Oxford professor...
Hay Festival 2013: Oxford professor asks for grammar pedants to relax - Telegraph
I do hope the apostrophe police take note of this Oxford professor...
Oldmansquipper, that's because it's a MK.3, also wearing green flying gloves (long gone) and a Mk.14 coverall (also long departed). The MK.4 looks just about as bad, but the material is better (for those on Byphoon, it's almost the same as your winterland jacket but without the balaclava.). A man in the pub said that the boots will go to Tucano first, then others. Rumours of a special version for the Hawk..with flaps
MK4 CWFJ
Any pics of the new MK4 Jacket..
Worn with a proper cap too - none of those awful chip bag things or plebian berets!
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BEagle ...
When the "film" was being shot in the 60's ... this lot lobbed into RAF Manston. Some years later I heard a story that an ex RAF BoB Pilot had apparently shouted (partly tongue in cheek) "Get that filth off my airfield" over the R/T
I always thought the modern grey leather Luftwaffe flying jacket looked very smart, practical and comfortable ... and they were "issue" I believe
When the "film" was being shot in the 60's ... this lot lobbed into RAF Manston. Some years later I heard a story that an ex RAF BoB Pilot had apparently shouted (partly tongue in cheek) "Get that filth off my airfield" over the R/T
I always thought the modern grey leather Luftwaffe flying jacket looked very smart, practical and comfortable ... and they were "issue" I believe
) with an approved RAF Leather Jacket with either flying rig or blues.
Stitchbitch; I stand corrected -Mk 3 it is.of course. although in my day the Mk 3 did not have those black zips - nice shiny ones then, and the lady , had she turned up at a certain North Wales Training establishment in the 90s, would have had the pockets ripped from her Mk 14 flying suit as part of a super OM bar-room jolly jape...a real "ripping yarn" if ever there was one!
As for the AEA user trials that went on back then - they could be guaranteed to delay any project ad nauseum and the length of delay was usually in proportion to the number of aircrew involved. I.E. 1 aircrew person = 2 opinions, 2 aircrew peeps = 4 opinions and so on...
Mind you, if we (as engineers) wanted anything delayed we would send the file on round robin to the Air Staffs for comment ..Lost for months
As for the AEA user trials that went on back then - they could be guaranteed to delay any project ad nauseum and the length of delay was usually in proportion to the number of aircrew involved. I.E. 1 aircrew person = 2 opinions, 2 aircrew peeps = 4 opinions and so on...
Mind you, if we (as engineers) wanted anything delayed we would send the file on round robin to the Air Staffs for comment ..Lost for months
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The original title of this thread was - New Boot's please
Now, unless that was the new boot uttering the word please and, notwithstanding the eminent academic's wish to dumb down the English language further, it was an incorrect use of an apostrophe.
Now, unless that was the new boot uttering the word please and, notwithstanding the eminent academic's wish to dumb down the English language further, it was an incorrect use of an apostrophe.