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When your sim instructor was a Master Pilot.
My FLYING instructor was a Master Pilot.
When your sim instructor was a Master Pilot.
My FLYING instructor was a Master Pilot.
When bed packs were the norm in training, not duvets, and the toilet paper was the only Government white paper worth a poo..
( That had Government property written on each sheet, as if anyone would steal it, you could have waterproofed Noah's ark with it and if I was a betting man it probably still blocking up the local sewerage works. Bio degradable was not invented then.
)Lol worse than that it appears someone liked the stuff
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Government...-/231131923124
Roll of Government Property toilet paper roll, similar to Izal. Issued in the 40's /50's. The house where we got them from was previously owned by ex RAF so I believe they were obtained then. There are different markings on these rolls, not sure why but the ones I have, have a square at the side of the writing. Each sheet has the same writing in. Apparently quite rare and I cannot find any for sale on the net. They are just mentioned in museums. They are all new but obviously show signs of wear from storage.
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Eheu ! fugaces labunter anni.
When you think that the old (DH) Dominie had an u/c to worry about ( sorry, goudie, it was just too good to resist ! ) And you were old enough to spot the error.
When you finally realise that, even allowing for inflation, you've probably drawn more in pension from the RAF than ever you were paid in service.
When you could say "Finals, two Greens".
When people in their fifties have the temerity to appear on this Thread (oh, to be 50 again !).
When you finally realise that, even allowing for inflation, you've probably drawn more in pension from the RAF than ever you were paid in service.
When you could say "Finals, two Greens".
When people in their fifties have the temerity to appear on this Thread (oh, to be 50 again !).
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When people in their fifties have the temerity to appear on this Thread (oh, to be 50 again !).
museum piece
York railway museum has a diesel that was built in 1957 by the company where I was an apprentice so I had my photo taken holding one of the sand box tops which I had made!!D5500 for those of a spotting ilk!!Our factory was built about 1850 and was pretty much the same when I was there.One reason why I left to join the RAF!!!
You go to Duxford and see a couple of types you flew when they were front line.
(Sorry if this thought has already been posted, I have not read every post).
You have to explain what a Radio Range approach was, and that you had to do one under the hood once a year to renew your Green Ticket.
(Sorry if this thought has already been posted, I have not read every post).
You have to explain what a Radio Range approach was, and that you had to do one under the hood once a year to renew your Green Ticket.
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Slight thread drift.
My 1st posting after of Boys training was Bomber Command Bombing School Lindholme. May 1954
The a/c were Lincolns and Varsity's, many of the Pilots were NCO's and a lot of them had Polish names!
The Nav's tended to be officers, but I believe that this was something to do with them also being the instructors.
My 1st posting after of Boys training was Bomber Command Bombing School Lindholme. May 1954
The a/c were Lincolns and Varsity's, many of the Pilots were NCO's and a lot of them had Polish names!
The Nav's tended to be officers, but I believe that this was something to do with them also being the instructors.
... when you remember you could keep NAAFI meat pies warm in the waveguide of the GCA truck and no one had a microwave in the kitchen.
P.S. 'Government Property' loo paper (shiny side down) was superb for covering newly filled dinks etc. on car bodywork - it imparted a wonderfully smooth finish!!
P.S. 'Government Property' loo paper (shiny side down) was superb for covering newly filled dinks etc. on car bodywork - it imparted a wonderfully smooth finish!!
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When there was a Station Flight with an Anson and a Vampire.
As much as I am enjoying this thread, shouldn't it be over in 'Aviation History and Nostalgia'?
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As much as I am enjoying this thread, shouldn't it be over in 'Aviation History and Nostalgia'?
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As much as I am enjoying this thread, shouldn't it be over in 'Aviation History and Nostalgia'?
It would become awash with civilians regaling us with tales of "A bumpy approach to Luton in my Viscount/DC-4"
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It would become awash with civilians regaling us with tales of "A bumpy approach to Luton in my Viscount/DC-4"
. The best was the sadly now defunct Varig. A classic example of a national 'Flag Carrier' subsudised by the taxpayer.So how about a leg from Khartoum to Aden over Ethiopia, thown all over the sky, followed by a so called landing in a Hastings, that bounced at least 4 times at Khormaksar?
Transport Commands finest, made a point of informing us Bomber Command pax, that he'd left the job to his 'newish' No2.
We let him apologise by buying beer.
After 3 weeks at Karachi, where we all got dysentry, the return leg Khormaksar to Khartoum was enlivend by the Elsans spashing all over the a/c.
Memories of fillet steak and Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the same posting as a Transport Command cardboard boxed lunch and orange squash. Can't get much more diverse than that can we?
A lot of it intercontinental, travelling business class . The best was the sadly now defunct Varig. A classic example of a national 'Flag Carrier' subsidised by the taxpayer.
However, many years later, courtesy of the S.A.A.F., I took Mrs.Haraka along in a Herc to show her what her old man used to put up with - she loved it.
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When ALL the operational stations you served on have been closed and ALL the aircraft types scrapped
When you remember that the French aircrew in-flight rations you picked up at Istres included a small caraffe of red wine
When you remember that the French aircrew in-flight rations you picked up at Istres included a small caraffe of red wine