Global Aviation Magazine : 60 Years of the Hercules
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Thanks Coff.
Don't worry about Wally, I don't know where I am myself most times. (Any of my earlier Navs please refrain from commenting on that last remark)
Don't worry about Wally, I don't know where I am myself most times. (Any of my earlier Navs please refrain from commenting on that last remark)
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Who said that Dean P was bored
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Looks like a typical bunch of truckies to me -however it looks as if Deano might be awake. Normal situation for a Nav though, staying awake while everyone else sleeps!!
nimbev,
A little harsh old chap, I always believed that staying awake was done on a rotational basis on Albert
I know that there was always someone awake when I got out of my hammock for a cuppa.
Smudge
A little harsh old chap, I always believed that staying awake was done on a rotational basis on Albert
I know that there was always someone awake when I got out of my hammock for a cuppa. Smudge
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Originally Posted by CoffmanStarter
Come on MPN11 ... you can't leave us guessing like that ... which Perspex Tower was it then ?
Anyway, same time and place, this time with an on-topic badly-done composite photo taken outside
Bengerman,
Well observed Sir, I'm sure the move to MPA a was a serious upgrade in facilities. Meanwhile, back to the malt
Ksimboy, and to you too. Best wishes for the coming year.
Smudge
Well observed Sir, I'm sure the move to MPA a was a serious upgrade in facilities. Meanwhile, back to the malt
Ksimboy, and to you too. Best wishes for the coming year.
Smudge
aeroid,
great pics ! Just back home after the Xmas detachment to our son's place.
Something to warm us all up on this cold windy day.
We are on a strip in the Belize Cays ! Normally in Belize we stayed down town in a hotel but on this occasion we were flown out to the quays for a change.
The pic is us waiting to board the 'transport' to fly back to Belize and depart back to the UK. The whole thing made a very nice nightstop.
great pics ! Just back home after the Xmas detachment to our son's place.
Something to warm us all up on this cold windy day.
We are on a strip in the Belize Cays ! Normally in Belize we stayed down town in a hotel but on this occasion we were flown out to the quays for a change.
The pic is us waiting to board the 'transport' to fly back to Belize and depart back to the UK. The whole thing made a very nice nightstop.
AA62,
Now that brings back a very special memory for me. I had the honour to accompany a Flight Engineer known as T** Le C**** on a Belize trip (as I recall on OCU crew), where we fought our way, rather than flew to Belize. Tech faults in Gander and IAD ensured our late arrival, and the last real bed I had seen had contained my wife. So, on arrival, with a now going concern of an Albert, we were told that there were five rooms allocated to us on the Cays, a light aircraft awaited and that the "Crew Chief" would be downtown as usual. Our Flt Eng insisted that he needed the practice at putting Albert to bed, and duly decided that I was to accompany the team to the Cays, he would be the "GE for the night". Duly done, our arrival back at the airport next morning saw Albert fully prepped for departure, and a real gentleman snoozing in the Engineers seat. I will never forget the trip, the man and the pleasure of the Cays. Thanks for the memory.
Smudge
Now that brings back a very special memory for me. I had the honour to accompany a Flight Engineer known as T** Le C**** on a Belize trip (as I recall on OCU crew), where we fought our way, rather than flew to Belize. Tech faults in Gander and IAD ensured our late arrival, and the last real bed I had seen had contained my wife. So, on arrival, with a now going concern of an Albert, we were told that there were five rooms allocated to us on the Cays, a light aircraft awaited and that the "Crew Chief" would be downtown as usual. Our Flt Eng insisted that he needed the practice at putting Albert to bed, and duly decided that I was to accompany the team to the Cays, he would be the "GE for the night". Duly done, our arrival back at the airport next morning saw Albert fully prepped for departure, and a real gentleman snoozing in the Engineers seat. I will never forget the trip, the man and the pleasure of the Cays. Thanks for the memory.
Smudge
A Slight Diversion
My son presented me with this book " C-130 Crew Chief: SeeThe World in in a C-130" by Steve Brown (available through the Big River on line outlet). I'm halfway through this tome (it's only 100 pages) and it has echoes of a former existence for me, although, USAF operated a different system to the RAF. The C130E, and the views of a USAF crew chief in the 1960s. Looking at the price for 100 pages, I'm glad my son is well paid. Im sure it may have an interest for some. Excuse the advert, I thought it had relevance to our own K.
Smudge
Smudge
