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Originally Posted by Mighty Gem
I think your Army logic might be lost here.
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The first thing we did on being called out to a snag was empty our pockets. We didn't get 'called out' to snags either! We 'saw in' the A/C and spoke to the crew. In my case usually the Navigator. We discussed the performance of the various equipment and if anything was 'snagged' in the F700 it was entered by the Captain before he signed. An entry of 'Satisfactory' was rather rare on a Valiant! They were not the world's most reliable A/C and all of the Radio kit was pre-transister stuff, so something usually packed up. We of course informed the Crew Chief and our trade SNCO's what was happening. |
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I always said this wasn't an aircrew 'knife' as such...more of an aircrew 'spoon' :O....and bl**dy useless it was at that too! |
At 154cm , I would rather call this a sword!
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Originally Posted by Pontius Navigator
But think back to the original dinghy knife. It had a flame orange handle, a curved blade perforated along its short concave curved length and terminated in a properly rounded end.
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n...psba237065.jpg That particular one was liberated from a dinghy pack (along with a box kite) around 1950. |
Nutloose
And Civi wise you have your own tools. Trust me the best form of tool control is having to pay for them, trust me loosing a screwdriver at over £60 a pop makes sure you don't. Thats why at a nth yorks ex tonka base you were not allowed to park a tonka (no matter how desperate for space) in a half empty grob hangar. AC under MAA rules cannot be housed with AC under CAA rules because of the very reason of tool control. A rule that seemed to 'fly' out of the window when away from an RAF base. |
So i take it this is the current issue in the seats
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b7...ps34823655.jpg The one I still have is on the right of this piccie http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/l...e/100_1903.jpg |
Nutloose And Civi wise you have your own tools. Trust me the best form of tool control is having to pay for them, trust me loosing a screwdriver at over £60 a pop makes sure you don't. That's why at a nth yorks ex tonka base you were not allowed to park a tonka (no matter how desperate for space) in a half empty grob hangar. AC under MAA rules cannot be housed with AC under CAA rules because of the very reason of tool control. A rule that seemed to 'fly' out of the window when away from an RAF base. Found it A trainee mechanic at the maintenance organisation, upon hearing that a loose article had been discovered in G-YAKW, came forward and declared that he had lost a short-handled flat-bladed screwdriver matching the description of the item found in the aircraft. The trainee had started work at the maintenance organisation in September 2002 and had not worked on LY-AKW during its 50 hour inspection. However, he did work on the aircraft in November 2002. He does not recall ever using the screwdriver on the aircraft and only remembers using it to open a tin of paint away from the aircraft. Indeed the trainee was never given or accomplished a task that would warrant the use of such a screwdriver. This type of screwdriver is only used on tasks in difficult and restricted areas. The maintenance organisation also claims that screwdrivers of this type are seldom used during normal maintenance carried out on the aircraft. Subsequent testing of the screwdriver removed from the wreckage, however, revealed DNA matching that of the pilot. This indicated that he had touched it at some time prior to the accident. The trainee's personal tools were located in two separate tool boxes at the back of the maintenance hangar. The tool boxes were never locked and were left open during the day but closed at night. The trainee had been made fully aware of the dangers of loose articles in aircraft and was reminded of this on many occasions by the more senior technicians and licensed aircraft engineers (LAE). The borrowing of tools did take place at the organisation and the policy was for the owner to be asked before hand, but if the owner was not present, items could be borrowed without his knowledge. The owner however remained responsible for his own personal tools including ensuring that they were all present and correct. There was no formal tool control at the maintenance organisation. Full report and pictures. http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources...pdf_024587.pdf |
Kabul Airport 2012.
RAFP: Sir, please place you rifle and hand luggage in the x-ray machine. Me: Ok RAFP: Sir you have a rifle with a mag on and a pistol in your hand luggage also with a mag on. Me: Correct Cpl, that's the weapon load status here. RAFP: Yes sir, that's correct sir. Me: !!! Genius.... The knife cutter thing is excellent at cutting Lino... |
These cost £1.4M each, the F4J's were free!
Vintage Camillus MC 1 Orange Paratrooper Knife | eBay Nothing matters very much etc... |
Three pages on Aircrew Knives…well down lads, got the really important stuff covered?
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Knife aircrew blade concave
Joining the fray in Sep 1970, my issued knife was the much maligned curved blade that had recently replaced the straight bladed original. So 1970 was the earliest I remember the 'curver' and what an improvement it was over its predecesssor, which was utterly unsuited to scraping out one's briar. The curved blade, blunt or not, was perfect for decoking one's pipe (having first cut away the annoying string). :}
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Aircrew knife - HELP!!
Personally, I rather like my kuhkri :-)
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L J R Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Nomadic Posts: 1,336 Three pages on Aircrew Knives…well down lads, got the really important stuff covered? I always thought the Aussie version superior with the built in spoon :E Http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Can_Opener.jpg |
LJR said:
Three pages on Aircrew Knives…well down lads, got the really important stuff covered? |
..now can openers, there is totally different tool…...but an old fart like me has dexterity issues that prevent a fair and reasonable trial being conducted!:{
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That particular one was liberated from a dinghy pack (along with a box kite) around 1950. |
Three pages on Aircrew Knives…well down lads, got the really important stuff covered? Still, it's better than 99.99% of the stuff in the 1036 pages of the caption competition thread. |
I seem to recall being in AEA OR at the time the curved knife came in and that the justification was that, whereas the old knife was intended to stab dinghies or lifejackets that inflated inadvertently in the cockpit, the new curved version was also intended to be able to cut parachute lines after some unfortunate entanglements.
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Oh FFS, we forgot we're only supposed to post po-faced boring sh1te on here. Still, it's better than 99.99% of the stuff in the 1036 pages of the caption competition thread. Noooooooo It's all Busters doing :{ := |
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