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Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2024, 15:07
Replies: 170
Views: 29,528
Posted By Chugalug2

And therein of course is the clue. It seems that...

And therein of course is the clue. It seems that the issue in 1940 was that he was tasked with working on the met aspects of the spraying of war gas. Given the imminent fear of invasion this was...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Apr 2024, 17:37
Replies: 170
Views: 29,528
Posted By Chugalug2

An interesting experiment LB, and my comment as...

An interesting experiment LB, and my comment as an ex military/civil pilot is, and why not? In the RAF, in addition to being the recipient of an annual report ("This Officer will go through life...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Apr 2024, 10:54
Replies: 117
Views: 39,046
Posted By Chugalug2

Flipster, I absolutely do not cast aspersions...

Flipster, I absolutely do not cast aspersions whatsoever at Tony Cable, quite the opposite. He wasn't a member of the BoI though, merely there to assist it. As with all such assistance, it could be...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Apr 2024, 19:58
Replies: 117
Views: 39,046
Posted By Chugalug2

I'm banged to rights, dervish, and no mistake! An...

I'm banged to rights, dervish, and no mistake! An unfortunate choice of words by me, and you were right to bring me to book (I've just seen what I did there!). The old age tag is certainly true too,...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Apr 2024, 10:46
Replies: 117
Views: 39,046
Posted By Chugalug2

When he was your Boss he was a commander. Ditto...

When he was your Boss he was a commander. Ditto when he commanded a Station, but outside of that is a bureaucracy and managers with grandiose titles. So he became a manager and thus participated in...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Apr 2024, 14:03
Replies: 170
Views: 29,528
Posted By Chugalug2

Here is a Form 2347, front and back, printed in...

Here is a Form 2347, front and back, printed in 1961. Later versions were redesigned and had more space for completing and less blurb, but for our purposes this is perhaps more explanatory. What on...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Apr 2024, 17:45
Replies: 170
Views: 29,528
Posted By Chugalug2

Ah, this is what I had in mind! Well done...

Ah, this is what I had in mind! Well done Nugget90, you have reminded me of a mass briefing for Exercise Tense Caper (no other was so well named). This was the culmination of para and stores drop...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Apr 2024, 09:08
Replies: 170
Views: 29,528
Posted By Chugalug2

Finningley? Never been there AFAIR, so much for...

Finningley? Never been there AFAIR, so much for my suggestion then! We'll have to wander rather more off-piste than that I'm afraid, LB. How about 5FTS, RAF Oakington October 1962? I and my fellow...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Apr 2024, 22:52
Replies: 170
Views: 29,528
Posted By Chugalug2

LB, your story is not only about you, or your...

LB, your story is not only about you, or your family, or the Met Office, or the various RAF Stations you were posted to. It is all of those things and much more; times, places, events, that were...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Apr 2024, 13:57
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,764,004
Posted By Chugalug2

Just an ex AC customer here, so I'll say my bit...

Just an ex AC customer here, so I'll say my bit and then continue lurking. I was a CCF cadet and attended the local VGS and was later the lucky recipient of a Flying Scholarship. Both were a...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Apr 2024, 09:14
Replies: 170
Views: 29,528
Posted By Chugalug2

I can but endorse the welcome to what promises to...

I can but endorse the welcome to what promises to be a fascinating and instructive experience as we peer behind the scenes of the personal met brief that was the luxury enjoyed by RAF Transport and...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Apr 2024, 10:38
Replies: 22
Views: 3,769
Posted By Chugalug2

Totally endorse the issue of a medal for the RAF...

Totally endorse the issue of a medal for the RAF Bombing Campaign, 1939-45. Harris wanted it for the groundcrew too, a desire echoed by many of his aircrew who relied on the groundcrew's herculean...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2024, 10:52
Replies: 117
Views: 39,046
Posted By Chugalug2

An Inspiration to Us All!

A clear indication that the desire here to uncover the cover up is shared with those who lost loved ones at Mull as we approach the 30th anniversary this year. Herewith yesterday's story from the...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Mar 2024, 19:12
Replies: 6
Views: 1,865
Posted By Chugalug2

My Ground School notes from 1961/2 at RAFC cover...

My Ground School notes from 1961/2 at RAFC cover the Mk3 AH even though our course was the first to train on the JP. I quote from the relative paras :-

Acceleration Errors These, caused by inertia...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Feb 2024, 09:20
Replies: 117
Views: 39,046
Posted By Chugalug2

And it seems that some of you still cling to the...

And it seems that some of you still cling to the notion of "My VSO, right or wrong". In their name lies have been told to families, QCs, Coroners, SoSs, Ministers, MPs, HoC, HoL, BoIs, SIs, FAIs, and...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Feb 2024, 18:01
Replies: 117
Views: 39,046
Posted By Chugalug2

Well said, dervish. The BoI was compromised from...

Well said, dervish. The BoI was compromised from the start. Denied witnesses, eg the Odiham Test Pilot (who knew more about the 'idiosyncrasies' of the Mk2 than most, having suffered them all on...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Feb 2024, 10:00
Replies: 117
Views: 39,046
Posted By Chugalug2

I hope that those with the technical means have...

I hope that those with the technical means have managed to save the two episodes of Chinook ZD576, whether to PVR or computer drives. Having watched both I am in awe of the families in their...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2024, 15:34
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,352
Posted By Chugalug2

Behind a paywall UJ. Hope this works :- ...

Behind a paywall UJ. Hope this works :-

Former bomber pilot, who served in Second World War, becomes oldest person to fly the fighter
RAF hero, 102, soars again with flight in Spitfire

It’s...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2024, 11:34
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,352
Posted By Chugalug2

What a genius Roy Chadwick was, to turn this...

What a genius Roy Chadwick was, to turn this dangerous and utterly compromised aircraft into the war winning masterpiece it became!
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Feb 2024, 22:40
Replies: 117
Views: 39,046
Posted By Chugalug2

Flipster130 :- I think that flipster has it...

Flipster130 :-

I think that flipster has it about right. The aircraft captain was also the detachment commander and had pleaded that the task be allotted to the Mk1 Chinook. He (and others)...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2024, 22:59
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,352
Posted By Chugalug2

How poignant are these military cemeteries. As...

How poignant are these military cemeteries. As Sam Brooks points out, always laid out in parade like rows and groups, whether in the large CWGC cemeteries overseas or the more intimate village...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2024, 11:53
Replies: 117
Views: 39,046
Posted By Chugalug2

Agreed Biggus. If you put your hand up to issuing...

Agreed Biggus. If you put your hand up to issuing an RTS into squadron service for a knowingly grossly unairworthy aircraft, ignoring a CA clearance permitting switch on use only (for static...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jan 2024, 11:19
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,352
Posted By Chugalug2

Having just received my latest RAFHS Journal...

Having just received my latest RAFHS Journal (#82), my thoughts turned to this thread as it features Bomber Command in 1943. Other Society Journals and Publications have also featured the Command,...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jan 2024, 14:57
Replies: 1,144
Views: 615,826
Posted By Chugalug2

fdr Post 1105:- Just to be clear (and...

fdr Post 1105:-


Just to be clear (and apologies for the late response), are you saying that as long as something is signed off then that the system (a/c, seat, whatever) can be assumed to be...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jan 2024, 08:31
Replies: 1,144
Views: 615,826
Posted By Chugalug2

It is rather depressing that after all the...

It is rather depressing that after all the airworthiness related fatal accident threads to be found in this forum, people can still refer to airworthiness (or more appropriately the lack of it) in...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jan 2024, 14:15
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,352
Posted By Chugalug2

I'm sure that I'm not the only one wondering how...

I'm sure that I'm not the only one wondering how and why the inner engines were both lost yet feathered and could later be restarted. If only Ron was here to explain, or perhaps he still does. Watch...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jan 2024, 14:38
Replies: 12
Views: 2,673
Posted By Chugalug2

If Putin invades a Baltic State I suspect you...

If Putin invades a Baltic State I suspect you will already be in a war zone without the need to walk into one.
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jan 2024, 13:46
Replies: 28
Views: 9,809
Posted By Chugalug2

True enough, MTM, so what to do? I would first...

True enough, MTM, so what to do? I would first challenge the presumption that the only thing that stirred people over the Horizon Scandal is that we all use the PO. Rather it was the needless cost in...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jan 2024, 09:53
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,352
Posted By Chugalug2

If it weren't for Geriaviator I, and I suspect...

If it weren't for Geriaviator I, and I suspect most of us, would have been unaware of Ron Homes, let alone his uncanny ability to tell a story. The detail is minute. What a pity he slipped through...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jan 2024, 09:00
Replies: 28
Views: 9,809
Posted By Chugalug2

That's the nub of it! He has somehow performed...

That's the nub of it! He has somehow performed the impossible and informed us not only of the arcane world of airworthiness, of how it should be and unfortunately isn't, but of how the MOD...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jan 2024, 14:20
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,832,352
Posted By Chugalug2

A Happy New Year to all who are still frequenting...

A Happy New Year to all who are still frequenting this ancient Crew Room. Now that the stove is going full blast again (thanks, Geriaviator!) it is at last losing some of its less than endearing...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Dec 2023, 10:54
Replies: 28
Views: 9,809
Posted By Chugalug2

Citadel of Waste by David Hill

David Hill has just published his latest book, Citadel of Waste, in Kindle form for a mere £2.99. The proceeds as ever go to charity, including Help for Heroes. A paperback edition should follow in...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Dec 2023, 20:23
Replies: 256
Views: 98,609
Posted By Chugalug2

Terrible though the claims of sexual predation...

Terrible though the claims of sexual predation within RAFAT are, these weren't the only concerns raised about the Reds last night. Air Safety, or the lack of it, was also mentioned and the threat of...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Dec 2023, 16:28
Replies: 171
Views: 50,247
Posted By Chugalug2

Well of course it is an entirely personal choice....

Well of course it is an entirely personal choice. Why questionable merit? The specific campaigns they were awarded for were questionable? Goes for any campaign probably. If you feel strongly enough...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Dec 2023, 12:37
Replies: 10,328
Views: 4,605,568
Posted By Chugalug2

A truly inspirational video. Thank you for...

A truly inspirational video. Thank you for posting it Red Too. The leadership and discipline here is exemplary. Perhaps the Army Reserve (nee TA) should concentrate on recruiting from the UK Film...
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