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Forum: Military Aviation
2nd May 2024, 18:46
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

Resignation is a serious matter, not to be...

Resignation is a serious matter, not to be undertaken until the red mists clear. However, as a succession of dull digs and limited pub menus took toll, the initial thought prevailed. Having spent 40...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd May 2024, 14:16
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

The BLEU films were shown as routine to all...

The BLEU films were shown as routine to all courses at Shinfield. Very very impressive ......... gasps from the audience as, at last, the runway was seen.
However I confess to being somewhat of a...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Apr 2024, 18:13
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

Brize, Southern England and BFG. Be careful...

Brize, Southern England and BFG.

Be careful what you wish for!

Living in Lincolnshire and stationed at Brize for a couple of years was not ideal but I was granted very good accommodation in the...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Apr 2024, 15:03
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

My mother said "cheats never prosper!". Some do,...

My mother said "cheats never prosper!". Some do, some don't.
One loser was an observer at Idris or El Adem or another along the N African coast. He decided the weather was set fair so headed for the...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2024, 20:23
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

I only endured the civil side for about five...

I only endured the civil side for about five years [seemed like ten]. Once upon a time there were major weather centres in London, Norwich, Southampton, Plymouth, Cardiff, Bristol, Nottingham, Leeds,...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2024, 19:37
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

All good things come to an end. Retirement...

All good things come to an end.

Retirement date with full pension would be 8th May 1997. In 1994 we were still enjoying the perks of service life in BFG but it seemed wise to jump before I was...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2024, 18:38
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

Precision aneroid barometer. These were a...

Precision aneroid barometer.

These were a joy to behold .......... simple read out, instant result, no interpolation or corrections, portable. The official issue was two.

The snag? Rather like...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2024, 15:55
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

Barographs The barograph sat [sits?] in its...

Barographs

The barograph sat [sits?] in its handsome glass case, with the pressure vessel gently expanding and contracting, and the drum with chart gently turning. Driven by clockwork, and the ink...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2024, 15:17
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

Big question. Both explanations are simplistic,...

Big question. Both explanations are simplistic, they are "models" to aid understanding. Consider the earth/ oceans/ ice caps and rotation of the earth as a dynamic system. There are usually 4 or 5...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2024, 15:01
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

Sorry that you received bolleaux from ODI...

Sorry that you received bolleaux from ODI ............ I was only S Met O's boss 1996-7 so probably off the hook.
The detailed upper air temperature and wind measurements were highly specialised...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Apr 2024, 19:44
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

Barometers and other mysteries. For the...

Barometers and other mysteries.

For the first half of my career we used the beautiful and dangerous mercury barometers to measure atmospheric pressure. This coincided with a period of increasing...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Apr 2024, 19:18
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

Correct. The procedure followed [gang of 4...

Correct.
The procedure followed [gang of 4 young blokes, girl friend accomplices]

Purchase copy of the Times newspaper [to dignify proceedings]
Purchase pair kippers, retain one for reserve, ...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Apr 2024, 12:37
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

Balloons were either red, blue or white according...

Balloons were either red, blue or white according to a judgement on cloud amount, cirrus especially. Flights at night tracked a suspended candle lantern under the hydrogen balloon. Elfansafety had...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Apr 2024, 18:17
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

Apart from the obvious, we had a cell embedded in...

Apart from the obvious, we had a cell embedded in Bletchley Park with secure comms to Dunstable . I learned this only recently, very second hand. The leader was the brilliant but irascible Ernest...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Apr 2024, 11:02
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

Yes, absolutely, what some might call balls of...

Yes, absolutely, what some might call balls of brass these days.

Interestingly the names spoken in reverent whispers were of CKM Douglas and Sverre Peterssen. Douglas retired just before I joined...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2024, 18:38
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

Trigger warning. Rude anecdote. The end of...

Trigger warning. Rude anecdote.
The end of Wildenrath MEDA task was well celebrated there: I have the massive stein, surely 1 litre. [Yes, I have, but not recently].
Met RAFG wangled a coach to...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2024, 13:39
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

We interrupt this diatribe to bring any readers...

We interrupt this diatribe to bring any readers still awake the first contribution from the ex- Chief Met Officer Strike Command. More promised after his impending holiday.

THE MOBILE MET UNIT...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2024, 21:13
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

Inspections and anemometers There were no...

Inspections and anemometers

There were no “Instructions for Inspecting Officers”; an inspection had to be performed annually and report made to Defence branch. The geography of the Bawtry group...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2024, 20:55
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

I cannot add much to the Obit that I signposted....

I cannot add much to the Obit that I signposted. At Climat in Harrow he just had a couple of very young [and naughty] men to help him. DB, my oppo, had French and Latin, I had French and German. In...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2024, 13:09
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

RAFG becomes 2 Group. In 1993 there were...

RAFG becomes 2 Group.

In 1993 there were several ceremonies to mark the end of an era. For me the most memorable was a vast group photo taken with the Big House grand entrance as background. I...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Apr 2024, 18:39
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

Observations on observations. In an age when...

Observations on observations.

In an age when anything and everything can be measured to amazing accuracy, the work of a little cell in our Climatology Branch during the late 1950s must seem...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Apr 2024, 17:52
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

As of 1997 when I handed in the seaweed, there...

As of 1997 when I handed in the seaweed, there was no systematic check ride, and no systematic knowledge check. A very difficult process to invent and apply ................ some weather is easy,...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Apr 2024, 17:42
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

Air min. Incidentally right now eastern England...

Air min.
Incidentally right now eastern England is clocking up astonishing rainfall stats: "rain days" [just a trace, or more] about 6 days more than the long term 30 year average in Feb, about ten...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Apr 2024, 16:12
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

Measuring performance: a little tiresome theory. ...

Measuring performance: a little tiresome theory.
Back in my early Bawtry days around 1982 I entered the unpopularity stakes and did very well indeed.

There were eleven stations, some were 24/7,...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Apr 2024, 15:09
Replies: 42
Views: 7,612
Posted By langleybaston

April 1st again?

April 1st again?
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Apr 2024, 18:40
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

The Night Manager. Gutersloh Met in the late...

The Night Manager.

Gutersloh Met in the late 60s through to about 1983 was under the guidance and supervision of the Main Met Office at JHQ, manned by elderly cautious and hesitant old gents...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Apr 2024, 16:05
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

I seem to recall that Peach was / is not tall,...

I seem to recall that Peach was / is not tall, neither am I. My first deployment from Gutersloh c 1969 as [S Met O 1 BR Corp's unenthusiastic deputy] caused me to drive to Bielefeld to be kitted out...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Apr 2024, 17:14
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

THE MOBILE MET UNIT. Disclaimer. I was never an...

THE MOBILE MET UNIT.
Disclaimer. I was never an insider but had many friends among the unit, and a good number of members reporting to me. It is certain that my recollections contain errors. If so,...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Apr 2024, 15:51
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

The CWs at St. B tended to be much longer serving...

The CWs at St. B tended to be much longer serving than padres, who came and went rather quickly. One matter was well-known and acted on: sermons were allotted 12 minutes other than in exceptional...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Apr 2024, 16:01
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

Good digression! It awoke memories which I...

Good digression!
It awoke memories which I offer. Lady W. was indeed musical and was a member of the large and competent St Boniface Church choir. I had been a deputy for some time but was surprised...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Apr 2024, 22:26
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

“Sir Wilson” and the latter days at JHQ. ...

“Sir Wilson” and the latter days at JHQ.

Wiki tells us that Sandy Wilson arrived to be A O C in C in 1991, and I need Wiki to tell me who preceded him, because in those two years I never met that...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Apr 2024, 19:34
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

It is a difficult section to write: I am well...

It is a difficult section to write: I am well aware that opinions are mixed, and strongly held. All I can say is what I saw and experienced, and ask contributors not to get too excited: this is one...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Apr 2024, 18:35
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

Thank you but my contribution was and is trivial...

Thank you but my contribution was and is trivial compared with proper warriors like Danny. Let's leave it as a peripheral view of interesting times please.

Here follow some asides on marches in...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2024, 12:31
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

Rheindahlen Two The Berlin Wall fell on 9th...

Rheindahlen Two

The Berlin Wall fell on 9th November 1989, causing us great anxiety because I had not yet received my posting from Cardiff and it was easy to imagine the job being downgraded...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Apr 2024, 17:18
Replies: 212
Views: 38,135
Posted By langleybaston

One of my pleasant duties when I was doing...

One of my pleasant duties when I was doing penance in Civil was to run the Met. Office marquee and presentations at the Yorkshire Show and the Welsh Show and at big events such as RAF Open Days. Our...
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