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Forum: Military Aviation
14th Apr 2024, 16:00
Replies: 149
Views: 27,134
Posted By Geriaviator

Congratulations, LB, on doing the impossible --...

Congratulations, LB, on doing the impossible -- ie following in the footsteps of our immortal Danny42C with your fascinating tales interspersed by many anecdotes and those of your contemporaries. My...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Mar 2024, 16:50
Replies: 4
Views: 963
Posted By Geriaviator

Several westbound transatlantic aircraft ended up...

Several westbound transatlantic aircraft ended up on Arran and other Hebridean islands. I vaguely remember being told that the main runway at Prestwick was aligned to Arran's highest peak and the...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Mar 2024, 14:30
Replies: 10,266
Views: 4,581,142
Posted By Geriaviator

Germany's stalling and leaking makes me wonder if...

Germany's stalling and leaking makes me wonder if Scholz wants to set up a non-aggression pact with Russia. Oh, wait a minute ...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Mar 2024, 16:56
Replies: 10,266
Views: 4,581,142
Posted By Geriaviator

Wouldn't be surprised if UKR launches a volley of...

Wouldn't be surprised if UKR launches a volley of these things at one target. Must have been no joke watching the Seababies heading for your ship and knowing that its chums are also on their way, out...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Mar 2024, 16:39
Replies: 329
Views: 75,115
Posted By Geriaviator

Easy, it will need lots more VSOs to keep 'em in...

Easy, it will need lots more VSOs to keep 'em in line
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Feb 2024, 16:31
Replies: 117
Views: 38,963
Posted By Geriaviator

For anyone who cannot receive the BBC programmes,...

For anyone who cannot receive the BBC programmes, I can email them to you using a big file program if you send me PM with your email address. I'm pleased to have mastered this technology thanks to...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Feb 2024, 14:08
Replies: 10,266
Views: 4,581,142
Posted By Geriaviator

I agree with @henra's assessment. Our politicians...

I agree with @henra's assessment. Our politicians grandstand on the world stage but have nothing to back up their rhetoric. Makes one wonder what will happen if Putin continues his advance into...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Feb 2024, 17:10
Replies: 93
Views: 25,098
Posted By Geriaviator

Maybe distance lends enchantment but I have happy...

Maybe distance lends enchantment but I have happy memories of growing up in what is now Merlin Road at RAF Binbrook each side of 1950. The prewar terraces were well built and if there were any faults...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Feb 2024, 17:13
Replies: 31
Views: 7,370
Posted By Geriaviator

In fairness the Republic's GDP contains the...

In fairness the Republic's GDP contains the mega-profits of Apple, Meta and similar multinationals who channel their European rakeoffs to benefit from Ireland's low rate of corporation tax. The...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2024, 16:54
Replies: 10,266
Views: 4,581,142
Posted By Geriaviator

If it's wrong to shoot the pilot on the street,...

If it's wrong to shoot the pilot on the street, is it wrong to shoot him two days later as he enters the base from which he takes off to bomb civilians in Ukraine, is it wrong to shoot him with a...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2024, 16:17
Replies: 247
Views: 87,072
Posted By Geriaviator

Not the same I'm afraid. The Irish 'subcontract'...

Not the same I'm afraid. The Irish 'subcontract' their defence but expect it for free. For all their bleating about neutrality they don't hesitate to call upon their neighbour on the other side of...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2024, 14:14
Replies: 247
Views: 87,072
Posted By Geriaviator

Well, not at the moment.

Well, not at the moment.
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2024, 11:19
Replies: 247
Views: 87,072
Posted By Geriaviator

Except with regard to the British ...

Except with regard to the British ...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Feb 2024, 16:53
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,893
Posted By Geriaviator

Thanks for the pointer Paul, this looks an...

Thanks for the pointer Paul, this looks an interesting book, I haven't seen anything about Manchester handling although it was clearly bad news otherwise. Donation plus Giftaid made to RAFA.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2024, 16:50
Replies: 10,266
Views: 4,581,142
Posted By Geriaviator

The real cost of war, that Ukrainian spoke for...

The real cost of war, that Ukrainian spoke for all humanity. Thank you Nutty, I echo your comments above for I have no words.
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jan 2024, 07:32
Replies: 10,266
Views: 4,581,142
Posted By Geriaviator

A well reasoned explanation, fdr, even I can...

A well reasoned explanation, fdr, even I can follow it. Thank you.
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2024, 18:54
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,893
Posted By Geriaviator

Pilot Officer Sam Brooks, London, Special...

Pilot Officer Sam Brooks, London, Special operator, 101 Sqn, concludes his account of special operations from Ludford Magna in Lincolnshire

AS THE years have gone by life has of course developed...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2024, 16:44
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,893
Posted By Geriaviator

Airfield height presumably was a factor in the...

Airfield height presumably was a factor in the bitterly cold winds which swept the Wolds, as remembered by one who spent four childhood years at Binbrook. But they wouldn't concern me as much as the...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2024, 07:29
Replies: 10,266
Views: 4,581,142
Posted By Geriaviator

The ghastly refers to Musk rather than his...

The ghastly refers to Musk rather than his satellites? And didn’t Musk shut down one of his systems to foil a seaborne attack by Ukraine?
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jan 2024, 16:39
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,893
Posted By Geriaviator

By Pilot Officer Sam Brooks, London. Special...

By Pilot Officer Sam Brooks, London. Special operator, 101 Sqn Royal Air Force.

CREWING UP was to follow shortly, but on our first evening in the officers' mess we had met two Canadian pilots,...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jan 2024, 14:22
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,893
Posted By Geriaviator

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

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IT WAS a very exciting time. We were sent to No.1 LFS (Lancaster Finishing School) at...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jan 2024, 14:13
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,893
Posted By Geriaviator

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

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By Pilot Officer Sam Brooks, London. Special Operator, 101 Sqn Royal Air Force....
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jan 2024, 16:54
Replies: 159
Views: 34,309
Posted By Geriaviator

Nobody told a story better than the much lamented...

Nobody told a story better than the much lamented Danny42C on the Brevet thread, and few were funnier than his account ...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jan 2024, 16:48
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,893
Posted By Geriaviator

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

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Ron Homes recreated those terrifying moments in his painting, A Night to...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jan 2024, 10:39
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,893
Posted By Geriaviator

Wonderful memories of your godfather, Ian, and...

Wonderful memories of your godfather, Ian, and his meticulous plotting. I have wondered at the skills of the navs, from steering their way through the fiery skies of the Reich to pinpointing targets...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jan 2024, 20:06
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,893
Posted By Geriaviator

DELIGHTED to see you back on frequency, Taphappy,...

DELIGHTED to see you back on frequency, Taphappy, and that you enjoyed this gripping account which ranks among the best on this thread, I think. Ron’s postwar career post is almost complete, then...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jan 2024, 15:32
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,893
Posted By Geriaviator

A Night to Remember - part 18 In which an...

A Night to Remember - part 18
In which an exhausted crew of a wrecked aircraft make their own way back to Ludford, where they face the same ordeal 12 times over.

SILENCE at last, everything is...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jan 2024, 11:33
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,893
Posted By Geriaviator

A Night to Remember --- part 17 “WOODBRIDGE...

A Night to Remember --- part 17

“WOODBRIDGE from Nan Squared we only have one green, starboard leg is down but we don’t know if it’s locked, over”. “Roger Nan Squared can you do a circuit and be...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jan 2024, 16:12
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,893
Posted By Geriaviator

A Night to Remember -- part 16 . . . . . . . ....

A Night to Remember -- part 16 . . . . . . . . Clear of the flak, and at last a bearing for home

Editor’s warning: Today’s sensitive souls on satnavs may not wish to read this account which...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Jan 2024, 17:22
Replies: 159
Views: 34,309
Posted By Geriaviator

Our inimitable Danny42C recalled a serious loss...

Our inimitable Danny42C recalled a serious loss on the Brevet thread, immortalised as a sticky at the head of this forum. A Japanese air raid on his northern Indian airfield had claimed the lives of...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Jan 2024, 13:58
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,893
Posted By Geriaviator

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER -- Part 15 A pinpoint at...

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER -- Part 15
A pinpoint at last ... but it's an island fortress bristling with Flak artillery
...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jan 2024, 12:11
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,893
Posted By Geriaviator

A Night to Remember -- part 14 One hour 30 min...

A Night to Remember -- part 14
One hour 30 min fuel remaining, but it’s one hour 50 to base

“PILOT to crew, OK chaps we’ve now got three engines again which should get us home alright if we are...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Jan 2024, 16:04
Replies: 8
Views: 1,066
Posted By Geriaviator

Best pulled through by hand first as starter with...

Best pulled through by hand first as starter with trolleyacc might cause damage. A job dreaded by the lads in Khormaksar (Aden) in 1950, it was some job pulling three full rotations of each of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jan 2024, 15:03
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,893
Posted By Geriaviator

A Night to Remember --part 13 .......... Losing...

A Night to Remember --part 13 .......... Losing height, Ron struggles to hold the Lancaster on one engine

THE engineer looks puzzled and runs his eyes over the controls and instruments and I...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jan 2024, 15:36
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,893
Posted By Geriaviator

A Night to Remember part 12 ............ Away...

A Night to Remember part 12 ............ Away from the target, all’s well -- until the fighter strikes

YOU CAN sense the massive release of tension in the crew as the engines’ roar takes on a...
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