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Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2024, 14:37
Replies: 4,316
Views: 221,759
Posted By treadigraph

Two wheels on my wagon, and I'm just rollin'...

Two wheels on my wagon, and I'm just rollin' along
Them Je-e-erries are after me but I'm singin' a happy song...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Apr 2024, 09:39
Replies: 42
Views: 2,784
Posted By treadigraph

Always partial to the SP, still remember the...

Always partial to the SP, still remember the first time I saw one, Pan Am inbound Heathrow via Ockham which passed over my school as I strolled to breakfast - May or June '76... Whenever I see an...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Apr 2024, 10:43
Replies: 4,316
Views: 221,759
Posted By treadigraph

There's a Chance it may suffer from Voughtex...

There's a Chance it may suffer from Voughtex ring...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Apr 2024, 08:42
Replies: 30
Views: 12,315
Posted By treadigraph

He was pulling back on the yolk at the time of...

He was pulling back on the yolk at the time of impact...

And to embellish the old Duxford pilots' r/t joke...

"I'm over ova over..."
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Apr 2024, 20:21
Replies: 30
Views: 12,315
Posted By treadigraph

Northolt seemed to be a bit of a Mecca for...

Northolt seemed to be a bit of a Mecca for roof-top landings...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Apr 2024, 21:00
Replies: 4,316
Views: 221,759
Posted By treadigraph

Why is it called the Flying Pancake? Cos...

Why is it called the Flying Pancake?

Cos it's crepe...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Mar 2024, 11:48
Replies: 4,316
Views: 221,759
Posted By treadigraph

They should be coming to take me away, Haha,...

They should be coming to take me away,
Haha, they should be coming to take me away,
Ho ho, hee hee, ha ha,
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
Because I'm mad you see
Yes,...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
25th Feb 2024, 08:19
Replies: 30
Views: 2,754
Posted By treadigraph

My trip to Miami in '84 was with Air Florida......

My trip to Miami in '84 was with Air Florida... thoroughly enjoyed it, first airline flight in quite a while - recall looking out of the window and seeing Norfolk and Oceana NAS below and Cape...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
24th Feb 2024, 19:25
Replies: 30
Views: 2,754
Posted By treadigraph

As I recall, that visit in '84 fielded a...

As I recall, that visit in '84 fielded a respectable number of surviving 404s, all the PBA and Marco Island Airways aircraft at Miami, Naples and Marco Island (I recall two dismantled PBA aircraft at...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Feb 2024, 09:43
Replies: 20
Views: 3,321
Posted By treadigraph

I've always thought that must have been from the...

I've always thought that must have been from the pen of Mike Ramsden AKA Roger Bacon...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
23rd Feb 2024, 16:45
Replies: 30
Views: 2,754
Posted By treadigraph

Wish I'd had the money to do a flight in a PBA...

Wish I'd had the money to do a flight in a PBA Martin 404 when I was at Miami in 1984 - trip was rather a tight budget though. I don't suppose it would have been expensive at all...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Feb 2024, 07:28
Replies: 73
Views: 14,416
Posted By treadigraph

Mentioned over on "spotters forum" that on...

Mentioned over on "spotters forum" that on Tuesday morning I heard a distant and familiar whopping noise while walking through some local woodland and surmised Chinook - check on ADSB confirmed it...
Forum: Private Flying
14th Feb 2024, 08:54
Replies: 19
Views: 2,045
Posted By treadigraph

You could probably add Jim Croce to that list,...

You could probably add Jim Croce to that list, downwind take off at night in foggy conditions, pilot also apparently medically unfit. Hit a tree...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Feb 2024, 08:34
Replies: 4,316
Views: 221,759
Posted By treadigraph

The first Bucc's connected to the Corsair The...

The first Bucc's connected to the Corsair
The Corsair's connected to the second Bucc
The second Bucc's connected to the Phantom
Now heah de word of Dick Lord...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Feb 2024, 09:18
Replies: 22
Views: 2,399
Posted By treadigraph

The main author of the ASN entry is a prodigious...

The main author of the ASN entry is a prodigious adder of historical UK mishaps to the site and his narrative is sometimes slightly wayward!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Feb 2024, 20:18
Replies: 31
Views: 18,773
Posted By treadigraph

Sadly Martin died in September last year. Don't...

Sadly Martin died in September last year. Don't know anything further but a little about him here:

https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=124435
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Feb 2024, 19:35
Replies: 5
Views: 1,543
Posted By treadigraph

This? ...

This?

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/500x750/bxw4qz5a16q91_4ac93b08df2fa2174a8e7f843203836541b0dd1c.jpg

Thet JetRanger towing a speedboat wasn't quite so well executed...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Jan 2024, 19:31
Replies: 76
Views: 18,893
Posted By treadigraph

Think I vaguely recall that - around 1979?

Think I vaguely recall that - around 1979?
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jan 2024, 15:06
Replies: 46
Views: 9,312
Posted By treadigraph

Thank God he ejected safely, it would be an...

Thank God he ejected safely, it would be an arable way to die...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jan 2024, 03:23
Replies: 76
Views: 7,335
Posted By treadigraph

Gulf Air's first four TriStars were each briefly...

Gulf Air's first four TriStars were each briefly on the UK register for a couple of weeks in 1976 between January and August after delivery; were BA doing fitting out/test flights/crew training?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Jan 2024, 10:08
Replies: 5
Views: 1,063
Posted By treadigraph

The French Comet from Farnborough, F-BGNX, is now...

The French Comet from Farnborough, F-BGNX, is now preserved at the Mosquito Museum at London Colney.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jan 2024, 05:18
Replies: 1,144
Views: 614,333
Posted By treadigraph

Plus one... (Going to Shoreham-by-Sea today...

Plus one...

(Going to Shoreham-by-Sea today for the first time since the sad event - can't believe nearly nine years have slipped by...)
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jan 2024, 13:06
Replies: 4,316
Views: 221,759
Posted By treadigraph

OK, quick winner announcement - dynamic roll over...

OK, quick winner announcement - dynamic roll over drum roll - the CST goes to:



The CST will be delivered underslung below a Chinook, providing we can persuade Stores to let us have another.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jan 2024, 18:35
Replies: 4,316
Views: 221,759
Posted By treadigraph

I don't care if your records do show that I...

I don't care if your records do show that I haven't completed my online diversity training modules, I'm in the middle of trying to exterminate some Krauts and Wops here you stupid woman!
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jan 2024, 09:14
Replies: 4,316
Views: 221,759
Posted By treadigraph

Hello Helmut - I'm going for... D3... Hit......

Hello Helmut - I'm going for... D3...

Hit... Damn you Tommy Atkins, zat was mein Kommandant's little tank!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Jan 2024, 12:09
Replies: 76
Views: 7,335
Posted By treadigraph

I remember the Southern DC-9. Surprised these...

I remember the Southern DC-9. Surprised these aircraft weren't UK registered while leased, was there a reason for that?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
31st Dec 2023, 13:36
Replies: 63
Views: 6,321
Posted By treadigraph

Remember 'ORG arriving overhead Duxford a few...

Remember 'ORG arriving overhead Duxford a few years ago, such a beautiful purring noise...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Dec 2023, 07:31
Replies: 63
Views: 6,321
Posted By treadigraph

Maybe its owners have moved motels.... ...

Maybe its owners have moved motels....

Recall all but one of the then surviving Sea Herons were at Lee-on-Solent when I went to the display there in 1978, thoroughly enjoyed that. The missing one...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Dec 2023, 09:28
Replies: 4,316
Views: 221,759
Posted By treadigraph

So... vich vun of us ist Daisy?

So... vich vun of us ist Daisy?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Dec 2023, 17:52
Replies: 2
Views: 754
Posted By treadigraph

Bill Innes - his autobiography Flight From the...

Bill Innes - his autobiography Flight From the Croft is an excellent read.

Unfortunately, I can't watch the video as I've ditched my tele licence!
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Dec 2023, 19:56
Replies: 16
Views: 4,265
Posted By treadigraph

Pilot's and Flight Engineer's Notes for Sleigh Mk...

Pilot's and Flight Engineer's Notes for Sleigh Mk I and Mk II for anyone who needs a check out:

https://www.vgbimages.com/AirMuseums/Sleigh-Flight-Manual
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Dec 2023, 10:17
Replies: 30
Views: 3,582
Posted By treadigraph

Ahhh! I well recall my first visit to the Tiger...

Ahhh! I well recall my first visit to the Tiger Club hangar in early 1978, Tigers, Stampes, Turbs, the Swift?, Cassutts, Cosmics (two and neither of them Ballerina!), Betas, a Titch, the...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Dec 2023, 09:31
Replies: 4,316
Views: 221,759
Posted By treadigraph

Typical. Logistics always deliver either the gun...

Typical. Logistics always deliver either the gun or the shell, never both at the same time...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Dec 2023, 09:35
Replies: 30
Views: 3,582
Posted By treadigraph

Pobjoy, David Perrin in the RF-5? I recall now,...

Pobjoy, David Perrin in the RF-5? I recall now, it was written up in Pilot (I was given a stack of old copies) and there was a pic of the RF-5 passing by TC members as they prepared to launch....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Dec 2023, 08:43
Replies: 30
Views: 3,582
Posted By treadigraph

I read about that New Year's Day event in Benjy's...

I read about that New Year's Day event in Benjy's book; had I but known and had I been old enough (if '76 I was 12 and probably would been allowed to go) I'd have found my way down there by train and...
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