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10th Mar 2024, 13:53
Replies: 196
Views: 37,492
Posted By BEagle

Not on my excellent old Nokia 6310i though!!

Not on my excellent old Nokia 6310i though!!
9th Mar 2024, 12:47
Replies: 89
Views: 24,626
Posted By BEagle

I can accept the view that the RAF of today is...

I can accept the view that the RAF of today is probably a better organisation within which to work than it was many years ago when bullying and vicitmisation was prevalent.

If that's actually...
9th Mar 2024, 08:50
Replies: 89
Views: 24,626
Posted By BEagle

50 years ago when I won my 'Wings', the RAF had...

50 years ago when I won my 'Wings', the RAF had some 78 squadrons operating some 35 different aircraft types. Even then the old timers bemoaned the cutbacks they'd seen in 1957....

There were 7...
7th Mar 2024, 16:59
Replies: 196
Views: 37,492
Posted By BEagle

As many will doubtless recall, the summer of 1976...

As many will doubtless recall, the summer of 1976 was very hot! One fine day in August I was tasked to fly a Hunter F6A from Brawdy to Leuchars so that they could swap some bits of the jet with...
4th Mar 2024, 16:20
Replies: 167
Views: 22,078
Posted By BEagle

I loathed those grease slugs - just WHAT were...

I loathed those grease slugs - just WHAT were they made from? Animal, vegetable or mineral?
11th Feb 2024, 16:06
Replies: 50
Views: 10,875
Posted By BEagle

Prohibiting practising simulated emergency...

Prohibiting practising simulated emergency procedures whilst carrying passengers should be the first step towards risk reduction.
10th Feb 2024, 18:32
Replies: 30
Views: 6,970
Posted By BEagle

No accommodation? Surely Marine warfighters...

No accommodation? Surely Marine warfighters could 'improvise, adapt and overcome' such a minor inconvenience?

RIP the fallen.
6th Feb 2024, 14:55
Replies: 22
Views: 2,337
Posted By BEagle

Probably an air display special? Dive to around...

Probably an air display special? Dive to around 360KIAS, level off and feather 3 engines. Then fly past hoping like heck that they'll unfeather after the fly past!

One of my VC10 simulator...
5th Feb 2024, 21:30
Replies: 167
Views: 22,078
Posted By BEagle

Well said, Pete!

Well said, Pete!
5th Feb 2024, 08:30
Replies: 167
Views: 22,078
Posted By BEagle

The qualifying criteria for the 1977 Queens...

The qualifying criteria for the 1977 Queens Silver Jubilee medal were that you had to have served for 5 years between 1952-1977. However, only about 30000 were actually issued in the UK and as...
4th Feb 2024, 18:40
Replies: 167
Views: 22,078
Posted By BEagle

But it still makes me annoyed that so few Queen's...

But it still makes me annoyed that so few Queen's Silver Jubilee medals were awarded in 1977, despite personnel being within the qualifying criteria.
2nd Feb 2024, 22:11
Replies: 108
Views: 34,592
Posted By BEagle

Large G&T thanks, falcon900! There is a code...

Large G&T thanks, falcon900! There is a code when it comes to talking about The Scottish Officer!
2nd Feb 2024, 10:06
Replies: 167
Views: 22,078
Posted By BEagle

The qualifying criteria for this proposed medal...

The qualifying criteria for this proposed medal haven't been specified. They need to be, if this is going to be taken at all seriously.
19th Jan 2024, 12:13
Replies: 47
Views: 8,579
Posted By BEagle

VC10 and TriStar truckies wore blues with collar...

VC10 and TriStar truckies wore blues with collar and tie in the '80s, however VC10K crews wore flying suits. At first we were told that flying suits weren't to be worn 'north of the runway' and we...
17th Jan 2024, 22:04
Replies: 8
Views: 2,463
Posted By BEagle

An amazing young woman! Graduated AFA Colorado...

An amazing young woman! Graduated AFA Colorado Springs and also has an incredible educational and flying background!

Well done!!
6th Jan 2024, 14:13
Replies: 9
Views: 7,848
Posted By BEagle

The first 3 B-1As had a 4-person escape module. ...

The first 3 B-1As had a 4-person escape module. It was used once after a test flight went wrong; a test pilot was killed and two others were seriously injured when the parachute system...
30th Dec 2023, 22:31
Replies: 43
Views: 6,586
Posted By BEagle

Normally, an aircraft will have a certified...

Normally, an aircraft will have a certified maximum take-off mass (MTOM). For specific operations, military aircraft can be authorised to operate at greater mass within certain carefully defined...
28th Dec 2023, 22:57
Replies: 1,144
Views: 612,443
Posted By BEagle

No. Provided that an applicant meets the...

No. Provided that an applicant meets the relevant criteria for licence re-issue, including the relevant medical criteria, it's a matter purely for CAA personnel licensing.

Your stirring isn't...
28th Dec 2023, 13:30
Replies: 256
Views: 97,774
Posted By BEagle

Although that might have been posted in jest, I'm...

Although that might have been posted in jest, I'm sure that this won't be the last of it.

Nor should it be. It's clear that the victims haven't had satisfactory closure, which they rightly...
18th Dec 2023, 19:38
Replies: 13
Views: 3,275
Posted By BEagle

They did indeed. I was launched off on a...

They did indeed. I was launched off on a Q-scramble once, without having had the benefit of any BDA conversion or brief - apart from a couple of scrawls on the whiteboard by the 'QWI leader' who was...
17th Dec 2023, 16:40
Replies: 251
Views: 100,551
Posted By BEagle

I was fortunate enough to win a place visiting...

I was fortunate enough to win a place visiting M-B both at Denham and at Chalgrove on 13 August 2019 thanks to the Honourable Company of Air Pilots. Whilst in the 'chute packing room, we'd been told...
16th Dec 2023, 13:01
Replies: 23
Views: 4,192
Posted By BEagle

A few decades ago I was supporting QRA in the...

A few decades ago I was supporting QRA in the mighty VC10K, replacing another which had landed to refuel at Prestwick. Whilst in transit, SOC gave us the heads-up that a couple of Bears, which had...
15th Dec 2023, 23:49
Replies: 10
Views: 2,602
Posted By BEagle

SCOPS failure on the no.2 engine had us spending...

SCOPS failure on the no.2 engine had us spending a pleasant weekend at CFB Lahr instead of RAF Gatow, but that was the only high point of the MER course.... A new switch was sent out to us, fitted...
28th Nov 2023, 18:29
Replies: 35
Views: 7,496
Posted By BEagle

Try looking harder! Of course there were real...

Try looking harder! Of course there were real Hurricanes in Guy Hamilton's 1969 masterpiece!
27th Nov 2023, 16:44
Replies: 20
Views: 4,192
Posted By BEagle

241 OCU became 55(R) from October 1993 - July...

241 OCU became 55(R) from October 1993 - July 1994.
26th Nov 2023, 22:35
Replies: 15
Views: 3,069
Posted By BEagle

Lajes - Bermuda was always rather tight! Not...

Lajes - Bermuda was always rather tight! Not many possible abort aerodromes en route for sure.

'10% Carlos' would always look after crews if stuck at Lajes though!
26th Nov 2023, 10:42
Replies: 38
Views: 10,311
Posted By BEagle

See:...

See: https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/598511-buccaneer-s-deck-takeoff-button-seeking-details.html
22nd Nov 2023, 05:11
Replies: 86
Views: 26,129
Posted By BEagle

LJ, the OP wrote: All posters to note...

LJ, the OP wrote:


All posters to note please!!
20th Nov 2023, 18:10
Replies: 19
Views: 3,219
Posted By BEagle

Doggers over didders

The weather during CFS week at Benson in (I think) 1992, was pretty good - certainly Phase 5!

One day most of the last sorties of the day were student solos, with the strict warning that they had...
18th Nov 2023, 14:29
Replies: 66
Views: 13,976
Posted By BEagle

One of the signature blocks on the clearance...

One of the signature blocks on the clearance chits was for the 'Station Bicycle Store'. No-one at a unit where I was serving knew where that was, or even whether there was such a thing on the...
9th Nov 2023, 15:12
Replies: 256
Views: 97,774
Posted By BEagle

Shortly after resuming my UAS tour having been...

Shortly after resuming my UAS tour having been away for 7 months flying the VC10K in Gulf War 1, the phone rang in my office. It was some person-formerly-known-as-a-WRAF who said that she needed to...
5th Nov 2023, 08:46
Replies: 256
Views: 97,774
Posted By BEagle

Now that the feral Reds haters and...

Now that the feral Reds haters and I-know-everything-about-everything posters have vented their spleens, perhaps it's time for more mature thoughts about the Team?

For sure there was a very...
15th Oct 2023, 13:27
Replies: 78
Views: 18,348
Posted By BEagle

All the UK aerodromes where the RAF could fly...

All the UK aerodromes where the RAF could fly when I joined, but sadly no longer:

Abingdon
Acklington
Andover
Aston Down
Ballykelly
Bassingbourn
Bentwaters
Bicester
8th Oct 2023, 19:29
Replies: 24
Views: 4,520
Posted By BEagle

Those who know, know. Those who don't, don't...

Those who know, know. Those who don't, don't need to know.....
5th Oct 2023, 09:40
Replies: 78
Views: 6,167
Posted By BEagle

Military aircraft use both VHF and UHF. Thus any...

Military aircraft use both VHF and UHF. Thus any direction to a VHF frequency between 122.5 and 137.0 with a dropped fist digit could be confused with a UHF 225-370 frequency.
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