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Forum: Military Aviation
8th Mar 2024, 17:59
Replies: 8
Views: 2,075
Posted By NutLoose

Iv’e got two years to run to hit 50 years as an...

Iv’e got two years to run to hit 50 years as an Aircraft Engineer, do I expect an award…no, but blank signed cheques, ( that’s checks to you colonials ) postal orders or cash readily accepted… ;) :p
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Feb 2024, 16:05
Replies: 73
Views: 14,612
Posted By Thud_and_Blunder

With careful planning and the right offshore...

With careful planning and the right offshore wind/ topography, we took a Chinook full of interesting people to a bay N of Saxa Vord and were told by the exercise DS that no-one heard us until we made...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Feb 2024, 13:15
Replies: 73
Views: 14,612
Posted By chevvron

Still not as quiet as the Explorers used by some...

Still not as quiet as the Explorers used by some ambulance helicopters.
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2024, 13:19
Replies: 117
Views: 39,214
Posted By Flipster130

Maybe we should all leave sealed instructions to...

Maybe we should all leave sealed instructions to our descendants (grand-children and hopefully great-grand-children) to seek the MoD papers in June 2094 and to use Tuc's excellent publications to...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2024, 03:14
Replies: 117
Views: 39,214
Posted By Jm1994

Another Year

It is pretty obvious, as we head to the 30th anniversary, 19 years after the MoD apologized to the Tapper and Cook families that something remains rotten with The State.
Not the peculiarities and...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Feb 2024, 22:32
Replies: 21
Views: 5,226
Posted By Thud_and_Blunder

Specialist Aviation Services bought by GAMA

GAMA press release as published by helihub 2024/02/01 (https://www.helihub.com/2024/02/01/gama-aviation-acquires-specialist-aviation-services/)

My first civvy-street employer has been sold for...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Feb 2024, 11:50
Replies: 14
Views: 2,421
Posted By Thud_and_Blunder

Nice to have a chance to see all your hangers....

Nice to have a chance to see all your hangers. Any chance of a hangar tour, too?

Very best of luck with the weather on all 3 days - hope you get to enjoy yourselves as much as the visitors, too...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Feb 2024, 11:49
Replies: 14
Views: 2,421
Posted By ShyTorque

Coat “hanger” tour? :E

Coat “hanger” tour? :E
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2024, 10:18
Replies: 117
Views: 39,214
Posted By tucumseh

The biggest cock-up was the FADEC procurement...

The biggest cock-up was the FADEC procurement strategy in the late 80s. Breached every known rule going. When the RAF's Training Development Team ('train the trainers') visited Boeing in 1992/3...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Feb 2024, 10:11
Replies: 14
Views: 2,421
Posted By [email protected]

Historic Helicopters Open Days

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1420x2000/raf_poster_1__2cb55bd1837416bea1f9769359bbd45d0c69b64e.jpg...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2024, 01:47
Replies: 117
Views: 39,214
Posted By tucumseh

The letter was written on 16 February 1995, after...

The letter was written on 16 February 1995, after the crash but very importantly before the gross negligence decision was made by Day on 20 March 1995.

It is clear from the sequence of events,...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2024, 17:27
Replies: 117
Views: 39,214
Posted By SLXOwft

I recently watched part of the 2016 series The...

I recently watched part of the 2016 series The Somme 1916:Both Sides of the Wire. One of the themes Peter Barton extracted from reading the evidence was Germans were expected to identify and report...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2024, 11:04
Replies: 117
Views: 39,214
Posted By tucumseh

The production company, Fine Point Films, is...

The production company, Fine Point Films, is based in Belfast. They make numerous excellent documentaries aimed at, mainly, Northern Ireland, and flog them to the BBC.

This was the umpteenth...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jan 2024, 15:02
Replies: 22
Views: 5,838
Posted By 57mm

Not forgetting Tornado F2/F3.......

Not forgetting Tornado F2/F3.......
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2024, 06:05
Replies: 117
Views: 39,214
Posted By fdr

Tecumseh, you have more than a passing interest...

Tecumseh, you have more than a passing interest and knowledge in CAE 5000 etc,, and the previous basis of certification related to MTC and to continued airworthiness, are you able to expand on the...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2024, 17:39
Replies: 117
Views: 39,214
Posted By tucumseh

If you haven't read any of the books its not...

If you haven't read any of the books its not inapt at all. It's a fair question.

I know you probably mean Wratten and Day, but CAS (Graydon) was also a reviewing officer. The biggest lie of them...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2024, 15:57
Replies: 117
Views: 39,214
Posted By pulse1

I do hope that there is another one to come (a...

I do hope that there is another one to come (a quadrology?) in which David describes the events when the Reviewing Officers are publicly stripped of any honours they have received (cf. Paula...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2024, 11:45
Replies: 117
Views: 39,214
Posted By Biggus

If you "admit where you went wrong" you open...

If you "admit where you went wrong" you open yourself up to legal redress, sued for damages, etc. Reputations are also ruined, people do/should lose their jobs, pension, perks etc..

Far simpler...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Jan 2024, 22:20
Replies: 26
Views: 6,105
Posted By albatross

Sarcasm “So, is this award. limited to the only...

Sarcasm
“So, is this award. limited to the only the Military, Uber Rich, the famous or those of Royal Birth?”
Sarcasm Over.
I can think of folks, some even members here, whose contributions to the...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jan 2024, 15:32
Replies: 28
Views: 9,847
Posted By Flipster130

The MoD hierarchy has, over time, made the Post...

The MoD hierarchy has, over time, made the Post Office management look like angels!
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Dec 2023, 14:13
Replies: 28
Views: 9,847
Posted By Thud_and_Blunder

Looking forward to reading my copy :ok:. I...

Looking forward to reading my copy :ok:.

I hope some of the good stories come out one day, too - in the First Gulf Unpleasantness our Chinook det received Engine Air Particle Separators just...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Dec 2023, 20:32
Replies: 224
Views: 45,460
Posted By Ninthace

I can see why it might be. It is a Veteran’s...

I can see why it might be. It is a Veteran’s card. It is not a medal, a battle honour or even a record of service. It is just an acknowledgement that you drew the pay. If not one day, then when? And...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Nov 2023, 14:29
Replies: 66
Views: 14,146
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...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Nov 2023, 14:22
Replies: 86
Views: 26,845
Posted By VX275

This chap never soloed but no one was brave...

This chap never soloed but no one was brave enough to tell him he couldn't wear the wings....
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Nov 2023, 06:17
Replies: 256
Views: 98,745
Posted By Hueymeister

The Mail running with this: RAF faces £1million...

The Mail running with this:
RAF faces £1million payout to former head of recruitment after being ordered to discriminate (dailymail.co.uk)...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Nov 2023, 05:27
Replies: 256
Views: 98,745
Posted By NutLoose

Page 15 article F. You have to be kidding...

Page 15 article F.

You have to be kidding me, there is NO excuse for working on or operating aircraft and carrying out safety critical tasks while under the influence of alcohol under ANY...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Sep 2023, 17:20
Replies: 33
Views: 8,375
Posted By BEagle

Advice has always been never to seek employment...

Advice has always been never to seek employment from anyone who makes assumptions about existing pension income.

Say a potential employer knows that an applicant used to have a military income of...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Sep 2023, 16:58
Replies: 33
Views: 8,375
Posted By [email protected]

Agreed - again a game played by many who want the...

Agreed - again a game played by many who want the military experience at lower than market prices.
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Sep 2023, 15:10
Replies: 33
Views: 8,375
Posted By Lucifer Morningstar

The term 'competitive' means in direct comparison...

The term 'competitive' means in direct comparison to something else. The issue here is that Ascent can argue, with some justification, that as the role does not require a license, that is it fair pay...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Sep 2023, 14:35
Replies: 20
Views: 3,706
Posted By chevvron

Would make a nice 'gap filler' for the RAF...

Would make a nice 'gap filler' for the RAF inventory and would supplement the Atlas when they're occasionally 'not available'.
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Sep 2023, 21:16
Replies: 284
Views: 83,905
Posted By NutLoose

Jock pies…

Jock pies…
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Sep 2023, 17:24
Replies: 284
Views: 83,905
Posted By Diff Tail Shim

Iron and engineers? Please!

Iron and engineers? Please!
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Sep 2023, 12:05
Replies: 284
Views: 83,905
Posted By Akrotiri bad boy

"Or the rubber tent that serves as a gym, which...

"Or the rubber tent that serves as a gym, which is always freezing in winter but acts like a sauna in summer - when all the seagull **** it is encrusted in reeks to high heaven, just to make the...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Sep 2023, 20:05
Replies: 210
Views: 48,907
Posted By Dufo

There are two genders. The rest are psychiatric...

There are two genders. The rest are psychiatric disorders and should be assessed as unfit to work/fly as with other similar conditions.
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Sep 2023, 14:22
Replies: 560
Views: 153,439
Posted By minigundiplomat

300ish S92A built, 5000ish BH built, plus I am...

300ish S92A built, 5000ish BH built, plus I am pretty sure Uncle Sam picked up much of the R&D costs for the BH. And it works, no working around eurotrash 'concepts' that don't deliver, or supply...
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