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Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2024, 23:03
Replies: 225
Views: 42,054
Posted By BEagle

When clearing at one station at which I served,...

When clearing at one station at which I served, one of the clearance signatures required was from 'Station Bicycle Store'. No-one knew where that was, but some wag had helpfully written an extension...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2024, 18:27
Replies: 225
Views: 42,054
Posted By langleybaston

Finally. The plods turned up without prior...

Finally.

The plods turned up without prior notification and found me at home and actually working.
They were cagey about the reason so I decamped to the dining room and asked Joyce to take notes....
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Apr 2024, 11:22
Replies: 24
Views: 4,760
Posted By NutLoose

Now I have seen everything, a CH-53 carrying a slung F35 while refuelling from a C130

I kid you not!



https://twitter.com/Roberto05246129/status/1783760793424613455
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2024, 17:37
Replies: 19
Views: 2,360
Posted By NutLoose

No doubt it will be over London… We cannot...

No doubt it will be over London…

We cannot even stop a bunch of migrants in rubber boats, so how they intend to stop a sustained massive drone and missile attack from foreign powers on us is...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2024, 15:07
Replies: 225
Views: 42,054
Posted By Chugalug2

And therein of course is the clue. It seems that...

And therein of course is the clue. It seems that the issue in 1940 was that he was tasked with working on the met aspects of the spraying of war gas. Given the imminent fear of invasion this was...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2024, 21:13
Replies: 225
Views: 42,054
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
5th Apr 2024, 15:12
Replies: 225
Views: 42,054
Posted By langleybaston

Topcliffe next stop RAF Topcliffe was very...

Topcliffe next stop

RAF Topcliffe was very near to home in Thirsk and I had served a few detachments there looking after the Air Electronics school and Northern Comms squadron aircraft, a mix of...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Apr 2024, 16:41
Replies: 225
Views: 42,054
Posted By langleybaston

In those days all junior forecasters were passed...

In those days all junior forecasters were passed as observers so the tradition was to allow the observer an hour sack time 0001 to 0100 Zulu when observations from all sources were staggering in. The...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Mar 2024, 20:38
Replies: 144
Views: 41,180
Posted By langleybaston

Game on ........... the tall one with dark...

Game on ........... the tall one with dark sunnies fourth from right. The group are not all Rocks, several trades....
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Feb 2024, 13:42
Replies: 122
Views: 18,672
Posted By langleybaston

jolihokistix...

jolihokistix (https://www.pprune.org/members/375892-jolihokistix)
There is an assumption that all/most/many old folk are reactionary and not QUOTE. able to accept and include anyone on their own...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Feb 2024, 17:10
Replies: 93
Views: 25,370
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
13th Feb 2024, 16:16
Replies: 122
Views: 18,672
Posted By bugged on the right

Wigston probably got rid of them snapper. Well...

Wigston probably got rid of them snapper. Well the tag team will be all over this letter because these are old soldiers and don't know about modern soldiering. As long as they can do the job eh? I...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Feb 2024, 15:17
Replies: 122
Views: 18,672
Posted By Tigger_Too

Open letter against Army’s inclusivity policyDear...

Open letter against Army’s inclusivity policyDear Secretary of State,
As retired senior officers of the Crown with experience of senior command, we feel compelled to write to you with a sense of...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2024, 15:44
Replies: 122
Views: 18,672
Posted By Mogwi

War on woke

I see that the Defence Secretary has declared that;

“Time and resources are being squandered to promote a political agenda which is pitting individuals against each other, when what we need is a...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Feb 2024, 10:06
Replies: 23
Views: 4,408
Posted By 57mm

I assume modern structures on RAF airfields does...

I assume modern structures on RAF airfields does not refer to married quarters.....
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2024, 11:28
Replies: 210
Views: 48,411
Posted By snapper41

Episode three: ’This is the largest air...

Episode three:

’This is the largest air armada ever assembled in the history of mankind!’

Well, apart from the three RAF 1,000 bomber raids over a year earlier, all of which were bigger…
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jan 2024, 16:39
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,853,781
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: 4,853,781
Posted By Geriaviator

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

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/940x612/dominie_3ef45c7341316d17a9035308a1f038c916a6e479.jpg

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: 4,853,781
Posted By Geriaviator

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

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/950x265/sam_brooks_head_ef4a8052092dabbed8bd028f61befe3c6a899611.jpg
By Pilot Officer Sam Brooks, London. Special Operator, 101 Sqn Royal Air Force....
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jan 2024, 16:48
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,853,781
Posted By Geriaviator

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

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/833x729/ronhomes_painting_a4508aac2899e0c76fd353a7a5559be196d250ed.jpg

Ron Homes recreated those terrifying moments in his painting, A Night to...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jan 2024, 20:13
Replies: 46
Views: 9,443
Posted By MightyGem

Tractor Crash

Nearly choked on my cocoa when I came across this:

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/738x850/tractor_a9938d96997a0449cde5dc4527c69d37152e9d36.jpg
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jan 2024, 17:50
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,853,781
Posted By Ian Burgess-Barber

A gripping story of very brave young men in an...

A gripping story of very brave young men in an exceptionally dangerous 'game' (as if Bomber Command wasn't a risky way of earning a crust anyway)!
The joyful photo that we finish with and the fact...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Dec 2023, 18:46
Replies: 224
Views: 45,990
Posted By ex-fast-jets

I know nothing about Canada and its link to...

I know nothing about Canada and its link to vets......

But having spent 6+ years of my life on exchange in the USA - 3 with the USN and 3 with the USAF - I can only observe how much better their...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Dec 2023, 20:12
Replies: 171
Views: 50,499
Posted By beamer

Put all my stuff in a box when I left - quite...

Put all my stuff in a box when I left - quite happy to just wear a poppy on Remembrance Sunday. It astonishes me that Mr Adderley has not been picked up on this before now.
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Nov 2023, 08:20
Replies: 35
Views: 7,728
Posted By Expatrick

I wondered when that would come up...

I wondered when that would come up...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Nov 2023, 13:21
Replies: 66
Views: 14,167
Posted By langleybaston

And then slow gravity. Apologies a.to Einstein...

And then slow gravity. Apologies a.to Einstein and Newton; b. if I have mentioned this before.

We inhabited a total of 3 German OMQs, each with cellar, ground floor, upstairs and attic.
SWMBO...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Nov 2023, 14:29
Replies: 66
Views: 14,167
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
11th Nov 2023, 18:01
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,853,781
Posted By MPN11

Bless them all, the long and the short and the...

Bless them all, the long and the short and the tall … and bless Danny too. Hope he had a great birthday up there.
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Nov 2023, 05:41
Replies: 256
Views: 99,010
Posted By artee

Disclaimer - I'm not a flyer or forces, so...

Disclaimer - I'm not a flyer or forces, so forgive me for posting it here. I thought it was relevant to the thread.Narcissism, immorality and lack of empathy: the dark psychology that can poison...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Oct 2023, 18:17
Replies: 210
Views: 48,990
Posted By MPN11

Or by appointment? “Good morning, Chief of...

Or by appointment?

“Good morning, Chief of Staff Air, Defence Equipment and Support.”

No gender issues, all is good. 😎
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Oct 2023, 19:04
Replies: 210
Views: 48,990
Posted By langleybaston

Interesting even if tangential. Trigger warning:...

Interesting even if tangential. Trigger warning: Civilian not Military.

I can recall the day in the late 1970s when the light bulb moment happened to me. My line manager at JHQ Rheindahlen [we...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Oct 2023, 05:43
Replies: 24
Views: 4,585
Posted By Post Flight

"Loose lips sink ships." Any other clues you...

"Loose lips sink ships." Any other clues you need?
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Oct 2023, 19:29
Replies: 24
Views: 4,585
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.....
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Sep 2023, 22:29
Replies: 9
Views: 2,497
Posted By BEagle

My local MP writes that he is a member of the...

My local MP writes that he is a member of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee and is now chairing a Sub-Committee review on Service Accommodation. He advises that anyone currently living...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Sep 2023, 07:57
Replies: 29
Views: 10,386
Posted By Big Unit Specialist

Mental Health - We Need to Talk

For me, yesterday's events that unfolded in the late afternoon brought into stark focus a couple of things that need to be aired. Firstly the culture that would have someone take their own life...
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