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Forum: Military Aviation
7th May 2024, 07:03
Replies: 225
Views: 41,929
Posted By Chugalug2

LB, thank you for laying bare the ups and downs...

LB, thank you for laying bare the ups and downs of service with the RAF as a 'weather guesser'. The Met Office might only have been your second choice of career given the summary rejection on medical...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2024, 19:01
Replies: 225
Views: 41,929
Posted By Ninthace

I still don't wear black socks!

I still don't wear black socks!
Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2024, 18:48
Replies: 225
Views: 41,929
Posted By MPN11

All good/bad things have to come to an end!...

All good/bad things have to come to an end! Thanks for taking us on the journey! 👍

I remember my last day (HQ MATO at RAF Uxbridge). Clearance already done by instalments, so just handed in my...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd May 2024, 18:39
Replies: 225
Views: 41,929
Posted By 1066

LB I don't know if your description of the sad...

LB
I don't know if your description of the sad demise of the Observers, ( 2 lovely retired observers live just round the corner) and the lack of forecasters on site, above relates to my experience. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st May 2024, 15:17
Replies: 225
Views: 41,929
Posted By Nugget90

Met Instruments - Transmissometers Although...

Met Instruments - Transmissometers

Although several of the met instruments used in forecasting have been mentioned, another that might be recalled is the transmissometer, a device used to assist...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Apr 2024, 20:52
Replies: 42
Views: 7,776
Posted By Easy Street

Absolutely bloody brilliant. Really looks the...

Absolutely bloody brilliant. Really looks the part - and all the better for some sunshine (at last)!
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Apr 2024, 16:03
Replies: 225
Views: 41,929
Posted By Quietplease

You were lucky to miss that trip. I did it once,...

You were lucky to miss that trip. I did it once, a couple of hours in a Dormobile from Akrotiri then an eternity in the Hastings, Nicosia-El Adem- Khartoum- Aden.
As regular visitors to Aden there...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Apr 2024, 11:50
Replies: 225
Views: 41,929
Posted By blind pew

In the 70s the daily telegraph sponsored uk...

In the 70s the daily telegraph sponsored uk gliding..there was a character who was a member of airways gliding club, an organisation which was under the umbrella of the two corporations, who achieved...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Apr 2024, 06:24
Replies: 225
Views: 41,929
Posted By Krystal n chips

About this pristine barograph and the ink. ...

About this pristine barograph and the ink.

All you have to do is smoke the foil with whatever source of acrid black smoke you can find, choking optional, and the pointy bit will then scratch out...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2024, 10:38
Replies: 225
Views: 41,929
Posted By 1066

LB Excellent thread. Thanks for all your...

LB Excellent thread. Thanks for all your knowledge and memories. I've praised the MMU;s elsewhere for their service to the early Airbridge crews in the S Atlantic.

If its not too much of a...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2024, 08:52
Replies: 225
Views: 41,929
Posted By morton

Your saying about Barometers has dredged up some...

Your saying about Barometers has dredged up some long forgotten memories. I was posted to 390 Maintenance Unit at RAF Seletar in 1969. The beauty of working at the MU was that I saw all the different...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2024, 01:15
Replies: 225
Views: 41,929
Posted By Hydromet

LB, our instrument shop was using a Hg barometer...

LB, our instrument shop was using a Hg barometer for calibrating our other instruments right up to my retirement about 20 years ago. All other Hg instruments were gone.
One that we had used was a...
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, 15:07
Replies: 225
Views: 41,929
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, 16:13
Replies: 225
Views: 41,929
Posted By ICM

The 2 Group Years

Another part of the transition was a significant HQ RAFG disbandment parade - a grand event, plus Lunch, for which I was appointed escort to a charming female German politician. I'd not much to do...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Apr 2024, 19:27
Replies: 225
Views: 41,929
Posted By Diff Tail Shim

I am enjoying your posts Langley. Freezing Rain I...

I am enjoying your posts Langley. Freezing Rain I saw the effects of in that vicious winter of early 1987 at Gutersloh. Minus 27 degrees Centigrade wearing standard RAF working dress. One was not...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Apr 2024, 11:26
Replies: 225
Views: 41,929
Posted By NickB

LB - I'm enjoying your memories of life as a...

LB - I'm enjoying your memories of life as a Metman! I'm also an ex-metman, but we never met although came close on one occasion when I was detached to RAF Manston from RAF Laarbruch in 1997.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Apr 2024, 12:24
Replies: 225
Views: 41,929
Posted By Mogwi

In the late ‘70s, we had a very good Meto at Güt...

In the late ‘70s, we had a very good Meto at Güt who had two lovely daughters - and went on to gain stardom on the TV. On one Friday afternoon, he rang the Squadron and advised an immediate stack to...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Apr 2024, 08:27
Replies: 225
Views: 41,929
Posted By Nugget90

In-Flight Met Observations

On the subject of aircrew reports of met conditions experienced whilst in flight, I have attached a sample drawn my my father (I recognise his style) of a flight he made from Digri to Pyinmana on the...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Apr 2024, 14:03
Replies: 225
Views: 41,929
Posted By Chugalug2

Here is a Form 2347, front and back, printed in...

Here is a Form 2347, front and back, printed in 1961. Later versions were redesigned and had more space for completing and less blurb, but for our purposes this is perhaps more explanatory. What on...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Apr 2024, 21:14
Replies: 225
Views: 41,929
Posted By MightyGem

AAC Sqn Met brief, Detmold, mid 80s. While giving...

AAC Sqn Met brief, Detmold, mid 80s. While giving his brief, the Met man glances out of the window and says, "Ah...man in raincoat running fast. Heavy rain".

Middle Wallop, Met brief for night...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Apr 2024, 17:45
Replies: 225
Views: 41,929
Posted By Chugalug2

Ah, this is what I had in mind! Well done...

Ah, this is what I had in mind! Well done Nugget90, you have reminded me of a mass briefing for Exercise Tense Caper (no other was so well named). This was the culmination of para and stores drop...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Feb 2024, 19:47
Replies: 122
Views: 18,670
Posted By Senior Pilot

It is on the verge of being moved or closed: the...

It is on the verge of being moved or closed: the discussion has drifted away from Mil too often to be pertinent to this Forum.

Up to you all which way it goes 🤔
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Feb 2024, 17:19
Replies: 122
Views: 18,670
Posted By KiloB

I have a bit of a problem with the Heading of...

I have a bit of a problem with the Heading of this Thread. The ‘Woke’ are at unrelenting war with the rest of society, rather than the other way round.
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
14th Feb 2024, 19:17
Replies: 122
Views: 18,670
Posted By Sue Vêtements

Look I'm not trying to pick a fight, but I think...

Look I'm not trying to pick a fight, but I think it's pretty well known that every generation says this about the next generation. They even make country songs about it

and seeing as you asked,...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2024, 11:54
Replies: 122
Views: 18,670
Posted By stevef

Thread drift, I know, but the 1914 assassination...

Thread drift, I know, but the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a student in his early '20s triggered the First World War.
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2024, 11:48
Replies: 122
Views: 18,670
Posted By bugged on the right

Your 20 year old may be an anomaly Turin. I doubt...

Your 20 year old may be an anomaly Turin. I doubt the rest of them are able or willing. If you are confident you are in safe hands well good for you. I'm not at all confident in any of the armed...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Feb 2024, 15:17
Replies: 122
Views: 18,670
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, 18:26
Replies: 122
Views: 18,670
Posted By rudestuff

Absolute standard should mean just that. No extra...

Absolute standard should mean just that. No extra 3 minutes for being female, over 40 or just a fat WO2...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2024, 17:39
Replies: 122
Views: 18,670
Posted By Timelord

Post hoc ergo propter hoc But surely we can...

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

But surely we can agree that lowering vetting standards to encourage more BAME entrants to officer training and Intelligence Corps is a bad idea. That proposal is what...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2024, 15:44
Replies: 122
Views: 18,670
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
10th Feb 2024, 13:54
Replies: 46
Views: 6,184
Posted By Union Jack

Without wishing to appear, err, pedantic, perhaps...

Without wishing to appear, err, pedantic, perhaps you should bring that to Merriam-Webster's...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Feb 2024, 14:10
Replies: 46
Views: 6,184
Posted By Fortissimo

Congratulations to Hand Tattoo, I hope he or she...

Congratulations to Hand Tattoo, I hope he or she has a great time during their service.
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Feb 2024, 10:44
Replies: 10,599
Views: 4,733,279
Posted By NutLoose

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