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Forum: Military Aviation
6th Apr 2024, 03:07
Replies: 69
Views: 6,343
Posted By Barksdale Boy

I don't speak Italian, but my degree is in...

I don't speak Italian, but my degree is in classics. So when I go there I speak Latin with a world-war-two-film Italian accent. They love it. Use ut and the subjunctive and they swoon.
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Apr 2024, 18:06
Replies: 177
Views: 30,811
Posted By langleybaston

It was now 1970. The IBM 360/195 computer was...

It was now 1970. The IBM 360/195 computer was being installed at Bracknell, and all the war-dispersed HQ cells had come home to roost. The 10-level Bushby-Timpson model, was based on the scheme...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Apr 2024, 17:30
Replies: 177
Views: 30,811
Posted By langleybaston

The Forum is replete with those who say that...

The Forum is replete with those who say that Gutersloh was their dream tour. Amen to that.
1967 found me, aged 30, briefly living in the famous Mess on this old Luftwaffe station, with a shiny new...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Apr 2024, 15:12
Replies: 177
Views: 30,811
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
5th Apr 2024, 11:16
Replies: 177
Views: 30,811
Posted By langleybaston

Meanwhile, what of the Ferranti Mercury [ours was...

Meanwhile, what of the Ferranti Mercury [ours was called Meteor] forecast outputs using a three atmospheric level model operating on Europe and the western Atlantic? Whereas the essential equations...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Apr 2024, 16:41
Replies: 177
Views: 30,811
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
4th Apr 2024, 11:08
Replies: 177
Views: 30,811
Posted By langleybaston

Joyce and I and a very young army officer were...

Joyce and I and a very young army officer were ushered into one room, and everyone else into a larger. A smart RAF officer thrust a bag at me, said I was senior officer on board the RAF Britannia, so...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Apr 2024, 18:12
Replies: 177
Views: 30,811
Posted By langleybaston

we shall see .......................................

we shall see ....................................
As I was saying:.
Memory being dimmed by time, I may have told some of these tales before, and differently. All I can say is that I tell no...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Mar 2024, 17:23
Replies: 94
Views: 14,313
Posted By ShyTorque

I’ve had one in my rear view mirror that said...

I’ve had one in my rear view mirror that said ECILOP. I pulled in let it past. Tasteless paint job on it.
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Feb 2024, 15:42
Replies: 204
Views: 97,935
Posted By Asturias56

"She has referred to the government as "a lying...

"She has referred to the government as "a lying bunch of greedy, corrupt, destructive, hateful, divisive, gaslighting crooks".[ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Vorderman#cite_note-topping2-40)"...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2024, 17:36
Replies: 122
Views: 18,470
Posted By ORAC

The issues with the forces (inept recruitment...

The issues with the forces (inept recruitment with multi-year delays, dysfunctional flying training, bad housing, etc etc) are nothing to do with “woke”.

It’s just an election diversionary tactic...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2024, 15:03
Replies: 50
Views: 11,042
Posted By Bob Viking

BEagle

I apologise in advance if you think I pick on you but, if it makes you feel any better, I only disagree with you when I think you’re wrong about something.

The attitudes to risk in the post war...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Feb 2024, 14:54
Replies: 50
Views: 11,042
Posted By OvertHawk

I'm sad to say that I'm inclined to agree....

I'm sad to say that I'm inclined to agree. Recruitment value - negligible (and we can't train the pilots that we do recruit). Overseas sales of the hawk value - nil - we don't make it anymore....
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Feb 2024, 11:41
Replies: 50
Views: 11,042
Posted By Mogwi

Von Richthofen remarked, the day before he died,...

Von Richthofen remarked, the day before he died, that 80 was a good number. Perhaps 60 should be a “good number” for the Reds, given the parlours state of the RAF at present and the gathering storm...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jan 2024, 21:55
Replies: 1,144
Views: 615,995
Posted By Easy Street

Interesting time to be arguing that. I tend to...

Interesting time to be arguing that. I tend to think that the Post Office scandal has made clear just how vulnerable our courts are to being misled by bulls*** presented as fact by expert witnesses....
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jan 2024, 12:00
Replies: 49
Views: 13,540
Posted By Maxibon

Probably not a legend but give the man some...

Probably not a legend but give the man some slack; whilst may be he's had some errors of judgement he's had to put up with being thrust into the limelight through an 'unchooseable' birth line; he had...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Dec 2023, 10:21
Replies: 224
Views: 45,255
Posted By DeanoP

Very easy application process, took about 20...

Very easy application process, took about 20 mins. Hopefully, it will give those of us whose passports and driving licenses have expired, some form of valid photo ID. Better than producing a pathetic...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Dec 2023, 10:01
Replies: 224
Views: 45,255
Posted By superplum

When the local election ID rules changed, was it...

When the local election ID rules changed, was it this or last year (?), I checked their print outs to see if the Vet's ID was included - it was. I've now applied so I won't need to carry my Driving...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Nov 2023, 13:59
Replies: 256
Views: 98,630
Posted By melmothtw

As a defence aerospace journalist, one of the...

As a defence aerospace journalist, one of the questions that myself and others repeatedly asked when the decision to transition from military to civilian SAR was made was, 'Where will you get your...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Nov 2023, 08:52
Replies: 256
Views: 98,630
Posted By GeeRam

They missed the opportunity to quietly let them...

They missed the opportunity to quietly let them slip into history during the pandemic.
I find it increasingly hard to see how they, in their current form, can still be justified in the current size...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Nov 2023, 17:06
Replies: 256
Views: 98,630
Posted By Two's in

It was always unacceptable behavior. Military...

It was always unacceptable behavior. Military personnel getting away with Luddite and misogynistic behavior never made it 'appropriate'. Daily life supporting (what used to be) a premier military...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Nov 2023, 13:46
Replies: 256
Views: 98,630
Posted By beardy

Perhaps that's why we weren't chosen to represent...

Perhaps that's why we weren't chosen to represent the best of the RAF.


We don't usually use those activities to showcase the RAF.

​​​​​​​The Red Arrows are supposed to exemplify the best that...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Sep 2023, 14:19
Replies: 210
Views: 48,777
Posted By Bob Viking

Is it just me?

It amazes me how quickly after leaving the RAF that I stopped caring about cr@p like this. Bearing in mind that people currently serving either don’t post on here or aren’t especially bothered and...
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