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Forum: Military Aviation
24th Nov 2011, 22:32
Replies: 10
Views: 6,854
Posted By wilf_san

This sounds to be a somewhat more demanding than...

This sounds to be a somewhat more demanding than a basic PPL, I'm impressed. Presumably completing candidates do also receive a PPL (or at least certification that can be presented to the CAA in...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Nov 2011, 22:59
Replies: 10
Views: 6,854
Posted By wilf_san

(with minor apologies for bumping this post after...

(with minor apologies for bumping this post after a four-year gap).

Does anyone on Prune with a current/intimate knowledge of the revised UAS training scheme know.....

(1) whether or not the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Jan 2011, 12:00
Replies: 11
Views: 3,576
Posted By wilf_san

Amen to that- I have real problems in being able...

Amen to that- I have real problems in being able to accurately identify types/roles of 20s/30s biplanes, and am very glad I didn't have an operational responsibility to do so within that era.
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Jan 2011, 11:18
Replies: 11
Views: 3,576
Posted By wilf_san

This is also a most impressive indication that...

This is also a most impressive indication that the role indication marker system, as published in 'Flight', did actually happen in practice. Well found, thank you very much!

My gut feeling on this...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Jan 2011, 06:44
Replies: 11
Views: 3,576
Posted By wilf_san

Thank you, a very-comprehensive debunking of my...

Thank you, a very-comprehensive debunking of my suspicion that this role marking system hadn't been uptaken in practice: however, there are still some mysteries remaining. I'm not familiar with the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Jan 2011, 21:11
Replies: 11
Views: 3,576
Posted By wilf_san

Apologies, my mistake on the ident- I should have...

Apologies, my mistake on the ident- I should have remembered the bird was a swift (good to hear you're ex-72 Sqn, was that pre-Aldergrove?).

Do you have any thoughts on my puzzle re the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Jan 2011, 18:46
Replies: 11
Views: 3,576
Posted By wilf_san

Ah, but that was payment just to obtain formal...

Ah, but that was payment just to obtain formal heraldic approval for the standard badge surround (crown/wreath/motto)....presumably this curious alternative shape, with the same design in the middle...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Jan 2011, 18:14
Replies: 11
Views: 3,576
Posted By wilf_san

Pre-WW2 Mil Aircraft Role Markings: any further information?

I've (http://www.aircadetcentral.net/forums/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2278) been asking my comrades over on Air Cadet Central...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Oct 2010, 12:49
Replies: 24
Views: 6,686
Posted By wilf_san

RAF Offr seniority over RAuxAF Offr of same rank: no more?

I had always understood that it was the case that (irrespective of the obvious senority afforded to an individual Officer by their rank above those of lower rank, and quite seperate from issues of...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Aug 2010, 16:41
Replies: 6
Views: 2,860
Posted By wilf_san

Mr C Hinecap Thank you for this clear...

Mr C Hinecap

Thank you for this clear elucidation. Honorary Air Commandant= already a serving Offr; Commodore=not a serving Offr.

I was being deflected from this trail of reasoning by the...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Aug 2010, 10:31
Replies: 6
Views: 2,860
Posted By wilf_san

Hon Air Cdres and Hon Air Cmdts: always?

On the basis that Prince Edward is an Honorary Air Commodore of Waddo (the more traditional honorific, wouldn't you agree), but the rather-more junior Prince (aka Flt Lt) William was only appointed...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Nov 2007, 13:26
Replies: 10
Views: 6,854
Posted By wilf_san

Excellent! I'm glad to hear they are still being...

Excellent! I'm glad to hear they are still being issued...and just to be clear, that is on the new/current UAS semi-PPL arrangement, not on some tail-end remnant of the original EFT stream that used...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Nov 2007, 13:05
Replies: 10
Views: 6,854
Posted By wilf_san

UAS Budgie/PFB Wings: gone for good?

Having just read that excellent thread on NS aircrew (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=299505):D, I am now reminded to ask a question on prune that I might otherwise have posted on my...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Oct 2007, 12:27
Replies: 9
Views: 2,587
Posted By wilf_san

I spotter this whilst I had the family down at...

I spotter this whilst I had the family down at Blackpool for a brief-and-noisey holiday last week...I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me (thousands of Tory MPs swarming all over the...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jun 2006, 21:45
Replies: 2
Views: 1,741
Posted By wilf_san

Ah, the series may actually have been "Ain't...

Ah, the series may actually have been "Ain't Misbehavin" from ten years ago :eek: ....these collar badges I'm referring to are just visible in this pic, with Robson in the sidecar beside Jerome...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jun 2006, 18:33
Replies: 2
Views: 1,741
Posted By wilf_san

Curious WW2 RAF Offr collar badges: what?

Hi chaps, does anyone remember the LWT series "Piece of Cake", from Derek Robinson's book of the same name? This had a so-called RAF Hornet Squadron from pre 1939 up to the BoB.

Firstly, is this...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2006, 20:47
Replies: 82
Views: 12,437
Posted By wilf_san

All family members of the Sovereign (and their...

All family members of the Sovereign (and their household staff) are given Coronation and Jubilee medals. This is a well-established practice (certainly pre-Queen Vic). It puzzled me when I saw it...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Oct 2005, 09:49
Replies: 21
Views: 4,971
Posted By wilf_san

HEDP, your logic is solid. I agree, it shouldn't...

HEDP, your logic is solid. I agree, it shouldn't be used twice IMHO (there is indeed a current middlewalloper version of this sqn numberplate).

Such contemporal existence only worked whilst the...
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