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Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Jan 2022, 01:14
Replies: 63
Views: 17,839
Posted By grusome

Or a "new initiative"!

Or a "new initiative"!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Oct 2021, 03:29
Replies: 77
Views: 17,328
Posted By grusome

FITH is remarkable in its capacity to evoke...

FITH is remarkable in its capacity to evoke memory. As someone who has had the privilege of sitting between 1830s and 2000s for some thousands of hours, I maintain that Gann is the only author who...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
7th Dec 2020, 23:17
Replies: 11
Views: 8,886
Posted By grusome

Centaurus, I don't know whether this incident has...

Centaurus, I don't know whether this incident has stuck in your mind. I arrived at 34 mid 1969 to instruct on the BAC1-11. Due aircraft commitments, one day there I was with nothing to do, so you...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Nov 2020, 03:06
Replies: 17
Views: 5,122
Posted By grusome

Seeing that the thread has already drifted,...

Seeing that the thread has already drifted, another engine-out take-off was designed for the Caribou by the first CO of RTFV, SQNLDR Chris Sugden DFC*. His concern was that an engine out landing...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
30th Jul 2020, 07:00
Replies: 16
Views: 5,748
Posted By grusome

Stabilon is it.

Stabilon is it.
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2019, 08:47
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,107,036
Posted By grusome

Croppy, in what was either an inspired piece of...

Croppy, in what was either an inspired piece of programming or else pure coincidence, a couple of days ago in Melbourne AUS the program Air Crash Investigation dealing with the crash of a Brazilian...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
30th Jan 2014, 00:40
Replies: 505
Views: 529,924
Posted By grusome

From my memoirs: A few days before Christmas in...

From my memoirs:
A few days before Christmas in 1965, a colleague and I were booked TAA Sydney Melbourne as the final leg of our journey back from Vietnam. For reasons possibly not unconnected to...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
8th Jul 2013, 11:05
Replies: 2,315
Views: 755,020
Posted By grusome

Creamie, A bit more like a stench than a whiff...

Creamie,
A bit more like a stench than a whiff if you ask me. BTW, re: #2265, where did you get the stuff you're on?
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
8th Jul 2013, 10:51
Replies: 838
Views: 647,541
Posted By grusome

Some slow learners hereabouts Ernie!

Some slow learners hereabouts Ernie!
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Apr 2012, 11:56
Replies: 3,819
Views: 2,566,425
Posted By grusome

1Lern2Spel Sorry, couldn't resist it!

1Lern2Spel

Sorry, couldn't resist it!
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
10th Dec 2011, 07:50
Replies: 624
Views: 75,977
Posted By grusome

Prospector, I shouldn't have to spell it out to...

Prospector,
I shouldn't have to spell it out to such a knowledgeable chap as you, surely, should I?. See #103


Now, I suspect that you meant to say that you dial in a VOR frequency to get a...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
7th Dec 2011, 09:54
Replies: 624
Views: 75,977
Posted By grusome

Prospector, Thanks for the lecture - I used to...

Prospector,
Thanks for the lecture - I used to install and flight check the things. And what was that you said about the DME frequency?
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
4th Dec 2011, 09:57
Replies: 624
Views: 75,977
Posted By grusome

Prospector, credibility zero. Try 200 ft and...

Prospector, credibility zero. Try 200 ft and twice the speed for difficult map reading - and what was that you said about DME frequency?
Forum: Military Aviation
12th May 2011, 11:33
Replies: 116
Views: 17,084
Posted By grusome

quote (sorry, don't know how to do the blue...

quote (sorry, don't know how to do the blue thing):
NR,
Can you explain why the RAAF SOP at Butterworth in the 1960s was for the Sabre Squadrons to break into the circuit (or perhaps pitch into the...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th May 2011, 10:58
Replies: 116
Views: 17,084
Posted By grusome

Crikey, I thought it was all done with models. ...

Crikey, I thought it was all done with models.


Yeah yeah, I know, sorry 'bout that!

Gru

PS. Shouldn't the ABs - er sorry, reheat - be visible by now? After all, you're about commence a...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th May 2011, 10:03
Replies: 116
Views: 17,084
Posted By grusome

I'm surprised that the alternative methodology,...

I'm surprised that the alternative methodology, as recommended by a chap in khaki I think, has not been described to date. There is a rather famous historic occasion (somebody is bound to correct me...
Forum: Private Flying
12th Nov 2010, 08:07
Replies: 8
Views: 5,241
Posted By grusome

I haven't the facts, and I know the world has...

I haven't the facts, and I know the world has changed, but....................

As a sometime Examiner of Airmen (GA), I have to say that I am amazed anyone can even suggest that practice EFATO...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jul 2010, 10:06
Replies: 17
Views: 5,842
Posted By grusome

In the OZ forces, up to a point some years ago...

In the OZ forces, up to a point some years ago (but prior to my retirement!), if the commissioned retiree served through to retirement age, he went on to the RL in the next rank up, presumably unless...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th May 2010, 10:08
Replies: 29
Views: 7,501
Posted By grusome

Just a bit more nostalgia: It is the...

Just a bit more nostalgia:

It is the Laverton airshow circa 1953 (might be a year out), and we - my father who always wanted to be in the RAAF (and was for a day), and me, youngish teenager. We...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th May 2010, 12:03
Replies: 29
Views: 7,501
Posted By grusome

Thought y'all might like a bit more nostalgia...

Thought y'all might like a bit more nostalgia (hope nobody minds the named names):

ROMEO VICTOR CHARLIE

"Mirage Leader, GO LOW", says the air traffic controller in Laverton Tower. The four...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Oct 2009, 10:10
Replies: 268
Views: 51,372
Posted By grusome

Mods, I guess it's about time that our annual...

Mods,
I guess it's about time that our annual request for stickiness was forwarded.

The WWII generation is now thin on the ground. My RAAF mates from that era are all dealing with the effects of...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Aug 2009, 11:33
Replies: 37
Views: 5,247
Posted By grusome

......and really b.ggers things up for those...

......and really b.ggers things up for those interested in attending both!
Forum: Military Aviation
14th May 2009, 12:39
Replies: 45
Views: 9,435
Posted By grusome

Well, there you go, old chap. I prefer dark...

Well, there you go, old chap. I prefer dark chocolate.
Gru
Forum: Military Aviation
14th May 2009, 11:47
Replies: 45
Views: 9,435
Posted By grusome

Nav1, I would hazard a guess at about 250-350...

Nav1,
I would hazard a guess at about 250-350 RAAF gazetted. However, I can't even guess at how many were pinned as against how many simply had the tailor do the right thing with a ribbon once...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th May 2009, 10:26
Replies: 45
Views: 9,435
Posted By grusome

Union Jack: Don't take offence at our...

Union Jack:
Don't take offence at our propensity for giving nicknames. The GSM and the GSM1962 were the Violet Crumble Bars Mk1 and Mk2 long before Vietnam, and I don't think that was driven by...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
21st Apr 2009, 07:51
Replies: 126
Views: 20,237
Posted By grusome

Ernie, Looks like TL is a QF SO, as you well...

Ernie,
Looks like TL is a QF SO, as you well know a superior level of aviation expertise. That's like a cruise FO isn't it? I don't think I'd bother rising to his bait.
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Mar 2009, 05:47
Replies: 952
Views: 525,250
Posted By grusome

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m41/grusome_200...

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m41/grusome_2006/6507-16Small.jpg

I would argue against abandoning the take-off on the basis of a "rule of thumb" speed check against distance. This photo, at...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Mar 2009, 23:13
Replies: 952
Views: 525,250
Posted By grusome

woodja51 "EK' s 'find him and kill him...

woodja51

"EK' s 'find him and kill him approach' used to work at 33 SQN but not in the real world I suspect!"

OK, I'll bite! Please explain.

Gru
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
20th Mar 2009, 02:08
Replies: 122
Views: 25,935
Posted By grusome

Don't know precisely how the Pacific is going,...

Don't know precisely how the Pacific is going, but FWIIW, my next door neighbour went to SIN and back last week by Emirates, said that northbound they had about 130 pax, southbound less.
Imprecise...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th Mar 2009, 00:36
Replies: 35
Views: 8,578
Posted By grusome

FGD135 Yup, and at about M3 you would finally...

FGD135
Yup, and at about M3 you would finally reach equilibrium - you would need supersonic drag to counter that thrust.
I think that what the FAA (or indeed our original poster) forgot to say was...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th Mar 2009, 00:21
Replies: 11
Views: 1,315
Posted By grusome

Boofhead Check PMs Gru

Boofhead
Check PMs
Gru
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
19th Feb 2009, 21:47
Replies: 48
Views: 6,121
Posted By grusome

Aircraft #2 will touch down YBBN in half an hour.

Aircraft #2 will touch down YBBN in half an hour.
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2009, 09:27
Replies: 14
Views: 2,680
Posted By grusome

Broadening the discussion slightly, some of you...

Broadening the discussion slightly, some of you may not be aware of the passing of Cliff Dohle, on 2nd February, aged 73 years. Cliff was one of the RAAF Huey Captains involved in the Battle of Long...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Jan 2009, 10:02
Replies: 745
Views: 243,409
Posted By grusome

Jeez, I wouldn't like the cameraman's job!

Jeez, I wouldn't like the cameraman's job!
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jan 2009, 09:57
Replies: 208
Views: 43,840
Posted By grusome

FWIIW, my grandfather joined the Victorian...

FWIIW, my grandfather joined the Victorian Engineers (Submarine Mining) in 1890 or thereabouts, was a foundation member of the Australian Corps of Signals just after Federation, kilted up for the Vic...
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