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Forum: Military Aviation
19th May 2018, 12:50
Replies: 52
Views: 12,296
Posted By Rossian

I read the earlier reports that Kokinelli was not...

I read the earlier reports that Kokinelli was not available with some scepticism. During our enforced stay at AKR during GW1 they were very proud of the new Tetrapaks, fondly remembered as "Kok in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st May 2018, 18:22
Replies: 18
Views: 3,971
Posted By Rossian

For Yellow Sun That is a very enigmatic post...

For Yellow Sun That is a very enigmatic post Matey. Would you care to elaborate for an old crew mate. Why would "they" burn them?

The Ancient Mariner (also exmpa)
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
17th Apr 2018, 13:20
Replies: 6
ASL
Views: 3,709
Posted By Rossian

Ahem.....

.....I have flown with them a couple of times when they were "fill ins" for first choice/thomson. Glasgow to Faro ISTR.The crews were Ffrench and pleasant. It all worked but the flight deck might...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
29th Mar 2018, 11:23
Replies: 83
Views: 20,221
Posted By Rossian

Special assistance...

....on a previous trip to Thailand (Emirates business) Glasgow was great, helper standing behind my wife ready to go.
Dubai was rubbish (they had outsourced to an Indian company) nobody came. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Mar 2018, 20:07
Replies: 62
Views: 12,328
Posted By Rossian

In the mid '60s....

.....my fiancee was an air trafficker and had just finished the radar controllers course.
I was posted to Ballykelly and as BKY were short of a radar controller the SATCO was keen for her to come...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Mar 2018, 11:23
Replies: 26
Views: 6,243
Posted By Rossian

Aaaaah! Dave, Pprune at its best.....

......name any subject on earth and there are those who will turn it into a discussion of how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. 16th century Jesuits are mere beginners in comparison.
...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
16th Mar 2018, 10:08
Replies: 3
Views: 1,478
Posted By Rossian

Thai baht to euros.....

......I was positve I'd already asked this question but seems to have disappeared without trace.
Is it possible to do the above exchange without incurring double losses by being "transitted" through...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
16th Mar 2018, 09:58
Replies: 0
Views: 1,181
Posted By Rossian

And another thing.....

..... a BZ to all the folks who made our recent trip to Thailand "relatively" painless. Special assistance worked well from Inverness, at Gatwick on the way out and return and the ground staff at...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2018, 18:49
Replies: 42
Views: 11,039
Posted By Rossian

Recognition Journal....

....it would seem that it no longer exists - when did it vanish? It used to cover a/c, ships (inc subs) and armoured vehicles.

The Ancient Mariner
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2018, 09:01
Replies: 42
Views: 11,039
Posted By Rossian

Ship and A/.C recce.....

....was always splendidly covered by the master AEOp recce instructor on the Nimrod OCU.
A small dit - out in the straits west of Gib in yet another NATO ex cruising around doing surface surv and...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Feb 2018, 13:46
Replies: 16
Views: 4,335
Posted By Rossian

Welcome to the idiot world of pprune patrob1237. ...

Welcome to the idiot world of pprune patrob1237. I was beginning to think you'd vanished from the known world, glad to see you still extant after so many of my contemporaries have been falling off...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
29th Jan 2018, 19:15
Replies: 6
Views: 2,331
Posted By Rossian

Goodness, how things change!! I always thought...

Goodness, how things change!! I always thought that a/c timepieces were analogue - you know like the one that was "upside with nothing on the clock but the maker's name and that was in French". ...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jan 2018, 14:00
Replies: 74
Views: 26,902
Posted By Rossian

Nah matey, the consol for Stavanger was LEC. All...

Nah matey, the consol for Stavanger was LEC. All three stations are indelibly imprinted in the sludge of grey cells somewhere in my skull.

The Ancient Mariner
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jan 2018, 15:47
Replies: 74
Views: 26,902
Posted By Rossian

Ancient siggies.....

.....used to talk about it and grow misty eyed remembering it sounding like a "box of birds". I only used one once and each symbol was very "musical" with the pitch varying sightly with each...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jan 2018, 20:43
Replies: 22
Views: 7,557
Posted By Rossian

Picky, picky, picky....

.....I think it's bloody fantastic. As Big Rick was fond of saying "Details bloody details - yes, I will have another bacardi and coke thank you".

The Ancient Mariner
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
7th Jan 2018, 18:47
Replies: 7
Views: 2,159
Posted By Rossian

Thankyou to all who have replied....

...and the general concensus seems to that it does not impinge on checked baggage allowance. I'll be contacting Easy and Tui during the week to clarify their individual positions.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
6th Jan 2018, 23:01
Replies: 7
Views: 2,159
Posted By Rossian

Nah JFP.....

.....the sort of thing I'm looking at is around 7kgs. I am just curious if that sort of thing is exempt.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
6th Jan 2018, 16:44
Replies: 7
Views: 2,159
Posted By Rossian

A quick Q if I may....

if one has to take a wheelchair or a walking aid (rollator?) on a flight does it count as part of one's checked baggage allowance?
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Nov 2017, 18:07
Replies: 29
Views: 6,587
Posted By Rossian

For TTN.....

......its OK matey, having known oxenos for a looooooong time I don't need the said search engines translate tool to understand him. And he IS a pilot but an amiable one.
(However he has been known...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Nov 2017, 21:51
Replies: 29
Views: 6,587
Posted By Rossian

For oxenos....

.....fortunately one has no need of such a thing these days. Oh! the embarassing questions....... My ears still burn in the dark hours before dawn.

The Ancient Mariner
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Nov 2017, 19:38
Replies: 29
Views: 6,587
Posted By Rossian

Ahem.....

.....I just did it again and keeps on with Victoria Sherrow

Hang on! I got to it by just putting his name alone. But it's a tad expensive for the kindle edition. I'll pass. But thanks for the...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Nov 2017, 18:11
Replies: 29
Views: 6,587
Posted By Rossian

What am I doing wrong?.....

.....I tried googling "the making of the atom bomb" but all I got was a book by one Victoria Sherrow not the gent referred to here.

The Ancient Mariner
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Nov 2017, 21:17
Replies: 228
Views: 81,251
Posted By Rossian

Should I feel hurt?......

.......after 35 years regular service followed by 8 years auxiliary service, including being mobilised at the age of 62??

Oddly, I don't think I am.

The Ancient Mariner
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Nov 2017, 17:54
Replies: 30
Views: 17,518
Posted By Rossian

Just maybe .........

......they are aware of the Latin tag "de mortuis nil nisi bonum" and have decided to stay schtum. With good reason.

The Ancient Mariner
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Nov 2017, 16:24
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,857,088
Posted By Rossian

"Buster".....

......some of you may remember my talking about a 94 yr old ex-RAF pilot who I thought would be a good fit in here if he could be enticed in here to read some of this wonderful thread.
I found a...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Oct 2017, 12:25
Replies: 117
Views: 42,767
Posted By Rossian

Herod.....

......Ned Sparkes was a bloody outstanding chap. I last met him at St Mawgan where he was the SWO. I was w/e duty officer and called to ask for the DO's bag of knowledge to be left out for me as...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Oct 2017, 10:39
Replies: 117
Views: 42,767
Posted By Rossian

Where's 'e gone guv?...

...is he sitting somewhere whimpering under the deluge of contradictory info/opinions?

You have to give it your best shot matey. Stop mithering and go for it.

On day one at S Cerney a long...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Oct 2017, 12:52
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,857,088
Posted By Rossian

Buster.....

....thanks for your responses chaps. I have found a lady who pops in to see him from time to time and she has volunteered to fetch him over to her place to use her PC. I will send her details of how...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Oct 2017, 18:00
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,857,088
Posted By Rossian

Ancient Aviatores.....

.....last week whilst visiting family in Kent I (very) briefly met a 94 yr old ex-RAF pilot called Buster. He would fit in here a treat. Apropos of not a lot my friend asked him if he'd had his flu...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Sep 2017, 09:36
Replies: 136
Views: 40,694
Posted By Rossian

Jean-Baptiste Jospin...

......nice one shack37! I wonder if he is still with us? He had a lot of tales to tell about his life.

The Ancient Mariner
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Sep 2017, 13:42
Replies: 4
Views: 1,803
Posted By Rossian

Mr Heald.....

.....consider the possibility that he isn't a pilot instructor. That maybe he's a techie instructor?

The Ancient Mariner
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Sep 2017, 19:23
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,857,088
Posted By Rossian

Danny.....

..... please check your PMs.

The Ancient Mariner
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Sep 2017, 15:22
Replies: 43
Views: 32,813
Posted By Rossian

The vicar objected.....

......to a suggested epitaph. Think excited Malaysian officer who felt that the RAF pilot who (he said) had saved his life "Thank you, you shi' ho' pirot".
Eventually it was sneaked onto the...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Sep 2017, 08:20
Replies: 22
Views: 8,782
Posted By Rossian

For Danny...

......speaking to a departing guest this morning the subject of an RAF engineering officer getting a George Medal for rescuing a crewman from a crashed Vengeance in India. As the chap was a bit late...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Aug 2017, 10:05
Replies: 12
Views: 2,536
Posted By Rossian

Bloody typical...

......like you mickj3 I thought I'll do that for Madame - BUGGAH!!

The Ancient Mariner
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