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Forum: Military Aviation
5th Oct 2023, 13:35
Replies: 68
Views: 19,022
Posted By Dave Sharpe

It would appear that this Aircraft has been on...

It would appear that this Aircraft has been on the Civil Register (some years ago) in an African country -as 9L-LDQ
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jun 2023, 20:11
Replies: 47
Views: 9,240
Posted By Dave Sharpe

Very much what I learnt after the events …..none...

Very much what I learnt after the events …..none of the RN assets were loaded with WE 177 to go to the conflict zone ….those that went there were pre loaded with those weapons while on routine pre ...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jun 2023, 19:11
Replies: 47
Views: 9,240
Posted By Dave Sharpe

As I moved from the St Mawgan Nimrod fleet to the...

As I moved from the St Mawgan Nimrod fleet to the storage depot that took in the Navy Weapons …I was able to ask some questions -in that each WE 177 had its own service history …I was told that the...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jun 2023, 11:31
Replies: 47
Views: 9,240
Posted By Dave Sharpe

As an ex Member of the teams that looked after...

As an ex Member of the teams that looked after the training and storage of these rounds in the UK on RAF bases there would never have been a live weapon dropped during any loading practices ….the...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Mar 2023, 18:12
Replies: 39
Views: 9,029
Posted By Dave Sharpe

It’s very refreshing to see that this post has...

It’s very refreshing to see that this post has not descended into the usual trash a Robinson one ….as often happens on here …nothing but total admiration for the R44pilot involved and the Filming...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Dec 2022, 17:51
Replies: 12
Views: 3,227
Posted By Dave Sharpe

This MQ sharing for single Officers was done at...

This MQ sharing for single Officers was done at Hendon before it’s closure with the occupants getting food to cook themselves through the admin /catering system ….plus at Marham …..when I left as...
Forum: African Aviation
7th Nov 2021, 08:13
Replies: 4
Views: 4,190
Posted By Dave Sharpe

Westwind transall

It just so happens that Westwind had the Andover (748) from the Royal Air Force (technically ETPS Boscombe Down) which was registered in the CAR (Central Africa Republic) which they operated out of...
Forum: African Aviation
30th Apr 2021, 09:47
Replies: 14
Views: 4,001
Posted By Dave Sharpe

Contact in the DRC

There is a user on here by the name of Mobotu who is a commercial pilot in the dark continent who hails from a former British Colony..He was most helpful to me when I was looking for a particular...
Forum: African Aviation
10th Dec 2020, 09:49
Replies: 7
Views: 2,414
Posted By Dave Sharpe

There is a pilot on here who goes by the name of...

There is a pilot on here who goes by the name of Mobutu who flies commercially in the DRC who will give honest guidance about the DRC....he started the "you know you are in Africa when????" Comedy...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Nov 2019, 16:19
Replies: 27
Views: 13,357
Posted By Dave Sharpe

The good news is at least in Morrisons in England...

The good news is at least in Morrisons in England one can buy three 660cl bottles of wobbly for a Fiver.......
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Oct 2019, 18:33
Replies: 87
Views: 44,306
Posted By Dave Sharpe

-you are not playing the game in adding your view...

-you are not playing the game in adding your view on what the Pilot did wrong given the available information as it's now an accident that never happened cos while there is a hurt Robinson the Pilot...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Oct 2019, 17:33
Replies: 87
Views: 44,306
Posted By Dave Sharpe

but nobody wants to play the game so while...

but nobody wants to play the game so while somebody saw it -nobody knows who it was and the perpetrator of thrashing an innocent R44 to death is still at large -the clue has been given that perhaps...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Oct 2019, 20:43
Replies: 87
Views: 44,306
Posted By Dave Sharpe

Well it is a rumour network so let's see who...

Well it is a rumour network so let's see who comes up with the most imaginative story of why a Competent pilot should crash a nice Machine in such a way -And not wait for the Helimed to arrive -not...
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Oct 2019, 18:44
Replies: 30
Views: 11,929
Posted By Dave Sharpe

Alicopter -I don't think in any way there was...

Alicopter -I don't think in any way there was anything wrong in the way you expressed yourself in your post -
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Sep 2019, 19:15
Replies: 86
Views: 71,015
Posted By Dave Sharpe

Well in my distant past I do remember loading...

Well in my distant past I do remember loading American Special weapon training rounds onto Nimrod so there is a precedent for Bae to work with the USA in that area -weapons were controlled (at least...
Forum: Canada
21st Sep 2019, 19:41
Replies: 4
Views: 1,915
Posted By Dave Sharpe

From my uk experience of flying Helis and with...

From my uk experience of flying Helis and with friends who are plank fliers that's a mighty strange way of doing training -in the uk you can go flying with an instructor without any ground school and...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Aug 2019, 18:41
Replies: 16
Views: 3,759
Posted By Dave Sharpe

As a pilot with a small chopper ( all I could...

As a pilot with a small chopper ( all I could just about afford was an R22 to learn in ) I did smile at this -
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Jul 2019, 20:44
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,799,616
Posted By Dave Sharpe

Thats a fair comment on the programme -but would...

Thats a fair comment on the programme -but would the average Brit be interested in the more technical bits of what went wrong or what the pilots could have done in a better way-I-don't think the...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Jul 2019, 19:35
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,799,616
Posted By Dave Sharpe

Strangely enough the BBC Panorama team do have a...

Strangely enough the BBC Panorama team do have a very nasty well deserved reputation for stirring up hornets nests with the British Government -a recent example being the way Migrants from the...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Apr 2019, 17:39
Replies: 52
Views: 43,803
Posted By Dave Sharpe

Perhaps the clue to their actions are defined by...

Perhaps the clue to their actions are defined by two simple statements -a transponder code of 7700 which will immediately give them priority handling by all ATC units as that gave them some time to...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2019, 17:41
Replies: 44
Views: 37,551
Posted By Dave Sharpe

As somebody mentioned the C46 there was a pax...

As somebody mentioned the C46 there was a pax variant on sale with a well known broker from a South American Country who also had a DC3 for sale -although slightly biased being a Brit the cargo 748...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jan 2019, 18:09
Replies: 150
Views: 78,896
Posted By Dave Sharpe

Shirley -any thing in the past history of flight...

Shirley -any thing in the past history of flight safety that can prevent a repeat of loss of life that's has associated documentation should be preserved and not just destroyed for any reason so...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jan 2019, 17:53
Replies: 18
Views: 4,707
Posted By Dave Sharpe

there is also the instance of the Jodel then...

there is also the instance of the Jodel then being built by Ian Grace at St Mawgan while a engineering shift Officer on the Nimrods back in 82-83 -kept in the scheduled servicing hanger and just...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jan 2019, 16:10
Replies: 157
Views: 45,262
Posted By Dave Sharpe

Chevron -how could you be so insensitive and...

Chevron -how could you be so insensitive and upset Meleagertoo in this way ---it's most unsporting of you and all over something nobody actually admits to seeing because it's never been there in the...
Forum: Canada
6th Jan 2019, 09:29
Replies: 14
Views: 206
Posted By Dave Sharpe

Tasmin -think you will find it was the good...

Tasmin -think you will find it was the good shepherd who was flying the Mosquito bomber that guided the lost lone pilot in the Vampire back to land safely on an airfield in Norfolk (England) after...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Dec 2018, 15:08
Replies: 14
Views: 4,912
Posted By Dave Sharpe

Slightly off track but I did one of the Flight...

Slightly off track but I did one of the Flight Safety courses that showed us the reassembled airframe of this aircraft in the AIB hanger and I was just taken aback by the hard work that had been done...
Forum: African Aviation
30th Nov 2018, 17:25
Replies: 1
Views: 1,777
Posted By Dave Sharpe

DRC

find a guy named Mobutu on here -he knows the DRC scene very well -has been a good guy when I was looking for a particular 748 airframe -
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
11th Sep 2018, 10:18
Replies: 2
Views: 1,069
Posted By Dave Sharpe

Dave---should you want to borrow a hand held sat...

Dave---should you want to borrow a hand held sat phone to try out I do have a old Hughes Thuraya phone here plus a Ericcson R290 Globaltar one---I don't have sim cards for either

Best Wishes
...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Jan 2016, 10:54
Replies: 111
Views: 15,502
Posted By Dave Sharpe

As a non professional Pilot--The one thing that...

As a non professional Pilot--The one thing that stands out is the social leveller that learning to Fly was---The Guys with the Expensive turbines did not look down at the students struggling to...
Forum: African Aviation
16th Jul 2015, 18:38
Replies: 4
Views: 3,992
Posted By Dave Sharpe

Let 410s in DRC

If you want accurate information about Let 410s in the Congo--find Mobotu and PM him--he will be a source of very accurate and upto date information in that part of Africa....He Knows the aircraft...
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Jul 2015, 18:49
Replies: 8
Views: 2,531
Posted By Dave Sharpe

Heli Training

Hi---You could give Mike H at Peterborough Conington a call --thats if you are happy to do the training on a R22 with probably the most experienced Robinson Pilot in the UK--Really splendid Guy who...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
6th Mar 2015, 10:13
Replies: 16
Views: 20,052
Posted By Dave Sharpe

Bose downcable

Hi--I have had a look at the Mic assembly on one of the X series--it looks like the best you will get away with is replacing the mic assembly and the down lead into the battery box--I have...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
6th Mar 2015, 09:00
Replies: 16
Views: 20,052
Posted By Dave Sharpe

Older Bose headset parts

Hi--would anybody have any idea where to get the old Gel type earpads (muffs) for the old Series 2 Headset, ( or even have some not in use) --I have tried Headset Services in the Uk and from the Bose...
Forum: African Aviation
12th Feb 2015, 07:58
Replies: 11
Views: 6,581
Posted By Dave Sharpe

Info on DRC

Hi--If you want to find accurate up to date information about the Estern part of the DRC--find Mobotu on here and PM him--an experienced pilot who knows the country well, he has some well placed...
Forum: African Aviation
17th Jan 2015, 08:06
Replies: 16
Views: 5,405
Posted By Dave Sharpe

Parking in Man Holes--not just a problem in Africa!!!

One Track---sadly that could be parts of England as well---in my part of the east its been such a problem that plastic covers are being used for the thieves would wait untill the Contractors replaced...
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