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Forum: Military Aviation

17th Apr 2009, 21:15

Replies: 26

Overworked RAF faces manpower 'crisis'

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Posted By granmarriott

nice to see your sense of humour has survived:ugh:

nice to see your sense of humour has survived:ugh:

Forum: Military Aviation

17th Apr 2009, 20:48

Replies: 26

Overworked RAF faces manpower 'crisis'

Views: 4,411

Posted By granmarriott

the real gemarriott

Just to let anybody who is bovvered (I'm not) but the GEMarriott on here is not the same as the GEMarriott on the Goat.

Nor is GEMarriott on the goat the ****** AKA Donaldo, the ability to edit...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Aug 2008, 18:56

Replies: 52

Inspirational Leaders

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Posted By granmarriott

Danny Lavender on 6 Sqdn loved to bits by the...

Danny Lavender on 6 Sqdn loved to bits by the groundcrew.

Bill Wratten on 23 and Staish at Coningsby a very good boss.

Forum: Military Aviation

16th Jan 2007, 22:07

Replies: 6

2 x VC10 over Oxford today

Views: 1,794

Posted By granmarriott

Pretty impressive line astern at Heathrow most...

Pretty impressive line astern at Heathrow most days:}

but I do know what you mean about it looking impressive when you get two big airliners in close formation. I quite enjoyed the spectacle of...

Forum: Military Aviation

16th Jan 2007, 20:33

Replies: 6

2 x VC10 over Oxford today

Views: 1,794

Posted By granmarriott

Bit sad though isn't it when we are stirred by 40...

Bit sad though isn't it when we are stirred by 40 year old flying buses instead of formations of screaming fighters and bombers, because that is what we are reduced to now, transport and refuelling...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Aug 2006, 21:28

Replies: 427

F4 Phantom

Views: 247,025

Posted By granmarriott

quite right!! As you say first rule of any live...

quite right!! As you say first rule of any live weapon handling. I know I have probably come across as over critical of the aircrew in my recent posts but having had that simple drummed into me from...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Aug 2006, 20:19

Replies: 427

F4 Phantom

Views: 247,025

Posted By granmarriott

I remember the singeing chickens slightly...

I remember the singeing chickens slightly differently being of the Red Eagle persuasion myself. Always regretting showing their QWI how to drop centre lines in deci after he somehow managed to "help"...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Aug 2006, 19:21

Replies: 427

F4 Phantom

Views: 247,025

Posted By granmarriott

I presume that must have been a local SOP in that...

I presume that must have been a local SOP in that case, certainly not the situation at Wattisham until after the jag incident. We did use A/c armed notices in the side of the cockpit prior to the...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Aug 2006, 17:01

Replies: 427

F4 Phantom

Views: 247,025

Posted By granmarriott

I thank you for interjecting the required shot of...

I thank you for interjecting the required shot of humour.:D

this is one event which really rubbed a lot of plumbers up the wrong way at the time. There was always going to be a certain amount of...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Aug 2006, 16:57

Replies: 427

F4 Phantom

Views: 247,025

Posted By granmarriott

I am not getting off track. Sim plugs fit neatly...

I am not getting off track. Sim plugs fit neatly into the palm of the hand and Aq sidewinders look nothing like live sidewinders, so that clears that bit up, the crew should have seen the difference...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Aug 2006, 14:54

Replies: 427

F4 Phantom

Views: 247,025

Posted By granmarriott

Yes it would have been "P" of UCM fame. also...

Yes it would have been "P" of UCM fame. also remember "c" serving time by the aircrew crewroom for a couple of months.

I too was on 23 79/82 Are you the jockey who still owes me for a visit to...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Aug 2006, 12:17

Replies: 427

F4 Phantom

Views: 247,025

Posted By granmarriott

Hang on a minute, the taping up of master arm...

Hang on a minute, the taping up of master arm switches came about as a result of the phantom pilot forgetting to see the 8 fooking big missiles and a gun hanging underneath his aeroplane, same guy...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Apr 2006, 15:04

Replies: 385

RAF Officer Faces Jail - Refuses to Go To Iraq

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Posted By granmarriott

If it comes down to opinions it is my humble one...

If it comes down to opinions it is my humble one that the Doc is very wrong to refuse to go.

OK the war might not be 100% right for the reasons the politicos gave us but when you take the...

Forum: Military Aviation

11th Apr 2006, 19:32

Replies: 64

Ministerial taxi service

Views: 6,984

Posted By granmarriott

Reported just the other day All 3 parties...

Reported just the other day

All 3 parties always end mired in the same sort of sleaze,

Conservatives caught with hand in other woman's knickers

Liberals caught with hand in other man's Y...

Forum: Military Aviation

8th Apr 2006, 20:14

Replies: 91

Buccaneer Tales

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Posted By granmarriott

I seem to remember one Sqdn Ldr look of horror...

I seem to remember one Sqdn Ldr look of horror when after climbing out of his bucc he saw that the bombay door was rotated a full 90 degrees and so virtually on the deck. He had done a couple of fly...

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