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Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jan 2021, 14:47
Replies: 449
Views: 128,702
Posted By Caramba

Natural respect comes to those like Mr E who was...

Natural respect comes to those like Mr E who was totally unassuming - only prior research revealed who he really was .... and showed he was well deserving of the informal title of "Sir" rather than...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jan 2021, 13:37
Replies: 449
Views: 128,702
Posted By Caramba

[QUOTE=dagenham;10973092]On the subject of...

[QUOTE=dagenham;10973092]On the subject of doctors. The degree is five years, the first three or four ( can’t remember now ) gains a BA or BSc medicine and the last year the MD I seem to remember
...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jul 2020, 18:19
Replies: 1,144
Views: 616,481
Posted By Caramba

Beardy - the trial was in England; AH was found...

Beardy - the trial was in England; AH was found not guilty of the charges against him. There is no “not proven” verdict south of the border, and, technically, no court declares someone innocent.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jul 2020, 07:55
Replies: 1,144
Views: 616,481
Posted By Caramba

BV, I totally accept that - to use a cycling...

BV, I totally accept that - to use a cycling analogy - I am merely an enthusiastic amateur whereas as you and many others here are Bradley Wiggins.

However, there have been many comments...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jul 2020, 23:01
Replies: 1,144
Views: 616,481
Posted By Caramba

That is a rather cynical view, if I may say. ...

That is a rather cynical view, if I may say. Cognitive impairment is a well known condition (Look it up - Google will suffice) and the only wrinkle here is that of the context in which it is being...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jul 2020, 07:06
Replies: 1,144
Views: 616,481
Posted By Caramba

I am very aware that I am a guest in this Mess,...

I am very aware that I am a guest in this Mess, and have only ever had a single flight in a JP (tho regularly fly light aircraft). I have however been an expert witness and was very aware that I had...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jun 2020, 18:17
Replies: 223
Views: 60,960
Posted By Caramba

It’s a false equivalence. Eichmann was enacting...

It’s a false equivalence. Eichmann was enacting genocide (a term not coined until 1947 I think). Harris - Britain - was waging war as best it could with the available tools, against a foe that was...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jun 2020, 07:28
Replies: 70
Views: 23,570
Posted By Caramba

Is it possible that at some point in the past an...

Is it possible that at some point in the past an RAF officer’s dog pissed on Sharkey Ward’s shoes?

It was Father’s ambition to train the family lab to bark at Naval officers, and then station...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jun 2020, 09:01
Replies: 29
Views: 9,224
Posted By Caramba

Sunderland and torpedos

Torpedos were certainly not routinely carried. The only reference I can find is to experiments carried out at the MAEE at Helensburgh as part of the run up to attacks on the Tirpitz.

Bombs,...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th May 2020, 09:08
Replies: 110
Views: 67,465
Posted By Caramba

I have the same book. Discussed that very photo...

I have the same book. Discussed that very photo with the Pater. I’m sure I remember being told that the aircraft arrived without MAD tail or observer nose and were converted during their time in the...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd May 2020, 09:38
Replies: 110
Views: 67,465
Posted By Caramba

217 was at Kinloss, plus the OCU. The remainder...

217 was at Kinloss, plus the OCU. The remainder must have been at Topcliffe.

i always thought it was a very graceful looking aeroplane....
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Apr 2020, 11:32
Replies: 26
Views: 9,014
Posted By Caramba

Interesting to read. An RAF colleague of my...

Interesting to read. An RAF colleague of my father told me that he had spent some time flying a Pilatus (?PC6?) into short strips in Cambodia and or Laos c1962, while still in the RAF. A quick...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Apr 2020, 07:19
Replies: 168
Views: 75,801
Posted By Caramba

Thanks Oxenos. It had been my understanding that...

Thanks Oxenos. It had been my understanding that the Mk3 phase 3 was definitely more of a handful, largely because the C of G was a bit aft and also because of a propensity to accelerated stalls? I...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2020, 20:34
Replies: 168
Views: 75,801
Posted By Caramba

5aday...

5aday (https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/member.php?u=381604) , 6th Mar 2016 13:04
The Avroe Shackleton mk2 Phase 3 ( I can be definite as they were the only ones I flew as an AEOp in at...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Nov 2019, 12:30
Replies: 61
Views: 18,045
Posted By Caramba

Depth charge fusing

Sadly, my father isn’t here to ask. However, on a Sunderland wouldn’t the DC’s be fused just before running the underwing racks out into position?

i was also under the impression that additional...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Sep 2019, 19:01
Replies: 23
Views: 8,139
Posted By Caramba

Surely “chassis”, not gear or even undercarriage??

Surely “chassis”, not gear or even undercarriage??
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Sep 2019, 14:07
Replies: 24
Views: 11,814
Posted By Caramba

Is Condor not the German branch of Thomas Cook?

Is Condor not the German branch of Thomas Cook?
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Aug 2019, 13:57
Replies: 1,144
Views: 616,481
Posted By Caramba

Bud Holland ?? Not really!

Easy Street - it would seem from the USAF report that Bud Holland was the antithesis of AH!

“The accident board stated that Colonel Holland's macho (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macho),...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Aug 2019, 10:51
Replies: 1,144
Views: 616,481
Posted By Caramba

Know the truth.....

airsound - thank you for your sensible and informed posts. It is deeply regrettable that the press completely misrepresented the court proceedings for AH, and as you say, seemed solely to rely on...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Apr 2019, 12:24
Replies: 1,144
Views: 616,481
Posted By Caramba

There is no definitive test. Occasionally,...

There is no definitive test. Occasionally, patients with retrograde amnesia ie before the precipitating event, are found to have hippocampal abnormalities. But that’s it. Additionally, if and when...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Mar 2019, 15:29
Replies: 1,144
Views: 616,481
Posted By Caramba

Dominatior 2: “Is it possible that the supposed...

Dominatior 2: “Is it possible that the supposed "hypoxia" was caused by hyperventilation due to anxiety. Was AH over-breathing and thus filling his lungs with Carbon Dioxide?”
Hyperventilation will...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Mar 2019, 18:04
Replies: 1,144
Views: 616,481
Posted By Caramba

Relying on the Beeb or newspaper articles for...

Relying on the Beeb or newspaper articles for accuarate reports of the court proceedings gives a totally flawed impression of what happened, mainly because the defence does not give regular updates...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2019, 09:44
Replies: 1,144
Views: 616,481
Posted By Caramba

Well, he has answered the questions in court and...

Well, he has answered the questions in court and been found not guilty.

What I don’t understand is the accusation of lying, level of anger, calls for a retrial, and demands for retribution that...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2019, 07:15
Replies: 1,144
Views: 616,481
Posted By Caramba

What exactly has AH lied about? Can you seriously...

What exactly has AH lied about? Can you seriously doubt that he remembers nothing about the accident? After substantial deceleration forces which would likely have caused intracerebral shearing?...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Mar 2019, 14:52
Replies: 1,144
Views: 616,481
Posted By Caramba

The prosecution failed.

The prosecution failed in several ways.

it attempted to cast AH as a cavalier, negligent, and over-confident pilot. It adduced as evidence to upport this view an overflight of the M11 at less...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Apr 2018, 19:23
Replies: 65
Views: 24,960
Posted By Caramba

Haraka - we were at St Eval 1957-1959. Did we...

Haraka - we were at St Eval 1957-1959. Did we overlap?
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Apr 2018, 15:53
Replies: 65
Views: 24,960
Posted By Caramba

I’m a bit startled that ASV21 went into the...

I’m a bit startled that ASV21 went into the Nimrod MR1! It must have been s real museum piece, but perhaps it was very advanced at its original introduction? I think it’s U equivalent was AN/APS20?...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Apr 2018, 09:39
Replies: 65
Views: 24,960
Posted By Caramba

Question How capable was the Shackleton for ASW?

I spent many happy Saturday mornings with my father, clambering around the inside of various Shackleton at Ballykelly. Sadly he is no longer here, so I can’t ask him, but I have been reading Chris...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Mar 2017, 18:17
Replies: 53
Views: 20,767
Posted By Caramba

Guff

I know nothing of the intricacies of carrier vs land-based operations. But I know how to read and analyse a scientific paper. By such criteria, this paper is tendentious guff.
I shall now crawl...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jul 2016, 08:23
Replies: 1,757
Views: 987,027
Posted By Caramba

Argue Dent, I find your post just a tad...

Argue Dent, I find your post just a tad irritating.

Unless you have a hotline to the AAIB you have no idea what their findings may or may not be.

I doubt that AH has been given multiple stop...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jul 2016, 10:16
Replies: 1,757
Views: 987,027
Posted By Caramba

Just to point out that the news release states...

Just to point out that the news release states that AH was interviewed under caution in December, so this is not a new development. It has only come to light because the police want access to the...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Apr 2016, 17:05
Replies: 34
Views: 8,264
Posted By Caramba

As I understand it, no spinning, no engine...

As I understand it, no spinning, no engine failure after take off. Not sure that QUI is real or just made up by those that have completed only part of the QFI syllabus and are now instructing on...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Dec 2015, 21:49
Replies: 130
Views: 57,081
Posted By Caramba

I've refrained from any comment on any of the...

I've refrained from any comment on any of the related threads so far, but it's all getting pretty senseless with the exception of JSF's recent post.
What speed do you think AH hit the ground at and...
Forum: Private Flying
14th Aug 2010, 11:47
Replies: 2
Views: 751
Posted By Caramba

Devonair at Little Rissington...

Devonair at Little Rissington (http://www.devonair.net/)

Try DevonAir at Little Rissington - plenty of room. SPeak to Colin.

Cheers
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Jul 2008, 13:11
Replies: 8,604
Views: 1,825,916
Posted By Caramba

Pietenpol Aircamper?? C

Pietenpol Aircamper??

C
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