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Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2024, 15:07
Replies: 173
Views: 30,184
Posted By Chugalug2

And therein of course is the clue. It seems that...

And therein of course is the clue. It seems that the issue in 1940 was that he was tasked with working on the met aspects of the spraying of war gas. Given the imminent fear of invasion this was...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2024, 08:36
Replies: 173
Views: 30,184
Posted By Chugalug2

On a matter of principal? You can't just offer us...

On a matter of principal? You can't just offer us that tantalising morsel without expanding on it further, LB. He quits the UK just as the Phoney War is done only for it to become a real one, decamps...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Apr 2024, 17:37
Replies: 173
Views: 30,184
Posted By Chugalug2

An interesting experiment LB, and my comment as...

An interesting experiment LB, and my comment as an ex military/civil pilot is, and why not? In the RAF, in addition to being the recipient of an annual report ("This Officer will go through life...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Apr 2024, 10:54
Replies: 117
Views: 39,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Flipster, I absolutely do not cast aspersions...

Flipster, I absolutely do not cast aspersions whatsoever at Tony Cable, quite the opposite. He wasn't a member of the BoI though, merely there to assist it. As with all such assistance, it could be...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Apr 2024, 19:58
Replies: 117
Views: 39,057
Posted By Chugalug2

I'm banged to rights, dervish, and no mistake! An...

I'm banged to rights, dervish, and no mistake! An unfortunate choice of words by me, and you were right to bring me to book (I've just seen what I did there!). The old age tag is certainly true too,...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Apr 2024, 10:46
Replies: 117
Views: 39,057
Posted By Chugalug2

When he was your Boss he was a commander. Ditto...

When he was your Boss he was a commander. Ditto when he commanded a Station, but outside of that is a bureaucracy and managers with grandiose titles. So he became a manager and thus participated in...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Apr 2024, 09:44
Replies: 173
Views: 30,184
Posted By Chugalug2

What a bewildering rank structure within the...

What a bewildering rank structure within the CofE, LB. Were you above or below a Verger (can't think that anyone would be below Mr Yeatman though!)? Churchwardens, Sides-persons, Choristers,...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Apr 2024, 06:23
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,833,263
Posted By Chugalug2

Thanks for the heads up Storkie. The short...

Thanks for the heads up Storkie. The short British Pathe film Over The Hump (presumably shot for showing in their Cinema Newsreel) is on YouTube and attached here, including the triumphal entry of...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Apr 2024, 12:00
Replies: 36
Views: 5,225
Posted By Chugalug2

The Nimrod MRA4 wasn't airworthy and never could...

The Nimrod MRA4 wasn't airworthy and never could be. That was why the project was cancelled, no matter what cost smokescreen attempts were used to obscure that. No idea about the carriers but they do...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Apr 2024, 06:45
Replies: 173
Views: 30,184
Posted By Chugalug2

The miracle of that longed for rain was ascribed...

The miracle of that longed for rain was ascribed at the time to the appointment by Prime Minister Callaghan of Dennis Howell as Minister of Drought in August. Severe thunderstorms resulted and the...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Apr 2024, 22:55
Replies: 173
Views: 30,184
Posted By Chugalug2

Too great a risk though of it going wrong. Far...

Too great a risk though of it going wrong. Far too great. Just not worth it, surely?
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Apr 2024, 14:03
Replies: 173
Views: 30,184
Posted By Chugalug2

Here is a Form 2347, front and back, printed in...

Here is a Form 2347, front and back, printed in 1961. Later versions were redesigned and had more space for completing and less blurb, but for our purposes this is perhaps more explanatory. What on...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Apr 2024, 17:45
Replies: 173
Views: 30,184
Posted By Chugalug2

Ah, this is what I had in mind! Well done...

Ah, this is what I had in mind! Well done Nugget90, you have reminded me of a mass briefing for Exercise Tense Caper (no other was so well named). This was the culmination of para and stores drop...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Apr 2024, 09:08
Replies: 173
Views: 30,184
Posted By Chugalug2

Finningley? Never been there AFAIR, so much for...

Finningley? Never been there AFAIR, so much for my suggestion then! We'll have to wander rather more off-piste than that I'm afraid, LB. How about 5FTS, RAF Oakington October 1962? I and my fellow...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Apr 2024, 22:52
Replies: 173
Views: 30,184
Posted By Chugalug2

LB, your story is not only about you, or your...

LB, your story is not only about you, or your family, or the Met Office, or the various RAF Stations you were posted to. It is all of those things and much more; times, places, events, that were...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Apr 2024, 13:57
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,764,512
Posted By Chugalug2

Just an ex AC customer here, so I'll say my bit...

Just an ex AC customer here, so I'll say my bit and then continue lurking. I was a CCF cadet and attended the local VGS and was later the lucky recipient of a Flying Scholarship. Both were a...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Apr 2024, 09:14
Replies: 173
Views: 30,184
Posted By Chugalug2

I can but endorse the welcome to what promises to...

I can but endorse the welcome to what promises to be a fascinating and instructive experience as we peer behind the scenes of the personal met brief that was the luxury enjoyed by RAF Transport and...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Apr 2024, 10:38
Replies: 22
Views: 3,771
Posted By Chugalug2

Totally endorse the issue of a medal for the RAF...

Totally endorse the issue of a medal for the RAF Bombing Campaign, 1939-45. Harris wanted it for the groundcrew too, a desire echoed by many of his aircrew who relied on the groundcrew's herculean...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2024, 13:19
Replies: 117
Views: 39,057
Posted By Chugalug2

"With the information they had at the time",...

"With the information they had at the time", Well, we know that they didn't have access to the one Chinook pilot who had probably more experience of flying and engine control malfunctions than most,...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2024, 10:52
Replies: 117
Views: 39,057
Posted By Chugalug2

An Inspiration to Us All!

A clear indication that the desire here to uncover the cover up is shared with those who lost loved ones at Mull as we approach the 30th anniversary this year. Herewith yesterday's story from the...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Mar 2024, 19:12
Replies: 6
Views: 1,865
Posted By Chugalug2

My Ground School notes from 1961/2 at RAFC cover...

My Ground School notes from 1961/2 at RAFC cover the Mk3 AH even though our course was the first to train on the JP. I quote from the relative paras :-

Acceleration Errors These, caused by inertia...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Feb 2024, 09:20
Replies: 117
Views: 39,057
Posted By Chugalug2

And it seems that some of you still cling to the...

And it seems that some of you still cling to the notion of "My VSO, right or wrong". In their name lies have been told to families, QCs, Coroners, SoSs, Ministers, MPs, HoC, HoL, BoIs, SIs, FAIs, and...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Feb 2024, 18:01
Replies: 117
Views: 39,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Well said, dervish. The BoI was compromised from...

Well said, dervish. The BoI was compromised from the start. Denied witnesses, eg the Odiham Test Pilot (who knew more about the 'idiosyncrasies' of the Mk2 than most, having suffered them all on...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Feb 2024, 10:27
Replies: 117
Views: 39,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Just to be clear, the demonstrable wrong isn't...

Just to be clear, the demonstrable wrong isn't the ROs' finding, that was set aside/quashed by SoS Liam Fox. If certain RAF VSOs still don't accept that it is a comment on them and their desire to...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Feb 2024, 10:00
Replies: 117
Views: 39,057
Posted By Chugalug2

I hope that those with the technical means have...

I hope that those with the technical means have managed to save the two episodes of Chinook ZD576, whether to PVR or computer drives. Having watched both I am in awe of the families in their...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2024, 15:34
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,833,263
Posted By Chugalug2

Behind a paywall UJ. Hope this works :- ...

Behind a paywall UJ. Hope this works :-

Former bomber pilot, who served in Second World War, becomes oldest person to fly the fighter
RAF hero, 102, soars again with flight in Spitfire

It’s...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2024, 13:35
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,833,263
Posted By Chugalug2

Thanks for the updates Geriaviator and IBB. You...

Thanks for the updates Geriaviator and IBB. You live and you learn! Recalling the inadequacy of the Hastings aerofoil de-icing system (fluid pumped from a tank to distributors on the leading edges of...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2024, 09:53
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,833,263
Posted By Chugalug2

Interesting that he operated the Vulture engines...

Interesting that he operated the Vulture engines in direct contravention to the official procedure. It would seem that he didn't share his ideas with higher authority in order to extend others lives...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2024, 12:18
Replies: 117
Views: 39,057
Posted By Chugalug2

ACM Sir John Grandy CAS Apr 1967 - Apr 1971 :- ...

ACM Sir John Grandy CAS Apr 1967 - Apr 1971 :-

Chief of the Air Staff (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_the_Air_Staff_(United_Kingdom))

Interesting comment,...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2024, 11:34
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,833,263
Posted By Chugalug2

What a genius Roy Chadwick was, to turn this...

What a genius Roy Chadwick was, to turn this dangerous and utterly compromised aircraft into the war winning masterpiece it became!
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Feb 2024, 22:40
Replies: 117
Views: 39,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Flipster130 :- I think that flipster has it...

Flipster130 :-

I think that flipster has it about right. The aircraft captain was also the detachment commander and had pleaded that the task be allotted to the Mk1 Chinook. He (and others)...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2024, 22:59
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,833,263
Posted By Chugalug2

How poignant are these military cemeteries. As...

How poignant are these military cemeteries. As Sam Brooks points out, always laid out in parade like rows and groups, whether in the large CWGC cemeteries overseas or the more intimate village...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2024, 08:39
Replies: 117
Views: 39,057
Posted By Chugalug2

The big conspiracy here was to grant an RTS to a...

The big conspiracy here was to grant an RTS to a knowingly grossly unairworthy aircraft. Too many people knew it was unairworthy and why, except the aircrew who were told nothing but suspected it...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2024, 11:53
Replies: 117
Views: 39,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Agreed Biggus. If you put your hand up to issuing...

Agreed Biggus. If you put your hand up to issuing an RTS into squadron service for a knowingly grossly unairworthy aircraft, ignoring a CA clearance permitting switch on use only (for static...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2024, 09:12
Replies: 117
Views: 39,057
Posted By Chugalug2

This year will mark the 30th anniversary of the...

This year will mark the 30th anniversary of the terrible tragedy that occurred on the slopes of the Mull of Kintyre on 2nd June 1994. Little wonder then that a renewed focus on this, the worst of all...
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