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Forum: Military Aviation
19th Mar 2016, 12:20
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,382
Posted By Knucklehead

The new Hawk T1 sim at Valley required students...

The new Hawk T1 sim at Valley required students to don full flying clothing for each sortie.
An ancient instructor who had never dealt with attractive female pilots before, walked into the crewroom...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Apr 2015, 12:21
Replies: 94
Views: 51,257
Posted By Knucklehead

C141 Pilot

I cannot confirm this first account but I can the second. In Singapore while on loan service an RAF Wg Cdr told me the tale of a an RAF pilot on loan to the USAF MATS Starlifter force. He was asked...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Mar 2014, 19:21
Replies: 60
Views: 20,765
Posted By Knucklehead

Wander00. Are you sure that you are not...

Wander00. Are you sure that you are not confusing the Folland/Saab seat with the MB 2h/3h which was prone to seat pan collapse? Over 3 years at Valley including a stint as SFSO I never came across a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Jan 2014, 10:51
Replies: 27
Views: 13,799
Posted By Knucklehead

Alan Garside

Alan Garside was a member of 74 Entry RAF College Cranwell. He was my mentor during my first year in the junior entry in 1957. I remember him as a fair, level headed Scot who did his best to ease us...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Sep 2013, 15:52
Replies: 66
Views: 18,401
Posted By Knucklehead

Piston Provost

This thread brings back happy memories of flying the PP from Barkston Heath in '58. Thanks to the Sandys axe our instructors were mainly ex 2 TAF Venom pilots. Far from being depressed by their new...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jun 2010, 15:06
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,382
Posted By Knucklehead

RAF/USAF socialising

In the late 70s a group of Wildenrath F4 Pilots was talking to their USAF counterparts who were on detachment from California and occupying an empty dispersal site. For some reason their Colonel...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Dec 2007, 11:54
Replies: 40
Views: 13,492
Posted By Knucklehead

Oman Hunters

About 10 years ago John Clementson wrote a complete history of SOAF/RAFO culled mainly from Squadron diaries and scrapbooks called 'The Eagles Book'. Although both PDRY and SOAF entered each others...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Aug 2006, 08:14
Replies: 427
Views: 247,394
Posted By Knucklehead

Jag Shoot Down

There were other factors involved. Far from flying regularly with live weapons at the end of a generation exercise wiser heads recognised that the F4's weapons system wasn't exactly safe. Therefore...
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