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Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2024, 12:27
Replies: 167
Views: 22,793
Posted By exMudmover

cheekychimp - "Where's the laughing emoji when...

cheekychimp - "Where's the laughing emoji when you need it? Medals are awarded for 'Risk and rigour ' not going on the lash in West Germany for a few years."

Speaking solely about Fast Jet flying,...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Nov 2023, 11:08
Replies: 752
Views: 348,494
Posted By exMudmover

“The Right of the Line,(The RAF in The European...

“The Right of the Line,(The RAF in The European War 1939-45 )” by John Terraine

A tremendous, heart-warming story of the light blue. A masterful summary of operations and personnel, attitudes and...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Oct 2023, 13:09
Replies: 23
Views: 4,797
Posted By exMudmover

Pulse1 The "illegal modification" to the...

Pulse1

The "illegal modification" to the controls just meant that the Red Arrows Gnats (as opposed to the ones at 4FTS Valley), had the aileron limit stops taken out. With the stops in the roll...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Aug 2023, 08:45
Replies: 34
Views: 8,173
Posted By exMudmover

Cat 3508 Always amuses me ,how they keep...

Cat 3508

Always amuses me ,how they keep calling NCO's, sir!

Ir was always that way at a proper military academy, (not a Green Shieldy finishing school).

Quote from our Drill Sergeant at...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jun 2023, 08:02
Replies: 257
Views: 105,202
Posted By exMudmover

]Extract from “RAF Harrier Ground Attack...

]Extract from “RAF Harrier Ground Attack Falklands” By Jerry Pook:

After a few more minutes both fuel gauges read zero, and I gave the hand signal for my ejection. As if in a dream I watched the...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Sep 2022, 12:50
Replies: 46
Views: 11,707
Posted By exMudmover

QFIs in Formation Instructing on the JP in...

QFIs in Formation

Instructing on the JP in the mid 60s we had a QFI on the unit whose formation flying was rough as a goat’s knee. On instructional sorties the rest of the formation would wait...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Aug 2022, 17:21
Replies: 144
Views: 58,069
Posted By exMudmover

LotofTime Reference historical Red Arrows...

LotofTime

Reference historical Red Arrows problems:

‘ExMM that is most definitely not worse than what has been going on lately, and what the investigation is uncovering.’ My italics

I...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Aug 2022, 08:00
Replies: 144
Views: 58,069
Posted By exMudmover

Finningley Boy “I’ve never come across...

Finningley Boy

“I’ve never come across anything like this before”

Er – it’s been a lot worse in the distant past.

In the late 60s a new leader was parachuted into the team without having...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jul 2022, 14:50
Replies: 10
Views: 2,584
Posted By exMudmover

bobward Difference between Loft and Toss: ...

bobward

Difference between Loft and Toss:

AFAIR
In one type of attack the pilot continues the pull up, commits, and the bomb comes off (usually automatically) under g.

In the other type the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
31st Mar 2022, 10:02
Replies: 6
Views: 2,175
Posted By exMudmover

For comparison, 544 pilots were killed during...

For comparison, 544 pilots were killed during the entire Battle of Britain period in 1940.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Mar 2022, 09:49
Replies: 90
Views: 23,534
Posted By exMudmover

Early Harriers from a pilot's point of view

Although the early Harrier was an exhilarating machine to fly ( I managed nearly 2000hrs on it without crashing!), there were many problems. First of all the tiny cockpit was always an ergonomic...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Nov 2021, 10:51
Replies: 65
Views: 24,975
Posted By exMudmover

Shack Trip RAF Sharjah 1970. As a young...

Shack Trip

RAF Sharjah 1970. As a young DFGA Hunter pilot I thought it would be amusing to see how the other half lived, i.e. a trip in one of the Mk2s of the resident 210 Sqn. They still had...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Oct 2021, 18:20
Replies: 47
Views: 14,445
Posted By exMudmover

KenThere were different marks of Goblin in the UK...

KenThere were different marks of Goblin in the UK and Australian Vampires. The posts above show the Goblin 35 for Australia; those I flew had the Goblin 3.
"I flew the RAF's T11 in training at...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Oct 2021, 11:59
Replies: 104
Views: 25,836
Posted By exMudmover

Ah, happy memories of the pre-Harrier Whirlwind...

Ah, happy memories of the pre-Harrier Whirlwind training at Ternhill in ’71. To get us fast-jet types used to ‘hoovering’ they gave us 6 hours of dual helicoptering, ending up with engine-off...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Aug 2021, 13:35
Replies: 18
Views: 3,687
Posted By exMudmover

Read Straight Down!: The North American A-36...

Read Straight Down!: The North American A-36 Dive-Bomber in Actionby Peter C Smith

It's all there
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Aug 2021, 12:24
Replies: 41
Views: 12,741
Posted By exMudmover

Easy Street I was not that naïve. I knew I...

Easy Street

I was not that naïve. I knew I had to put up and shut up, as the PAIs/ QWIs were assessing the film and could easily get you chopped from the squadron.

It wasn’t until I became...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Aug 2021, 12:19
Replies: 41
Views: 12,741
Posted By exMudmover

Courtney Mil Thank you for your...

Courtney Mil



Thank you for your detailed insight!

I have often thought we should gravitate towards the USAF Instructor Pilot system. In the good old days of Cold War mudmoving I was...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Aug 2021, 12:11
Replies: 41
Views: 12,741
Posted By exMudmover

What Does the I in QWI Stand For? A Question by...

What Does the I in QWI Stand For? A Question by an Ex-Creamie



In the bad old days of the Cold War, PAIs (QWIs in old money), were accustomed to bullying and humiliating their unfortunate...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Aug 2021, 09:13
Replies: 41
Views: 12,741
Posted By exMudmover

Easy Street "and they quite often end up in...

Easy Street

"and they quite often end up in the "good pilot but not QWI (Weapons School) material" bracket at the end of their first front line tour". My italics.

Where exactly have you...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Aug 2021, 12:47
Replies: 46
Views: 14,128
Posted By exMudmover

MightyGem The ground designation for LGB...

MightyGem

The ground designation for LGB attacks in the Falklands was carried out by a TACP with the Welsh Guards, under the command of Major Mike Howes, calling himself Green Dragon on the radio....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Jul 2021, 09:09
Replies: 4
Views: 2,535
Posted By exMudmover

Yes, that's him.

Yes, that's him.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jul 2021, 17:18
Replies: 4
Views: 2,535
Posted By exMudmover

The Stupid things some people do in the air

The Stupid Things some people do in the air

This wondrous tale is by a Fg Off CW Scott of 32 Sqn in 1926, flying the new Gloster Grebe fighter. Scott was apparently the ‘Senior Flying Officer’...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th May 2021, 14:33
Replies: 1
Views: 1,560
Posted By exMudmover

Smart guys, those Russians. Getting a military...

Smart guys, those Russians. Getting a military base inside the back of an HGV!
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Mar 2021, 09:01
Replies: 62
Views: 18,152
Posted By exMudmover

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1800x1118/ggturner_7f2cc8ac6b7e9f60d70eff902619db60a8ab5939.jpg

Dusk Strike Goose Green on 35mm AA Battery in support of 2 Para 28 May 1982.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Feb 2021, 15:05
Replies: 11
Views: 2,912
Posted By exMudmover

In the late 60s Gemini wangled a display at...

In the late 60s Gemini wangled a display at Bardufoss, inside the Arctic circle. In the short-range JP4 we had to stage via Manston (customs), Aalborg (Denmark), Gardermoen, Oerland and Bodo...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Feb 2021, 14:50
Replies: 22
Views: 6,153
Posted By exMudmover

Middle of the line is where he should be

Middle of the line is where he should be
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2021, 11:29
Replies: 22
Views: 6,153
Posted By exMudmover

LINE ABREAST FORMATION Line abreast is like...

LINE ABREAST FORMATION

Line abreast is like any other line formation (echelon, line astern, etc.), The leader flies straight and level and the pilot next in line lines up known formation...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Nov 2020, 14:16
Replies: 35
Views: 8,542
Posted By exMudmover

There was a great program on the Smithsonian...

There was a great program on the Smithsonian Channel recently about what happened to the 617 squadron after the dam buster raid. Having put together a squadron capable of precision bombing, the RAF...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2020, 10:13
Replies: 93
Views: 28,770
Posted By exMudmover

Hi Retired BA/BYJP4 Inverted Spins. Never...

Hi Retired BA/BYJP4 Inverted Spins.

Never tried a full inverted, but used to do inverted flick rolls for a bit of fun, back in the 60s before the Mk 4 rudder posts started to crack up and all...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Nov 2018, 17:00
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By exMudmover

Many Happy Returns Danny, and get well soon. ...

Many Happy Returns Danny, and get well soon.

Yours Aye

ExMudmover
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Aug 2018, 15:57
Replies: 106
Views: 29,278
Posted By exMudmover

Franek, Check your PMs ExMudmover

Franek,

Check your PMs

ExMudmover
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Mar 2018, 10:49
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,843,761
Posted By exMudmover

Danny, Check your PMs ExMudmover

Danny, Check your PMs

ExMudmover
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Sep 2017, 18:06
Replies: 169
Views: 67,925
Posted By exMudmover

Early 80s at TTTE. Student Pilot solo supersonic...

Early 80s at TTTE. Student Pilot solo supersonic run (flown at 2000ft over the North Sea), Rather inexperienced Staff Nav in the back.

With wings 45 stude selects reheat and electric jet leaps...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jul 2016, 20:26
Replies: 287
Views: 156,920
Posted By exMudmover

Treble one I made an error in my original...

Treble one

I made an error in my original post. The run-in speed was a lot higher than 400kt, probably nearer 500. Remember also the Harrier had a high thrust to weight ratio , (even the T4), so...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jul 2016, 18:23
Replies: 287
Views: 156,920
Posted By exMudmover

NickB I believe that pic was taken from a...

NickB

I believe that pic was taken from a Harrier, but stand to be corrected.
I've also heard it said that Mike Thompson was piloting the Lightning, but heard others say that isn't correct...

...
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