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Forum: Military Aviation
25th May 2023, 14:52
Replies: 7
Views: 3,576
Posted By Hipper

My father's best friend at the time I was born in...

My father's best friend at the time I was born in 1953 was Johnny Blair who also was from Jamaica and served in WW2 and post war, like my father. Both were navigators. He became my god father...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd Nov 2021, 15:26
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,908,884
Posted By Hipper

Edit - wrong report! Now we are getting...

Edit - wrong report!

Now we are getting somewhere!

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/pilot-overloaded-scots-bound-plane-20468815
...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
2nd Nov 2021, 17:30
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,908,884
Posted By Hipper

Say half hour booking in at Amsterdam makes it...

Say half hour booking in at Amsterdam makes it double the time. And what if he did arrive at Nantes for a commercial flight departure at 1830, could he have got a flight then (he seems to have been...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
29th Oct 2021, 07:54
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,908,884
Posted By Hipper

I do understand that an AOC requires higher...

I do understand that an AOC requires higher documentation and also that a CPL requires more training and expertise then a PPL. Yet, the grey charter system seems to operate without excessive major...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
28th Oct 2021, 14:53
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,908,884
Posted By Hipper

I qualify as I'm a member of the public and...

I qualify as I'm a member of the public and whilst I've learnt a lot as a result of reading on this case I still fail to see how only having a private licence makes someone an incompetent pilot....
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Oct 2021, 15:35
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,908,884
Posted By Hipper

I agree. Thanks for posting jumpseater. This...

I agree. Thanks for posting jumpseater.

This court case though is not about the cause of the crash, which seems to be some mechanical issue that led to carbon monoxide poisoning. But for that, the...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Aug 2021, 15:30
Replies: 82
Views: 26,976
Posted By Hipper

I believe that site to be safe. It was created by...

I believe that site to be safe. It was created by the late Richard Howard, son of the Co-pilot of XD864 who, whilst I disagree with a lot of what he wrote, put in a lot of research into the matter of...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Mar 2021, 11:44
Replies: 18
Views: 3,344
Posted By Hipper

I thought I read or heard somewhere that this...

I thought I read or heard somewhere that this change of numbers of nuclear warheads was due to improvements or replacements that will mean some of the old and new warheads will exist at the same...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Mar 2021, 11:31
Replies: 122
Views: 18,988
Posted By Hipper

On the subject of war losses of population, it's...

On the subject of war losses of population, it's true the figures are staggering but if we had lost those sort of numbers I doubt there would have been anymore taste for the war. Our politicians are...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Mar 2021, 11:01
Replies: 16
Views: 2,673
Posted By Hipper

I posted some pics of the Victory Flypast of the...

I posted some pics of the Victory Flypast of the 8th June 1946 here:

Goodwill (https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/410951-operation-goodwill-1946-merged.html)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Aug 2020, 09:52
Replies: 5
Views: 1,122
Posted By Hipper

Mauripur 1951

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/640x387/r18s_eba4e9cbc2249b4bd8437b57276f3ac88a4766a6.jpg


Anybody any idea what is going on here?

This was taken in 1951 at Mauripur RAF...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Jun 2020, 08:04
Replies: 8
Views: 1,931
Posted By Hipper

Be interesting if you could have a go again now...

Be interesting if you could have a go again now and see if you would get through.

Not quite the same but I failed my eleven plus. Recently I took a similar exam on line and passed. Unfortunately...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jun 2020, 10:16
Replies: 29
Views: 9,241
Posted By Hipper

The classic book on RN submarine warfare is...

The classic book on RN submarine warfare is Edward Young's One of Our Submarines. Later in the book he enters the Japanese war and as you say, at this time they were feeding on scraps.
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jun 2020, 10:12
Replies: 29
Views: 9,241
Posted By Hipper

I first saw the original Das Boot as a television...

I first saw the original Das Boot as a television mini series on BBC2. According to Wiki this comprised six fifty minute episodes and was in 1985. The original 149 minute film had been released in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jan 2020, 19:15
Replies: 11
Views: 2,397
Posted By Hipper

I never heard of this and I thought I knew a bit...

I never heard of this and I thought I knew a bit about Enigma. I don't recall it mentioned in Hinsley's British Intelligence in the Second World War although I could have missed it.

Here's a bit...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
14th Dec 2019, 09:58
Replies: 8
Views: 5,400
Posted By Hipper

AAIB report on the BBC: ...

AAIB report on the BBC:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-50780832

How strange that it has some things in common with this crash in August 1960 involving my father's Valiant...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Dec 2019, 17:47
Replies: 34
Views: 9,914
Posted By Hipper

I thought the point of Air Gunners, at least in...

I thought the point of Air Gunners, at least in practice (as opposed to theory) was not just using the guns but also - perhaps mostly - to look out for friendly aircraft (collisions), their bombs,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Jun 2019, 10:32
Replies: 60
Views: 19,650
Posted By Hipper

Giles take on the effects on Londoners of the V1...

Giles take on the effects on Londoners of the V1 campaign.

'It's ridiculous to say these new flying bombs have affected people in any way!'

...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jun 2019, 11:52
Replies: 79
Views: 31,189
Posted By Hipper

I'm not aircrew. Is there really a problem...

I'm not aircrew.

Is there really a problem with this landing. Presumably there are no passengers on board so that's not an issue. What about stress to the airframe?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Jun 2019, 11:45
Replies: 60
Views: 19,650
Posted By Hipper

My Dutch born mother was in The Netherlands...

My Dutch born mother was in The Netherlands during the war. She had a scar on her forehead and told us young boys it was caused by a V2 rocket. Of course I assumed she meant that the rocket had hit...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jun 2019, 17:39
Replies: 44
Views: 14,220
Posted By Hipper

The King's Choice - the sinking of the Blucher: ...

The King's Choice - the sinking of the Blucher:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ79i11JSnU

I think this is pretty good but on the IMDB someone points out that 'The rate of fire from the smaller...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jun 2019, 10:31
Replies: 44
Views: 14,220
Posted By Hipper

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3486080/reviews?ref_=t...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3486080/reviews?ref_=tt_urv

This review seems fair. Basically the film had a budget of £80,000!
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jun 2019, 10:23
Replies: 44
Views: 14,220
Posted By Hipper

'You can't tell a book by it's covers' is true! ...

'You can't tell a book by it's covers' is true!

I knew an author of war history and he told me he had little say on the cover art.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th May 2019, 16:11
Replies: 6
Views: 2,691
Posted By Hipper

Snaith Days by Keith S Ford (superb book if you...

Snaith Days by Keith S Ford (superb book if you can find it) has the following on pages 45-46:

Base and aircraft were allocated operational call signs for both R/T (voice) and C/W (morse)...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th May 2019, 18:04
Replies: 103
Views: 51,180
Posted By Hipper

'All three of them'.

'All three of them'.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Apr 2019, 13:51
Replies: 14
Views: 2,274
Posted By Hipper

I don't know what the situation is with Canadians...

I don't know what the situation is with Canadians who flew in the RAF but the next of kin of a British RAF personnel can get info about their career:
...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Mar 2019, 08:28
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,908,884
Posted By Hipper

Another question then. When a pilot submits his...

Another question then. When a pilot submits his flight plan does he have to show his Flight Crew Licence?
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Mar 2019, 20:07
Replies: 113
Views: 51,972
Posted By Hipper

Norway is an area where a few WW2 German ships...

Norway is an area where a few WW2 German ships got spectacular damage.

Gneisenau:

Gneisenau - Gallery - Operation "Juno" (http://www.scharnhorst-class.dk/gneisenau/gallery/gallgneisejuno.html)...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
2nd Mar 2019, 11:09
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,908,884
Posted By Hipper

I generally agree with the 'rules is rules'...

I generally agree with the 'rules is rules' concept and that they should be followed as I presume they are designed for safe flying, but I'd like to ask, are there more accidents involving 'grey...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Feb 2019, 13:15
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,908,884
Posted By Hipper

I'm not in the aviation industry, just...

I'm not in the aviation industry, just interested, and I would like to ask a couple of questions please.

1. In relation to VFR and IR flying, firstly, I presume it is reasonable to assume that a...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Feb 2019, 14:04
Replies: 67
Views: 23,573
Posted By Hipper

Thanks to everyone for their contributions. I...

Thanks to everyone for their contributions. I appreciate everyone posting openly on a troubling subject. I'm more enlightened as a result.
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Feb 2019, 11:04
Replies: 67
Views: 23,573
Posted By Hipper

Question: Pilots in Crashing Aircraft Avoiding People on the Ground

This may be a subject that is a bit distasteful and if the mods think it unacceptable they are welcome to delete it with my apologies.

A current thread marks a flypast for a crashed USAAF aircraft...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Feb 2019, 15:32
Replies: 8
Views: 2,072
Posted By Hipper

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-44769549/the-last...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-44769549/the-last-survivor-of-the-great-escape-camp-tells-his-story
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
10th Feb 2019, 17:08
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,908,884
Posted By Hipper

Mr Ibbotson was 59. Lawyers etc. have...

Mr Ibbotson was 59.

Lawyers etc. have internships where they don't get paid to get experience.
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2019, 09:25
Replies: 40
Views: 17,984
Posted By Hipper

Thanks or that. I love the one about a third...

Thanks or that.

I love the one about a third the way down where a Liberator has tail damage caused by a collision with 'another Liberator who didn't see her and got too close'!
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