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Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2017, 22:46
Replies: 1,029
Views: 472,599
Posted By etsd0001

I doubt there was any wrestling, I'd image both...

I doubt there was any wrestling, I'd image both pilots were pulling back together!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Apr 2015, 17:40
Replies: 5
Views: 2,629
Posted By etsd0001

Thanks NutLoose we have tried them. Anyway...

Thanks NutLoose we have tried them.

Anyway the APU fixed itself. Went for start the following week without doing anything to it and it fired up OK
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Apr 2015, 13:04
Replies: 5
Views: 2,629
Posted By etsd0001

Thanks - Replied

Thanks - Replied
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Apr 2015, 19:51
Replies: 5
Views: 2,629
Posted By etsd0001

Wanted - Artouste Mk.123 APU Test Box

I am part of the engineering team down at Dunsfold that maintains VC10 K. Mk 3 ZA150 in a taxiable condition. Today, for the first time since we replaced the APU last year it has failed to start.
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Sep 2014, 10:01
Replies: 0
Views: 1,129
Posted By etsd0001

Brooklands Bombing Raid - 4 Sept 1940

http://www.guildford-dragon.com/2014/09/04/brbooklands-air-raid-horsley-messerschmitts-september-4-1940/
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Sep 2014, 20:40
Replies: 19
Views: 3,493
Posted By etsd0001

It happened when I was in the ATC. During a...

It happened when I was in the ATC. During a summer camp at RAF Oakington (Varsity's) one day we were dumped at various locations around Oakington (Exercise Manmaker) and briefed that we were downed...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jul 2014, 22:15
Replies: 14
Views: 2,739
Posted By etsd0001

I saw it too that day but over the North Downs...

I saw it too that day but over the North Downs near Guildford. It made a lovely sound
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Jun 2014, 20:29
Replies: 119
Views: 68,018
Posted By etsd0001

Give me an example of any accidents, incidents or...

Give me an example of any accidents, incidents or of a near miss where a local language was directly responsible for such an event and I don't mean a Spanish person talking in a bad English... I mean...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Jun 2014, 07:56
Replies: 5
Views: 2,710
Posted By etsd0001

I've sent him a mail with a link to this thread

I've sent him a mail with a link to this thread
Forum: Flight Testing
30th May 2014, 04:56
Replies: 3
Views: 4,498
Posted By etsd0001

David Lockspeiser RIP

David Lockspeiser - obituary - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10863225/David-Lockspeiser-obituary.html)

As I schoolboy I well remember his LDA-1 flying over the countryside...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th May 2014, 11:22
Replies: 52
Views: 14,507
Posted By etsd0001

Don't forget their latest aviation acquistion -...

Don't forget their latest aviation acquistion - VC10 K.3 ZA150 Dunsfold. '150 was formerly Super VC10 5H-MOG of East African Airways and was the last aircraft to built and flown out of the Brooklands...
Forum: Flight Testing
13th May 2014, 16:44
Replies: 5
Views: 6,336
Posted By etsd0001

No disrespect to Jock, but he wasn't so much...

No disrespect to Jock, but he wasn't so much demobilised from the Air Force, as court-marshalled and found guilty of crashing a Royal Flight D.H Domini after running out of fuel.

In his word's -...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Mar 2013, 20:45
Replies: 487
Views: 752,889
Posted By etsd0001

Post 414 - That is Helston AeroPark next the RNAS...

Post 414 - That is Helston AeroPark next the RNAS Culdrose not Fleetlands
http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w421/bobshayler/fairy_gannet_a_s_4_zps7a95b8cc.jpg
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Feb 2013, 00:42
Replies: 0
Views: 1,057
Posted By etsd0001

USAAF Dakota Crash Guildford - Oct 1944

Another Frank Phillipson article

Fatal Flight of Lilly Bell II is Finally Revealed (http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/community/yesteryear/s/2043171_fatal_flight_of_lilly_bell_ii_is_finally_revealed)
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Feb 2013, 00:31
Replies: 5
Views: 2,035
Posted By etsd0001

Sorry stumpey. I did think about that this...

Sorry stumpey. I did think about that this evening after I posted. I have only just returned to the site. I would have thought 'Cold War Fighter Jet' might have been a clue as to the era
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Feb 2013, 17:25
Replies: 5
Views: 2,035
Posted By etsd0001

Cold War Fighter Jet Collision Over Guildford -1952

Guildford Dragon NEWS (http://www.guildford-dragon.com/2013/01/24/cold-war-fighter-jet-collision-over-guildford/)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Jul 2011, 17:34
Replies: 16
Views: 6,551
Posted By etsd0001

Funny you should mention that. In Waterton's book...

Funny you should mention that. In Waterton's book he recounts how had to persuade Gloster's acquire a camera to assist with technical analysis.Shortly afterwards he was seconded to Avro Canada to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Jul 2011, 00:06
Replies: 16
Views: 6,551
Posted By etsd0001

Hi John, I was hoping you would make a...

Hi John,

I was hoping you would make a contribution. Sorry if I wasn't clear but I have yet to read a book review where they criticised the font etc, although funnily enough they do comment on...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Jul 2011, 08:00
Replies: 16
Views: 6,551
Posted By etsd0001

Proof Reader I am aware of that, but it is...

Proof Reader

I am aware of that, but it is still the same basic source. Unrelated corroboration is needed top say 'Empire...' confirms Bills opinion.

Don't get me wrong however, I do not...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jul 2011, 16:53
Replies: 214
Views: 57,225
Posted By etsd0001

Hooker does mention that the Chinese had problems...

Hooker does mention that the Chinese had problems with their WP-7 military engine turbine blades. The fir-tree root was prone to cracking that led to the blade(s) departing the engine. They also had...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jul 2011, 10:52
Replies: 214
Views: 57,225
Posted By etsd0001

To quote again from 'Not Much Of An Engineer' ...

To quote again from 'Not Much Of An Engineer'

With Sir Stafford Cripps, at the Board of Trade, the left wing British Government appeared perfectly happy to sell out latest engine to the Russians,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Jul 2011, 07:55
Replies: 16
Views: 6,551
Posted By etsd0001

To be fair, the author of 'Empire.....' used Bill...

To be fair, the author of 'Empire.....' used Bill Waterton's book as a reference so I don't feel you could use 'Empire' as a confirmatory source.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Jul 2011, 13:27
Replies: 16
Views: 6,551
Posted By etsd0001

Bill Waterton.

Having read the book 'Empire of the Clouds' I had to find a copy of Bill Waterton's book 'The Quick & The Dead'. After a world-wide search on Google I found a copy and bought a copy from New Zealand....
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jul 2011, 10:43
Replies: 214
Views: 57,225
Posted By etsd0001

See the bottom of Pg 58 of the 2010 Airlife...

See the bottom of Pg 58 of the 2010 Airlife impression. To quote from Pg 59 -

"It took a or year so (to re-draw the 'prints), but it was enormous success, because, once the great Ford factory at...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jun 2011, 21:13
Replies: 214
Views: 57,225
Posted By etsd0001

An interesting last few posts. It reminded me of...

An interesting last few posts. It reminded me of something I read recently in Sir Stanley Hooker's book 'Not Much of An Engineer'. In it he talks about when RR wanted to get Ford's in Manchester to...
Forum: Cabin Crew
16th May 2010, 02:28
Replies: 5,357
Views: 2,012,474
Posted By etsd0001

wilsr I would counter your post by saying no...

wilsr

I would counter your post by saying no one forced you to choose a career where you worked away from home, it was a personal choice made of your own free will.

Therefore I would suggest...
Forum: Cabin Crew
14th Apr 2010, 05:28
Replies: 5,357
Views: 2,012,474
Posted By etsd0001

ottergirl yes it does. In my 35 years in the...

ottergirl yes it does. In my 35 years in the industry I've seen slides accidently blown by caterers, cleaners, CC, Engineers & even on one occasion an instructor training caterers how to, or more...
Forum: Cabin Crew
13th Apr 2010, 19:11
Replies: 5,357
Views: 2,012,474
Posted By etsd0001

Question. Are TLV & HKG CC in different fleets....

Question. Are TLV & HKG CC in different fleets. If so won't the TLV CC do more trips?
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
13th Apr 2010, 03:22
Replies: 12
Views: 1,791
Posted By etsd0001

707 elevators were 'free floating' the Control...

707 elevators were 'free floating' the Control column's were connected to elevator servo tabs that moved the main surface aerodynamically. To assist with this, fwd of the elevator surface they were...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Apr 2010, 16:24
Replies: 11
Views: 1,723
Posted By etsd0001

Wisley composting plant battle not over

THE group opposing the development of a waste processor on the former Wisley Airfield are still mulling over a possible High Court challenge to the scheme.

Wisley composting plant battle not over...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Apr 2010, 19:18
Replies: 121
Views: 43,265
Posted By etsd0001

The cockpit area reminds me of an Armstrong...

The cockpit area reminds me of an Armstrong Whitworth(?) Ensign
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Apr 2010, 18:59
Replies: 121
Views: 43,265
Posted By etsd0001

This must be the world's worst Vanguard model ...

This must be the world's worst Vanguard model
http://i12.ebayimg.com/01/i/07/e6/65/26_1.JPG

Yours for only £65.00 on ebay Built to order
Forum: Cabin Crew
3rd Apr 2010, 12:41
Replies: 5,357
Views: 2,012,474
Posted By etsd0001

From the BASSA missive This coming...

From the BASSA missive



This coming from a group of people who consider themselves professionals.

The funny thing is, if they destroy CRM it is their own lives on the line!
Forum: Cabin Crew
1st Apr 2010, 11:56
Replies: 5,357
Views: 2,012,474
Posted By etsd0001

Thanks HiFlyer - the most succinct explaination I...

Thanks HiFlyer - the most succinct explaination I have read
Forum: Cabin Crew
1st Apr 2010, 11:27
Replies: 5,357
Views: 2,012,474
Posted By etsd0001

A little story When BA took over my airline,...

A little story

When BA took over my airline, the Engineering section agreed not to sign the new contracts and everybody handed in their new contracts for the unions to hold. Over the following...
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