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Forum: Military Aviation
21st Nov 2007, 04:39
Replies: 31
Views: 10,418
Posted By Goer Round

Attended the 50th and the 75th while still in...

Attended the 50th and the 75th while still in uniform. Hopefully will get an all expenses paid trip for the 100th (together with wheelchair allowance!) :}

They apparently put on a good show for...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Nov 2007, 22:00
Replies: 77
Views: 11,847
Posted By Goer Round

My claim is for 2 vehicles - both LWB Landrovers....

My claim is for 2 vehicles - both LWB Landrovers.

First - an open driving cab/enclosed rear half kitted out as the sigs vehicle for the Sharjah Mountain/Desert Rescue Team. We were going out...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Oct 2007, 04:36
Replies: 31
Views: 5,675
Posted By Goer Round

When I was there Benson was being kept open...

When I was there Benson was being kept open purely because "you can't move TQF"; then it was "we need an airfield close to Strike". All the world's odds and sods then came in - MCSU, TCW, etc etc...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Oct 2007, 04:27
Replies: 5
Views: 1,598
Posted By Goer Round

As always - watch the telly and THEN come on here...

As always - watch the telly and THEN come on here to get the real low-down!

As I was watching I had the distinct impression that it was a typical ABC beat up just before the election. And that's...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Sep 2007, 13:26
Replies: 28
Views: 6,979
Posted By Goer Round

My initial reaction was one of indignation until...

My initial reaction was one of indignation until I realised that my ex (WRAF officer) had her nose done in an RAF hospital. I guess the same principle holds - if prominent probiscii are OK then why...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Sep 2007, 15:12
Replies: 471
Views: 132,840
Posted By Goer Round

Standing guard at Khormaksar when a shooting...

Standing guard at Khormaksar when a shooting match was going on and the issued 5 x .303 rounds could be taken out of the brass cartridge 'cos they'd been passed around that often (and no, there...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Sep 2007, 07:43
Replies: 471
Views: 132,840
Posted By Goer Round

Trudging up to 230 OCU HQ to beg for a go on...

Trudging up to 230 OCU HQ to beg for a go on their photocopier, the only one at Scampton (which used pinkish thermofax paper)
Walking home in the rain in the hairy battledress and looking like a...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Aug 2007, 16:03
Replies: 471
Views: 132,840
Posted By Goer Round

When engine technicians still had pistons as a Q...

When engine technicians still had pistons as a Q annotation
When there were no such things as Q annotations
When RAF was written R.A.F.
When direction signs to RAF bases (stations) had red white...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Aug 2007, 00:45
Replies: 29
Views: 4,930
Posted By Goer Round

The Queen's/King's Flight must be in there...

The Queen's/King's Flight must be in there somewhere surely?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Aug 2007, 12:20
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,351
Posted By Goer Round

I'm not really sure why we give away our heritage...

I'm not really sure why we give away our heritage to other countries who have no particular ties to the item and let it rot away.

The same holds good for 2 Gresley A4s (Dwight D Eisenhower and...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Aug 2007, 01:08
Replies: 3,441
Views: 720,657
Posted By Goer Round

Perhaps Tombstone's "display" ought to be the...

Perhaps Tombstone's "display" ought to be the distance that 558 takes for it to become airborne on its first take off run? :} Marham's main should be long enough!
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Aug 2007, 13:31
Replies: 3,092
Views: 210,960
Posted By Goer Round

It's the pension dear chap, the pension.

It's the pension dear chap, the pension.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Aug 2007, 05:51
Replies: 2
Views: 1,041
Posted By Goer Round

Get in contact with your local Careers...

Get in contact with your local Careers Information Office. If they see mileage in potential recruiting/PR value then they may be able to set up a visit. I used to do them fairly regularly when I...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Aug 2007, 01:53
Replies: 68
Views: 15,113
Posted By Goer Round

When I was on the directing staff at IOT Cranwell...

When I was on the directing staff at IOT Cranwell we were busily graduating commissioned pilots - they had, of course, about the same officer qualities as the lads that were undergoing their 6 weeks...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Aug 2007, 08:28
Replies: 581
Views: 89,243
Posted By Goer Round

Have just posted to say that there doesn't appear...

Have just posted to say that there doesn't appear to be a Councillor Wayne Haywood on the Mole District Council and I put in a link to the Councillors' web page but when I tried to post it told me...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Aug 2007, 08:10
Replies: 581
Views: 89,243
Posted By Goer Round

There doesn't appear to be a Councillor Wayne...

There doesn't appear to be a Councillor Wayne Haywood on the Mole DC :hmm:

http://www.molevalley.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=355
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Aug 2007, 08:01
Replies: 85
Views: 12,752
Posted By Goer Round

As a signatory to the Official Secrets Act (and...

As a signatory to the Official Secrets Act (and having re-signed when filling in my leaving chit) am I covered by this latest Orwellian buffoonery?

.....and can they extradite me for it???:E
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Aug 2007, 01:48
Replies: 581
Views: 89,243
Posted By Goer Round

Just woke up in Western Australia and ecstatic to...

Just woke up in Western Australia and ecstatic to see the result!

Pats on the back all round for the sheer tenacity, professionalism, and enthusiasm to see this thing through. Congratulations...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Jul 2007, 10:01
Replies: 581
Views: 89,243
Posted By Goer Round

A quick cut and paste for the addresses of all...

A quick cut and paste for the addresses of all the relevant councillors:



probably best sent bcc with the primary email address to the chairman



It'll save cutting and pasting each...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jul 2007, 08:40
Replies: 0
Views: 578
Posted By Goer Round

Last Known Veteran Of R F C Dies

William "Sandy" Alexander Smillie Young died at age 107 last week in Joondalup, Perth, Western Australia last week.

A wireless operator with the RFC during the first world war, after having...
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