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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Oct 2023, 10:25
Replies: 5
Views: 1,210
Posted By Buster11

The National Aerospace Library at Farnborough can...

The National Aerospace Library at Farnborough can always use donations of aviation-related books and magazines as they have (or certainly did a few years ago) fund-raising sales a couple of times a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Jul 2023, 07:52
Replies: 4
Views: 912
Posted By Buster11

I believe the National Aerospace Library at...

I believe the National Aerospace Library at Farnborough takes books and magazines for occasional fund-raising sales. Might be worth calling them on (0)1252 701038 if delivering the mags isn't a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Jul 2023, 17:59
Replies: 4,988
Views: 736,751
Posted By Buster11

A Different Mann

When a gap allows, would the mods permit, in the interests of accuracy, a reference back to post #4229 , concerning the designer of the Mann & Grimmer M. 1? That 'Mann' was not the Mann and Edgerton...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2023, 22:08
Replies: 16
Views: 4,422
Posted By Buster11

Many thanks, Exrigger and CAEBr; your two replies...

Many thanks, Exrigger and CAEBr; your two replies give all the coverage I needed. All within 8 hours; the power of PPRuNe, eh?
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2023, 13:51
Replies: 16
Views: 4,422
Posted By Buster11

BBMF Commanding Officers

Could anyone point me in the direction of a list of past BBMF Commanding Officers please. On this occasion Google does not appear to be my friend.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Feb 2023, 22:28
Replies: 2
Views: 1,017
Posted By Buster11

Many thanks for that steer. It at least locates...

Many thanks for that steer. It at least locates the hospital in Egypt, but seems a bit askew with dates.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Feb 2023, 14:50
Replies: 2
Views: 1,017
Posted By Buster11

One for the Historians

I am belatedly researching my father's activities in 1940 when he was a Codes and Cyphers officer in Egypt at HQ 202 Group at Heliopolis. While there he had a carbuncle on an arm and was transferred...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Jan 2023, 11:00
Replies: 4,988
Views: 736,751
Posted By Buster11

Cross possibly coloured green and used on...

Cross possibly coloured green and used on Japanese aircraft carrying people involved in surrender talks.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Oct 2022, 22:09
Replies: 12
Views: 3,822
Posted By Buster11

Many thanks, Longer. No sign of him in the RAFVR...

Many thanks, Longer. No sign of him in the RAFVR list, but, as you say, it's probably a bit patchy.

Would the promotion have been more or less on a 'time served' basis? He seems to have been a F/O...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Oct 2022, 11:38
Replies: 12
Views: 3,822
Posted By Buster11

Dropping a Rank

My father spent most of WW2 as a prisoner of war. He was a flying officer in the RAFVR when captured in 1941 in Crete, but by the end of 1942 his letters had flight lieutenant as the sender. However,...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Sep 2022, 11:45
Replies: 11
Views: 3,244
Posted By Buster11

Was That All?

My father trained on De Havilland 6s at the No. 1 School of Navigation and Bomb Dropping at Stonehenge. Would this have been the sole confirmantion that he was awarded his flying brevet there? Seems...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd May 2022, 09:51
Replies: 6
Views: 1,383
Posted By Buster11

******* Aeromodellers Association? The badge...

******* Aeromodellers Association? The badge looks vaguely similar to the old Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers one, now the British Model Flying Association.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Feb 2022, 09:49
Replies: 20
Views: 3,174
Posted By Buster11

There's a blue plaque to Amy Johnson on a block...

There's a blue plaque to Amy Johnson on a block of flats at the junction of Hendon Way and Finchley Road on the A41.
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Aug 2021, 10:51
Replies: 10
Views: 3,292
Posted By Buster11

Looks like a visit to Kew's coming up, so thanks...

Looks like a visit to Kew's coming up, so thanks again. It's certainly getting narrowed down. Interesting how fashions for names change though; you don't get many Algernons, Redverses, Percivals,...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Aug 2021, 09:31
Replies: 10
Views: 3,292
Posted By Buster11

Very many thanks, ORAC and Longer. I'll get stuck...

Very many thanks, ORAC and Longer. I'll get stuck in.
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Aug 2021, 15:57
Replies: 10
Views: 3,292
Posted By Buster11

Possible SE-5A Pilot

Could any of the gathered brains of PPRuNe suggest a way in which I could find whether someone I knew about 60 years ago could have flown an SE-5A during WW1, as was generally believed. All I have is...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Jun 2021, 09:52
Replies: 43
Views: 7,107
Posted By Buster11

As well as the radio flying at the former Croydon...

As well as the radio flying at the former Croydon Airport there is also a paved control-line circle which is used by the British F2A CL World Championships speed team for practice; around 300km/hr...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
21st Mar 2021, 21:55
Replies: 15
Views: 4,518
Posted By Buster11

Google Earth - No Aircraft at Dublin Airport

Can anyone explain why, on Google Earth there is not a single aircraft visible on Dublin Airport? Also there is absolutely no shipping visible at Dublin Port, - no container ships, no ferries, nowt....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Feb 2021, 21:42
Replies: 278
Views: 59,058
Posted By Buster11

The drone of Ivchenko-engined IL-18s anywhere you...

The drone of Ivchenko-engined IL-18s anywhere you went in Eastern Europe till the Wall came down; there always seemed to be one within earshot.
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Nov 2020, 21:09
Replies: 3
Views: 1,754
Posted By Buster11

Captain Jack and the Furious Few

A programme on BBC 4 at 2000 today about early carrier operations in WW1 is well worth a look on I-Player. It's mainly concerned with HMS Furious, which was converted first with a forward deck...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Oct 2020, 13:54
Replies: 26
Views: 8,078
Posted By Buster11

Many thanks, MarcK. Shows how long ago mine was,...

Many thanks, MarcK. Shows how long ago mine was, as it was B&W. I'll see if anyone can come up with others; the one I had was military, with one of the interpretations being MoD (PE)'s version.
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Oct 2020, 20:39
Replies: 26
Views: 8,078
Posted By Buster11

What the Pilot Wanted Cartoons

Does anyone have a copy of a sequence of cartoons called What the Pilot Wanted that he could copy to me please? It started with a swing hung from a tree branch, followed by several drawings showing...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
28th Aug 2020, 21:19
Replies: 3
Views: 841
Posted By Buster11

Highland Airports on TV

There's a surprisingly well-done series called Puirt-adhair/Highland Airports on BBC Alba at 20.30 on Wednesdays. It covers activities at several Scottish airports and a gliding club and, best of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Aug 2020, 09:43
Replies: 77
Views: 21,084
Posted By Buster11

Was the rack of what looked like 30 RATO bottles...

Was the rack of what looked like 30 RATO bottles on a B-47 jettisoned after take-off? Presumably there was an area over which this was always done. Any mishaps known?
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
11th Aug 2020, 09:43
Replies: 11
Views: 1,875
Posted By Buster11

Mastermodels will almost certainly be able to...

Mastermodels will almost certainly be able to help; founded by Laurie Barr who flew high-performance microfilm airctaft in one of the Cardington sheds. They've been in the businerss for maybe 50...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Jun 2020, 17:20
Replies: 15
Views: 4,084
Posted By Buster11

Given that it has a pannier does that not make it...

Given that it has a pannier does that not make it a Halton?
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jun 2020, 09:28
Replies: 142
Views: 46,259
Posted By Buster11

First glider solo T-31 at HCGIS, Detling in 1952,...

First glider solo T-31 at HCGIS, Detling in 1952, instructors F/O Meddings and the great Derek Piggott. Then with a Flying Scholarship in a Magister at Redhill, April 24th, 1953, instructors Chinn...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th May 2020, 18:54
Replies: 84
Views: 20,920
Posted By Buster11

The Defiant is mentioned in yesterday's episode...

The Defiant is mentioned in yesterday's episode of Invasion on BBC4. As the presenter sits in the aircraft's four-gun turret he intones "This aircraft is one of my favourites, the Defiant bomber"....
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
12th May 2020, 20:20
Replies: 106
Views: 16,332
Posted By Buster11

Has Anyone Flown Commercially Lately?

Have any of you taken a commercial flight recently? How were things like social distancing, masks, queuing, carry-on bag checking, departure lounge seating, boarding and on-board seating handled? I...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th May 2020, 10:02
Replies: 7
Views: 2,216
Posted By Buster11

RATOG for Helicopters

While re-reading Winkle Brown's Wings On My Sleeve I came across a reference to US helicopters using vertical rocket assisted take off gear during high altitude operations during the Korean conflict....
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd May 2020, 17:21
Replies: 35
Views: 11,055
Posted By Buster11

Borneo Escort - Javelins

Apologies if this has already been referenced elsewhere but a quick search showed nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMvXaAEt0I4
60 Squadron at Butterworth.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Apr 2020, 15:45
Replies: 4,988
Views: 736,751
Posted By Buster11

Got it MR. Well done. Passed to you for action.

Got it MR. Well done. Passed to you for action.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Apr 2020, 09:54
Replies: 4,988
Views: 736,751
Posted By Buster11

Ignore that 'Head south'. The brain cell's...

Ignore that 'Head south'. The brain cell's clearly under some strain here. Try east from France instead.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Apr 2020, 22:14
Replies: 4,988
Views: 736,751
Posted By Buster11

Not English. Head south.

Not English. Head south.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Apr 2020, 20:08
Replies: 4,988
Views: 736,751
Posted By Buster11

Neither France nor USA.

Neither France nor USA.
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