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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Jan 2012, 08:25
Replies: 11
Views: 3,483
Posted By gbh

have you tried asking here:? Main Category...

have you tried asking here:?
Main Category (http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?1-Main-Category)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Jun 2010, 10:01
Replies: 68
Views: 48,219
Posted By gbh

I guess that's what you call a nuclear bunker.

I guess that's what you call a nuclear bunker.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Jan 2010, 09:27
Replies: 10
Views: 2,876
Posted By gbh

Some great ones here: Stories We Remember -...

Some great ones here:
Stories We Remember - Poems (http://www.spiritofcanada.com/veterans/poems/)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jan 2010, 08:44
Replies: 10
Views: 2,876
Posted By gbh

Thank you, Hugh, for the evocative poetry, and...

Thank you, Hugh, for the evocative poetry, and for the deeds.
GBH
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Oct 2009, 07:50
Replies: 2
Views: 914
Posted By gbh

If you can't find any on the market, how about...

If you can't find any on the market, how about contacting RAF Handling Squadron at Boscombe Down. They are responsible for producing FRCs and might possibly be able to suggest a source (or might...
Forum: Questions
30th Aug 2008, 09:01
Replies: 73
Views: 8,378
Posted By gbh

Revenge is sweet, Babemagnet - now you know what...

Revenge is sweet, Babemagnet - now you know what it has been like for us over the last 20 years being stuck behind earlier 737s hogging the airways at 0.74 cruise.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Jul 2008, 11:23
Replies: 36
Views: 9,552
Posted By gbh

Banned at my school but covertly the source of my...

Banned at my school but covertly the source of my entire knowlege of the German language!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jun 2008, 16:01
Replies: 21
Views: 7,046
Posted By gbh

There goes the pressure theory! So, 1006 and...

There goes the pressure theory! So, 1006 and 1110 would appear to be the time of day - and 1410 + 1450 the photo reference number (or vice versa)

No 10 Sqn ORB (Ops record book, RAF Form 540 or...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jun 2008, 10:03
Replies: 21
Views: 7,046
Posted By gbh

Windriver: Post it here and you will almost...

Windriver: Post it here and you will almost certainly get some replies from the experts.

Main Category - RafCommands Forums (http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=1)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Jun 2008, 22:12
Replies: 21
Views: 7,046
Posted By gbh

Some suggestions: (based on info seen on other...

Some suggestions: (based on info seen on other aerial photos but no expertise)
MEL = three letter code for Airfield or Station where photos were processed (RAF Melbourne)
1450 = photo reference...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Jun 2008, 12:49
Replies: 33
Views: 8,014
Posted By gbh

Latin for 'Boldness', I seem to recall from far...

Latin for 'Boldness', I seem to recall from far off schooldays.
(cf audacious)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Oct 2007, 11:25
Replies: 10
Views: 1,739
Posted By gbh

I remember seeing the aircraft in Horseguards...

I remember seeing the aircraft in Horseguards Parade (late 1960s?) and seem to recall that fundraising was being undertaken for constructing the RAF Museum at Hendon. So maybe the aircraft ended up...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th May 2007, 18:27
Replies: 145
Views: 98,622
Posted By gbh

Grow45: those look suspiciously like hangars on...

Grow45: those look suspiciously like hangars on the Abbotsinch Road?
Compare with Luftwaffe photo of Grangemouth, labelled 'A'.
http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/images/445486.jpg
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th May 2007, 08:49
Replies: 145
Views: 98,622
Posted By gbh

JustaFew - I believe that Ibsley still has a...

JustaFew - I believe that Ibsley still has a control tower. http://www.controltowers.co.uk/H-K/Ibsley.htm
So not yet obliterated!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th May 2007, 08:01
Replies: 145
Views: 98,622
Posted By gbh

So here's a challenge: Are there any disused...

So here's a challenge:
Are there any disused (hard runway) airfields that have been totally blotted out from view, such that no trace of their existance remains?
I am always surprised how field...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Dec 2006, 09:08
Replies: 44
Views: 10,906
Posted By gbh

Bomb dump currently up for public sale as 'secure...

Bomb dump currently up for public sale as 'secure storage area'!

Try also 52 44 03.2N 00 53 32.6W for missile launch blast walls at Melton Mowbray. This small part of our history sadly neglected...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Nov 2006, 11:01
Replies: 25
Views: 10,859
Posted By gbh

Try The Eagle in Cambridge (Bene't Street, close...

Try The Eagle in Cambridge (Bene't Street, close to King's College)
http://www.cambridge2000.com/cambridge2000/html/0009/P9042329.html
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Nov 2006, 08:58
Replies: 4
Views: 1,125
Posted By gbh

Steve, Great stuff - making your Dad's entire...

Steve,
Great stuff - making your Dad's entire logbook available online. It is a historical gem. I thoroughly enjoyed browsing through it: thanks for sharing this very personal document.

It is...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Nov 2006, 15:31
Replies: 18
Views: 2,920
Posted By gbh

http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/history/elmdon3.htm

http://www.virtualbrum.co.uk/history/elmdon3.htm
Forum: Tech Log
29th Sep 2006, 19:07
Replies: 5
Views: 7,519
Posted By gbh

so how do you stop stray baked beans from going...

so how do you stop stray baked beans from going down the keypad on the table? One for the TPs to work on.
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Aug 2006, 21:49
Replies: 51
Views: 17,894
Posted By gbh

Anyone know what is the published missed approach...

Anyone know what is the published missed approach procedure for GIB?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jul 2006, 09:32
Replies: 11
Views: 1,294
Posted By gbh

The next question is whether the score to 'A...

The next question is whether the score to 'A Solemn Hymn to Victory' still survives, and whether a recording was ever made?
Over to you, Kevmusic.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Jul 2006, 19:06
Replies: 112
Views: 42,441
Posted By gbh

Try contacting the Officer Commanding No 1(F)...

Try contacting the Officer Commanding No 1(F) Sqn, RAF Cottesmore. An oil painting of the event used to hang in the crewroom.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jul 2006, 22:00
Replies: 30
Views: 20,685
Posted By gbh

From memory, a cautionary tale from the pen of...

From memory, a cautionary tale from the pen of P/O Prune:

'I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high in straggling bits
When all at once I saw a crowd -
A host of yellow Messerschmitts....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th May 2006, 08:26
Replies: 5
Views: 2,061
Posted By gbh

JW411 - Have you tried contacting the 53 Sqn...

JW411 - Have you tried contacting the 53 Sqn Historian? Contact details are in his book 'United in Effort - The Story of No 53 Sqn Royal Air Force' by Jock Manson. Air-Britain Publication ISBN...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th May 2006, 09:15
Replies: 4
Views: 3,425
Posted By gbh

Hiller's Obituary in yesterday's Daily...

Hiller's Obituary in yesterday's Daily Telepgraph.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/04/db0401.xml
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd May 2006, 08:43
Replies: 16
Views: 4,292
Posted By gbh

Indeed, and jaunty angle of pistol holster slung...

Indeed, and jaunty angle of pistol holster slung low on hip would suggest pilots in a ground war environment in Europe after the invasion rather than UK? (guaranteed to 'wind up' the RAF regiment...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd May 2006, 10:49
Replies: 16
Views: 4,292
Posted By gbh

Photo looks too warm and dry to be Jan/Feb in...

Photo looks too warm and dry to be Jan/Feb in Germany so I'd put my money on it being 175 Sqn 1944?
(168 Sqn no operational flying 2,3,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,15,16,17,18,19,26,27,30,31 Jan due to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd May 2006, 07:47
Replies: 16
Views: 4,292
Posted By gbh

Chris - From my Dad's logbook, as a footnote to...

Chris - From my Dad's logbook, as a footnote to his time on 168:
'Joe Stubbs killed Jan 1st, also Gibbons I, Gibbons II, Roy Plant, Vasco Gilbert, Derek Dickson a POW. Len Lambert's successor on...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st May 2006, 21:21
Replies: 16
Views: 4,292
Posted By gbh

By chance I happen to have a copy of 168 Sqn's...

By chance I happen to have a copy of 168 Sqn's F540 for Jan 45 and it records that Flt Lt EHC Vernon-Jarvis shot down a ME 109 on 22 Jan 45 and also attacked a loco near Munster and motorised...
Forum: ATC Issues
28th Apr 2006, 21:34
Replies: 0
Views: 7,692
Posted By gbh

Can one be Knighted posthumously?

Next time you folk at London get asked by the inbound Delta:

"In his letter, Mr Chapman, the secretary of appointments at 10 Downing Street, said: "The Prime Minister may not recommend posthumous...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Aug 2003, 22:50
Replies: 61
Views: 19,652
Posted By gbh

Welcome to the world of 21st century Aviation!

Welcome to the world of 21st century Aviation!
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