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Search: Posts Made By: Davaar
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Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
28th May 2013, 14:52
Replies: 30
Views: 4,507
Posted By Davaar

True; but why limit yourself to plurals? There is...

True; but why limit yourself to plurals? There is always the vexed topic of verbs. If ginger "wants" something, why write "want's"?

He'd (= "he would") be wise to have someone with at least a...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th May 2013, 13:47
Replies: 3
Views: 1,288
Posted By Davaar

Thank you to all. Old, I have to clear my...

Thank you to all.

Old, I have to clear my PM valise later today, but I shall do that and take up your kind offer
Forum: Military Aviation
13th May 2013, 12:12
Replies: 3
Views: 1,288
Posted By Davaar

Loss statistics

Just rereading "Meteor Eject!" by John Graham (Nick) Carter, Woodfield Publishing, 2000, ISBN 1 -873203-65-9.

Before the Introduction the fly-leaf gives a dedication to "the 434 RAF pilots and 10...
Forum: Freight Dogs
28th Sep 2012, 15:50
Replies: 10
Views: 5,986
Posted By Davaar

.... and delivery of books stuck a mile or two...

.... and delivery of books stuck a mile or two away but unreachable in Canada, from Germany to Canada.
Forum: Freight Dogs
26th Sep 2012, 14:44
Replies: 10
Views: 5,986
Posted By Davaar

If DHL goes on strike, how will you know? Not...

If DHL goes on strike, how will you know? Not from non-delivery, that's for sure.
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Sep 2012, 01:29
Replies: 34
Views: 7,383
Posted By Davaar

Or, on the evidence, English.

Or, on the evidence, English.
Forum: Tech Log
26th Sep 2012, 00:43
Replies: 75
Views: 43,607
Posted By Davaar

Except in a single-engined aircraft. I did not...

Except in a single-engined aircraft. I did not fly them myself, but as I recall tha Wyvern had a truly mighty turbo-prop engine (Python) that drove two contra-rotating five-bladed (could that be?)...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Sep 2012, 00:36
Replies: 75
Views: 43,607
Posted By Davaar

Would that not "torque the same, but in the other...

Would that not "torque the same, but in the other direction"?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Sep 2012, 17:11
Replies: 3
Views: 1,761
Posted By Davaar

Yes, thank you. Agree with you on all counts.

Yes, thank you. Agree with you on all counts.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Sep 2012, 15:45
Replies: 3
Views: 1,761
Posted By Davaar

Luftwaffe fighter pilot of World War ll

Not long ago, a few years at most, a civic authority in Germany or Austria decided that it was unspeakable to have, as was in fact the case, a grave stone in a local cemetery to mark the resting...
Forum: Questions
22nd Aug 2012, 21:04
Replies: 2
Views: 1,468
Posted By Davaar

Why rotary engines?

My own modest career in aviation began in 1952 and ended a few years later. At the time it all seemed modern, but now it seems long ago. Even then, though, I was aware of an even earlier age of...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Aug 2012, 18:49
Replies: 37
Views: 7,169
Posted By Davaar

Let me put in a word for HMS Unicorn, launched...

Let me put in a word for HMS Unicorn, launched 1824, still afloat at Dundee.
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Aug 2012, 18:03
Replies: 45
Views: 12,225
Posted By Davaar

Used to have a dear friend, now sadly dead, who...

Used to have a dear friend, now sadly dead, who for a time flew the Me 109 in anger, while not wearing the Queen's, or even King's, uniform. As I recall, he was a member of the Legion. He certainly...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Aug 2012, 15:31
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,242
Posted By Davaar

During the Suez Campaign of 1957 (1956?) the RN...

During the Suez Campaign of 1957 (1956?) the RN was very strict on petrol consumption. At RNAS Culdrose one could revel in the vision of the Captain and his acolytes cycle in formation round the...
Forum: Private Flying
16th Aug 2012, 23:12
Replies: 6
Views: 1,359
Posted By Davaar

Thank you, Intruder! I see it works with the left...

Thank you, Intruder! I see it works with the left hand and thumb too.
Forum: Private Flying
16th Aug 2012, 00:50
Replies: 6
Views: 1,359
Posted By Davaar

Ah well! Sir George, if in doubt, ask. And the...

Ah well! Sir George, if in doubt, ask. And the asking was profitable, with thanks to Mark. So .... we swing a left-handed prop with the right hand. What could be more obvious? Anyway, now I know.
Forum: Private Flying
15th Aug 2012, 01:10
Replies: 6
Views: 1,359
Posted By Davaar

Right-handed?

I thought I knew the answer to this beyond doubt, but I find that I do not. Please help.

In a Tiger Moth and a Chipmunk, one stands in front of the engine, facing aft to the tail, balances...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Oct 2011, 14:32
Replies: 29
Views: 9,461
Posted By Davaar

I am Canadian, not one of the Frenchie types. I...

I am Canadian, not one of the Frenchie types. I abhor garlic. I have known many Frenchie types who served with distinction in the RAF, Spitfires, Hurricanes, Mosquitoes, and so on, collecting the...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Oct 2011, 18:17
Replies: 70
Views: 23,595
Posted By Davaar

This takes me back. Some years ago I had business...

This takes me back. Some years ago I had business in the Caribbean that took me to a meeting of senior executives, all of them black.

A little late yet another of their top men, also black,...
Forum: Freight Dogs
10th Jun 2011, 01:13
Replies: 431
Views: 137,041
Posted By Davaar

Oh well, I remember an escorted visit to the...

Oh well, I remember an escorted visit to the Canadair plant. A high-light was a tour through a CL-44, then under construction. I think they were also making F-104 Starfighters.
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Apr 2011, 15:02
Replies: 19
Views: 7,168
Posted By Davaar

Umm, Trim: would you go so far as allow a wee...

Umm, Trim: would you go so far as allow a wee verse somewhere near the top of the commission: "Pilot
could have been" with the addition
Forum: Medical & Health
20th Oct 2010, 00:30
Replies: 26
Views: 6,642
Posted By Davaar

................. or just get used to it! Nelson...

................. or just get used to it! Nelson used to get seasick.
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jun 2010, 08:21
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,242
Posted By Davaar

.... nor officer cadets.

.... nor officer cadets.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Feb 2010, 23:42
Replies: 2
Views: 1,016
Posted By Davaar

Thank you, Warm. Sorry it had to be anyone, but...

Thank you, Warm. Sorry it had to be anyone, but not the one I had feared.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Feb 2010, 20:40
Replies: 2
Views: 1,016
Posted By Davaar

Do you know the pilot's name?

Juvenal Habyarimana, president of Rwanda, was shot down on April 6, 1994. Does anyone know the name of the pilot?
Forum: Tech Log
25th May 2009, 00:29
Replies: 5
Views: 1,325
Posted By Davaar

One keeps digging. Manifestly most pilots u/t...

One keeps digging. Manifestly most pilots u/t cannot see through a canvas hood. Aha! What does Sherlock Holmes say?

(The Sign of Four).

Well then. Since these chaps could not see through the...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd May 2009, 00:23
Replies: 5
Views: 1,325
Posted By Davaar

Gentlemen, thank you. That illustration, Mad, is...

Gentlemen, thank you. That illustration, Mad, is just as I remember it. Oddly enough the picture seems to show a swept-wing marque of the Leopard Moth, or one on which the wings have been folded for...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd May 2009, 18:30
Replies: 5
Views: 1,325
Posted By Davaar

Low-Tech

On 19 April 1957 I last flew a Tiger Moth, G-AKCH. My recollection is that the ASI was basic, being:
(a) a fore-and-aft quadrant, gradated in knots, fixed to a starboard upper strut,
(b) to which...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Mar 2009, 04:06
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,242
Posted By Davaar

My case was at an aircraft manufacturer. We had...

My case was at an aircraft manufacturer. We had an English fellow, "Ken", who could do any number of take-offs ... he was very good at doing me, for example ... but his Peter Sellers Indian was...
Forum: Cabin Crew
21st Feb 2009, 00:26
Replies: 105
Views: 11,711
Posted By Davaar

Long ago I was junior counsel to a large airline....

Long ago I was junior counsel to a large airline.

I travelled quite a bit but never once did I see an incident on board attributable to a passenger's seat belt being unfastened.

Funny thing,...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Aug 2008, 13:03
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,242
Posted By Davaar

There were good times ahead, though. By 1955 that...

There were good times ahead, though. By 1955 that had shot up to four shillings per day.
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Aug 2008, 07:25
Replies: 20
Views: 3,663
Posted By Davaar

If you choose Moose Jaw, and the zoo is still...

If you choose Moose Jaw, and the zoo is still there, do not seek amusement by sticking your arm through the bars of the wolf cage; unless you do not really care about losing the arm. Your Moose Jaw...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Aug 2008, 01:39
Replies: 2
Views: 1,172
Posted By Davaar

He rejoined the circuit once, only to find that...

He rejoined the circuit once, only to find that traffic was heavy. He squeezed in to a vacant spot and continued contented like all the others until he realised that when each one reached the...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Aug 2008, 21:33
Replies: 2
Views: 1,172
Posted By Davaar

In Memoriam

Not so many left from either side, and now one fewer.

Farewell to my old and dear friend Werner Schwantje, ex Leutnant in the Luftwaffe, reconnaissance pilot in the Me 109, PoW in Russia for five...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jan 2008, 00:40
Replies: 240
Views: 43,761
Posted By Davaar

Old story: War Office complains to Air...

Old story:

War Office complains to Air Council and Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that officers of the RAF and officers of the RN refer to army officers as "Pongoes". Dashed offensive!...
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