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Forum: Military Aviation
28th Apr 2024, 13:44
Replies: 7
Views: 1,228
Posted By MMHendrie1

Canberra 75th Anniversary - South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum - 11/12 May 2024

The 75th Anniversary of the inaugural flight of the Canberra, the RAF's first jet bomber, is on Monday 13 May 2024.

This milestone in aviation history will be celebrated at the South Yorkshire...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Nov 2023, 13:01
Replies: 9
Views: 1,826
Posted By MMHendrie1

Thanks for pointing me in that direction, very...

Thanks for pointing me in that direction, very helpful.
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Nov 2023, 10:54
Replies: 9
Views: 1,826
Posted By MMHendrie1

Vickers Vildebeest in RAF Service - Technical Question

Does anyone know how the Bristol Pegasus engine fitted to the Vickers Vildebeest was started? Could it be started internally, or did it need a Trolley-acc. Or did it need groundcrew outside using a...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Sep 2023, 08:42
Replies: 25
Views: 6,768
Posted By MMHendrie1

From Winged Warriors -The Cold War from the...

From Winged Warriors -The Cold War from the Cockpit:

'My first sortie was a high-level recce of the Iranian Air Force base at Bandarabbas on the northern side of the Arabian Gulf. The sortie...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Nov 2022, 10:58
Replies: 87
Views: 36,846
Posted By MMHendrie1

Hi Luce. I am sorry to hear of your family's...

Hi Luce.
I am sorry to hear of your family's loss. This is from Page 26, 'Winged Warriors - The Cold War from the Cockpit':
"In 1973 the Officers' Mess was crammed and my course lived in tiny...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Sep 2022, 09:54
Replies: 34
Views: 13,208
Posted By MMHendrie1

I am grateful to 212man (PM sent) for pointing...

I am grateful to 212man (PM sent) for pointing out my error in the original post so promptly, which allowed me to correct it. He was quite right. I took part in the 29 September 1978 display in a...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Sep 2022, 09:45
Replies: 34
Views: 13,208
Posted By MMHendrie1

The Red Arrows - A Personal Perspective

I saw the Red Arrows often in my first ten years of service. Their performance always commanded the attention of me, my friends, and colleagues, always a hyper-critical audience. We were never...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Aug 2022, 08:03
Replies: 327
Views: 79,726
Posted By MMHendrie1

"The role of the Royal Air Force is to fly and to...

"The role of the Royal Air Force is to fly and to fight, the role of those who don't is to support those who do."
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jan 2022, 09:48
Replies: 4
Views: 2,121
Posted By MMHendrie1

For those who have the opportunity, I would...

For those who have the opportunity, I would strongly recommend the Jersey War Tunnels: a German hospital (never used) built by slave labour turned into an excellent museum. And the many bunkers and...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jul 2021, 17:37
Replies: 752
Views: 348,457
Posted By MMHendrie1

I posted this on Amazon a few days ago, but I'd...

I posted this on Amazon a few days ago, but I'd like to repeat it here, with a couple of additions:

This is an extraordinary story, long overdue. And John Nichol is well quallfied to tell it,...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jul 2021, 18:25
Replies: 11
Views: 4,845
Posted By MMHendrie1

How very sad. A great loss, and only 74 years...

How very sad. A great loss, and only 74 years old.

Rocky Goodall was one of a kind. Long before he reached air rank he was a pilot, an exceptional one. Hunters in the Middle East, Harriers in...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Jan 2021, 09:51
Replies: 15
Views: 3,854
Posted By MMHendrie1

Mine went to the Air Historical Branch, who were...

Mine went to the Air Historical Branch, who were helpful with some suggestions and required some fairly minor deletions. Clearance took two months.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Dec 2020, 07:57
Replies: 28
Views: 13,123
Posted By MMHendrie1

On a lighter note, pupils in my son's class were...

On a lighter note, pupils in my son's class were asked to write a short story entitled A Typical Day at Brüggen. This was his offering (he was 10): 06:30 A nasty noise coming from mum and dads...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Dec 2020, 08:28
Replies: 227
Views: 81,829
Posted By MMHendrie1

No soul

This marks a sad end to another of the RAF’s historic stations.

The battle to retain Linton, if there ever was one, was lost long ago.

But surely a greater effort could have been made by the...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Nov 2020, 09:52
Replies: 86
Views: 29,842
Posted By MMHendrie1

Yes, the photograph in the opening post has been...

Yes, the photograph in the opening post has been reversed. The original was entitled 'The Bruggen 40', showing forty of Bruggen's 52 aircraft. If I remember correctly each squadron was established...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jun 2020, 11:19
Replies: 142
Views: 46,264
Posted By MMHendrie1

Gliding: 26 Jun 66, RAF Ouston (641 VGS), Kirkby...

Gliding: 26 Jun 66, RAF Ouston (641 VGS), Kirkby Cadet Mk 3, Instructor Fg Off (?) Kelly, 3 launches, total 8 mins.

Flying Scholarship: Carlisle Airport, Cessna 172 G-ASFA, Instructor Capt White,...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th May 2020, 15:46
Replies: 49
Views: 41,994
Posted By MMHendrie1

Any former 29 Sqn crews around who flew from Luqa...

Any former 29 Sqn crews around who flew from Luqa on 27 January 1978?
Forum: Military Aviation
28th May 2020, 08:58
Replies: 49
Views: 41,994
Posted By MMHendrie1

Anyone recognise the squadron? ...

Anyone recognise the squadron?

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1885x1477/16__17cd0b15099b2e97b56451f665f3c047633ec404.jpg
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Feb 2020, 11:21
Replies: 9
Views: 4,805
Posted By MMHendrie1

Dickie was the Squadron QFI on 7 Squadron at RAF...

Dickie was the Squadron QFI on 7 Squadron at RAF St Mawgan from 1973 until 1975, maybe longer. At some stage (late 70s?), he left the RAF but had rejoined by 1981. He completed a refresher course...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Apr 2019, 21:47
Replies: 81
Views: 20,435
Posted By MMHendrie1

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1168x1751/34__0896d29c17da170d8c2b93b556a81cf2bc481095.jpg
Tornado GR1, Red Flag November 1988
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Mar 2019, 12:53
Replies: 398
Views: 267,623
Posted By MMHendrie1

I heard one of the ‘Diamond 9’ was ZD848 (BC)....

I heard one of the ‘Diamond 9’ was ZD848 (BC). She would have been 34-years old.

That had me dusting off my logbook to reveal 41 sorties between Aug 85 and Aug 88 which read like a history of RAFG...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Feb 2019, 19:34
Replies: 752
Views: 348,457
Posted By MMHendrie1

A very good military read

A review of Ladies of Lascaris: Christina Ratcliffe and the Forgotten Heroes of Malta's War: This account of the life of an interesting lady and acquaintances set against the backdrop of the Second...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Oct 2018, 17:32
Replies: 6
Views: 1,930
Posted By MMHendrie1

RAF News

The RAF News is offering tickets to the play Star of Strait Street as a competition prize via their Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/RAFNews/ (https://www.facebook.com/RAFNews/)
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Oct 2018, 08:54
Replies: 6
Views: 1,930
Posted By MMHendrie1

I most strongly second the recommendation about...

I most strongly second the recommendation about the Lascaris War Rooms.

Refurbished and continually being extended into previously closed off tunnels, the enthusiastic staff work hard to make this...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Sep 2018, 14:52
Replies: 6
Views: 1,930
Posted By MMHendrie1

Music & Magic from Wartime Malta

In November 2018 over the days either side of Remembrance Day, a remarkable pocket musical will be performed in London and Winchester. The play ‘Star of Strait Street’ celebrates the life of...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Nov 2016, 08:57
Replies: 752
Views: 348,457
Posted By MMHendrie1

Malta’s Greater Siege & Adrian Warburton DSO* DFC** DFC (USA)

Review written by Tim Callaway, editor of Aviation Classics:

There are many books written about people and places at war. These are often chronologies, lists of events and names culled from...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd May 2016, 07:57
Replies: 108
Views: 27,356
Posted By MMHendrie1

Bruggen’s 14 Squadron aircrew watched Top Gun at...

Bruggen’s 14 Squadron aircrew watched Top Gun at Goose Bay in Canada while on an operational low flying exercise in preparation for Red Flag in October 1988:

‘Toward the end of the detachment the...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Dec 2015, 11:12
Replies: 63
Views: 12,841
Posted By MMHendrie1

Girls too!

At the height of Axis bombing of Malta, girls as young as 14-years of age were recruited by the RAF as aircraft plotters:

‘… twenty British girls were needed for training in No 8 Sector Operations...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Nov 2015, 18:51
Replies: 24
Views: 5,664
Posted By MMHendrie1

Well done RNHF for posting this; it’s a well put...

Well done RNHF for posting this; it’s a well put together piece and perfect timing with Taranto Night about to be celebrated in many wardrooms and messes.

Churchill described the RN’s performance...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Sep 2015, 09:20
Replies: 5
Views: 3,382
Posted By MMHendrie1

'Jumbo' Gracie

‘Jumbo’ Gracie was one of the RAF’s characters and should be well remembered.

In early 1942, with Malta’s Hurricanes outnumbered and out-performed by the later marks of Me109, the AOC, who had...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Aug 2015, 09:16
Replies: 752
Views: 348,457
Posted By MMHendrie1

Tornado over the Tigris – Recollections of a Fast Jet Pilot. By Michael Napier

For anyone with an interest in military aviation, this recently published book is a must. It can stand alone as a very well written account or complement perfectly a number of other recent works...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd May 2015, 21:12
Replies: 19
Views: 8,430
Posted By MMHendrie1

You might care to have a look at 'Winged Warriors...

You might care to have a look at 'Winged Warriors - The Cold War from the Cockpit'. A couple of chapters describe the authors experiences in both cockpits of the GR1 in the 1980s.
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2015, 20:03
Replies: 33
Views: 6,672
Posted By MMHendrie1

Meteor

For a much later view about the Meteor than usual, look at 'Winged Warriors - The Cold War from the Cockpit.' Has some good photos. Also a website: Winged Warriors: Home...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th May 2014, 08:17
Replies: 75
Views: 17,253
Posted By MMHendrie1

Air Cadets

Became a cadet in 1964, a Civilian Instructor in 1969 and a VR(T) officer in 1970. Joined the RAF as a pilot in 1971; secondary duty during my first tour was as Air Cadet Liaison Officer.

Retired...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2013, 18:52
Replies: 92
Views: 33,058
Posted By MMHendrie1

There is a rather nice story from the 50s or 60s...

There is a rather nice story from the 50s or 60s of a Beverley coming into land at night and in poor weather at RAF Dishforth, the main runway of which parallels the A1. Just before breaking cloud,...
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