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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Feb 2018, 18:04
Replies: 22
Views: 9,072
Posted By Exnomad

I was training in Chipmunks at Derby 1953, and...

I was training in Chipmunks at Derby 1953, and Philip was flying across the area.
A special Airway was notified that we had to keep out of
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Feb 2018, 17:55
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,834,458
Posted By Exnomad

Angel Beginner

My briother (9 years old than me) did his training in what was then Rhodesia, and did a few Bomber command ops near the end of the war.
Then spent some time bringing released POWs back from Italy,...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Oct 2017, 15:06
Replies: 24
Views: 7,482
Posted By Exnomad

First Solo

When taxing out for first solo, horrified by rattling noise from rear cockpit. Stopped on taxyway, stood up in seat, and slid back canopy (Chipmunk).
Instructor had fastened rear harness, but very...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Aug 2017, 12:50
Replies: 111
Views: 45,706
Posted By Exnomad

Under training, "uncertain of positions" is the...

Under training, "uncertain of positions" is the correct definition, never "lost", after all, you still have the aircraft with you, so can rectify that.
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Aug 2017, 09:32
Replies: 1,219
Views: 777,613
Posted By Exnomad

Oh for the old days, with a runway caravan, and...

Oh for the old days, with a runway caravan, and someone to fire off a few reds is something looks wrong.
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jul 2017, 19:44
Replies: 196
Views: 45,293
Posted By Exnomad

Equily should mean that. Same physical standards,...

Equily should mean that. Same physical standards, pleanty oif strong females.
Still have the sex problem, mixed showers probably no conducive to good dicipline, but probabkly fun.
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jun 2017, 13:48
Replies: 60
Views: 23,272
Posted By Exnomad

I worked for many years on various bits and bobs...

I worked for many years on various bits and bobs at attached to V bombers, Canberra s, and others, never as far a I knew had anything fall off. could have been big bang if some of them had. visited...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Apr 2017, 13:47
Replies: 10
Views: 4,188
Posted By Exnomad

Wasp memories

Not many people realise that the little Wasp could carry one of the things that make a really big bang for attacking enemy subs.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Apr 2017, 12:56
Replies: 256
Views: 127,046
Posted By Exnomad

My last flight in a Chipmunk a very long time...

My last flight in a Chipmunk a very long time ago, April 24th 1952. I never had any trouble with spin recovery. Did have a worry once, spinning down happily from 10,000, when I realised I was...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Apr 2017, 20:49
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,834,458
Posted By Exnomad

My brother, Older than me, was called up in 1942,...

My brother, Older than me, was called up in 1942, and volunteered for RAF. The selection was at the Metropole Hotel in Brighton, convenient, we lived in Brighton. He did his basic train training in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Apr 2017, 15:22
Replies: 353
Views: 203,057
Posted By Exnomad

Did a Navigators course largely in Varsitys in...

Did a Navigators course largely in Varsitys in 1952-53. including two overseas trips. Got my brevet in August 1953. The Varsitys were fairly new then, surprise they lasted this long. They often did...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Mar 2017, 17:08
Replies: 9
Views: 2,336
Posted By Exnomad

Did not know the RAF had any, all the ones I saw...

Did not know the RAF had any, all the ones I saw were RN. I had to design the weapon carrying attachments for the RN ones. Remember that the chopper was a Destroyer or Frigates main long range...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Mar 2017, 17:31
Replies: 133
Views: 34,967
Posted By Exnomad

National Service in 1951, at Padgate told aircrew...

National Service in 1951, at Padgate told aircrew vacancies, volunteered, and AC2 became Aircrew Cadet with white flash in hat. 12 hours in Tiger Moths, then 60 hours in Chipmunk, then found could...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2017, 17:28
Replies: 49
Views: 17,050
Posted By Exnomad

Worked on carriage equipment for WE177, had to...

Worked on carriage equipment for WE177, had to have higher security clearance for that.
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2017, 17:22
Replies: 49
Views: 16,747
Posted By Exnomad

I flew Chipmunks in 1951, are the same ones still...

I flew Chipmunks in 1951, are the same ones still flying. Came top of that course, but failed when given more difficult things to fly, so ended up Navigator.
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2017, 17:15
Replies: 49
Views: 16,747
Posted By Exnomad

I worked on the weapons carrying equipment for...

I worked on the weapons carrying equipment for Lynx and other choppers, The public see naval choppers pulling people out of the drink, and think that is their main job. A Lynx and its hopeful better...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Feb 2017, 17:44
Replies: 353
Views: 203,057
Posted By Exnomad

Spent quite lot of hours in the back of a Varsity...

Spent quite lot of hours in the back of a Varsity as a trainee navigator in the 1950s. Trips up to 8 hours, one to Tripoli in the days of King Idris. Re-fueling stop at Istre in France
Based at...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2017, 17:40
Replies: 1,757
Views: 986,168
Posted By Exnomad

Very easy to lose height in a loop, this pilot...

Very easy to lose height in a loop, this pilot had lots of hours, but how much time does the average service pilot spend on aerobatics, generally working for a living
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jan 2017, 12:51
Replies: 312
Views: 157,847
Posted By Exnomad

I was trainee pilot in 1952, Chipmunks and the...

I was trainee pilot in 1952, Chipmunks and the next step should have been Meatboxes, but was scheduled to multi engine aircraft, so went on to Oxfords. Two of my intake were killed in Meteors,...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jan 2017, 12:45
Replies: 78
Views: 28,969
Posted By Exnomad

update

I worked in V bomber flight simulators and weapon carriage equipment and had to visit aircraft to take measurement.
As well as those tiny bombs there was a 22000lb one.
This is back to the jibes...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Dec 2016, 19:20
Replies: 81
Views: 64,485
Posted By Exnomad

Visited Gatwick as an ATC cadet from school in...

Visited Gatwick as an ATC cadet from school in (probably) 1946.
The "Beehve" was the only terminal building then, airfield primarily grass.
There was a B24 Liberator on site, unservicable and some...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Nov 2016, 20:23
Replies: 16
Views: 3,601
Posted By Exnomad

I have been retired over 20 years, but worked on...

I have been retired over 20 years, but worked on Sea King equipment years before I retired.
They must be fit for nothing more than ground exhibition.
have you see what salt spay can do to Aluminum...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Oct 2016, 18:03
Replies: 90
Views: 31,891
Posted By Exnomad

I worked on V bomber flight simulators quite a...

I worked on V bomber flight simulators quite a number of years ago, the simulation included target maps, I think a number of targets were in East Germany nd Poland, sites of weapon launch sites.
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Aug 2016, 15:48
Replies: 50
Views: 16,705
Posted By Exnomad

Naval helicopters

Having spend some years on the bits that attach weapons to naval choppers, always annoyed they are only ever shown fishing things out of the oggin.
Whereas their primary job would be sinking enemy...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jul 2016, 20:08
Replies: 195
Views: 86,591
Posted By Exnomad

At least we might have some maritime patrol...

At least we might have some maritime patrol aircraft again. How long have we been without Nimrods
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jun 2016, 14:36
Replies: 37
Views: 10,871
Posted By Exnomad

I worked on a flight refueling Simulator for the...

I worked on a flight refueling Simulator for the V bombers, we had to build replicars of the cockpit and throttleboxes and visited manufacturers when we still had Handley-Page, Vickers, and...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th May 2016, 20:26
Replies: 760
Views: 374,343
Posted By Exnomad

One further memory from way back. I was at No2...

One further memory from way back.
I was at No2 BFTS at Derby in 1952, on the same airfield they was an RAFVR unit with Percival Prentices, Those enabled Navs and Flight Engineers to get some flying...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2016, 19:52
Replies: 32
Views: 10,220
Posted By Exnomad

I worked on weapon carriage equipment for V...

I worked on weapon carriage equipment for V bombers, pretty sure 10,000lb items were around then.
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Apr 2016, 19:46
Replies: 16
Views: 23,672
Posted By Exnomad

Surerly a large chunk of metal flying close to a...

Surerly a large chunk of metal flying close to a high voltage source must encourage strikes.
I have been a passenger when the pilot has taken care to avoid a cunim on his route
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Apr 2016, 19:32
Replies: 154
Views: 39,961
Posted By Exnomad

My late Brother was a Master Pilot, joined up in...

My late Brother was a Master Pilot, joined up in 1940, ans served 22 years, aq long time as NCO pilot and QFI.
There was a time when there were "Pilot 1, Plot 2, and Pilot 3 ranks, and when they...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Apr 2016, 15:07
Replies: 18
Views: 5,505
Posted By Exnomad

The worst sound for a pilot is when it all goes...

The worst sound for a pilot is when it all goes very quiet.
The old saying, there are old pilots, and bold pilots, but never old, bold pilots
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Mar 2016, 14:57
Replies: 21
Views: 6,033
Posted By Exnomad

Perhaps Argentina belongs to Spain on the same...

Perhaps Argentina belongs to Spain on the same historical system
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Mar 2016, 17:32
Replies: 760
Views: 374,343
Posted By Exnomad

Ah the smell when the starter cartridge fired.

Ah the smell when the starter cartridge fired.
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Feb 2016, 20:30
Replies: 760
Views: 374,343
Posted By Exnomad

Back in 1952, flying from No2 BFTS Derby I did a...

Back in 1952, flying from No2 BFTS Derby I did a cross country where the turning point was over one of the square bashing sites, forget which one. Did a stall turn to reverse direction, did not want...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Feb 2016, 11:10
Replies: 83
Views: 36,285
Posted By Exnomad

Over 1100 deck landings, amazing. I had enough...

Over 1100 deck landings, amazing.
I had enough of a problem getting on to a runway.
Decks do not stand still, go up and down and sideways when you approach.
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