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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Jan 2021, 15:45
Replies: 15
Views: 5,530
Posted By Harry Lime

Thank you for showing us the Solent D&S Manual...

Thank you for showing us the Solent D&S Manual Nutloose. A fascinating read through of aero engineering history.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
10th Nov 2019, 20:43
Replies: 7
Views: 1,575
Posted By Harry Lime

Absolutely agree with thanks to our ATC friends....

Absolutely agree with thanks to our ATC friends. Carried a few of them on 'Look-See' trips on the 747 on one sector trips out of LHR and enjoyed their input to the 'flying community.' Always a...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
10th Nov 2019, 19:56
Replies: 11
Views: 7,748
Posted By Harry Lime

On a multi-engined aeroplane if any engine fails...

On a multi-engined aeroplane if any engine fails the the a/c will roll to the dead engine side. The natural response is to roll level again, telling you which side the 'dud' engine is on. Sort...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jul 2016, 15:42
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,358
Posted By Harry Lime

Aff Baffs, and all that

'Paddy Mac and Ernie' was another G/E who could do an Aff Baff from inside the aeroplane as you taxied in at Gander. Happy days!
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Dec 2015, 16:47
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,358
Posted By Harry Lime

QE drop Herc Crew

Flt. Lt Paddy Quaid was the Air Eng on the drop. A few months later he did my Final Handling Check at Topcliffe and paved the way for my future career in the Air/Flt Engineer world. My RAF career was...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Sep 2015, 14:32
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,829,167
Posted By Harry Lime

The Three Day Week

20th March 1974 Andrews AFB

Whilst overseeing the refuelling of Herc XV188, the bowser driver said to me "Are you Guys really on a three day week? Geez, I wish I was over there wid'yas!"
...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Nov 2014, 11:56
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,829,167
Posted By Harry Lime

Danny 42C Check your PMs for translation, a...

Danny 42C

Check your PMs for translation, a tad better than Google's!

Clear Three.
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Nov 2014, 20:50
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,829,167
Posted By Harry Lime

A Very Happy Birthday to you Danny. Or as they...

A Very Happy Birthday to you Danny. Or as they say in the Old Country, Lá bhreithe shon agut. That's the best I can remember after more than fifty years since my last lesson in Gailge.
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Oct 2014, 15:10
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,829,167
Posted By Harry Lime

Simply adding the words "and after." An...

Simply adding the words "and after."

An excellent choice Sir. Well done and Thank You. Reminds me of the 'Friday Barrel' at Lyneham in the early '70s, before that was stopped!
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Oct 2014, 15:43
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,829,167
Posted By Harry Lime

Future of the thread

"Not what you want to hear."

Perhaps, and there again perhaps not. I would surmise that if Cliff could see how his thread has progressed he would have no objection to Danny's suggestion of...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jan 2014, 18:24
Replies: 66
Views: 46,496
Posted By Harry Lime

Re. Zur Post

I visited Wildenrath three months ago and Zur Post is still there. Externally it looks much the same as it was in '67 - '69, but inside it has gone a bit up-market. More a restaurant with a fancy bar...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jun 2013, 20:51
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,829,167
Posted By Harry Lime

Wink According to one of my golfing partners who is...

According to one of my golfing partners who is Swedish, Finnish has it's origins in Hungarian.

Honest Injun! That's what he said, after several...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jun 2013, 14:42
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,829,167
Posted By Harry Lime

Angel "What Cliff and others have put together, let no...

"What Cliff and others have put together, let no man put asunder."http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/icons/mpangel.gif
Forum: Military Aviation
17th May 2013, 09:57
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,829,167
Posted By Harry Lime

Lumpy Box

The best as memory serves is of a plain white cardboard box about 12 by 9 by 2 inches which contained some or all or none of the following:

Half round of Spam sandwich,
Half round of 'Cheese'...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th May 2013, 11:22
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,829,167
Posted By Harry Lime

Soups, etc. 2

Danny 42C

A Loadmaster by the name Len Papkin(s) does not compute with me. There was a Perkins on 47 Sqn. but then there were up to six Squadrons at Lyenham during the '70s. Perhaps someone else...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th May 2013, 10:20
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,829,167
Posted By Harry Lime

Soup in flight

God be with he days on the 'Herc' fleet when the in-flight dinner ration included one tin of Mulligatawny and one tin of Vegetable soup. To save any disagreements over who had which, the 'Loadie'...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
4th Jan 2009, 00:57
Replies: 30
Views: 3,322
Posted By Harry Lime

Lateral balance

With pax moving left or right within the cabin, there is very little change of 'Moment'. Now consider a four engined aeroplane with one engine shut down, - any one, and think how you would manage the...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Sep 2008, 23:42
Replies: 19
Views: 4,578
Posted By Harry Lime

Herc C130K

I think you are/were still a bit hypoxic! The C130K model was an H model replete with -15 engines but with a British Smiths Flt Inst System.

The highest I ever got in one was FL310, and that was...
Forum: Questions
21st Aug 2008, 23:21
Replies: 9
Views: 1,311
Posted By Harry Lime

External cameras on aeroplanes

Some years ago, after the Kegworth accident I believe, British Airways fitted some external cameras to one of their 747 Classic aeroplanes, G-BDPU, as a trial. There was a miniture TV screen plus...
Forum: Engineers & Technicians
13th Aug 2008, 23:48
Replies: 9
Views: 3,247
Posted By Harry Lime

Turbo?

There is no difference. Both are Gas Turbine Engines driving a gearbox which in turn drives a propellor.
Forum: Engineers & Technicians
13th Aug 2008, 23:45
Replies: 9
Views: 3,247
Posted By Harry Lime

There is no difference. They are both Gas Turbine...

There is no difference. They are both Gas Turbine Engines driving a gearbox, which in turn drives a propellor.
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