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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Jan 2017, 07:46
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

AST, Perth 1966/67

Chris,

Great to see these programmes after 50 years! Most of us on Course 33 would have done our GFT by Christmas so progressing to the 172 for us would have begun in January. Your efforts in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Jul 2016, 13:52
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

AST Instructors

These pictures really bring it back! Great that you were able to source these, Chris.

Jack Robertson - as you say a kindly man who brought a very human touch to his instructing. He was a smoker...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Jul 2016, 13:11
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

That's him! (Footie).

That's him! (Footie).
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Jun 2016, 06:02
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

Great, CSman! Can you make contact via...

Great, CSman!

Can you make contact via 'Private Messages' and we can fine-tune things?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jun 2016, 18:37
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

CSMan, I'll be in Cardiff on 7 and 8 July....

CSMan,

I'll be in Cardiff on 7 and 8 July. Would you be available for a catch-up over a beer?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th May 2016, 07:50
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

G-AVDB

Brilliant pics, Chris!

Where's Footie?:
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Apr 2016, 07:51
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

As Nuther A2 points out, G-AVDB arrived in early...

As Nuther A2 points out, G-AVDB arrived in early 1967, as I and fellow Course 33 students were beginning I/R training. DB had a quite different cockpit lay-out, especially on radio/nav. This made the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Mar 2016, 04:35
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

Cinemas in Perth, Derek Brittain, Bob Thursby.

Thanks Dont, I met a man a month ago who grew up in Perth. He remembers at least two cinemas, about right for a town of its size in the 1960s. 'Goldfinger' was released in 1964, some of us may seen...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Feb 2016, 06:41
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

AST, Scone

Chris,

The list of AST instructors and staff on your 26th January post doesn't mention Dave Blair, my instructor on singles. I wondered if, by chance, he was seconded from the R.A.F. This might...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Jan 2016, 09:29
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

Course 33 - Rupert Mount

Course 33 began on 6th March 1966 with 21 students, a record number, exceeded only by Course 32!

Fifteen were sponsored by Aer Lingus, five by Cambrian and one other, Mike King whose CPL was...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jan 2016, 09:06
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

AST

Well spotted Chris!

Having had a look on Google Earth, the photo I posted seems to be of a building to the west of the Tower Block. As you say yourself, the Aero Club was housed in the same...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jan 2016, 16:17
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

AST 2011

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/600x450/picture_php_pictureid_125_24fffebe44cf42939bde83bad45e5ba43a0e9f40.jpg

Harvard House resize
Great pics Chris,

This is the 2011 match...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Jan 2016, 08:10
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

Course 33 Brian Murphy (R.I.P.)

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/180x374/picture_php_pictureid_118_6f9a2a824bc3789899222c6281ecdd981ca363a9.jpg

Brian Murphy


This was taken in September 1967 at Dublin...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Jan 2016, 10:02
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

AST 2011

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/600x450/picture_php_pictureid_127_ae6f8b03640757ba6f1f94ff13f843c063c1fc54.jpg

Spitfire Avenue resize
The approach road at AST, now called...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Jan 2016, 13:55
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

AST 2011

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/600x450/picture_php_pictureid_127_ae6f8b03640757ba6f1f94ff13f843c063c1fc54.jpg
Spitfire Avenue resize...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Jan 2016, 11:09
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

Dyce Photo

G-ATNK, the second of the three 150s in the photo had a swept fin and other modifications such as variable flap selection, if I remember correctly.

AST started to take delivery of the new series...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Jan 2016, 08:15
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

X/C and I/R

http://www.pprune.org/members/217684-manoir-albums-course-33-photo-ast-picture111-dyce-3-x-150s.jpg

A good challenge Chris! - 'Sequenced Flights' might have been the more accurate terminology....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Jan 2016, 11:11
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

Dyce (Dec 1966?)

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/600x371/picture_php_pictureid_111_c18c23e0a76d36acac9f7c4f07c688f5155c960d.jpg

Dyce (3 x 150s)...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Jan 2016, 10:59
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

AST Chipmunk

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/600x399/picture_php_pictureid_106_8cba162c222f8df06494c79675f8fc1970faa8e3.jpg

Chipmunk in Hangar...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Jan 2016, 20:45
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

Scone

Thanks Dave,

It worked for the Course 33 photo but not these two. I will keep trying.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jan 2016, 06:02
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

Course 29

What is reassuring about the Course 29 picture is that I remember all those faces, with the exception of D.G. O'Shea. (It is worth pointing that he and the Dave O'Shea who was part of the original...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Jan 2016, 22:46
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

AST, Perth 1966/67 (Course 33)

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/600x337/picture_php_pictureid_84_c3c8764168eca0a108745ca81fa3ce65219fefa1.jpg

AST, Perth - Autumn 1966



Back row: Al Hassan, Bill Passmore,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Dec 2015, 21:18
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

AST, 1966

AST 1966
There were 21 students on Course 33 when it began on 6th March 1966. Fifteen were Aer Lingus Cadets, five (including myself) sponsored by Cambrian and one, Mike King, a private student as...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Dec 2015, 09:48
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

AST, Perth 1966/67

Chris, Dave,

The name Hugh Allen rings a bell and I have a vague memory of a tallish, thin guy - but that's all.

My instructor on singles was Wing Commander Dave Blair, soft-spoken and a real...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Dec 2015, 06:46
Replies: 187
Views: 112,806
Posted By Manoir

AST Perth 1966

Hello Chris,

I was one of 21 cadets on Course 33 which began on 6th March 1966. Most were Aer Lingus trainees and a couple of years ago a course photograph came my way from an Aer Lingus source....
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