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Forum: Tech Log
27th Nov 2023, 07:48
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,673,956
Posted By howiehowie93

Trying to find a picture but didnt the black...

Trying to find a picture but didnt the black boxes have the Lucas Aerospace green flash logo on them ? I remember seeing that on the Tornado / RB199 MECU & DECU Black Boxes and being amazed that...
Forum: Tech Log
9th Nov 2023, 06:33
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,673,956
Posted By howiehowie93

Just re-read the whole thread from the beginning...

Just re-read the whole thread from the beginning - still as fascinating as the first time I came across it :-)
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Oct 2021, 07:43
Replies: 18
Views: 5,359
Posted By howiehowie93

I'm not a Helicopter type, just an ex-Oil Rig...

I'm not a Helicopter type, just an ex-Oil Rig Turbine Maintenance Team Leader and regular passenger. A dead Rig or Production Platform would come under the Safety Rules which would prohibit such...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th May 2020, 13:04
Replies: 10
Views: 2,851
Posted By howiehowie93

I worked Tonka First Line for a while (ten years...

I worked Tonka First Line for a while (ten years OMG !!!)
The Dry FCU had to come off the replace the Hot Shot so at every change the Hot Shot was replaced as a precaution "whada you mean you didn't...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Aug 2019, 04:33
Replies: 37
Views: 11,215
Posted By howiehowie93

Is there a Kindle version ????

Is there a Kindle version ????
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Jun 2019, 05:56
Replies: 42
Views: 16,186
Posted By howiehowie93

Going off on a slight tangent here: on the...

Going off on a slight tangent here:

on the RB199, the Dry FCU was a nightmare to change on an Engine installed in the Left Hand Slot. A pipe had to come off that was impossible to get to at the...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Mar 2019, 12:11
Replies: 42
Views: 16,683
Posted By howiehowie93

I was at Coningsby when this subject resulted in...

I was at Coningsby when this subject resulted in the Award of the Wilkinson Sward of Peace to some one or other - Instructor on 228 OCU maybe ??.

As an LAC Linie at the time, told, along with a...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st May 2017, 20:01
Replies: 122
Views: 59,199
Posted By howiehowie93

I can vouch for that as I was a Liney on the AEW...

I can vouch for that as I was a Liney on the AEW and none of the #4 Engine Doors would close without a load of "Wiggling & Percussion Adjustment"

The doors themselves were all mixed up on them...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Apr 2017, 11:43
Replies: 20
Views: 4,783
Posted By howiehowie93

There's a know "thing" with Safari hogging all...

There's a know "thing" with Safari hogging all the resources on a Mac. The fix is to go to applications and delete Safari.

Then open Safari from the Dock - the icon for Safari will still be there....
Forum: Tech Log
31st Jul 2016, 15:40
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,673,956
Posted By howiehowie93

Yes - I should have Googles first - but there...

Yes - I should have Googles first - but there again it brings this thread to to front page again
Forum: Tech Log
29th Jul 2016, 17:40
Replies: 2,133
Views: 1,673,956
Posted By howiehowie93

Good day, Just found this pic on the www and...

Good day,

Just found this pic on the www and I think the reheat looks a bit ragged compared to the Reheated Engines I have worked on - RR Spey & RB199.

Is this a representative sort of view or...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2016, 09:33
Replies: 127
Views: 29,234
Posted By howiehowie93

Very true Courtney

Very true Courtney
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jan 2016, 08:46
Replies: 127
Views: 29,234
Posted By howiehowie93

Congratulation to Peachey ! :ok: Was OC IX...

Congratulation to Peachey ! :ok:

Was OC IX when it became IX(B), only met him twice as he was the boss in the time between my tours in Bruggen, we passed like ships in the night as it were. Was a...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Aug 2015, 18:34
Replies: 2
Views: 861
Posted By howiehowie93

aye so it has - oops

aye so it has - oops
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Aug 2015, 15:26
Replies: 2
Views: 861
Posted By howiehowie93

Creaping Russian Border in Georgia.

Any spare Typhoons can pop to the Black Sea to police the new Russian oops sorry, "South Ossetian" Border that's creeping southwards.

The creeping Russian border in Georgia - Al Jazeera English...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jul 2015, 15:12
Replies: 7
Views: 1,915
Posted By howiehowie93

I think they used Derwents

I think they used Derwents
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jun 2014, 20:18
Replies: 927
Views: 424,243
Posted By howiehowie93

It was doing Circuits & Bumps last week when I...

It was doing Circuits & Bumps last week when I drove past Waddo.
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Mar 2014, 14:28
Replies: 46
Views: 13,440
Posted By howiehowie93

thanks for the info and links TEEJ

thanks for the info and links TEEJ
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Mar 2014, 20:47
Replies: 46
Views: 13,440
Posted By howiehowie93

Ah is that Hawk the reason there is a Fin &...

Ah is that Hawk the reason there is a Fin & Rotordome free E3 on the pan at Waddo today as I went past on the top deck of the #1 to Grantham.
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Feb 2014, 06:47
Replies: 148
Views: 29,426
Posted By howiehowie93

I was on the OCU for Middy Hopper's last flight:...

I was on the OCU for Middy Hopper's last flight: told to go out the Line Hut and go see him in. As I walked out the back door there was a Mighty 'Toom about head height, flying along the taxi way at...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2014, 19:26
Replies: 58
Views: 7,280
Posted By howiehowie93

Last Post Advert

always had an advert on the last post until I logged on.

There was a note too that "logging on would get rid of adverts" or something :ok:

I never access on a iPad as I never know the app to...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Dec 2013, 16:56
Replies: 31
Views: 8,962
Posted By howiehowie93

Another former IX(B) CO making the biggest time...

Another former IX(B) CO making the biggest time :ok:

Regards
H
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Sep 2013, 04:02
Replies: 18
Views: 6,967
Posted By howiehowie93

When I was a Liney on 228 OCU in the 80's we did...

When I was a Liney on 228 OCU in the 80's we did a Station Generation Exercise - might have been Taceval Part 1 but my memory fails me ??

I was Man A on the Team to start up the 25th and last OCU...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Sep 2013, 00:21
Replies: 14
Views: 6,585
Posted By howiehowie93

Your NATO Standard Liney was rated to 800Kts. ...

Your NATO Standard Liney was rated to 800Kts.

Real Live FLMs considerably more.......................
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Sep 2013, 23:53
Replies: 14
Views: 6,585
Posted By howiehowie93

One of the OCU Tooms at Coningsby was always...

One of the OCU Tooms at Coningsby was always dropping its Ladder on Take off - ended up with a big patch of Speed Tape over the kick in doors and the bit where the ladder stowed to stop it happening...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Sep 2013, 02:21
Replies: 28
Views: 9,286
Posted By howiehowie93

Daily Mail TransAtlantic Air Race 1969

:D


Daily Mail Trans-Atlantic Air Race - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Mail_Trans-Atlantic_Air_Race)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Sep 2013, 19:05
Replies: 16
Views: 10,222
Posted By howiehowie93

That is the very 'toom I banged my head on, one...

That is the very 'toom I banged my head on, one of the Aux Air Inlet doors underneath while doing an Engine change in 1980 (ish). Bloody sharp things they were, had to have 5 stitches.

Also I...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Aug 2013, 15:41
Replies: 107
Views: 22,691
Posted By howiehowie93

I did a three year tour at Station Flight in Gib,...

I did a three year tour at Station Flight in Gib, 1987 onwards. The Peeps there reckoned it was much better with the border shut!
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jul 2013, 16:15
Replies: 27
Views: 5,747
Posted By howiehowie93

I was posted to Gib from '87 to '90. The border...

I was posted to Gib from '87 to '90. The border was open then but there could be traffic trouble getting from Spain. The peeps in La Linea loved the place as the tourists brought plenty of money with...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jun 2013, 07:46
Replies: 95
Views: 14,948
Posted By howiehowie93

Aged 10 - my grandad took me on holiday to...

Aged 10 - my grandad took me on holiday to Jersey.

Yeadon to Jersey and return in a Viscount.

First RAF Flight was a VC10 jolly when I was at Swinderby - a few hours rocking and rolling over...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd May 2013, 23:33
Replies: 71
Views: 28,836
Posted By howiehowie93

Thanks Coffman

For some reason I thought the other one was XV468 to make it look like a typo or something if one went U/S before a display somewhere.

We had Mr Barley visit once and they had been painted over...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th May 2013, 03:05
Replies: 102
Views: 19,859
Posted By howiehowie93

A friend of mine was certainly in the right place...

A friend of mine was certainly in the right place at the right time and caught this on her phone:

http://i665.photobucket.com/albums/vv20/howiehowie93/2013-05-18001655_zpsb9f48d5d.jpg

Then...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th May 2013, 00:25
Replies: 78
Views: 26,510
Posted By howiehowie93

Mexico

I only heard this several hand old but I think it's worth telling:

There was an earthquake in Mexico city a few years ago, maybe even last century. There was a big internationaal aid frenzy which...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th May 2013, 09:29
Replies: 71
Views: 28,836
Posted By howiehowie93

Picture #37

There were two Alcock & Brown Raspberry Ripple Phantoms.

Anyone got a pic of them together ?

They were the first of the Barley Grey Phantoms.

regards
Howie
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Apr 2013, 14:22
Replies: 39
Views: 6,532
Posted By howiehowie93

Greetings, I worked in Gib for three years...

Greetings,

I worked in Gib for three years on the Station Flight seeing all these Peeps in & out in the Doms, Jetstreams, Buccs, Harrier, Jags, Tonkas & Nimrods too.:ok:

I always found it...
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