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Forum: Military Aviation
16th Mar 2007, 20:11
Replies: 52
Views: 9,035
Posted By Bof

Luffers, Sorry to pee on your Sabre mate's...

Luffers,

Sorry to pee on your Sabre mate's story, but there is no way that he could have been bounced by a "Box" at .86M After about .83 he would have had no really effective aerodynamic...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Feb 2007, 12:48
Replies: 52
Views: 9,035
Posted By Bof

And you did't need anything near 500+ on a Meteor...

And you did't need anything near 500+ on a Meteor either.
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Feb 2007, 18:17
Replies: 52
Views: 9,035
Posted By Bof

AD Supersonic uphill!! - Now you really are...

AD
Supersonic uphill!! - Now you really are pulling our legs! You'll be telling us you had Inertial navigation next, or shooting at aircraft more than 300 yds away, or flying above 40 thou. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Feb 2007, 14:11
Replies: 52
Views: 9,035
Posted By Bof

Brings a tear to my eyes. Have you noticed...

Brings a tear to my eyes. Have you noticed guys, it only needs one post by one of our younger brethen asking a question about the the Meteor, and us oldies immediately turn out in force with the...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Feb 2007, 15:37
Replies: 4
Views: 2,318
Posted By Bof

Many thanks Frodo, think I will quietly withdraw,...

Many thanks Frodo, think I will quietly withdraw, probably enough been said.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Feb 2007, 15:16
Replies: 4
Views: 2,318
Posted By Bof

C130 destroyed in Afghanistan

Snippet of news on BBC radio last Tuesday (not repeated at all, and more to the point, nothing in Pprune) Due to a landing incident/accident somewhe in Afghanistan, obviously in the boonies, a C130...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2007, 23:14
Replies: 15
Views: 9,070
Posted By Bof

I think I put this one on prune before but I...

I think I put this one on prune before but I can't remember if and when, and I think it's worth a re-tell! All true - I were there! Dining- in night at Abingdon '73 if my memory serves. Well...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Jan 2007, 08:13
Replies: 335
Views: 162,205
Posted By Bof

Further to my last, BSAA Lancastrian 3 GAGWH lost...

Further to my last, BSAA Lancastrian 3 GAGWH lost on 2nd August 1947 with 11 pax and crew on board. Discovered at 16000 ft in Andes in January 2000.
Google
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Jan 2007, 08:00
Replies: 335
Views: 162,205
Posted By Bof

There must be many that are still lost, but for...

There must be many that are still lost, but for starters how about the BSAA Lancastrian that crashed in the Andes around 1950. That was well over 50 years before they discovered the wreckage, having...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Jan 2007, 12:14
Replies: 83
Views: 21,842
Posted By Bof

Airdrop As has been reported, ULLA/LAPES was...

Airdrop
As has been reported, ULLA/LAPES was used by the Beverley although I don't think it was ever used operationally. Please somone correct me if I am wrong. I have used it in the USA from...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Jan 2007, 13:01
Replies: 83
Views: 21,842
Posted By Bof

Akubra I believe the incident to which you...

Akubra

I believe the incident to which you referred occurred at Aden. It was definitely the co-pilot that was killed, but can't remember his name. Understand he had been carrying out part of his...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Dec 2006, 18:17
Replies: 255
Views: 150,152
Posted By Bof

The dreaded alccohol!

About 20 years ago, I was a FM with an LGW airline. We had a captain who was always "smelling of drink" and I had received many complaints from cabin staff. We could never get to the bottom of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Oct 2006, 23:40
Replies: 15
Views: 2,989
Posted By Bof

Henry

Duh! Blessed are they who cannot see, for they shall be known as blind or OLD!

Bof
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Oct 2006, 16:58
Replies: 15
Views: 2,989
Posted By Bof

Re picture at #1

I'm sure this pic has appeared on Prune before - maybe three or four years ago, and we had the same guessing game before someone identified the location and came up with the correct airraf type and...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Sep 2006, 14:05
Replies: 312
Views: 157,787
Posted By Bof

Meteor Stats etc

Henry and Beagle are right. But I think we enjoyed "the best" on 216 Sqn from late 56 to the end of 58. When 216 joined the jet world in Aug 56 with the Comet 2, the powers that be decided that the...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Sep 2006, 16:36
Replies: 601
Views: 346,133
Posted By Bof

Airbubba on Lexington

I have just had an object lesson in not repeating information that may be of doubtful origin! My apologies to you Airbubba and anyone else who read my post if the information was incorrect. I...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Sep 2006, 15:11
Replies: 601
Views: 346,133
Posted By Bof

The Lexington CRJ Accident

I have nothing new to add to the mixture of serious opinion and crass conjecture expressed here (why didn't the AT Controller keep his aeroplane spotter eyes on the aircraft about to take off and...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Aug 2006, 15:12
Replies: 14
Views: 3,106
Posted By Bof

Instone Airlines

Would that be Fred Scott and Joe Lyons? Ex ASCEU/C-130
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Jul 2006, 00:33
Replies: 23
Views: 9,226
Posted By Bof

Zurakowski Cartwheel

I recall seeing Zura in action at Farnborough, but I thought it was called the Zurakowski fin sling! It was an F8, but it was known as the PV Meteor (Private Venture). Basically, I think they just...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd May 2006, 15:17
Replies: 34
Views: 5,038
Posted By Bof

Exchange tours

In the mid 50s at West Malling there was a guy, one Johnny Hind on 25 Sqn who was selected for a fighter exchange tour with the "you-alls". Some of the happiness must have worn off when he found out...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th May 2006, 22:26
Replies: 44
Views: 8,045
Posted By Bof

Rocket assisted

We used ATO on C130D ski operations in the Arctic in the late 60s. On the Greenland ice cap it was often too difficult to get the nose ski to un-stick even with violent rocking of the stick over its...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Apr 2006, 12:57
Replies: 40
Views: 14,881
Posted By Bof

ICAO Age 65

DD, you may have your tongue imbedded well into your cheek, but if serious, this problem has been running for a hell of a lot longer than the BA pilots winge on this subject and secondly, I hardly...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Apr 2006, 20:27
Replies: 40
Views: 14,881
Posted By Bof

Over 60s

Well with fingers crossed, and to borrow that American phrase " It ain't over until the fat lady sings," it does look like it might be the beginning of the end.
It has been just over eleven years...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Apr 2006, 10:58
Replies: 37
Views: 8,399
Posted By Bof

Re Bob Braham

Really excellent book "Pursuit through Darkened Skies" by Michael Allen (Airlife) which I have just finished reading. Mike Allen was the Nav/Rad crewed with Harry White on Night Fighter Ops in...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Apr 2006, 01:37
Replies: 178
Views: 32,644
Posted By Bof

Having posted my bit on page 5, I've nonchalantly...

Having posted my bit on page 5, I've nonchalantly browsed the subsequent posts with an inward smirk (11 jul 52) until I was somewhat deflated to see Flatus and then Kippah and Henry knock my effort...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Apr 2006, 08:07
Replies: 33
Views: 8,264
Posted By Bof

Britannia loss

Many thanks MReyn. Nigel Thorne and I had been great school friends and it was a great loss at the time. As so many others have observed, Pprune is a fantastic source of aeronautic history and...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Apr 2006, 22:39
Replies: 33
Views: 8,264
Posted By Bof

Brittania crash

Can anybody help. I am struggling with the old grey matter. However, a very good friend of mine was employed by Bristols as a photographer. Around 54'ish he was killed in a Britannia crash near...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Mar 2006, 22:29
Replies: 178
Views: 32,644
Posted By Bof

Chipmunk WG281 11 July 1952, 5FTS RAF Thornhill,...

Chipmunk WG281 11 July 1952, 5FTS RAF Thornhill, S Rhodesia. 54 years ago!!!! They were very new then!
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2006, 00:48
Replies: 58
Views: 8,084
Posted By Bof

Re BEagle's 26 Feb posts

I am appalled as an old fart truckie, (the K was brand new in my day!) to see the complete lack of security restraint in some of the previous posts. Don't you guys know anything about 'need to...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Mar 2006, 11:30
Replies: 96
Views: 48,431
Posted By Bof

Transition height/Levels

Well over four years ago a CAA level-bust project, "On the Level", among it's many conclusions, recommended that the TA in the UK should be a common 6000ft. The recommendation suggested that the...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Feb 2006, 15:18
Replies: 96
Views: 48,431
Posted By Bof

Mahan Air

Perhaps some of you guys could enlighten me without me having to go find an AIP. Back in the old days (70s early 80s) we were taught to fly an NDB approach(no DME) by crossing the FAF at the...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Feb 2006, 14:34
Replies: 27
Views: 5,239
Posted By Bof

Eagle Claw

Had a lecture in the States a couple of years ago by Lt Col Guidry who was involved with Eagle Claw. Fantastic story of really enormous cock-up. Ultra over cautious use of radio silence at Desert...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2006, 00:15
Replies: 128
Views: 19,333
Posted By Bof

TM

Couldn't agree more about the Bev. It climbed,cruised and descended at somewhere around 150 kts and as long as you didn't want to take the cargo very far, it could carry enormous loads for those...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2006, 23:20
Replies: 128
Views: 19,333
Posted By Bof

Right Jacko. Bevs were at Abingdon in the 60's. ...

Right Jacko. Bevs were at Abingdon in the 60's. 30 and 47 Sqns at least.
Benson had the Soggies and TQF.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Feb 2006, 00:22
Replies: 4
Views: 788
Posted By Bof

Reading Recommendations

Just finished "Luck and the Lancaster" by Harry Yates. Excellent read in the mould of First Light. Postulated three main causes of early demise. Enemy action,Technical failures and personal...
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