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17th Mar 2024, 14:21
Replies: 29
Views: 4,322
Posted By ICM

Wwyvern: I can confirm also having experience of...

Wwyvern: I can confirm also having experience of a strong but misleading ADF beacon on crossing from Iran into Turkey on that CENTO Route circa 1967/8. A back-plotted 3-line fix put the source...
17th Mar 2024, 09:56
Replies: 29
Views: 4,322
Posted By ICM

A hole much like this, perhaps? ...

A hole much like this, perhaps?

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17th Feb 2024, 09:01
Replies: 1,258
Views: 576,608
Posted By ICM

So, "autonomous uncrewed operations"? It looks...

So, "autonomous uncrewed operations"? It looks like C-135 variants will stretch to the designation's 100th birthday in some 20 years. Well done, Boeing.
13th Jan 2024, 11:00
Replies: 6
Views: 4,443
Posted By ICM

A fascinating discovery! I paid several visits...

A fascinating discovery! I paid several visits to Kwajalein during my early-70s exchange tour, arriving from Johnston Island to the north and returning by the same route. No word on a radiation...
15th Nov 2023, 08:54
Replies: 38
Views: 7,412
Posted By ICM

There were 17 of us when 72 Nav Course formed in...

There were 17 of us when 72 Nav Course formed in early January 1965 - the only 'failed pilot' was from the Rhodesian Air Force.
13th Nov 2023, 22:14
Replies: 38
Views: 7,412
Posted By ICM

Going further back, there was no Nav streaming in...

Going further back, there was no Nav streaming in the mid-1960s.
17th Oct 2023, 11:44
Replies: 68
Views: 18,772
Posted By ICM

Certainly a range issue on many occasions. In...

Certainly a range issue on many occasions. In July 1970, what else had we to take a Sea King to the States for testing?
4th Oct 2023, 16:43
Replies: 68
Views: 18,772
Posted By ICM

The development from circa 1955 of what became...

The development from circa 1955 of what became the Belfast is detailed over several pages of C H Barnes' book, "Shorts Aircraft Since 1900." It seems that all manner of versions were considered along...
4th Oct 2023, 11:02
Replies: 68
Views: 18,772
Posted By ICM

Having most unexpectedly gone from 53 Sqn and the...

Having most unexpectedly gone from 53 Sqn and the Belfast to an Exchange tour on the C-141 in 1970, that has been something I've thought about too over the years. Does the C-17 meet the bill, I...
11th Sep 2023, 16:56
Replies: 13
Views: 3,588
Posted By ICM

All a long time ago, but having just joined the...

All a long time ago, but having just joined the MOD Exercise staff in early January 1979, I accompanied the boss to a planning meeting for a CENTO exercise that we must have been down to run. When no...
30th Aug 2023, 22:15
Replies: 70
Views: 35,079
Posted By ICM

Just caught up with this as regards the VC 10...

Just caught up with this as regards the VC 10 (C)1 - and I can only add that my recollection of the 10's early days - both on a squadron tour and in posts related to the daily tasking of the aircraft...
18th Jun 2023, 11:34
Replies: 453
Views: 137,368
Posted By ICM

True enough - but there will now be fewer...

True enough - but there will now be fewer transport aircraft in the fleet so there may not be slots for everyone in the near term. (Has the Atlas fleet reached its planned establishment? And is its...
15th May 2023, 22:24
Replies: 453
Views: 137,368
Posted By ICM

Whilst it's true that, in the end, no Hercs or VC...

Whilst it's true that, in the end, no Hercs or VC 10s were withdrawn, the AE figures for both were reduced, with all that that meant for crew numbers, spares procurement and so forth. The VC 10 went...
23rd Dec 2022, 16:47
Replies: 19
Views: 4,327
Posted By ICM

Chopper2004: Very kind of you to invite me in...

Chopper2004: Very kind of you to invite me in here - but my time at Travis ended in early December 1972, so Linebacker II was something I heard about on TV and in the press back in the UK. Insofar...
11th Dec 2022, 11:20
Replies: 43
Views: 11,457
Posted By ICM

Chopper2004: Many thanks for finding that old...

Chopper2004: Many thanks for finding that old thread. I was pretty sure I'd already explained here how the situation changed regarding flights in/out of Vietnam during my time with the C-141 at...
4th Sep 2022, 22:18
Replies: 46
Views: 11,438
Posted By ICM

MrB: Just checked with my copy of the 1996 List...

MrB: Just checked with my copy of the 1996 List and you are right - lower case for both designations, correctly explained for A1 and A2. (There were also similar abbreviations for Crewmen and Nav...
28th Aug 2022, 23:23
Replies: 79
Views: 17,088
Posted By ICM

I agree that the JHQ Mess was excellent but,...

I agree that the JHQ Mess was excellent but, despite my initial misgivings, the Churchill Mess era turned out to be something of a success, in large part thanks to the closure of the RAFH Wegberg...
17th Aug 2022, 22:39
Replies: 327
Views: 78,713
Posted By ICM

BBC2 Newsnight has just run an item on this. I...

BBC2 Newsnight has just run an item on this. I doubt I heard anything said that hasn't already been said here.
31st May 2022, 22:49
Replies: 17
Views: 5,220
Posted By ICM

Having had the good fortune to spend over 2 years...

Having had the good fortune to spend over 2 years at Travis in the early 70s, I most heartily agree! (And it's surprisingly rare to see it mentioned here.)
31st May 2022, 11:15
Replies: 70
Views: 37,138
Posted By ICM

I've no idea whether brevet rank is still...

I've no idea whether brevet rank is still conferred in the British Army but, in 1914, it appears to have been an Army, rather than regimental, concept. 1st Gordon Highlanders deployed to France in...
7th Feb 2022, 10:58
Replies: 24
Views: 4,920
Posted By ICM

The print version of today's Times includes a...

The print version of today's Times includes a 4-page pullout facsimile of part of the 7 February 1952 edition. It includes a fairly detailed outline of the rapid return flight arrangements made by...
19th Nov 2021, 22:38
Replies: 77
Views: 23,912
Posted By ICM

There are times when it would be good to have a...

There are times when it would be good to have a 'Like' button here - and that's one of them.
7th Aug 2021, 08:38
Replies: 46
Views: 13,956
Posted By ICM

Mogwi: For the record, Garth was a Navigator...

Mogwi: For the record, Garth was a Navigator rather than Pilot. He went through Nav School a couple of courses in front of me and, from all I've heard, found his true niche as a FAC. And I believe...
2nd Aug 2021, 20:29
Replies: 70
Views: 20,011
Posted By ICM

When on exchange with the USAF 50 years ago, the...

When on exchange with the USAF 50 years ago, the ladies often had much more hair on display under their hats than was permitted back home at that time. The world didn't stop spinning back then, and...
1st Aug 2021, 15:34
Replies: 10
Views: 3,981
Posted By ICM

Roebuck: The F540 record shows that final...

Roebuck: The F540 record shows that final formation was of just 5 aircraft on 28 February 1964, with the formal disbandment on the next day.
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30th Jul 2021, 23:01
Replies: 69
Views: 13,177
Posted By ICM

There's a long Argosy thread buried somewhere in...

There's a long Argosy thread buried somewhere in the archive section. Another reason for the nose being as it was is that there was also a mounting for a bombsight, somebody's bright idea in the...
30th Jul 2021, 22:50
Replies: 41
Views: 16,551
Posted By ICM

The new badge can be seen via this BBC report -...

The new badge can be seen via this BBC report - scroll down as required:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58029083
26th Jul 2021, 22:23
Replies: 14
Views: 4,310
Posted By ICM

Meanwhile, elsewhere .....

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The RAF version had Navs too .....
25th Jun 2021, 13:21
Replies: 18
Views: 8,556
Posted By ICM

I see that Stu Peach's tenure as Chair of NATO's...

I see that Stu Peach's tenure as Chair of NATO's Military Committee ended today with his handing over to a Dutch Admiral.

https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/news_185480.htm?selectedLocale=en
...
21st Mar 2021, 23:33
Replies: 12
Views: 3,435
Posted By ICM

I'm pretty sure there was a period in 1973 or...

I'm pretty sure there was a period in 1973 or 1974, when I was involved in Air Transport force tasking, that the board was cleared for a full-scale JATFOR exercise. I stand to be corrected by anyone...
12th Mar 2021, 11:45
Replies: 41
Views: 11,915
Posted By ICM

No 21 Argosy Course, airdrop phase in summer...

No 21 Argosy Course, airdrop phase in summer 1966. A trainee Nav, the late and very tall Andy McHugh, was on a 1-Ton drop at Tangmere. He called 'Green On' when required, the load moved and...
23rd Feb 2021, 17:00
Replies: 29
Views: 6,682
Posted By ICM

My neighbour, who was also my instructor when I...

My neighbour, who was also my instructor when I started flying on the C-141A, was much taken by my Douglas Protractor. So much so that, shortly after starting his South East Asia tour on the AC-130,...
22nd Feb 2021, 14:29
Replies: 29
Views: 6,682
Posted By ICM

In the Tac Support airdrop business in the late...

In the Tac Support airdrop business in the late 60s, we also had a slide for the calculation of Calculated Air Release Points (CARP). I suspect I still have one somewhere.
23rd Dec 2020, 22:49
Replies: 105
Views: 49,266
Posted By ICM

Equally inglorious at HQ RAFG was the fact that,...

Equally inglorious at HQ RAFG was the fact that, whilst many were involved with work in support of the deployed force, others had begun to grapple with the planning of a rundown of the Command...
3rd Dec 2020, 22:45
Replies: 227
Views: 80,492
Posted By ICM

Now well into retirement, I'm sorry to see...

Now well into retirement, I'm sorry to see another station close, one that played a part in my decision to join the Service. After doing OASC in 1963, I had an offer to train as a Nav and it arrived...
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