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Forum: Military Aviation

18th Mar 2018, 09:30

Replies: 66

Redundant Navigators

Views: 18,720

Posted By Rasputin412

That chimp paid more attention than some of my...

That chimp paid more attention than some of my current students!

Forum: Military Aviation

1st Feb 2018, 09:05

Replies: 24

In Service Mental Health

Views: 5,806

Posted By Rasputin412

I left the RAF about 2 years ago after more than...

I left the RAF about 2 years ago after more than 2 decades of service. The job I left for fell through, so I moved overseas with my family. It was very costly and used up all our savings - I even...

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Oct 2017, 07:47

Replies: 24

First solo

Views: 7,511

Posted By Rasputin412

My Instructor leant over and said "There are 2...

My Instructor leant over and said "There are 2 things in this life you will remember. Your first woman and your first solo!" and with that he climbed out, shut the door and off I went. Oxford 1992....

Forum: Military Aviation

6th Sep 2017, 10:12

Replies: 169

Instructors - any favourite "bon mots" ?

Views: 68,157

Posted By Rasputin412

My favourite response from a student

My most memorable response from a student came when flying a 'Practice Double Engine Failure' in Snowdonia. The Shawbury stude was used to flying these over a very nice, flat, Shropshire - not down...

Forum: Military Aviation

29th Aug 2017, 09:54

Replies: 25

uk military pilot aptitude tests

Views: 7,625

Posted By Rasputin412

https://www.raf.mod.uk/recruitment/how-to-apply/as...

https://www.raf.mod.uk/recruitment/how-to-apply/ast/

He could try this. The test is online and timed to 25 minutes. This would be a good place to start. My son has already practiced this to see...

Forum: Military Aviation

3rd Sep 2014, 09:05

Replies: 69

No second language no promotion

Views: 12,117

Posted By Rasputin412

Having studied Russian, Arabic and Serbo-Croat at...

Having studied Russian, Arabic and Serbo-Croat at University, this actually stifled my promotion in the pilot branch. You have to be 'Above Average' in the air for promotion as a pilot, so when you...

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Feb 2009, 19:18

Replies: 17

SAR PLB/ELT question

Views: 2,015

Posted By Rasputin412

No PLBs Here!

Greetings all. The RAF does not have any 406 Mhz PLBs yet. The ones brought up for the trial were useless - batteries dead, U/S when got out of the box, didn't really work with the aircraft kit...

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