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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Jan 2020, 15:39
Replies: 18
Views: 2,727
Posted By Postfade

I understood that the IRIS aircraft operated by...

I understood that the IRIS aircraft operated by RAF Signals Command, carried out calibration of instruments and communications systems on RAF airfields. Here is at Changi in November 1961, presumably...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Jan 2020, 19:59
Replies: 35
Views: 11,002
Posted By Postfade

Here's a little series of photos of Britannia...

Here's a little series of photos of Britannia XL639 arriving at Changi in July '62.
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Jan 2020, 12:47
Replies: 35
Views: 11,002
Posted By Postfade

Here's a closer look at 'Schedar', at Changi a...

Here's a closer look at 'Schedar', at Changi a few months later.
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Jan 2020, 11:49
Replies: 35
Views: 11,002
Posted By Postfade

Thanks everyone for identifying it was a...

Thanks everyone for identifying it was a Britannia navigators desk. I should have realised that as my film shows, a few frames earlier that it was XM497 and I had discovered, thanks to the squadron...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Jan 2020, 19:51
Replies: 35
Views: 11,002
Posted By Postfade

Can you tell me what flightdeck these are from, taken September 1961 at RAF Changi

I had this first pictured catalogued as being taken on the flightdeck of a C-124 Globemaster...but having seen a shot inside a C-124 online, I can tell that I got it wrong.
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Nov 2019, 18:27
Replies: 13
Views: 4,887
Posted By Postfade

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1200x800/63_09_bua_brit_shows_off_ns1ts_d7fad0f6cd9acc0ea1cbb1da7f845680444c2a47.jpg
Ah back in the day, this is September 1963, when Britannia's...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Jun 2019, 14:29
Replies: 6
Views: 4,070
Posted By Postfade

Hi Sandpiper, Yes Meteor WH410 did serve with...

Hi Sandpiper,
Yes Meteor WH410 did serve with the Seletar Station Flight and was then one of the target tug Meteors that moved from Seletar to Changi on the 13th August 1962. Here's a picture of the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Mar 2019, 18:39
Replies: 14
Views: 5,007
Posted By Postfade

Gary, Search back through the archives on this...

Gary,
Search back through the archives on this forum for posts about 205 Sqdn, however the photos will probably not be visible anymore.
My website www.davidtaylorimages.co.uk
has a vast gallery of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Sep 2018, 18:57
Replies: 24
Views: 6,085
Posted By Postfade

After Khormaksar was lost, where was did the...

After Khormaksar was lost, where was did the slipping crews usually overnight and change aircraft...Akrotiri I guess? Did VC-10's managed less stops than the Brits and Comets needed?

I've...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Sep 2018, 19:21
Replies: 24
Views: 6,085
Posted By Postfade

Not all aircraft flew out or back from the UK to...

Not all aircraft flew out or back from the UK to the Far East, the choppers like Belvederes of 66 Sqdn and the Whirlwinds obviously didn't, coming in packing cases by sea.
Here's a Canberra T4...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Sep 2018, 20:06
Replies: 24
Views: 6,085
Posted By Postfade

I lived in quarters above the main aircraft park...

I lived in quarters above the main aircraft park at Changi, the western dispersal in the early 1960's and watched the UK endless Transport Command Britannias and Comets plying from the UK. As...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Jul 2018, 16:12
Replies: 12
Views: 3,633
Posted By Postfade

Transistor technology was still in it's infancy...

Transistor technology was still in it's infancy in 1961/62 and the Canberra U10 would certainly have still been using valves in the radio link equipment for them to be controlled from a ground...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jul 2018, 16:12
Replies: 12
Views: 3,633
Posted By Postfade

Ferrying Canberra U10's to Woomera

In 1961 and 1962 I saw a number of Canberra U10 drones being ferried through RAF Changi in Singapore, on their way to Edinburgh Field to become 'sacrifices' in the development of the Bloodnound and...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Jul 2015, 19:48
Replies: 31
Views: 9,579
Posted By Postfade

Well what a fascinating photo! It's Changi and...

Well what a fascinating photo! It's Changi and must indeed be immediately post war and the lack of any visible aircraft show it was before the RAF were using it. It's taken from the south east and...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Mar 2015, 20:42
Replies: 9
Views: 2,676
Posted By Postfade

Warmtoast...thanks again for delving into your...

Warmtoast...thanks again for delving into your log books and memory for some info on how the Brit C2's were used.
JW411...yes I guess I hoped Brakedwell would pop in with some info and it's nice to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Mar 2015, 16:03
Replies: 9
Views: 2,676
Posted By Postfade

Aviation Training Sqdn (Britannia) query

When I was loitering around Changi, with my camera in the early '60's, I always assumed that the endless stream of Britannia's coming and going were being operated by 99 and 511 Sqdn crews. However,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Dec 2014, 21:59
Replies: 15
Views: 6,403
Posted By Postfade

Thankyou so much Terry for confirming the dates...

Thankyou so much Terry for confirming the dates when you ferried Bandon about as October 64.
I've finally put all my early '60s photos together in a book and thanks to other books about the period...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Dec 2014, 19:07
Replies: 15
Views: 6,403
Posted By Postfade

Michael Hingston wrote a book in 2011 called...

Michael Hingston wrote a book in 2011 called 'Renegrade Hero- The true story of RAF pilot Terry Peet and his clandestine mercy flying with the CIA'.
Although most of the book is about his years in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Dec 2014, 16:21
Replies: 15
Views: 6,403
Posted By Postfade

A 110 Sqdn Sycamore taking up 'A 5 Star' rank at Changi 1962

Here's a photo showing 110 Sqdn Sycamore XL822 with a '5 Star' plate on the pilot's door as it takes off from Changi. I have previously dated this as May '62 and thought it was the new C-in-C, Sir...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Aug 2013, 18:25
Replies: 1
Views: 1,559
Posted By Postfade

1960's Electronic Countermeasures in the Royal Navy

Back in the 60's, whilst at Changi I photographed a Gannet from Ark Royal.
http://www.focalplanes.co.uk/uploaded_images/62_04-Electronic-Countermeasures-Gannet--XG831-from-Ark-Royal--SLarge101B.jpg....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jul 2013, 10:14
Replies: 31
Views: 6,821
Posted By Postfade

I've got a few photos of 110 Sqdn...

I've got a few photos of 110 Sqdn Sycamores...sorry if I've posted them before (I forget!):
This first one is at Butterworth...three Sycamores doing what the jet boys do, a 'break to land'.
Well...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th May 2012, 15:51
Replies: 60
Views: 30,710
Posted By Postfade

Lee, I caught Devon VP978 on camera a few...

Lee,

I caught Devon VP978 on camera a few times at Changi in 61-62, then again at Seletar in November 1963.
You can track the 'minor and major' servicing done on both VP977 and VP978 at 390 MU...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Dec 2011, 14:25
Replies: 36
Views: 37,748
Posted By Postfade

Wonderful how these old posts keep getting a new...

Wonderful how these old posts keep getting a new lease of life!
I see that I had 'lost' the links to my original pics that started this thread. So I've restored the 20 Sqdn pics and will now follow...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Jul 2011, 17:02
Replies: 55
Views: 19,029
Posted By Postfade

I seem to have caught this incident in a closer...

I seem to have caught this incident in a closer way than most and my video which includes 'a half-speed replay', is on my website WWW.flyingfilm.co.uk (http://www.flyingfilm.co.uk)


David Taylor
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Nov 2010, 21:50
Replies: 36
Views: 12,253
Posted By Postfade

Henry, Yes psp (pierced steel plate?) was...

Henry,

Yes psp (pierced steel plate?) was still around in the Far East in the early '60s and that part of the 'western dispersal' in that photo would be left over from the original east-west...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Nov 2010, 21:38
Replies: 51
Views: 9,883
Posted By Postfade

Hi Tom, Glad you've found this page here on...

Hi Tom,

Glad you've found this page here on PPRune...as you can see we've been following you since you 'left home'.

Good luck getting to Africa, as that's where 'Osa's Ark' would surely feel...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Nov 2010, 14:38
Replies: 36
Views: 12,253
Posted By Postfade

Cornish Jack: I understood that XP821...

Cornish Jack:

I understood that XP821 worked as an Air Attache aircraft in the Far East after a period with the AAC in Malaya.
Here's a link to a reference to it's white colour scheme at the AAC...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Nov 2010, 11:15
Replies: 1
Views: 1,768
Posted By Postfade

'How to fly the B-26' - a 1944 training film

Apparently the only B-26 Marauder we can see in Europe is in a French museum and the Fantasy of Flight aircraft doesn't seem to have flown for sometime so I thought I'd show this movie about this...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Nov 2010, 10:42
Replies: 8
Views: 1,644
Posted By Postfade

Tek2- sorry the original photos have disappeared....

Tek2- sorry the original photos have disappeared. over time they do tend to unfortunately, so that's one of the reasons I now have a website that I am slowly uploading my Changi photos to.

If you...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Sep 2010, 12:49
Replies: 51
Views: 9,883
Posted By Postfade

Looks like he may be flying just now (Friday...

Looks like he may be flying just now (Friday 13:40). the 'spot adventures' page that showed the planes position (Spot Adventures (http://www.spotadventures.com/user/profile?user_id=61477))
has been...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Sep 2010, 21:48
Replies: 36
Views: 12,253
Posted By Postfade

An excuse to post some pics of this superb...

An excuse to post some pics of this superb aircraft:
http://www.davidtaylorsound.co.uk/share/Aircraft%20pics/62_08-Batsman%20parks%20Beaver%20XP817-SSn5003-.jpg
XP817 being parked at Changi August...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Aug 2010, 15:00
Replies: 51
Views: 9,883
Posted By Postfade

A little group of us waited at Duxford but alas...

A little group of us waited at Duxford but alas 'Osa's Ark' routed to Germany today, via Norwich. There was a stiff cross wind that certainly didn't favour DX's 24/06 runway though.
It's a wonderful...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jul 2010, 20:59
Replies: 26
Views: 5,379
Posted By Postfade

Yes, those that spotted it as a C-74 Globemaster...

Yes, those that spotted it as a C-74 Globemaster 1 are correct. It was HP367 'Hercules' of Air Systems Panama.
Paul H pointed out the connection to the movie and Keith I knew would know about this...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Jul 2010, 19:30
Replies: 26
Views: 5,379
Posted By Postfade

Thanks 'forget' for that link concerning the B727...

Thanks 'forget' for that link concerning the B727 I showed. Because you PPRuners like to see cockpits....here's the 727 N7003U's....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jul 2010, 21:28
Replies: 26
Views: 5,379
Posted By Postfade

I think your probably correct with the 727...but...

I think your probably correct with the 727...but I'll leave it to you pilots to prove it....
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