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Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2024, 21:38
Replies: 1,144
Views: 617,481
Posted By stickstirrer

Ongoing debate…

I’m still convinced he reverted to his more familiar gate ht and entry speed for the JP with which he was more familiar and practiced. He achieved exactly those parameters in the Hunter……..A moment...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Jan 2024, 23:44
Replies: 1,144
Views: 617,481
Posted By stickstirrer

BR ‘Gates’

I am not sure if I am duplicating previous comments: teaching and supervising low level displays by military jet pilots I wasn’t keen on Barrel Rolls primarily because there are so many variables in...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jan 2024, 14:33
Replies: 256
Views: 99,004
Posted By stickstirrer

BBMF - uniform

And why shouldn’t they wear RAF uniform? Don’t follow your logic.
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Dec 2023, 19:51
Replies: 33
Views: 5,411
Posted By stickstirrer

RAF No 1 Dress Hat for Royalty

Seeing the future king sporting a doctored downturned No1 parade hat on major state occasions made me wonder whether this is now ok for the rest of us? Several years ago to have appeared with one...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Nov 2023, 00:39
Replies: 256
Views: 99,004
Posted By stickstirrer

Part of a bigger team…

Get rid of the Red Suits and Blue overalls; wear standard RAF uniform.
But then they would be indistinguishable from ‘ordinary’ RAF personnel…? 👍 :D
Might prick the bubble of separateness elitism...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Nov 2023, 00:27
Replies: 256
Views: 99,004
Posted By stickstirrer

Reds Breakdown

Whenever the report mentions ‘The Red Arrows’ I am sure that the public just thinks of the pilots.Two pilots got kicked out but 9 other ‘members’ of the unit were disciplined.
I do acknowledge that...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Sep 2023, 11:34
Replies: 10,597
Views: 4,732,248
Posted By stickstirrer

Laser Marking

As a general question: I believe that RF use laser directed shells with the laser marker airborne in a drone; does Ukraine or the West use laser guided shells? I appreciate that gps guided shells are...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Sep 2023, 11:04
Replies: 210
Views: 48,988
Posted By stickstirrer

RAF Gender Neutrality Language-Really??

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/946x1254/img_0226_4878cc4e90a290e757ea4b7dd396c4cf48cf724e.jpeg
Is this a joke or is it really happening?😱
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Oct 2022, 11:49
Replies: 335
Views: 86,638
Posted By stickstirrer

The helpful stacker: well put. The employment by...

The helpful stacker: well put. The employment by China of very recent Typhoon pilots/instructors has been well known in that community and highly resented. They are not all +50 years old ( and by...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Oct 2022, 00:11
Replies: 335
Views: 86,638
Posted By stickstirrer

Disgusting Behaviour

i couldnt agree more. I volunteered to be a pilot in the RAF fully aware that my duty was to defend my country with my life if required.,How anyone can justify these people passing on highly useful...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jul 2022, 11:20
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,616
Posted By stickstirrer

Early 80s, West German British SSFJ base. To...

Early 80s, West German British SSFJ base. To scare the opposition we practised Night Route Charlie sorties, in the dark, ending up with a FRA on Nordhorn range dropping free fall 28lb smoke and flash...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jul 2022, 21:46
Replies: 11
Views: 4,913
Posted By stickstirrer

One’s

Practice made perfect.
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jul 2022, 00:11
Replies: 11
Views: 4,913
Posted By stickstirrer

Jags

DM left RAF later then featured in tv coverage in the noughties of his fight with planners over a development near his home. Stu S never made pairs lead, Steve left and flew for a nascent Welsh...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jul 2022, 22:52
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,616
Posted By stickstirrer

Milked….

In the aircrew crewroom at CFS in 1986. A CFS Flight Lieutenant instructor pilot (John) on the flight who refreshed senior officers going back to flying posts had been airborne in the weather ship....
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jul 2022, 22:21
Replies: 1,075
Views: 780,616
Posted By stickstirrer

BB

To add to the fund of Ben B@(bow stories: I knew him when he was an instructor at CW in the mid seventies and he was one of the funniest and most mischievous men I knew. We got reacquainted when he...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Dec 2021, 16:26
Replies: 454
Views: 219,824
Posted By stickstirrer

Ramp Too Steep?

I am no STO VL or F35 specialist but ex FJ Question;
surely at the start of the roll it must have been obvious there was little or no forward thrust? From the video he could have aborted half way up...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Mar 2019, 16:48
Replies: 33
Views: 19,040
Posted By stickstirrer

Owen O’Mahonry

I too remember Owen and his wonderful sense of humour when I enjoyed ULAS in 71-74. His story of climbing to height to put an aggressive swarm of bees that had arrived in a Dominie? to sleep I...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2019, 23:29
Replies: 20
Views: 9,225
Posted By stickstirrer

Dick’s Funeral

..and another 2 Jag mates plus one 2 star and several lightning jocks... Heather had the casket decorated with blue sky ‘wrap’ and the length of the lid had a 56 Sqn lightning photo applied. Looked...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2019, 23:06
Replies: 1,144
Views: 617,481
Posted By stickstirrer

CI or Plain Error?

Lightning nails it for me. One cannot rule out the ‘mini stroke’ thesis so CI cannot be disproved therefore legally only one conclusion to the charge. But....

First ; I know many ‘mates’ in...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Feb 2019, 08:37
Replies: 20
Views: 9,225
Posted By stickstirrer

Sad News

cheerio Dick, goodbye to a larger than life character, humourous, amusing, good natured and kind. I will miss you and was proud to have met up again after a long gap and see you so happy with Heather...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2018, 00:05
Replies: 372
Views: 314,819
Posted By stickstirrer

Blue Hawk

The Reds Hawks are rotated from other users eg 100Sqn to even the fatigue usage. No extra cost at all if next ‘rotated’jet is painted blue not red.....
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Mar 2018, 01:13
Replies: 372
Views: 314,819
Posted By stickstirrer

[QUOTE=Bob Viking;10098708]I am often one of the...

[QUOTE=Bob Viking;10098708]I am often one of the more vocal posters on here with all matters pertaining to Hawk operations. However, there are times to STFU. This is one of them.

I doubt (hope)...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Oct 2017, 23:38
Replies: 50
Views: 17,709
Posted By stickstirrer

Spinexes

CFS spinex visits 1986 to F4 , Lightning and Jag stations. I concur that the aim was to remind FJ pilots of spin/departure symptoms and how disorientating a spin can be especially if it went...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Dec 2015, 17:03
Replies: 58,121
Views: 11,006,767
Posted By stickstirrer

I call them seagulls, not Reindeer...have to...

I call them seagulls, not Reindeer...have to throw stones at them to get them airborne...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Jan 2014, 00:24
Replies: 714
Views: 162,651
Posted By stickstirrer

Inadvertant firing

I concur with RetiredBA/BY ( I have 19 years experience flying the T1). The initiation of the seat firing still seems to me to be the most peculiar thing about the accident. The pull needs to be...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Mar 2012, 18:01
Replies: 34
Views: 12,802
Posted By stickstirrer

Angel raf greatcoat available

I have a proper greatcoat available for sale, below knee length, ranked, proper original buttons. I am 6', 42" chest. Bought when in Cold War Germany, 1979....hardly worn. Make me an offer? :cool:
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Nov 2011, 11:33
Replies: 259
Views: 180,012
Posted By stickstirrer

MB Mk 10 equipped aircraft grounded

Tornado, Hawk and Tucano grounded this morning. Sadly points to equipment problem, at least pilot error now seems more remote.
Condolences and sympathy to Sean's family, colleagues and the team; I...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Nov 2011, 23:59
Replies: 15
Views: 4,544
Posted By stickstirrer

The loudest man in NATO..

Met the man in question for the first time at Koksijde airshow in 1990 ish. He introduced a famous world land speed record holder, his F4 pilot, to me with the intro : 'Have you met my nose gunner?'...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Aug 2011, 19:19
Replies: 184
Views: 253,450
Posted By stickstirrer

Fair enough, well done in very difficult...

Fair enough, well done in very difficult circumstances.
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Aug 2011, 18:16
Replies: 184
Views: 253,450
Posted By stickstirrer

Fuel at the end of a display: 180-250 kgs approx...

Fuel at the end of a display: 180-250 kgs approx depending upon the diversion being used.
Condolences to family, friends and team mates, terribly terribly sad for all.
Guessing at the causes of...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jul 2011, 14:21
Replies: 82
Views: 39,024
Posted By stickstirrer

Red face Coffee Mate?

I was in the crewroom when the incident mentioned happened. It was a Group Captain and a very pleasant Flt Flt QFI, they had done the weather ship and the crewroom was full of instructors and...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jul 2011, 23:34
Replies: 530
Views: 176,965
Posted By stickstirrer

Tex

Having flown with Tex on the Jaguar it was lovely to see his name pop up again...asked how the Javelin handled he said, 'rather like the Camel actually' and what was the best tactic to adopt if...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2011, 19:03
Replies: 3
Views: 1,848
Posted By stickstirrer

Jaguar Reunion

Can anyone tell me who organises the Jaguar pilots' reunion and is one planned for 2011? TVM
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2011, 18:53
Replies: 6
DMS
Views: 4,696
Posted By stickstirrer

Jaguar Reunion

Does anyone know when the next Jag reunion is going to be (2011?) and who I could contact to find out? TVM
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