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Forum: Military Aviation
18th Aug 2017, 12:10
Replies: 87
Views: 48,517
Posted By Monsun

Thunderbird7. Unfortunately they've had problems...

Thunderbird7. Unfortunately they've had problems with another engine. I visited BBMF last Thursday and the Dak had its starboard engine removed and needed a replacement. Have seen elsewhere that...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Oct 2016, 21:15
Replies: 6
Views: 4,251
Posted By Monsun

Very sad news. I contacted Gerry a few years...

Very sad news.

I contacted Gerry a few years ago regarding his time on Javelins (23 and 60 Sqns). Before this he flew Hunters with 98 Sqn at Jever.

After his time on Javelins he was an...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Aug 2016, 07:22
Replies: 294
Views: 161,499
Posted By Monsun

And many thanks to Wokkafans from me as well!

And many thanks to Wokkafans from me as well!
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Aug 2016, 20:47
Replies: 294
Views: 161,499
Posted By Monsun

I think the TV programme would have been an...

I think the TV programme would have been an episode of the documentary series Man Alive on BBC which was done at Wildenrath in 1980. I spoke with Graham Clarke a few years ago who had to fly the...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Dec 2015, 08:10
Replies: 63
Views: 18,079
Posted By Monsun

Regarding noise at Leeming I recall a half hour...

Regarding noise at Leeming I recall a half hour programme by Tyne Tees television all about Tornado noise featuring one particularly gobby woman from Scruton who was up in arms about the new...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Nov 2015, 15:00
Replies: 294
Views: 161,499
Posted By Monsun

Smuj You might be confusing two separate...

Smuj

You might be confusing two separate incidents at Akrotiri. The one involving Martin Bee occurred on 23/5/74 (XS928) and indeed was a titanium fire which led to the No.1 engine winding down...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Oct 2015, 18:16
Replies: 50
Views: 14,349
Posted By Monsun

Peel are making just as good a job of running...

Peel are making just as good a job of running Durham Tees Valley....
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Oct 2015, 10:37
Replies: 294
Views: 161,499
Posted By Monsun

Hello newt. Still haven't found your old TVR I'm...

Hello newt. Still haven't found your old TVR I'm afraid (or my first one for that matter).

P.S. Sorry for thread drift
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Sep 2015, 19:10
Replies: 1,757
Views: 988,173
Posted By Monsun

The AAIB will 'come-on' in time but in terms of...

The AAIB will 'come-on' in time but in terms of the departure from North Weald the take off performance of the Hunter T.7 is known and the runway state and weather is also known. Even at this early...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Aug 2015, 15:16
Replies: 1,757
Views: 988,173
Posted By Monsun

I really hope that AH comes through this and...

I really hope that AH comes through this and recovers but would question whether he will be able to help the AAIB in any meaningful way.

My CFI had a serious accident the year after he taught me...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Aug 2015, 08:48
Replies: 1,757
Views: 988,173
Posted By Monsun

Roland Les Hatcher is a former Lightning...

Roland

Les Hatcher is a former Lightning pilot who passed through the OCU in 1967 and subsequently flew with 19, 56 and 111 Squadrons
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Aug 2015, 16:59
Replies: 13
Views: 4,975
Posted By Monsun

Yes it was 1971 (if it's the one I'm thinking of)...

Yes it was 1971 (if it's the one I'm thinking of) but it was an F.3 so 111 Squadron? It happened four times altogether with Lightnings but the Wattisham incident was probably the most impressive of...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Mar 2015, 15:41
Replies: 20
Views: 6,067
Posted By Monsun

Looks like a total cock up all round on this one....

Looks like a total cock up all round on this one. Apparently the coin itself is now having to be re-designed to show how much it is worth....
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Feb 2015, 10:02
Replies: 66
Views: 27,837
Posted By Monsun

and it's Beamont and not Beaumont....

and it's Beamont and not Beaumont....
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jul 2014, 17:20
Replies: 27
Views: 13,130
Posted By Monsun

It wasn't Binbrook, it was newt on MPC but he's...

It wasn't Binbrook, it was newt on MPC but he's still not allowed to tell us what really happened.....
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2014, 18:30
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,344,118
Posted By Monsun

Regarding the theory that MH370 got close to...

Regarding the theory that MH370 got close to SIA68 so as to transit Indian airspace without suspicion, it reminds me of a story I heard from a former RAF Lightning pilot who was based at Akrotiri in...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Mar 2014, 13:18
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,344,118
Posted By Monsun

Something I would like to know. Would voice...

Something I would like to know. Would voice analysis be able to ascertain whether the final call (Roger that) was made by the same person who had carried out the previous radio transmissions?
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Mar 2014, 18:25
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,344,118
Posted By Monsun

As one of the possibilities in this case has to...

As one of the possibilities in this case has to be pilot action, I seem to recall that the captain had a simulator at his house. Would it be possible that the software on this could show what flight...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Mar 2014, 18:10
Replies: 18
Views: 5,055
Posted By Monsun

The figure quoted for the F.6 ventral of 610...

The figure quoted for the F.6 ventral of 610 gallons is correct and 170 gallons was lost when the Aden gun installation was fitted. Each of the overwing ferry tanks held 260 gallons.
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Dec 2013, 16:55
Replies: 73
Views: 18,840
Posted By Monsun

Visited Church Fenton several times with the ATC....

Visited Church Fenton several times with the ATC. First was on 20 April 1969 when I flew in Chipmunks WK624 and WP845. Happy days!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Nov 2013, 11:19
Replies: 27
Views: 13,805
Posted By Monsun

Iris There are also details of the accident...

Iris

There are also details of the accident that run to about a page in Lightning Eject (Pen and Sword Books)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Nov 2013, 17:53
Replies: 27
Views: 13,805
Posted By Monsun

I have some information on Alan Garside but not...

I have some information on Alan Garside but not that much I'm afraid. He went straight from Operational Conversion Unit around June 1959 to fly Hunters with 66 Squadron at Acklington in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Nov 2013, 14:47
Replies: 9
Views: 6,219
Posted By Monsun

Doug The first photo appeared in Air Clues...

Doug

The first photo appeared in Air Clues of April 1964 and the caption records the four as (L to R) W/C M.S Khanna (C.O. of an Indian AF Hunter squadron), Master Navigator A. Parker and F/L G....
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Oct 2013, 16:00
Replies: 37
Views: 18,971
Posted By Monsun

Thanks neilf92, I stand corrected!

Thanks neilf92, I stand corrected!
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Oct 2013, 11:58
Replies: 37
Views: 18,971
Posted By Monsun

Have done extensive research on the Lightning, in...

Have done extensive research on the Lightning, in terms of sinking back onto the runway after take off I make it five as follows

1) 6/5/66, XM213 of 226 OCU, S/L Paul Hobley
2) 27/9/66, XR714...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Sep 2013, 12:33
Replies: 8
Views: 2,956
Posted By Monsun

Hi Dave There was an article on 228 OCU...

Hi Dave

There was an article on 228 OCU published in the January 1967 edition of Air Pictorial written by Roger Levy. It covered the period 1965/66 and might help with some of your queries.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Sep 2013, 14:41
Replies: 115
Views: 58,837
Posted By Monsun

Anyone interested in what the Javelin was like to...

Anyone interested in what the Javelin was like to fly and what was liable to go wrong with it could try Javelin from the Cockpit. There is also a full chapter on spinning the Javelin.
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jan 2013, 13:08
Replies: 56
Views: 9,888
Posted By Monsun

Not with you Duk it would spoil the memories!

Not with you Duk it would spoil the memories!
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jan 2013, 09:11
Replies: 56
Views: 9,888
Posted By Monsun

An ex RAF fighter pilot once told me that a...

An ex RAF fighter pilot once told me that a similar trial was carried out at Boscombe Down using a Harvard as the target. The fighter might have been a Javelin. Any confirmation of this would be...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Dec 2012, 17:21
Replies: 131
Views: 31,392
Posted By Monsun

LM Wrote a book on the Lightning a good few...

LM

Wrote a book on the Lightning a good few years ago and was helped greatly by Brian Carroll. He sent me his account of getting to 87,300ft (indicated) over Saudi in 1979. Also included the...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Dec 2012, 19:52
Replies: 131
Views: 31,392
Posted By Monsun

He'll have to be careful on the Flypast forum as...

He'll have to be careful on the Flypast forum as people readily get banned there as well. Two Spitfire luminaries (Andy Saunders and Peter Arnold) have just returned from the sin bin.
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Dec 2012, 17:53
Replies: 112
Views: 35,309
Posted By Monsun

Agree PFR, free the Bournemouth one, assuming...

Agree PFR, free the Bournemouth one, assuming that he still lives down that way?
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Dec 2012, 18:05
Replies: 112
Views: 35,309
Posted By Monsun

Yes, it's all in the boo......as they say over on...

Yes, it's all in the boo......as they say over on the Flypast forum :)
Forum: Flight Testing
9th Nov 2011, 12:14
Replies: 10
Views: 6,198
Posted By Monsun

It will all be in the book that I'm not allowed...

It will all be in the book that I'm not allowed to mention ;)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Oct 2010, 21:02
Replies: 23
Views: 17,783
Posted By Monsun

Have researched both accidents for books and...

Have researched both accidents for books and there is not much I can add that hasn't already been said.

The location in the Court of Inquiry for the Javelin is given as Sandford, just south of...
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