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Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2024, 19:18
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

My eccentricities are both below the knee...

My eccentricities are both below the knee [fortunately].

Garish proper woollen socks [wife is a prodigious sock-knitter] chosen to clash with trousers, and .....................
Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2024, 18:27
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Finally. The plods turned up without prior...

Finally.

The plods turned up without prior notification and found me at home and actually working.
They were cagey about the reason so I decamped to the dining room and asked Joyce to take notes....
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd May 2024, 18:46
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Resignation is a serious matter, not to be...

Resignation is a serious matter, not to be undertaken until the red mists clear. However, as a succession of dull digs and limited pub menus took toll, the initial thought prevailed. Having spent 40...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd May 2024, 14:16
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

The BLEU films were shown as routine to all...

The BLEU films were shown as routine to all courses at Shinfield. Very very impressive ......... gasps from the audience as, at last, the runway was seen.
However I confess to being somewhat of a...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Apr 2024, 18:19
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Was Peter Jackson there with you? He had some...

Was Peter Jackson there with you? He had some wonderful Heathrow Met. tales to tell.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Apr 2024, 18:13
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Brize, Southern England and BFG. Be careful...

Brize, Southern England and BFG.

Be careful what you wish for!

Living in Lincolnshire and stationed at Brize for a couple of years was not ideal but I was granted very good accommodation in the...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Apr 2024, 15:03
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

My mother said "cheats never prosper!". Some do,...

My mother said "cheats never prosper!". Some do, some don't.
One loser was an observer at Idris or El Adem or another along the N African coast. He decided the weather was set fair so headed for the...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2024, 20:23
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

I only endured the civil side for about five...

I only endured the civil side for about five years [seemed like ten]. Once upon a time there were major weather centres in London, Norwich, Southampton, Plymouth, Cardiff, Bristol, Nottingham, Leeds,...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2024, 19:37
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

All good things come to an end. Retirement...

All good things come to an end.

Retirement date with full pension would be 8th May 1997. In 1994 we were still enjoying the perks of service life in BFG but it seemed wise to jump before I was...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2024, 18:38
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Precision aneroid barometer. These were a...

Precision aneroid barometer.

These were a joy to behold .......... simple read out, instant result, no interpolation or corrections, portable. The official issue was two.

The snag? Rather like...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2024, 15:55
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Barographs The barograph sat [sits?] in its...

Barographs

The barograph sat [sits?] in its handsome glass case, with the pressure vessel gently expanding and contracting, and the drum with chart gently turning. Driven by clockwork, and the ink...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2024, 15:17
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Big question. Both explanations are simplistic,...

Big question. Both explanations are simplistic, they are "models" to aid understanding. Consider the earth/ oceans/ ice caps and rotation of the earth as a dynamic system. There are usually 4 or 5...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2024, 15:01
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Sorry that you received bolleaux from ODI...

Sorry that you received bolleaux from ODI ............ I was only S Met O's boss 1996-7 so probably off the hook.
The detailed upper air temperature and wind measurements were highly specialised...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Apr 2024, 19:44
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Barometers and other mysteries. For the...

Barometers and other mysteries.

For the first half of my career we used the beautiful and dangerous mercury barometers to measure atmospheric pressure. This coincided with a period of increasing...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Apr 2024, 19:43
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Part of life's rich tapestry!

Part of life's rich tapestry!
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Apr 2024, 19:18
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Correct. The procedure followed [gang of 4...

Correct.
The procedure followed [gang of 4 young blokes, girl friend accomplices]

Purchase copy of the Times newspaper [to dignify proceedings]
Purchase pair kippers, retain one for reserve, ...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Apr 2024, 12:37
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Balloons were either red, blue or white according...

Balloons were either red, blue or white according to a judgement on cloud amount, cirrus especially. Flights at night tracked a suspended candle lantern under the hydrogen balloon. Elfansafety had...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Apr 2024, 19:00
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Back to Met. soon: barometers and altimeters and...

Back to Met. soon: barometers and altimeters and goings-on.
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Apr 2024, 18:17
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Apart from the obvious, we had a cell embedded in...

Apart from the obvious, we had a cell embedded in Bletchley Park with secure comms to Dunstable . I learned this only recently, very second hand. The leader was the brilliant but irascible Ernest...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Apr 2024, 18:09
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Maybe, may well be, but I will quote K, my hard...

Maybe, may well be, but I will quote K, my hard taskmaster and brilliant forecaster from Topcliffe days:

"The one thing guaranteed to bugger a carefully thought-through, logical and scientific...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Apr 2024, 11:02
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Yes, absolutely, what some might call balls of...

Yes, absolutely, what some might call balls of brass these days.

Interestingly the names spoken in reverent whispers were of CKM Douglas and Sverre Peterssen. Douglas retired just before I joined...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Apr 2024, 09:54
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Hydromet will be the expert, but my pennorth: ...

Hydromet will be the expert, but my pennorth:

Jupiter pluvius the God of Rain [washing the car has the same effect]..
Pluvius Insurance can be purchased for an outdoor event .......... the...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2024, 18:38
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Trigger warning. Rude anecdote. The end of...

Trigger warning. Rude anecdote.
The end of Wildenrath MEDA task was well celebrated there: I have the massive stein, surely 1 litre. [Yes, I have, but not recently].
Met RAFG wangled a coach to...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2024, 13:46
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Yes, with a neat beard, great bloke.

Yes, with a neat beard, great bloke.
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2024, 13:39
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

We interrupt this diatribe to bring any readers...

We interrupt this diatribe to bring any readers still awake the first contribution from the ex- Chief Met Officer Strike Command. More promised after his impending holiday.

THE MOBILE MET UNIT...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2024, 13:33
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Thank you very much

Thank you very much
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2024, 13:31
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Other than the Obit hyperlink quoted upstream,...

Other than the Obit hyperlink quoted upstream, all I can add is that HH was said to be a Quaker. I rest my case, m'lud.
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2024, 21:13
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Inspections and anemometers There were no...

Inspections and anemometers

There were no “Instructions for Inspecting Officers”; an inspection had to be performed annually and report made to Defence branch. The geography of the Bawtry group...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2024, 20:55
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

I cannot add much to the Obit that I signposted....

I cannot add much to the Obit that I signposted. At Climat in Harrow he just had a couple of very young [and naughty] men to help him. DB, my oppo, had French and Latin, I had French and German. In...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2024, 16:32
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

ICM thank you. I know Wildenrath lost its MEDA...

ICM thank you. I know Wildenrath lost its MEDA status and then closed but cannot for the life of me remember the order of closing ....... was Bruggen last one standing?
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2024, 13:09
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

RAFG becomes 2 Group. In 1993 there were...

RAFG becomes 2 Group.

In 1993 there were several ceremonies to mark the end of an era. For me the most memorable was a vast group photo taken with the Big House grand entrance as background. I...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Apr 2024, 18:39
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Observations on observations. In an age when...

Observations on observations.

In an age when anything and everything can be measured to amazing accuracy, the work of a little cell in our Climatology Branch during the late 1950s must seem...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Apr 2024, 15:57
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

Spoiler alert I stayed for as long as there...

Spoiler alert

I stayed for as long as there was a worthwhile job [managing withdrawal essentially] and then the last couple of years were fascinating.
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Apr 2024, 11:18
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

For those who want to know how bl**dy awful Jan...

For those who want to know how bl**dy awful Jan Feb Mar have been, play with:

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-actual-and-anomaly-maps

April is going to be as bad....
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Apr 2024, 11:00
Replies: 223
Views: 41,006
Posted By langleybaston

[QUOTE=mahogany bob;11641150]LB Runner up...

[QUOTE=mahogany bob;11641150]LB

Runner up was the lovely girl at Waddo who had an oversized bust and went bright red when she announced that a large warm front was approaching from the west .
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