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Forum: Military Aviation
5th May 2024, 10:10
Replies: 10
Views: 2,262
Posted By Quietplease

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

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1342/scan_028_559473bc7c4894c03cfa8d3a915bf5302312983a.jpg
The beautifully restored front end of this will be there.
Unfortunately my two best...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Apr 2024, 16:03
Replies: 225
Views: 42,660
Posted By Quietplease

You were lucky to miss that trip. I did it once,...

You were lucky to miss that trip. I did it once, a couple of hours in a Dormobile from Akrotiri then an eternity in the Hastings, Nicosia-El Adem- Khartoum- Aden.
As regular visitors to Aden there...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2024, 15:45
Replies: 0
Views: 509
Posted By Quietplease

6FTS 1961-68 Acklington

It looks as though this year may be the last reunion unless we can round up a few more survivors. Last year there were 31 with 9 OHs. Age range from 92 to 75.
At a very rough estimate maybe 500-600...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Apr 2024, 07:42
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,773,995
Posted By Quietplease

It was a wonderful organisation. 70 years ago...

It was a wonderful organisation. 70 years ago last week I did my A and B at 105 GS Cambridge.
By 16 1/2 could fly, drive (Bedford 15cwt double declutching), drive a winch, mend a cable. Stood me in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Dec 2023, 12:10
Replies: 33
Views: 3,371
Posted By Quietplease

The sextant was used to make sure we were not...

The sextant was used to make sure we were not trailing. You certainly wouldn't pick up an aircraft. When we were doing the milkrun over Yemen out of Khormaksar we would head south out to sea, find...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Dec 2023, 14:06
Replies: 33
Views: 3,371
Posted By Quietplease

The 13Sqn PR7 was being flown by a 58Sqn crew. It...

The 13Sqn PR7 was being flown by a 58Sqn crew. It was a Meteor that got them. The morning flight had been unsuccessful and they returned in the afternoon. Medium level cloud so they trying to get the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Nov 2023, 21:39
Replies: 72
Views: 5,509
Posted By Quietplease

Did my A&B certificates 11/03/54 at 105 GS...

Did my A&B certificates 11/03/54 at 105 GS Cambridge in a Cadet Mk1.
Did my last solo August last year in a DG500 along the South Downs ridge. Had hoped to make 70 years but decided to be old not...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Aug 2023, 10:56
Replies: 6
Views: 1,245
Posted By Quietplease

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https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1527/scan_032_5b340ed597554a12eadb5c2109c14ad8bceccaf2.jpg...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Aug 2023, 10:46
Replies: 6
Views: 1,245
Posted By Quietplease

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1325/scan_023_ed7851ec58fc64e3525442186d11b4eea679832d.jpg...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jul 2023, 16:29
Replies: 257
Views: 105,647
Posted By Quietplease

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x847/12998e0e_c3e0_4766_8b5a_93b03595c647_f167dce2ab0c0e02984d019e5d64aced48ea10f6.jpeg...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Jun 2023, 15:22
Replies: 21
Views: 3,797
Posted By Quietplease

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1379/dc3b70a2_beb0_446f_a8ef_2e72e7dd092b_ade8ae6bd514e4706e60e68938d77cbe3b3308b4.jpeg
Nasser's Corner.
The NDBs at El Obeid and Juba used...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Mar 2023, 14:28
Replies: 86
Views: 11,565
Posted By Quietplease

The 707 was a wonderful bit of agricultural...

The 707 was a wonderful bit of agricultural engineering. If something went wrong there was almost always a mechanical back up and a flight engineer.
Gear stuck up - open the panels in the flightdeck...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Mar 2023, 11:18
Replies: 86
Views: 11,565
Posted By Quietplease

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1299/38ab2a61_4151_431a_b7c0_bbb80db7dd90_ed2533af8cb42e4f77c2563077c219a3b153cd1a.jpeg
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Mar 2023, 10:31
Replies: 16
Views: 2,014
Posted By Quietplease

I thought Shorts Canberras had round head rivets...

I thought Shorts Canberras had round head rivets and shiplap panels.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Feb 2023, 14:53
Replies: 79
Views: 15,327
Posted By Quietplease

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1399/04b656f3_8fba_447e_ac82_53c35942bc6e_596553ee86dbf42564fd9fcf0e6171cad6d3c982.jpeg...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Jan 2023, 14:59
Replies: 5
Views: 976
Posted By Quietplease

Canadian Pacific Vancouver late 67 the bottom 10...

Canadian Pacific Vancouver late 67 the bottom 10 on the seniority list out on the street at one weeks notice. No unemployment insurance.
Gliding friend had a very small company repainting and...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Nov 2022, 09:03
Replies: 50
Views: 11,871
Posted By Quietplease

All water injection did for a BAC1-11 was make it...

All water injection did for a BAC1-11 was make it noisier. No discernible effect on performance.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Nov 2022, 21:00
Replies: 15
Views: 2,078
Posted By Quietplease

As far as I can remember it was the yellow stripe...

As far as I can remember it was the yellow stripe ahead of the fin and a similar one outboard of the engines. It was so long ago but I can remember the thrill for a twenty year old with 225 hours to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Nov 2022, 09:19
Replies: 15
Views: 2,078
Posted By Quietplease

I did the asymmetric course at Worksop on Meteor...

I did the asymmetric course at Worksop on Meteor 7s and 8s early 1957. Gamston was our satellite field.
A year or so ago there was an amendment to the 1/2 mil chart "Worksop, remove disused airfield...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Apr 2022, 15:49
Replies: 92
Views: 12,501
Posted By Quietplease

I was lucky enough to do one of the last Meteor...

I was lucky enough to do one of the last Meteor asymmetric courses at Worksop and lucky to have Lou Leviitt as instructor.
First takeoff arm locked as hard as possible to ensure only slow throttle...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Jan 2022, 21:10
Replies: 34
Views: 15,442
Posted By Quietplease

Wolverhampton 19/06/1964 the 6FTS JP aeros team...

Wolverhampton 19/06/1964 the 6FTS JP aeros team were practicing for a display the next day. We were asked to desist as the local school children were all at the windows watching instead of doing...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Nov 2021, 14:28
Replies: 30
Views: 5,613
Posted By Quietplease

The Vampire was a very easy aircraft to fly....

The Vampire was a very easy aircraft to fly. Typical of our course I was solo in the 11 after 6.15 and another 3.10 before solo on the 5. We had done the abbreviated JP1 course so only 95.15 total to...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Nov 2021, 14:08
Replies: 24
Views: 7,563
Posted By Quietplease

Sir James Martin by Sarah Sharman ISBN...

Sir James Martin by Sarah Sharman ISBN 1-85260-551-0 lists the first 6502 ejections with names and a/c type.
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Oct 2021, 13:03
Replies: 47
Views: 14,489
Posted By Quietplease

I was there at the same period and this is all...

I was there at the same period and this is all news to me.
Spinning was the main problem area on the 11. We did have one instructor who, on a previous course, returned minus student whose exit had...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Oct 2021, 11:14
Replies: 232
Views: 61,376
Posted By Quietplease

Particularly the little Qantas138b.

Particularly the little Qantas138b.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd Oct 2021, 10:11
Replies: 232
Views: 61,376
Posted By Quietplease

Vampire 5 and 9 JP4 737 200

Vampire 5 and 9
JP4
737 200
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Jun 2021, 15:09
Replies: 127
Views: 29,340
Posted By Quietplease

Longest sector I did with Qantas on the 138 was...

Longest sector I did with Qantas on the 138 was 8.20 SYD-SIN. Longest on a PWA 138 was beginning of season empty ferry LGW-YVR 9.45.
Longest on a BCAL 320C was LGW - LAX 11.40
On the Qantas fiesta...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Jun 2021, 15:04
Replies: 127
Views: 29,340
Posted By Quietplease

LGW-LAX was tight on the BCAL 320Cs. We...

LGW-LAX was tight on the BCAL 320Cs. We occasionally had to drop into Las Vegas or Salt Lake or Edmonton. Not a hope in 138B.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Jun 2021, 17:18
Replies: 113
Views: 28,879
Posted By Quietplease

Did a few holiday charters with BA 737-200 at...

Did a few holiday charters with BA 737-200 at LGW. The most memorable was a sub charter for Britannia. First flight of the ski season to Toulouse so a quick turnaround with round trip fuel and empty...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Jun 2021, 17:04
Replies: 127
Views: 29,340
Posted By Quietplease

Standard Airways, Seattle based, operated a pair...

Standard Airways, Seattle based, operated a pair of ex Qantas 138Bs. One came to a very sticky end at YVR 8/02/68. It was chartered to CP and in their colours when it arrived back at Vancouver from...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2021, 14:47
Replies: 22
Views: 6,170
Posted By Quietplease

Haven't seen the film yet. I found this under...

Haven't seen the film yet. I found this under some old lino I was ripping up in 1964. Work stopped whilst I read this and a long article on the Hendon Airshow.
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Feb 2021, 14:22
Replies: 278
Views: 59,411
Posted By Quietplease

That V1 pulse jet as long as it kept going. B36...

That V1 pulse jet as long as it kept going. B36 with 6 turin and 4 burnin was pretty distinctive.
Later on nothing like 4 JT3Ds at VI at Lagos, Khartoum, Baghdad........
Still hear that...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Dec 2020, 15:33
Replies: 29
Views: 7,088
Posted By Quietplease

Gliding. Try a trial lesson and if he is hooked...

Gliding. Try a trial lesson and if he is hooked do a couple of weeks course. Lasham is good with cheap accommodation.
Continuity is vital at the early stage.
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Oct 2020, 17:08
Replies: 250
Views: 72,951
Posted By Quietplease

As a twenty year old you couldn’t have more fun...

As a twenty year old you couldn’t have more fun (in the air) than a Meteor 8.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Sep 2020, 20:46
Replies: 8
Views: 2,334
Posted By Quietplease

Try and find a rare unsigned copy!

Try and find a rare unsigned copy!
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