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Forum: Military Aviation

19th Oct 2010, 13:36

Replies: 7,469

Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Posted By Flying Icecream

Oh how I miss the Good Old Days !! When I joined...

Oh how I miss the Good Old Days !! When I joined up in 1964,everything seemed so settled and secure ; we had 7 (yes seven) carriers; two were LPH ,HMS Albion ,HMS Bulwark, and five were CVA ,HMS...

Forum: Military Aviation

19th Oct 2010, 11:47

Replies: 160

Defence Review - Headlines

Views: 36,546

Posted By Flying Icecream

As I have already said ....sorry,postulated (!)...

As I have already said ....sorry,postulated (!) on this subject (Carriers,defence cuts ) elsewhere on this site today ; don't believe everything that you read in the newspapers !!
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Forum: Military Aviation

19th Oct 2010, 10:44

Replies: 31

F/A18s for the RN

Views: 7,472

Posted By Flying Icecream

So much speculation !! So many rumours !!...

So much speculation !! So many rumours !! However,here's my hypothesis (No names,no pack drill ). Anyway ; a senior Royal Naval officer (possibly from the Royal Marines) may have already left these...

Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Sep 2010, 17:59

Replies: 154

Hands to Flying Stations Scimitars and Sea Vixens

Views: 66,609

Posted By Flying Icecream

Hands to flying stations Scimitars and Vixens

Interestingly, the film showing aicraft tail-coded both "H" and "V" ,but seeming to show mainly HMS Hermes ( at one time shown leading HMS Ark Royal) has brief shots of the Captain of Hermes (...

Forum: Military Aviation

24th Mar 2010, 19:45

Replies: 205

Flying the Canberra

Views: 66,151

Posted By Flying Icecream

Ask One Who Knows !

Dear Trimstab
I shall shortly be enjoying the company,at my favourite pub/ folk- venue in Buckinghamshire, of a venerable Canberra pilot,(the landlord ),and will,of course,ask him for his views...

Forum: Military Aviation

24th Mar 2010, 16:18

Replies: 68

Wessex V Sea King

Views: 28,109

Posted By Flying Icecream

In the carrier Eagle ,for the Home /Far East/Home...

In the carrier Eagle ,for the Home /Far East/Home commission of 1967-68,we had a whole squadron ,no.820 NAS, of single-engined,Avpin-started Wessex HAS Mk 1. As the name suggests,they were primarily...

Forum: Military Aviation

24th Mar 2010, 14:47

Replies: 12,908

Sticky Gaining An R.A.F Pilots Brevet In WW II

Views: 4,852,189

Posted By Flying Icecream

Dear Regle Thanks for your comments about...

Dear Regle
Thanks for your comments about Sqdn/Ldr Van Den Bok. I have,in fact,spent quite a lot of time researching him,and was only recently able to fill in the "blanks",ie between 1942 and...

Forum: Flight Testing

24th Mar 2010, 14:05

Replies: 14

Measuring Vmcg?

Views: 3,305

Posted By Flying Icecream

Trim Stab Hi ! I saw your other...

Trim Stab
Hi ! I saw your other posting,about the Canberra ; I shall be visiting a pub in Bucks tonight,and will enquire of "mine host", Mike, a former Canberra helmsman. He is A) not in...

Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Mar 2010, 14:56

Replies: 172

V-Force dispersal query

Views: 72,928

Posted By Flying Icecream

I well remember the Vulcan detachments to VL...

I well remember the Vulcan detachments to VL (Yeovilton) in the mid-60s. One always knew when something was "up" when the Beverleys and Hastings appeared. At that time,the RAF personnel would be...

Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Mar 2010, 12:57

Replies: 12,908

Sticky Gaining An R.A.F Pilots Brevet In WW II

Views: 4,852,189

Posted By Flying Icecream

Oldest Pilot in ww2 ?

Dear Cliffnemo & Regle
How I have enjoyed reading your postings !! Fascinating ! Now I wonder if you could tell me about age limits for pilots during the war ?
My father's regular pilot,with...

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