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Search: Posts Made By: Halton Brat
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Forum: Military Aviation
17th Dec 2016, 16:48
Replies: 3
Views: 2,267
Posted By Halton Brat

'Chips' Carpenter

I seem to recall that Flt Lt/Sqn Ldr Chips Carpenter, 230 Sqn Puma pilot at Gutersloh in the mid 1980's, was rumoured to have been on the Black Arrows?

HB
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Mar 2016, 00:04
Replies: 168
Views: 76,031
Posted By Halton Brat

Wiggins Aerodyne (Naval derivative).

Wiggins Aerodyne (Naval derivative).
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jan 2016, 06:00
Replies: 134
Views: 39,247
Posted By Halton Brat

Blimey, I must have been thick. It took the RAF 2...

Blimey, I must have been thick. It took the RAF 2 years at Halton to turn me into something of some kind of use to the Service......

HB
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Aug 2015, 01:08
Replies: 84
Views: 17,054
Posted By Halton Brat

Sir Keith Williamson CAS/Halton Brat

Sir Keith Williamson CAS/Halton Brat
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Aug 2015, 00:52
Replies: 20
Views: 7,087
Posted By Halton Brat

Same author - 'Paddy Finucane - Fighter Pilot'. ...

Same author - 'Paddy Finucane - Fighter Pilot'.

HB
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Aug 2015, 23:48
Replies: 20
Views: 7,087
Posted By Halton Brat

Hi Spreckley, there is a Wiki article titled...

Hi Spreckley, there is a Wiki article titled 'Beamish Brothers' which gives a brief history on this distinguished Irish family. Victor Beamish was a Fighter Command Station Commander (shooting from...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Aug 2015, 21:22
Replies: 44
Views: 11,404
Posted By Halton Brat

Beaded seat cover

The beaded seat cover shown in post #9, in German, is known as a 'Holzkeugelsitzauflage'. Wonderful language, German.

HB
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2015, 04:36
Replies: 43
Views: 19,179
Posted By Halton Brat

Time -warp some of these back to summer...

Time -warp some of these back to summer 1940.......

HB
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2015, 19:15
Replies: 22
Views: 8,179
Posted By Halton Brat

Watched the colour footage today, dear God those...

Watched the colour footage today, dear God those Guardsmen came close to loosing WSC's lead-lined coffin on the steps of St Paul's. I hope that someone bought those boys a beer afterwards.

HB
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2015, 11:50
Replies: 22
Views: 8,179
Posted By Halton Brat

Will there be an RAF flypast as part of today's...

Will there be an RAF flypast as part of today's commemoration on the Thames, I wonder?


HB
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2015, 08:08
Replies: 22
Views: 8,179
Posted By Halton Brat

Churchill's Funeral

Proud to see that Halton Apprentices were given the honour of providing close escort to the gun carriage bearing the coffin of Sir Winston.


Any other memories from that day out there? I seem to...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Jan 2015, 12:32
Replies: 10
Views: 1,697
Posted By Halton Brat

When I arrived at RAF Valley in 1973, they hardly...

When I arrived at RAF Valley in 1973, they hardly had 'lectric, never mind a bleedin' mobile signal!


HB
Forum: Freight Dogs
5th Jan 2015, 08:50
Replies: 11
Views: 11,773
Posted By Halton Brat

MK Airlines

MK Lux Line Station - a great 2yr period in my career to date. Great flight/ground crews, can-do attitude, work-hard/play hard ethos. Happy days!

HB
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Dec 2014, 17:36
Replies: 21
Views: 5,338
Posted By Halton Brat

Thanks for the update, Sun. HB

Thanks for the update, Sun.

HB
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Dec 2014, 16:12
Replies: 21
Views: 5,338
Posted By Halton Brat

IIRC, the 1979 Fastnet yacht race disaster showed...

IIRC, the 1979 Fastnet yacht race disaster showed that winching up a survivor who had been immersed in the water for a protracted period could possibly instigate a cardiac arrest, if performed in a...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Nov 2014, 09:24
Replies: 5
Views: 1,821
Posted By Halton Brat

That's interesting Nutty. The CWGC website shows...

That's interesting Nutty. The CWGC website shows him as being born in Dalwood, Devon?


A well-read WW1-savvy pal of mine suggests that, given his Artillery background, William may have been an...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Nov 2014, 14:35
Replies: 5
Views: 1,821
Posted By Halton Brat

Air Mechanic 2nd Class William NJ Nichols

I was unable to partake of any Remembrance services on Sunday (in transit), so this morning I drove an hour south from my Frankfurt home to the city of Worms (say Verms....). My destination was the...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Nov 2014, 06:31
Replies: 28
Views: 14,698
Posted By Halton Brat

Krystal, pls see PM. HB

Krystal, pls see PM.

HB
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Nov 2014, 05:53
Replies: 28
Views: 14,698
Posted By Halton Brat

I knew the chap who signed for the refuel; he had...

I knew the chap who signed for the refuel; he had 'taken over' the already in-progress refuel so that others could go to lunch.

In a cruel twist of fate, the presence of the Stn Cdr on board...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Nov 2014, 20:34
Replies: 28
Views: 14,698
Posted By Halton Brat

I well remember the Stn Cdr being picked up by a...

I well remember the Stn Cdr being picked up by a Basset at Valley, circa 1973/74. The aircraft was refuelled with Avtur in error, and force landed in a field soon after departure. One fatal & serious...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Oct 2014, 15:45
Replies: 11
Views: 2,729
Posted By Halton Brat

Try Absolute Danny - BDSM en Sex Shop Amsterdam...

Try Absolute Danny - BDSM en Sex Shop Amsterdam (http://www.absolutedanny.com)

HB
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Sep 2014, 14:32
Replies: 17
Views: 3,216
Posted By Halton Brat

Just Gnattering....

Ok all you guys of a certain age, time to start writing your Christmas lists....

Airfix are about to issue a 1/48 scale model of the Folland Gnat T1. This scale will give the model a 6" wingspan,...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Sep 2014, 06:04
Replies: 59
Views: 14,646
Posted By Halton Brat

David Haines, ex RAF, slaughtered by IS

Mods, please feel free to merge the other thread (with a low-profile title) with this.

David Haines was clearly a credit to the RAF, his former Service.

He was one of us; this is now personal....
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Aug 2014, 22:36
Replies: 10
Views: 3,270
Posted By Halton Brat

Post In those halcyon Concorde days, I was living just...

In those halcyon Concorde days, I was living just west of Cardiff airport, au bord de la mer. The jet's 1030 LHR departure would, in summer, cause a series of booms which were clearly audible in this...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jul 2014, 09:42
Replies: 18
Views: 4,755
Posted By Halton Brat

Did he get a flypast at his funeral ( I hope)? ...

Did he get a flypast at his funeral ( I hope)?

HB
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jul 2014, 13:11
Replies: 31
Views: 10,585
Posted By Halton Brat

What a sad state of affairs the RAF has been...

What a sad state of affairs the RAF has been reduced to. Lord Trenchard must be doing 2,000 rpm in his grave.


HB
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jul 2014, 20:01
Replies: 18
Views: 4,755
Posted By Halton Brat

Flt Lt Mee took a nervous & spotty 18 yr-old HB...

Flt Lt Mee took a nervous & spotty 18 yr-old HB up on a Gnat Air Test in 1973, following my replacement of an Aileron PCU on the subject jet in the Hangar.


He was a real gent, and a quite...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jun 2014, 12:53
Replies: 157
Views: 30,816
Posted By Halton Brat

1. Anything on a Gnat. 2. Rigging Wing-Warping...

1. Anything on a Gnat.
2. Rigging Wing-Warping system on a Wiggins Aerodyne.

HB
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jun 2014, 19:22
Replies: 58
Views: 9,638
Posted By Halton Brat

Well done the old boy! Effin nanny state,...

Well done the old boy! Effin nanny state, probably wanted him to wear a hard hat/yellow vest/safety specs! **** the lot of them old mate, go out of this world with flames shooting out your ar$e!

HB
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jun 2014, 08:59
Replies: 58
Views: 9,638
Posted By Halton Brat

Nutty, 0/10 for spelling, see me. HB

Nutty, 0/10 for spelling, see me.


HB
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jun 2014, 07:25
Replies: 58
Views: 9,638
Posted By Halton Brat

D Day

Remembering this morning the crews of c.11,000 Allied aircraft which supported Operation Overlord. I hope that the Grace Spitfire is airborne today, in memory of her victory on D Day.

Saluting all...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Apr 2014, 19:35
Replies: 234
Views: 56,379
Posted By Halton Brat

What? HB (I think)

What?

HB (I think)
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Apr 2014, 06:26
Replies: 47
Views: 18,188
Posted By Halton Brat

The guy third from the left is my cousin. HB

The guy third from the left is my cousin.

HB
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Feb 2014, 21:10
Replies: 422
Views: 139,123
Posted By Halton Brat

I'm sure that we would all be very interested to...

I'm sure that we would all be very interested to hear a first-hand account of said incident, if the gent in question would be willing........

HB
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Feb 2014, 20:52
Replies: 422
Views: 139,123
Posted By Halton Brat

Sharpend, I recall a Hawk pilot taking a duck...

Sharpend, I recall a Hawk pilot taking a duck through the windscreen at knots lots. I think that he lost an eye, but landed the jet ok, despite being in a hell of a state.

HB
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