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Forum: Rumours & News
24th Apr 2024, 10:20
Replies: 15
Views: 15,951
Posted By blind pew

We had a specific bomb threat in the 70s out of...

We had a specific bomb threat in the 70s out of home base, depressurised, returned to Heathrow where we were directed to a remote area near to the perry oaks sewage farm. The ex ww2 skipper decided...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Apr 2024, 07:57
Replies: 15
Views: 15,951
Posted By blind pew

Check in for El Al at Zurich used to be closed an...

Check in for El Al at Zurich used to be closed an hour early in the 80s to give the staff time to ask the above and a few other questions whilst luggage a]was being x-rayed. A Swiss German check in...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Apr 2024, 09:43
Replies: 171
Views: 29,681
Posted By blind pew

Met reports BA VC10

Joined the Fleet in 78 and we completed them routinely especially on the North Atlantic. Iirc way points included the weather ships. Reports included wind and temperatures and were an aid to...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
28th Mar 2024, 07:53
Replies: 62
Views: 23,086
Posted By blind pew

»I would hazard a guess and say that most flying...

»I would hazard a guess and say that most flying school instructors (especially new graduates) teach practice go arounds from short final at 200 feet where there is plenty of time to correct...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2024, 12:32
Replies: 520
Views: 443,410
Posted By blind pew

There are always disbelievers, fortunately some...

There are always disbelievers, fortunately some get converted and realise how foolish they are.
I was given a week to live over the 75/76 winter under the watchful eye of Roger Williams who had...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Mar 2024, 19:43
Replies: 66
Views: 32,392
Posted By blind pew

ttps://www.pprune.org/showthread.php?t=647322&refe...

ttps://www.pprune.org/showthread.php?t=647322&referrerid=337296
thanks discorde but this is the later thread where I added another observation after a mate died paragliding with a heart condition...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Mar 2024, 11:25
Replies: 66
Views: 32,392
Posted By blind pew

A lot of rubbish posted re Stan Key..you guys...

A lot of rubbish posted re Stan Key..you guys should read the thread.. Staines, UK 1972, June 18th.
It would now be classed as a “training accident” with foolish procedures, an untrained second...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Mar 2024, 09:57
Replies: 29
Views: 2,648
Posted By blind pew

Tom-tit is Cockney rhyming slang.although could...

Tom-tit is Cockney rhyming slang.although could be relevant if one got too close to a wing tip.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Mar 2024, 21:55
Replies: 10
Views: 2,332
Posted By blind pew

Sorry yes was the A310..avoided it and went onto...

Sorry yes was the A310..avoided it and went onto the DC10
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Mar 2024, 15:04
Replies: 10
Views: 2,332
Posted By blind pew

Swissair banned use of CD players along with game...

Swissair banned use of CD players along with game boys especially on the A300 after several autopilot hard overs.
A mate on the 757 or 767 had double engine failure annunciated whilst transmitting...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Mar 2024, 11:05
Replies: 26
Views: 2,837
Posted By blind pew

Tried to get them installed in our simulators and...

Tried to get them installed in our simulators and crew luggage area 30 years ago..sadly the company didn’t like the idea and the dual standards along with thefts continued. Video most of my flights...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Mar 2024, 07:11
Replies: 31
Views: 4,533
Posted By blind pew

Love the traffic cones around the engine…elf and...

Love the traffic cones around the engine…elf and safety gone mad.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Mar 2024, 11:07
Replies: 19
Views: 2,373
Posted By blind pew

Flew with them in November 1997, iirc under £100...

Flew with them in November 1997, iirc under £100 return from Man via shj, sin to Sydney where I flew to Tamworth and rented a LS4 for a week flying from lake keepit. Unfortunately the anti Pom bollox...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
29th Feb 2024, 15:30
Replies: 26
Views: 3,055
Posted By blind pew

Just had a medical problem on holiday in...

Just had a medical problem on holiday in Singapore..my revolut premium free insurance settled with a week in full. My Irish €350 ish a month health insurance didn’t. Good luck.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
25th Feb 2024, 01:05
Replies: 32
Views: 4,141
Posted By blind pew

Had a canopy fall off a grob twin astir when...

Had a canopy fall off a grob twin astir when being screamed at by the duty instructor at Worcester ZA to clear the runway asap.
On close inspection during its annual fetish the fool who carried it...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Feb 2024, 02:57
Replies: 80
Views: 22,987
Posted By blind pew

Julie Key posted either here or on Facebook her...

Julie Key posted either here or on Facebook her search for the testimonies, I had read all but one of the relevant ones.
The land flap incident a few days before the accident was carried out by P2s...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Feb 2024, 05:33
Replies: 80
Views: 22,987
Posted By blind pew

According to a mate of ours.. one pilot flew and...

According to a mate of ours.. one pilot flew and the other monitored him..
As to Mr Bean..if you had been through the training course that P2 and I had done together (including all of our advance...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Feb 2024, 12:01
Replies: 80
Views: 22,987
Posted By blind pew

Love the post Gordon.. we had one of your lot on...

Love the post Gordon.. we had one of your lot on our vc10 course in 78 where we all had to fly the BOAC monitored approach and get the aircraft in part 1. One of our guys ex T3s and from North of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Feb 2024, 03:00
Replies: 80
Views: 22,987
Posted By blind pew

Testimonies are held in the BA heritage...

Testimonies are held in the BA heritage collection library if you can get access. Read most of them when the collection was in the old uniform store and administered by a great bunch of guys but...
Forum: Private Flying
16th Feb 2024, 21:21
Replies: 19
Views: 2,062
Posted By blind pew

My first three aircraft had switches going in...

My first three aircraft had switches going in different directions..Trident opposite to VC10 and DC9 used windshield as datum with opposite switch direction depending on whether above or below...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2024, 01:47
Replies: 46
Views: 6,135
Posted By blind pew

There was a joke about a young fella going into...

There was a joke about a young fella going into the gents and taking a peek at a large black fella’s penis to see if the rumours were true..he spied WENDY tattooed on said appendage. Having been...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
10th Feb 2024, 00:11
Replies: 26
Views: 12,242
Posted By blind pew

Windows! It appears that no one was looking at...

Windows! It appears that no one was looking at the flight instruments either.
Flew 100s of approaches into GVA and only had one interesting one during my line training on the comparatively draggy...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
31st Jan 2024, 10:41
Replies: 207
Views: 87,055
Posted By blind pew

It’s all well having a go at the flight crew but...

It’s all well having a go at the flight crew but it can be a bloody difficult job especially setting priorities with the bull**** of paperwork, checklists and when they can be completed, fatigue,...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2024, 08:55
Replies: 14
Views: 2,773
Posted By blind pew

Shared a house with a militia/ swissair pilot who...

Shared a house with a militia/ swissair pilot who hit a model aircraft which entered the intake duct on the hunter..the model engine exited the duct and took out the hydraulics and he ended up in the...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2024, 07:00
Replies: 14
Views: 2,773
Posted By blind pew

Thanks Stephan reminds me of skiing at...

Thanks Stephan
reminds me of skiing at Hoch-Ybrig and a hunter came over the top ridge and our heads below 100ft and the air miss report where a pair of mirages came through a cloud layer in a...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jan 2024, 19:12
Replies: 14
Views: 2,773
Posted By blind pew

Thanks for that ..Martin Brennwald joined...

Thanks for that ..Martin Brennwald joined Swissair in 1979…good bloke who became a trainer and fleet chief..possibly technical pilot on the Fokker 100.
We only had one ex Mirage pilot as they were...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jan 2024, 10:04
Replies: 14
Views: 2,773
Posted By blind pew

Not a fluorescent vest or any other modern safety...

Not a fluorescent vest or any other modern safety equipment in sight..how refreshing!..was Brennwald’s son a pilot for swissair?
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Jan 2024, 05:03
Replies: 118
Views: 69,293
Posted By blind pew

Has Edinburgh got that bad? I remember Glasgow...

Has Edinburgh got that bad? I remember Glasgow being not the friendliest places for english in the 70s but would have thought that a yank wouldn’t need a taser except in Capetown.
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Jan 2024, 15:26
Replies: 72
Views: 55,805
Posted By blind pew

Decline in standards..nah.. in the early 1970s...

Decline in standards..nah..
in the early 1970s after a DC10 had a cargo door locking mechanism fail after being hit by a coffin there was a mandatory modification. A new DC10 destined for Turkish...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
3rd Jan 2024, 21:17
Replies: 26
Views: 3,055
Posted By blind pew

Fabulous airline .booked last week for business...

Fabulous airline .booked last week for business class return to Singapore with a 24 hour stop over in Istanbul. Did the same trip last year. One of the best business lounges in the world.
Airport...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
3rd Jan 2024, 17:12
Replies: 50
Views: 29,456
Posted By blind pew

Nowt new..happened to George Childs who...

Nowt new..happened to George Childs who criticised management in the Lane inquiry after the staines disaster..following that we had a **** who we voted as union rep..sold us out on a pay deal then...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
30th Dec 2023, 13:42
Replies: 38
Views: 11,698
Posted By blind pew

Actually flying a metric cockpit in a glider in...

Actually flying a metric cockpit in a glider in the alps is far easier than a uk one.
The topos are more like hiking maps with the spot heights in metres; they are annotated with amongst other...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Dec 2023, 10:46
Replies: 10
Views: 6,491
Posted By blind pew

French cuisine ….a couple of years ago they...

French cuisine ….a couple of years ago they brought in some sort of bylaw requiring menus were annotated if the grub came out of the freezer…which covered 3/4s of it. The last month they had a chain...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
10th Dec 2023, 15:54
Replies: 281
Views: 186,204
Posted By blind pew

swissair did that building up crossair and...

swissair did that building up crossair and ignored the warnings until an ex aeroflot pilot having been trained on Russian artificial horizons which indicate the opposite way than Western ones rolled...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
7th Dec 2023, 15:30
Replies: 76
Views: 13,882
Posted By blind pew

Had Ryanair from Charleroi to Dublin cancelled...

Had Ryanair from Charleroi to Dublin cancelled due to a snow storm in Dublin which affectively closed Dublin for two days. The Ryanair ground staff was fabulous..found a hotel and transport late at...
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