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Forum: Military Aviation
4th Oct 2023, 10:25
Replies: 68
Views: 19,026
Posted By Old Bricks

Despite the comments about the speed of the...

Despite the comments about the speed of the Belfast being pretty low, I have to say that for a passenger who was not in a particular hurry, the aircraft was very comfortable, particularly in the...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Oct 2023, 09:28
Replies: 19
Views: 6,681
Posted By Old Bricks

Dave Gittins - You are travelling with the wrong...

Dave Gittins - You are travelling with the wrong train company. Try Chiltern Railways - they give announcements in Mandarin (purely to cater for the Chinese visitors to Bicester Village).
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Aug 2023, 21:29
Replies: 34
Views: 8,173
Posted By Old Bricks

BEagle - I'm still trying to remember what the...

BEagle - I'm still trying to remember what the other advantages were! OB
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Aug 2023, 15:47
Replies: 34
Views: 8,173
Posted By Old Bricks

We had a 1 week, one-way exchange with the...

We had a 1 week, one-way exchange with the Academy in 1970 from Cranwell. After a particularly tedious flight by Britannia via an overnight in DC, we landed at Peterson Field to be met by our hosts,...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th May 2023, 11:51
Replies: 10,534
Views: 4,689,887
Posted By Old Bricks

When we moved from the "old" bunker at HQSTC to...

When we moved from the "old" bunker at HQSTC to the sparkly new one, it was actually quite a pleasant environment compared with WW2 conditions. As part of the move, we were briefed on the new bunker...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jan 2023, 19:24
Replies: 113
Views: 25,937
Posted By Old Bricks

I'm sure that Scrotum has never needed to dip his...

I'm sure that Scrotum has never needed to dip his hat in a bath of Gentian Violet. I will have to ask him.
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jan 2023, 10:36
Replies: 113
Views: 25,937
Posted By Old Bricks

SD Hat Rehabilitation

A few years ago, in response to a hint (alright, a threat) from a station commander, my somewhat faded and slightly green SD hat was given a new lease of life by immersion in a bath (without black...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Dec 2022, 13:14
Replies: 13
Views: 7,614
Posted By Old Bricks

I have a memory of him when he was station...

I have a memory of him when he was station commander at Laarbruch, roaring into Friday Happy Hour in the OM, straight from RAF Hospital at Wegburg where his son had just been born. Drinks (x many)...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Oct 2022, 08:43
Replies: 63
Views: 13,674
Posted By Old Bricks

With regard to Wednesday sports afternoons, I...

With regard to Wednesday sports afternoons, I seem to remember that at 5FTS Oakington in the early 70s, there were sports afternoons during the ground school phase. Although I also played rugby,...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jun 2022, 18:15
Replies: 173
Views: 38,560
Posted By Old Bricks

When the new bunker was opened at HQSTC, the...

When the new bunker was opened at HQSTC, the Catering Facility ie canteen was first rate, particularly for lunch. The chefs and cooks seemed to be left to be independent of the rest of the station,...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jun 2022, 09:46
Replies: 173
Views: 38,560
Posted By Old Bricks

Teufelsburg, Berlin - early 1980s. 26 SU shared...

Teufelsburg, Berlin - early 1980s. 26 SU shared top of a rubble mountain with the US military . Catering supplied by US Army - not renowned for Michelin-starred cuisine. One lunchtime, stood in...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd May 2022, 10:08
Replies: 265
Views: 79,727
Posted By Old Bricks

Teeteringhead - Re question about engines being...

Teeteringhead - Re question about engines being acquired for Gazelle or Jetstream. I was working in Int at HQ BFFI in Stanley Nov 82 - Mar 83, and we were told to recover aircraft instruments and...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Apr 2022, 16:01
Replies: 8
Views: 4,084
Posted By Old Bricks

Tony Bond, if my memory stands, was the first 1st...

Tony Bond, if my memory stands, was the first 1st Tour pilot on 2(AC) Sqn Phantom recce at Laarbruch, sometime around 1974-ish. I think he was an ex-apprentice, and he was dropped into a sqn of...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Mar 2022, 13:12
Replies: 16
Views: 3,924
Posted By Old Bricks

Trying to get back (almost) to the thread, I have...

Trying to get back (almost) to the thread, I have no knowledge of rearward-firing missiles, but the Soviets certainly had rearwards-firing gun pods on ground-attack Fitters and Floggers, and possibly...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2022, 09:21
Replies: 64
Views: 9,898
Posted By Old Bricks

Years ago in the DIS, the amalgamation of...

Years ago in the DIS, the amalgamation of Geographic and Imagery into one division - Geographic and Imagery Management (GIM) - gave the once in a lifetime opportunity to create new job titles. We...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Mar 2022, 19:27
Replies: 64
Views: 9,898
Posted By Old Bricks

Mogwi In days of yore in Berlin at 26SU we had...

Mogwi
In days of yore in Berlin at 26SU we had 2 RN CSOs (something to do with comms), one at Gatow and the other on Teufelsburg, who were known, as the only RN staff in Berlin, as SNOG and...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jan 2022, 13:23
Replies: 247
Views: 87,345
Posted By Old Bricks

Chopper2004 - Your #132. I think the book you...

Chopper2004 - Your #132. I think the book you quote re a terrorist take-over of Eire could be "Dark Rose" by Mike Lunnon-Wood. An interesting hypothesis of an undercover occupation, but the plot to...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Nov 2021, 09:28
Replies: 74
Views: 15,890
Posted By Old Bricks

BEagle. Funnily enough, I was just remembering...

BEagle. Funnily enough, I was just remembering the banality of marching smartly in blue tracksuit with trilby or similar on the way up to rugby training, and the thrill of trying to make it back to...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Nov 2021, 22:09
Replies: 25
Views: 6,312
Posted By Old Bricks

D120A. I joined as a flight cadet in Sep 68...

D120A. I joined as a flight cadet in Sep 68 (along with BEagle and Haraka) on 99 Entry, which, I believe, was one of the biggest entries for many years. Certainly, no-one at my school, or any other...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Nov 2021, 10:59
Replies: 25
Views: 6,312
Posted By Old Bricks

I agree with the date error. In Feb 71 there...

I agree with the date error. In Feb 71 there were, as far as I remember, only the 2 JP5s for HRH. The rest of the line was still JP3s and 4s, so this film must be a fair time later. Even Haraka...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Oct 2021, 14:12
Replies: 97
Views: 21,328
Posted By Old Bricks

Diginagain - As an RAF Regt officer, if he had...

Diginagain - As an RAF Regt officer, if he had clubbed it to death, he would at least have used a baseball bat. An army officer would have used a 3-iron. As it was, the benefit of using the SMG did...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Oct 2021, 12:03
Replies: 97
Views: 21,328
Posted By Old Bricks

Mogwi - 365 was mutton. They would never kill a...

Mogwi - 365 was mutton. They would never kill a sheep until it was old and bald, although the family I was billeted with in Stanley did once have lamb, but only because it had been run over. The...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Dec 2020, 11:08
Replies: 663
Views: 169,254
Posted By Old Bricks

Brian 48nav - Ah, that would account for it. ...

Brian 48nav - Ah, that would account for it. This was a Phantom nav - obviously a complete different life form to the Herc world. Many apologies.
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Dec 2020, 09:55
Replies: 663
Views: 169,254
Posted By Old Bricks

Reminds me of crewroom conversation many years...

Reminds me of crewroom conversation many years ago. Pilot: "What's the definition of gross stupidity?" Answer: "144 navigators." Question from recumbent navigator: "why 144?"
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Nov 2020, 14:42
Replies: 77
Views: 25,621
Posted By Old Bricks

With regard to injuries and deaths, Adjutant Chef...

With regard to injuries and deaths, Adjutant Chef Mariotti of the French Mission was killed in a deliberate ramming set up by the Stasi in Halle on 22 Mar 84. Nick Nicholson of the US Mission was...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Nov 2020, 15:04
Replies: 77
Views: 25,621
Posted By Old Bricks

This may be disappointing, but I can assure you...

This may be disappointing, but I can assure you that the photographs taken out on the ground in the GDR were clear and in focus. The decision to blur them was a policy decision to try to hide our...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jun 2020, 09:42
Replies: 16
Views: 5,500
Posted By Old Bricks

He was also in the embassy in Washington in 2004....

He was also in the embassy in Washington in 2004. Always a gentleman.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Dec 2019, 14:39
Replies: 77
Views: 27,941
Posted By Old Bricks

As a flight cadet at Cranwell in the late 60s,...

As a flight cadet at Cranwell in the late 60s, when we still did 2.5 years there, the provision of No 1 uniforms was quite a palaver. On arrival, we were measured up for a No 1 made (ISTR) by RE...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Feb 2019, 09:55
Replies: 15
Views: 3,260
Posted By Old Bricks

2(AC) Sqn RIC at Laarbruch in the early 70s had...

2(AC) Sqn RIC at Laarbruch in the early 70s had the 7-strand light tables to go with the Phantom recce pod. Included with each table was the ultimate in high-tech computer power - a second-hand...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jan 2019, 12:10
Replies: 116
Views: 32,408
Posted By Old Bricks

The only other bit of religion that springs to...

The only other bit of religion that springs to mind from that same period was when the Towers had an official visit from the RC Bishop to the Forces. All RC-registered flight cadets were rounded up...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jan 2019, 11:45
Replies: 116
Views: 32,408
Posted By Old Bricks

I was notionally RC when at Cranwell (68-71) but...

I was notionally RC when at Cranwell (68-71) but availed myself of the opportunity to not go on Church parade, unlike the CofEs, who were lumbered every week. Even worse, the CofE flight cadets were...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Nov 2018, 10:45
Replies: 49
Views: 14,642
Posted By Old Bricks

What is/was Cardiac Hill? My memories of...

What is/was Cardiac Hill? My memories of Cranwell were that it was flat - Running round the North Airfield for the Knocker Run did, however, feel like running up Everest - just more horizontal!
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Sep 2018, 10:48
Replies: 120
Views: 28,291
Posted By Old Bricks

Some years ago I was admitted to the hospital at...

Some years ago I was admitted to the hospital at RAF Halton. As usual, because you hadn't been there the day before, there was no food ordered for you, so you basically got what had been ordered by...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Sep 2018, 12:28
Replies: 139
Views: 38,366
Posted By Old Bricks

How to Get Orderly Officer Duties Really, Really...

How to Get Orderly Officer Duties Really, Really Wrong
The following saga tells the story of what happens when an Orderly Officer really makes a c*ck of it. Thankfully it was not me, but was from...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Aug 2018, 10:22
Replies: 139
Views: 38,366
Posted By Old Bricks

I was OO at Gatow one day while the Berlin Tattoo...

I was OO at Gatow one day while the Berlin Tattoo was on. The station and all the empty hangars were full of army personnel, horses etc up from "The Zone" as participants. Called to the guardroom...
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