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Search: Posts Made By: Mike Read
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Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Nov 2009, 19:28
Replies: 48
Views: 12,991
Posted By Mike Read

Contact the Jever Steam Laundry for details but...

Contact the Jever Steam Laundry for details but in the fifties it was reported that the battle flight intercepted a Russian a/c carrying Kruschev (Armed live Hunters) and brought home cine and also a...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Oct 2009, 08:00
Replies: 13
Views: 1,626
Posted By Mike Read

In my youth on one of the two day fighter...

In my youth on one of the two day fighter squadrons at Tangmere our boss decreed that to standardise times in F700 and authorisation book pilots on landing would not normally enter these themselves....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Sep 2009, 15:28
Replies: 53
Views: 10,312
Posted By Mike Read

Slightly off thread. However in about 1963/4 at...

Slightly off thread. However in about 1963/4 at 229 OCU Chivenor we did some night formation training in Hunters. Bear in mind that the intention for this unnatural aviation was for day fighters to...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Sep 2009, 08:58
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,145
Posted By Mike Read

In the 70's BEA had a crew bus driver in Berlin...

In the 70's BEA had a crew bus driver in Berlin who had been in the German army in N. Africa. He helped a wounded British soldier and took a set of his dogtags. Long after the war his wife found...
Forum: Tech Log
24th Aug 2009, 16:54
Replies: 171
Views: 50,386
Posted By Mike Read

My first job on leaving school, aged just...

My first job on leaving school, aged just sixteen, was as a met assistant at London Airport. Very interesting and a great start to an aviation career. Job entailed reporting actual wx, plotting...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Aug 2009, 09:01
Replies: 48
Views: 6,023
Posted By Mike Read

Last year SSAFA Oxfordshire sent shoe boxes to...

Last year SSAFA Oxfordshire sent shoe boxes to one of the local regiments. These had been filled with help from the rear party, and transported with friendly assistance by Brize. In due course the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Aug 2009, 13:18
Replies: 11
Views: 4,145
Posted By Mike Read

I believe Hugh Rigg was a QFI at Middle Wallop in...

I believe Hugh Rigg was a QFI at Middle Wallop in recent (ish) years.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Aug 2009, 13:16
Replies: 11
Views: 4,145
Posted By Mike Read

I was taught "Tickle Mary Pickford for forty...

I was taught "Tickle Mary Pickford for forty glorious hours". It was the pre-takeoff checks for the Prentice or Harvard and could be adapted to cover most aircraft. Trims set for take off, mixture...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jul 2009, 14:19
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,145
Posted By Mike Read

Google Earth puts him somewhere in Oman

Google Earth puts him somewhere in Oman
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jul 2009, 13:25
Replies: 152
Views: 39,858
Posted By Mike Read

SJ, my point was, oh what the hell I've...

SJ, my point was, oh what the hell I've forgotten! Basically I don't like seeing RAF officers, of whatever rank, wandering about in public looking as scruffy as I, particularly when there are RN and...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jul 2009, 19:30
Replies: 152
Views: 39,858
Posted By Mike Read

Thinking back to "Tesco" and similar situations,...

Thinking back to "Tesco" and similar situations, at one time officers in uniform would never have gone shopping. Times have changed though. What does "Customs of the Service" suggest, or does it no...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Jul 2009, 19:09
Replies: 152
Views: 39,858
Posted By Mike Read

What was Bicester Garrison is now a joint service...

What was Bicester Garrison is now a joint service base. I was ashamed to see a group captain in uniform without hat wandering around the local Tesco. Personally I felt he should not have been there...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jun 2009, 08:20
Replies: 23
Views: 3,209
Posted By Mike Read

I seem to remember a conversation with a retired...

I seem to remember a conversation with a retired airship in which he mentioned having been to a regular briefing meeting given by MODAir to such exalted persons as he. Do they still do this?
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jun 2009, 08:27
Replies: 26
Views: 4,986
Posted By Mike Read

Getting back to the Meteor, the airbrakes were...

Getting back to the Meteor, the airbrakes were extremely effective with no max speed for deployment. If I remember correctly the max permitted speed of the aircraft was 520kts which could only be...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st May 2009, 09:06
Replies: 218
Views: 45,062
Posted By Mike Read

I don't know the details of the Basset accident...

I don't know the details of the Basset accident at Valley, other than being told by the then station commander, Gp Capt later AVM Brian Huxley CB CBE who as a passenger was badly injured, that the...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
1st Apr 2009, 16:58
Replies: 106
Views: 19,208
Posted By Mike Read

In the early eighties outside the Queens Building...

In the early eighties outside the Queens Building near T2 there was a public viewing area, in which was a model Mustang on a plinth in recognition of Brig Gen Blair, the husband of Maureen O'Hara the...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Mar 2009, 09:06
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,145
Posted By Mike Read

I remember walking in the Tiergarten in Berlin...

I remember walking in the Tiergarten in Berlin with my ex Bomber Command captain one day in the early 70's. He said that he often did this when in the city and tried to visualise the place where he...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Mar 2009, 17:15
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,145
Posted By Mike Read

Toy monkey ?? In 1956 the Comm Flight at...

Toy monkey ??

In 1956 the Comm Flight at Nicosia had a pet monkey which lived in their office. During the Suez period an RAF Regiment squadron with their Bofors guns was deployed to the airfield...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Feb 2009, 16:05
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,145
Posted By Mike Read

Re flying into cables, when stationed at Tangmere...

Re flying into cables, when stationed at Tangmere in the mid fifties the Station Commander, Gp Capt Jonny Kent regaled us with stories of doing that. He was not impressed, having been swung round a...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jan 2009, 20:25
Replies: 33
Views: 6,133
Posted By Mike Read

As many of you know, the RAFVR(T) staff pilots on...

As many of you know, the RAFVR(T) staff pilots on the AEFs were all commissioned as Fg Offs. On No 6 AEF there were many who, to join, had to forgo their exalted ranks, A.M., AVM, and even one or two...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jan 2009, 10:14
Replies: 33
Views: 6,133
Posted By Mike Read

HAIRY

At one time NCO pilots, and probably other aircrew, were known as "hairys". We had one on the staff at 229 OCU in 1969, but he was commissioned shortly afterwards. Don't suppose many were left then. ...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Nov 2008, 15:41
Replies: 7
Views: 1,635
Posted By Mike Read

Further to the above history, 1 Sqn re-equipped...

Further to the above history, 1 Sqn re-equipped with Hunter F5's at Tangmere in the summer of 1955. 34 had to wait until after the Fighter Command annual exercise (Ex Beware) which ran in the last...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Nov 2008, 19:40
Replies: 7
Views: 1,635
Posted By Mike Read

Well, there is one here who was on 34 Sqn at...

Well, there is one here who was on 34 Sqn at Tangmere from when it reformed in Aug 1954. I was posted in Jan 1957 and I know of two or three other young chaps who were with me about that time....
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Oct 2008, 20:25
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,145
Posted By Mike Read

For years anybody going through 229 OCU at...

For years anybody going through 229 OCU at Chivenor in the fifties would have watched "Journey Together" when the weather precluded flying. Not too relevent for embryo DFGA chaps but was really all...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Oct 2008, 16:54
Replies: 46
Views: 7,859
Posted By Mike Read

When I flew for BEA it was always reported that...

When I flew for BEA it was always reported that Air Chance pilots had wine with their on board crew meals.
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Sep 2008, 14:57
Replies: 3
Views: 1,191
Posted By Mike Read

I joined 2 Sqn, aka 234 Reserve Sqn, in March...

I joined 2 Sqn, aka 234 Reserve Sqn, in March 1963. When I arrived Billy Drake was still the Station Commander. However he had been summoned to Fighter Command HQ, and I was waiting in the adj's...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Sep 2008, 16:59
Replies: 214
Views: 121,021
Posted By Mike Read

From the summer of 1947 till Nov '49 I worked as...

From the summer of 1947 till Nov '49 I worked as a met asistant in the Met Office which was just west of the original control tower. I lived in Hayes and cycled to work through Harlington. The...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Aug 2008, 16:13
Replies: 410
Views: 84,087
Posted By Mike Read

I have had two decompression incidents. One as...

I have had two decompression incidents. One as slf and one as a pilot. Both were on BAC 1-11s and that series of a/c was not permitted to fly above FL350 as it didn't have drop out masks for the pax....
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Aug 2008, 18:43
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,145
Posted By Mike Read

My recollection of Harvards at Ternhill in 1951...

My recollection of Harvards at Ternhill in 1951 was that unrated students could fly solo provided the cloudbase was 800 ft minimum and visibility 500 yds but white rated could fly with 500 ft but...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Aug 2008, 18:27
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,145
Posted By Mike Read

Just read an interesting book, "Flights into the...

Just read an interesting book, "Flights into the Night" by L Anthony Leicester in which he relates his joining the RAF for pilot training in 1942, sent to Canada, first op in a Wellington as captain...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jul 2008, 20:02
Replies: 25
Views: 3,400
Posted By Mike Read

Some twenty years or so ago on No 6 AEF we had a...

Some twenty years or so ago on No 6 AEF we had a Fg Off VR(T) who said he was the only one of us to have been promoted to commissioned rank when he joined us. He'd left full time service as a master...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Jul 2008, 08:09
Replies: 152
Views: 26,221
Posted By Mike Read

Years ago I flew for a company (a predecessor of...

Years ago I flew for a company (a predecessor of Ryanair but UK registered) with a Rombac BAC 1-11 which was fitted with 102 seats and therefore needed three cabin crew. Occasionally we ended up...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jul 2008, 15:36
Replies: 22
Views: 5,551
Posted By Mike Read

When 275 Sqn had a Sycamore SAR flight at...

When 275 Sqn had a Sycamore SAR flight at Chivenor in the mid fifties they carried an AA box key in the cockpit !
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jul 2008, 08:05
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,822,145
Posted By Mike Read

I remember my instructor telling me, in 1950 when...

I remember my instructor telling me, in 1950 when he was quite old (about 30 perhaps) to "tickle Mary Pickford for forty glorious hours". Trim set for take off, throttle friction nut tight, mixture...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jun 2008, 15:35
Replies: 24
Views: 4,707
Posted By Mike Read

Re post 4, Question 6, they always came from the...

Re post 4, Question 6, they always came from the fast jet world.
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