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Forum: Military Aviation
21st Oct 2016, 16:49
Replies: 76
Views: 46,795
Posted By bigglesbrother

Beale AFB California dual control U-2 news update...

Beale AFB California dual control U-2 news update soon?

It is now one month+ since this sad event took place.
A veteran Colonel aviator lost his life. The 'student' survived.

Is there any...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Mar 2016, 12:23
Replies: 1,757
Views: 985,970
Posted By bigglesbrother

Seeking your erudite advice Sir .....

Courtney,

I have enjoyed reading many of your posts. But your reply #1297 above is disingenuous.

In post #1295 above the writer states in print .... 'He couldn't complete a loop because he...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Mar 2016, 10:51
Replies: 1,757
Views: 985,970
Posted By bigglesbrother

Looping a Hawker Hunter

Hallo Flaps 62 ....

If a Hawker Hunter starts a pull up from a normal upright flight position - keeps pulling and climbing until it is inverted - (becoming desperately slow at the top as it...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Mar 2016, 08:43
Replies: 1,757
Views: 985,970
Posted By bigglesbrother

Looping the venerable Hawker Hunter

Please see the great formation aeros picture at post #596 on this thread.

If 4 regular RAF Squadron pilots can consistently loop 4 Hawker Hunters safely in close formation – why can a solo Hunter...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Sep 2015, 17:55
Replies: 1,757
Views: 985,970
Posted By bigglesbrother

Some more thoughts on looping the Hawker Hunter

My copy of Pilot’s Notes HUNTER T.7 A.P. 4347G–P.N. August 1958 states on page 88.

(b) Loop 425 knots
It is recommended that until experience is gained, loops are started in the height band...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
31st Aug 2015, 15:35
Replies: 1,087
Views: 1,029,486
Posted By bigglesbrother

Who rescued the pilot alive from this blazing Hunter T7 inferno?

Little has been reported about the person(s) who extricated the pilot from the Hunter T7 cockpit section. This part of the T7 fuselage appears to have slid forward along the ground and is shown in...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Aug 2015, 13:45
Replies: 1,757
Views: 985,970
Posted By bigglesbrother

And it wasn't a loop..... So what was it meant to be?

A reply to Courtney Mil post #432

You said in your post #432 ...... "And it wasn't a loop".

Well, from the many video links on pprune we can see that the T7 Hunter entered from a level left...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Aug 2015, 11:06
Replies: 1,757
Views: 985,970
Posted By bigglesbrother

Looping the Hawker Hunter

Attached are links to videos showing 22 RAF Hawker Hunter aircraft looping in close formation at world famous airshows.

So why in 2015 is a single Hunter unable to loop successfully and safely at...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Aug 2015, 08:51
Replies: 1,757
Views: 985,970
Posted By bigglesbrother

A reply to Roland Pulfrew.... (did you ever roll...

A reply to Roland Pulfrew.... (did you ever roll and pull through?)

Yes,

I knew Les Hatcher when he was a simulator instructor at RAF Coltishall in the 1960's when the first Lightning Mk1s...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jun 2015, 17:04
Replies: 134
Views: 62,698
Posted By bigglesbrother

barnstormer1968 AND cornish-stormrider appear to...

barnstormer1968 AND cornish-stormrider appear to be the same wannabe pilot. Some of the comments are childish.

None of his comments so far have any merit in discussing aerodynamic or high...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
21st May 2015, 08:11
Replies: 9
Views: 6,477
Posted By bigglesbrother

Thanks Ray Gunn (?) Well, where are they...

Thanks Ray Gunn (?)

Well, where are they please?


Hi can tell you where there both are if you identify yourself

Cheers

bigbro
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
2nd Apr 2015, 08:55
Replies: 9
Views: 6,477
Posted By bigglesbrother

Did anyone locate them? Was told last week...

Did anyone locate them?

Was told last week that Steve Rayment had a severe stroke, was grounded, but departed with a handsome pay off. Can he still play golf?

Tony Duncan is rumoured to have...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Aug 2014, 08:02
Replies: 121
Views: 90,526
Posted By bigglesbrother

'Chunky' Webster

Go to page 102 for the picture of 'Chunky' Webster.

Webster was an RAF graduate of the Empire Test Pilots School in the UK. He flew many types of aircraft including the Flying Bedstead.

He was...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2014, 16:31
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,207,501
Posted By bigglesbrother

Thank goodness for FE Hoppy and his common sense:...

Thank goodness for FE Hoppy and his common sense: his posts are well reasoned amid a myriad of posts which do little to provide an explanation for the disappearance of MH370.

As a sometime Laker...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Feb 2014, 13:30
Replies: 147
Views: 87,325
Posted By bigglesbrother

Meteors & pressurisation .... or lack thereof

A chum of mine in the USMC served on exchange at RAF Horsham St Faiths then RAF Coltishall. We had a useful Station Flight where we could get extra flying on aircraft ranging from an Anson to a...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Aug 2012, 17:06
Replies: 174
Views: 60,578
Posted By bigglesbrother

There was great performance but not much fuel in the early Lightnings .... post#137

Here are some Pilot's Notes extracts from 50 years ago.

All Lightnings had fuel in their flaps from day 1.

Fuel quantity & performance are always opposing variables.

We were lucky enough...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jul 2012, 10:24
Replies: 174
Views: 60,578
Posted By bigglesbrother

Another Lightning Mk3 figment of imagination..... (2)

Having made a few transatlantic crossings on Concorde as a pax, I was twice invited to spend some time on the flight deck.

Thus with stick time on the Mk3 & having enjoyed & observed the standard...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jul 2012, 09:09
Replies: 174
Views: 60,578
Posted By bigglesbrother

Hale's figment of imagination .... Post #42 (Lightning versus U-2)

Wonderful & enjoyable stories they are. Great fun to reminisce.

I flew the Lightning Mk3 ...(the hotrod version of the Lightning with the greatest power to weight ratio).

I also flew the...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Jun 2012, 14:53
Replies: 33
Views: 8,441
Posted By bigglesbrother

Further to post #35 about 'barrel rolls' in large...

Further to post #35 about 'barrel rolls' in large jets or formations ...

I have found an early 1960s video of 9 Lightning F1s rolling in formation at the RAF Coltishall 1962 Battle of Britain...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Jun 2012, 16:22
Replies: 33
Views: 8,441
Posted By bigglesbrother

Barrel rolls by big aircraft and large formations

Have a look at this earlier pprune series ....

http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/431640-formation-loop-9-lightnings-has-anyone-got-video-link-please.html

A barrel roll to the left usually...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
28th Feb 2012, 20:57
Replies: 9
Views: 6,477
Posted By bigglesbrother

Talking Tony Duncan & Steve Rayment – where are they now?

Tony Duncan & Steve Rayment – where are they now?

Both worked for Dubai Air Wing flying the Gulfstream III & IV in the 80s and 90s.

Tony perhaps in his early 60s now and Steve somewhat older,...
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