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29th Feb 2024, 20:05
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Views: 1,575
Posted By Innominate

There is a public consultation, due to end on 4...

There is a public consultation, due to end on 4 March (next Monday) https://consult.basingstoke.gov.uk/consultation/local-plan-update-regulation-18/chapter/policy-sps55-popham-garden-village .
29th Feb 2024, 19:27
Replies: 16
Views: 2,987
Posted By Innominate

I visited last March and was fortunate to get a...

I visited last March and was fortunate to get a "backstage tour" via contacts. The building with the Mixmaster is used for restoration as well as storage. One of the volunteers had spent ages sorting...
29th Jan 2024, 18:28
Replies: 12
Views: 1,238
Posted By Innominate

I've read that when Alcock & Brown flew the...

I've read that when Alcock & Brown flew the Atlantic, they took with them a large piece of elastic to help ease the control loads - but it proved too short.
29th Jan 2024, 13:09
Replies: 2
Views: 522
Posted By Innominate

Airline History Conference

From Infinity to Beyond 2024 Conference – exploring civil aviation history & archives

British Airways Heritage Centre, Heathrow

Tuesday 27 February 2024,10:00 - 16:30

The 2024 AAAI...
19th Dec 2023, 21:46
Replies: 114
Views: 51,751
Posted By Innominate

I found it this afternoon - published on 24...

I found it this afternoon - published on 24 December 1954, pages 932 and 933. The story concerns an airliner flown (i.e. captained) by a former Mosquito pilot. Over the North Sea the radio fails...
7th Dec 2023, 17:12
Replies: 26
Views: 2,607
Posted By Innominate

KnC - I suspect that once a crew had been formed...

KnC - I suspect that once a crew had been formed at the OTU, the gunners decided between themselves who would go in which turret. One factor might be size - especially with the B-17's ball turret,...
7th Dec 2023, 17:08
Replies: 63
Views: 10,621
Posted By Innominate

The issue has for many years been that surplus...

The issue has for many years been that surplus aircraft had to be sold, usually to scrapdealers who could outbid the enthusiasts. More recently the policy has changed and museums have been able to...
7th Dec 2023, 16:53
Replies: 10
Views: 2,259
Posted By Innominate

This envelope is in the archives of the...

This envelope is in the archives of the Honourable Company of Air Pilots (incorporating Air Navigators), formerly GAPAN. Cowsill was one of the crew of a Britannia that took the Queen and her...
29th Nov 2023, 20:52
Replies: 63
Views: 10,621
Posted By Innominate

Used for initial parachute training - certainly...

Used for initial parachute training - certainly into the 1980s.

He mentioned in a lecture last month that it's no longer flying; I think he said something about issues with the ejector seat.
7th Oct 2023, 12:45
Replies: 16
Views: 2,379
Posted By Innominate

Another case of the government buying something...

Another case of the government buying something from a British firm to try to keep the manufacturer afloat? It was never designed for pilot training.
23rd Sep 2023, 17:32
Replies: 47
Views: 6,227
Posted By Innominate

I have a vague recollection of reading that in...

I have a vague recollection of reading that in John Bushby's book "Gunner's Moon" - I last read it a couple of decades ago, so I may be wrong.

It was pointed out on Twitter recently that one of...
1st Sep 2023, 15:05
Replies: 3
Views: 764
Posted By Innominate

My understanding is that ACRC was primarily the...

My understanding is that ACRC was primarily the introduction to service life - inoculations, drill, PT etc. - while ITWs covered more aircrew-specific topics such as aircraft recognition, plus lots...
26th Oct 2021, 21:23
Replies: 1,269
Views: 643,686
Posted By Innominate

It was 611 in 1973 when I did my course in the...

It was 611 in 1973 when I did my course in the May half-term break.
17th Jun 2021, 17:10
Replies: 44
Views: 7,486
Posted By Innominate

From...

From https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/8-things-you-didnt-know-about-hms-belfast-and-d-day "On 6 June 1944, HMS Belfast was the flagship of Bombardment Force E, supporting troops landing at Gold and...
31st May 2021, 19:43
Replies: 20
Views: 2,038
Posted By Innominate

Pilot's Notes were first issued in the late...

Pilot's Notes were first issued in the late 1930s, as part of the "Volume 1" Air Publication - there are none in the Gladiator AP, but there are notes in the Hurricane 1 manual, so that gives a rough...
30th May 2021, 15:19
Replies: 20
Views: 2,038
Posted By Innominate

The orange cover is typical of the early series...

The orange cover is typical of the early series of Pilot's Notes issued from about 1940. Later issues had the blue covers - the one in the image states "2nd edtion" in the top left corner. The...
12th May 2021, 20:50
Replies: 19
Views: 4,062
Posted By Innominate

The book gives the code as FDM-Q, rather than...

The book gives the code as FDM-Q, rather than FAI-K, so not CFS. DaveReidUK has presumably tracked it down to 2 FTS. The 3-letter codes beginning with F were allocated to Flying Training Command units
13th Nov 2020, 16:20
Replies: 47
Views: 7,417
Posted By Innominate

I always assumed that captains (whether of...

I always assumed that captains (whether of airliners, Cessnas or Pipers) sat on the left so they could check they were flying to the right of a line feature such as a canal or railway line - as...
17th Aug 2020, 17:13
Replies: 10
Views: 999
Posted By Innominate

"Johnnie" was a common nickname for people with...

"Johnnie" was a common nickname for people with the surname Johnson - even Amy Johnson was sometimes called "Johnny".
21st Jul 2020, 19:31
Replies: 116
Views: 34,996
Posted By Innominate

I saw a tweet yesterday from a 747 pilot who said...

I saw a tweet yesterday from a 747 pilot who said that the second represented the pilot's eye height in the flare.
18th Jul 2020, 15:36
Replies: 21
Views: 4,207
Posted By Innominate

Not just Handley Page: the Air Ministry had for...

Not just Handley Page: the Air Ministry had for many years favoured alliteration (such as the Avro Aldershot and the Blackburn Blackburn - so ugly they named it twice) but by the 1950s the rules were...
2nd Jul 2020, 16:05
Replies: 60
Views: 13,467
Posted By Innominate

Pilot Officer Billy Fiske joined 601 Sqn in July...

Pilot Officer Billy Fiske joined 601 Sqn in July 1940; his first flight with 601 is logged as "Type solo" which suggests that he had not flown a Hurricane (or any other front-line type) before....
23rd May 2020, 17:09
Replies: 45
Views: 14,214
Posted By Innominate

That's right. I'm not sure how/when they worked...

That's right. I'm not sure how/when they worked it out, but the citation was probably written in good faith, rather than covering up a friendly fire incident. If the VC has to be won for valour in...
22nd May 2020, 09:44
Replies: 45
Views: 14,214
Posted By Innominate

L-H - Arthur Aaron's aircraft didn't return to...

L-H - Arthur Aaron's aircraft didn't return to the UK - they continued on to North Africa, and he is buried at Bone. The citation is at https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36235/supplement/4859...
29th Apr 2020, 20:19
Replies: 5
Views: 1,025
Posted By Innominate

NCOs who were commissioned received a new service...

NCOs who were commissioned received a new service number, so he went from 656909 to 51901 and (if it's the right chap) apparently went back to the Army post-war, which meant another new number!
19th Apr 2020, 21:42
Replies: 16
Views: 2,246
Posted By Innominate

That aircraft was still at Farnborough in the...

That aircraft was still at Farnborough in the early 1980s and is now at Cosford https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/collections/1993-0860-A_Varsity_WL679.pdf There was some sort of RAE families...
11th Apr 2020, 17:23
Replies: 24
Views: 5,044
Posted By Innominate

When I was at RAE (1982-84) Q shed housed the RAE...

When I was at RAE (1982-84) Q shed housed the RAE Gliding and Aero Clubs, and a couple of Sea Vixens which I think were for apprentice training. I remember the adjoininng blister which we used as a...
11th Apr 2020, 12:01
Replies: 24
Views: 5,044
Posted By Innominate

ISTR seeing the terms "Aeroplane Shed" and "Shed...

ISTR seeing the terms "Aeroplane Shed" and "Shed Type..." on airfield site plans from the 1930s/40s period.

The firm which made the canvas Bessonneau Hangars from the First World War - some still...
11th Apr 2020, 11:32
Replies: 97
Views: 39,638
Posted By Innominate

Some 40 years ago, when I worked for MOD, I was...

Some 40 years ago, when I worked for MOD, I was involved in a field trial in Germany. One of the squaddies - despite the abundance of trees he could have aimed at - had a pee against the side of his...
4th Apr 2020, 13:16
Replies: 129
Views: 36,298
Posted By Innominate

Was Rufforth still active as a RLG in 1970?...

Was Rufforth still active as a RLG in 1970? Brough had no military presence by then.
2nd Mar 2020, 15:21
Replies: 2
Views: 1,240
Posted By Innominate

The obit says that his father was "a musician and...

The obit says that his father was "a musician and composer". George Dyson wrote the middle section of the RAF March Past.
24th Feb 2020, 18:41
Replies: 18
Views: 3,913
Posted By Innominate

The AM Form 78s don't usually give details of...

The AM Form 78s don't usually give details of repairs - it's more a case of recording that the aircraft has been damaged and then returned to service. I checked the AM 1180 Accident Record Card...
26th Jan 2020, 15:20
Replies: 74
Views: 21,572
Posted By Innominate

Trying to summarise Jeff Jefford's paper on pages...

Trying to summarise Jeff Jefford's paper on pages 91 to 94 of https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/research/RAF-Historical-Society-Journals/Journal-29A-Seminar-Reserve-Auxiliary-Forces.pdf - There...
24th Jan 2020, 20:39
Replies: 74
Views: 21,572
Posted By Innominate

DaveUnwin: It seems that WB563 left the RAF in...

DaveUnwin: It seems that WB563 left the RAF in 1956 to become G-AOTF. I believe there was a cull of the Chipmunk fleet around that time when the RAF closed the Reserve Flying Schools - the last RFS...
23rd Jan 2020, 17:01
Replies: 41
Views: 7,992
Posted By Innominate

Don't call me Shirley... 'Curriculum Vitae'...

Don't call me Shirley...

'Curriculum Vitae' is like 'Court Martial' - the second word complements the first, and the first word changes to show the plural. Thus the plurals are Courts Martial and...
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