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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Nov 2015, 18:04
Replies: 42
Views: 15,669
Posted By deltahot

Ah thanks for that ian. Was the dog kennel in the...

Ah thanks for that ian. Was the dog kennel in the wing root then?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Nov 2015, 08:47
Replies: 42
Views: 15,669
Posted By deltahot

I was a passenger in a Beverley trainer out of...

I was a passenger in a Beverley trainer out of Singapore up to Okinawa and Hong Kong way back in the early 60s, when I was flying helicopters in Malaya, and somewhere over a lot of water they shut...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Nov 2015, 10:21
Replies: 843
Views: 352,797
Posted By deltahot

... and one of an 84 Sqn Bev at Habilayn. Poor...

... and one of an 84 Sqn Bev at Habilayn. Poor quality slide, but still so evocative. I had a lift back to Khormaksar in an empty one from Riyan where I had been with our 78 Sqn Wessex, and was...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Nov 2015, 09:34
Replies: 843
Views: 352,797
Posted By deltahot

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag135/dave-hur...

http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag135/dave-hurley/Aden332_zpsycsyeud5.jpg


Another of Tarshyne . The deck chair in foreground gave endless entertainment for several months ... it had been...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Nov 2015, 21:18
Replies: 843
Views: 352,797
Posted By deltahot

"Why on earth are they underslinging a Gnome...

"Why on earth are they underslinging a Gnome engine for? Three blokes could lift it with its stand and throw it in the back."

I think that Gnome was a Nimbus. The Scout it belonged to was probably...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Dec 2014, 10:11
Replies: 15
Views: 6,383
Posted By deltahot

I guess 822 would have been one of 194 Sqn's...

I guess 822 would have been one of 194 Sqn's Sycamores in the late '50s at KL before they were withdrawn to Seletar after the main blade failures. She reappears in my logbooks many times from...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Dec 2013, 15:48
Replies: 10
Views: 2,271
Posted By deltahot

Well I agree with you there ATR43, that makes...

Well I agree with you there ATR43, that makes much better listening than the read, and the G & T would make it all much more agreeable. Strangely enough, that particular bit in his descent that...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Dec 2013, 20:13
Replies: 10
Views: 2,271
Posted By deltahot

You need to know that F Forsyth's 'The Shepherd'...

You need to know that F Forsyth's 'The Shepherd' is complete fiction. There are some good believable descriptive bits of a night flight in a Vampire, but when he doesn't dare to close the throttle...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Dec 2013, 19:36
Replies: 40
Views: 7,236
Posted By deltahot

Fabulous

Just copied most of this from my earlier response to BingoBob's first post under "Aviation History and Nostalgia". This is from an earlier, and probably much less exciting/interesting, era of FAB,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Dec 2013, 22:40
Replies: 10
Views: 2,271
Posted By deltahot

Books

Nice one Herod.

"Get a copy of 'Fate is the Hunter' by Ernest Gann. Best early aviation book ever written."

... and that one by Ernest Gann is my all time favourite - my treasured copy is old...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Dec 2013, 20:47
Replies: 2
Views: 1,899
Posted By deltahot

Fabulous

Like Crumble, I was also on a day fighter Meteor squadron, in Cambridgeshire, '51/'53 ish.

I do remember once getting airborne rapidly from the ORP, (not with the trolley acc still attached,...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Nov 2013, 08:57
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,851,347
Posted By deltahot

Thanks for that C16 and Nigel O. This nostalgia...

Thanks for that C16 and Nigel O. This nostalgia business is getting very emotional ... what an amazing site this is. Bill B gave me my very first flight on 705 in June '63 - just 10 mins famil in the...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Nov 2013, 23:27
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,851,347
Posted By deltahot

Glad you survived that experience then C15. I...

Glad you survived that experience then C15. I remember Bill B very well and many others. So many studes went through 705 in those 3 years that I knew more RN heli pilots than RAF for many years after...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Nov 2013, 22:09
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,851,347
Posted By deltahot

Yeah. The left-handed ones were born to choppers.

Yeah. The left-handed ones were born to choppers.
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Nov 2013, 21:13
Replies: 2,607
Views: 2,851,347
Posted By deltahot

Savoia and bastOn, A short input from a...

Savoia and bastOn,

A short input from a long-retired Crab, who just might be acceptable to bastOn since I was on 705 for 3 yrs '63 to '66, remembering many happy Sundays out on (in?) Seahawk's...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jul 2013, 19:27
Replies: 31
Views: 6,802
Posted By deltahot

Yes Postfade those 110 Sqn Sycamores were...

Yes Postfade those 110 Sqn Sycamores were certainly all yellow. Quite reassuring over all that green stuff, and no one was shooting at us in my time from '59 to '62.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Jun 2013, 22:43
Replies: 130
Views: 72,063
Posted By deltahot

Beaver drop?

brakedwell I was there from May 66 to the end, so we just might be talking of two separate incidents - if so, we owe the AAC a bit more. And the contaminated jungle juice was definitely later,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Jun 2013, 22:03
Replies: 130
Views: 72,063
Posted By deltahot

Free-fall Beaver?

Glad you all reached the right conclusion on that B-o-I then brakedwell - I remember seeing a photo of Ron B's Wessex off the ridge just after he'd released the sling with the rotor disc coned up at...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jun 2013, 22:08
Replies: 130
Views: 72,063
Posted By deltahot

Khormaksar

Bit off topic this, but I've only just come across it, and it was the Khormaksar Brit that led me to it...

Quote from Herod in post dated 2nd Jan 2009 "Yes, 78, right up until the final minute;...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd May 2013, 11:30
Replies: 31
Views: 6,802
Posted By deltahot

".... I have had the time of anybody's life..." ...

".... I have had the time of anybody's life..."

Well that's two of us. Weren't we lucky.

Here's a silly story, bordering on the farcical.
Malaya, Sycamore, on the Fort Express run, landed in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st May 2013, 21:51
Replies: 31
Views: 6,802
Posted By deltahot

Syc... wow! Did you look that up or re-live it?...

Syc... wow! Did you look that up or re-live it? Or does it just stay there forever like 26750, 710, 3200/2700.

DH
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st May 2013, 20:51
Replies: 31
Views: 6,802
Posted By deltahot

Well Fareastdriver I'm surprised I didn't know or...

Well Fareastdriver I'm surprised I didn't know or know of Charly Verry from that era - I have read that story about the Dragonfly somewhere though - not a lot of fun whizzing around a jungly hole...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th May 2013, 10:29
Replies: 31
Views: 6,802
Posted By deltahot

Yes O-D. Only a couple of gallons of fluid in the...

Yes O-D. Only a couple of gallons of fluid in the trim tanks I think, the rear one was way back in the tail cone and a few pounds there, or not there, made a significant difference to the C of G. The...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th May 2013, 15:12
Replies: 31
Views: 6,802
Posted By deltahot

I wrote this in a Flight Sim forum, so it was...

I wrote this in a Flight Sim forum, so it was easy to copy, and yes I know that if you have flown the old Sycamore you will need no reminder of what came naturally but to younger drivers it may be of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th May 2013, 14:29
Replies: 31
Views: 6,802
Posted By deltahot

O-D you are right about Paul G, and very close...

O-D you are right about Paul G, and very close with Tom B, but mine was/isTom Browning. Oddly enough, it was the tall Pete L who sold me an insurance policy at TH when I was being turned into a QHI....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th May 2013, 17:58
Replies: 31
Views: 6,802
Posted By deltahot

Quite right Old-Duffer, I just wanted to start...

Quite right Old-Duffer, I just wanted to start something for that era and was hazy on detail. Now done homework ... after sort of mastering the Sycamore at S Cerney, I arrived at KL in 1959 after a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th May 2013, 14:10
Replies: 31
Views: 6,802
Posted By deltahot

Thank you for that Old Duffer. I have John...

Thank you for that Old Duffer. I have John Dowling's history, and indeed remember him - did he not once famously say there are no manual control loads on the Belvedere that the average pilot cannot...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th May 2013, 09:22
Replies: 31
Views: 6,802
Posted By deltahot

Malaya pre '62?

I'm a bit new to all this, but enjoyed the Borneo thread so wondered if any computer-literate octogenarians out there can go back to Malaya (ok, West Malaysia now but not then).

This would be...
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