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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Feb 2014, 13:12
Replies: 884
Views: 223,148
Posted By classjazz

Humberside

Good luck to Humberside which I prefer to the ex Finningley set up. Mind you I am biased as I used to fly across to AMS from Humberside to pick up another international flight heading east.
I used...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Feb 2014, 12:41
Replies: 47
Views: 17,108
Posted By classjazz

XV 179

Ah yes - 179. Of all aircraft, that should be the one to cause the demise of those
guys. It used to be the bane of my life in the old days when we did the Changi slip and it WAS in the days before...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jan 2014, 11:56
Replies: 78
Views: 19,136
Posted By classjazz

RAF Air Engineer Branch

Thanks Brian,
I've been away and missed the first posts on this matter and had missed the start of this thread. I will live in hope that he sees my post and does send me the required info. Unless of...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Dec 2013, 12:44
Replies: 78
Views: 19,136
Posted By classjazz

Please contact

Fergineer
Pse send me PM - sorry for the delay in getting to you
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Dec 2013, 15:50
Replies: 78
Views: 19,136
Posted By classjazz

A five year tour

goudie,

You memory serves you well. When I first thought about applying in 1962,
it WAS a 5 year tour as an FE but the catch was that you had to return to your previous trade after the 5 years....
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Dec 2013, 12:26
Replies: 78
Views: 19,136
Posted By classjazz

Top Bunk Tester

Please contact me on [email protected] re: membership of FE Association.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Oct 2013, 14:39
Replies: 26
Views: 8,696
Posted By classjazz

XV303

Apropos nothing but curiosity, I had a look in my log books to see when and how XV 303 featured.

Last time: 1979 - January 16th - Route checked from Gander to Nassau

but the first time was;
...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Feb 2012, 08:32
Replies: 198
Views: 34,083
Posted By classjazz

classjazz

I watched the Bomber Boys programme and thought it was well balanced.
As an ex member of the BBMF it was interesting to see that it is deemed necessary nowadays to wear bone domes when flying the...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jul 2011, 20:25
Replies: 13
Views: 1,926
Posted By classjazz

Transort Command Veterans

Please PM me Mr Bond
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2011, 18:51
Replies: 132
Views: 36,222
Posted By classjazz

British aviation in Belize

Don't forget that besides the VC-10's there were Belfast and C-130 flights in and out of Belize on a constant basis.

The Belfast was the only aircraft at the time (1971-76) capable of carrying the...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Mar 2009, 13:02
Replies: 104
Views: 18,463
Posted By classjazz

you might be an aircraft engineer....

I think the fastner is spelled "DZUS" not ZEUS. But there again, I was never a navigator.
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jan 2009, 07:30
Replies: 0
Views: 757
Posted By classjazz

Chas Ducat

Sadly Chas Ducat who had retired to Malaysia following his time in the RAF and Bristow Helicopters died at home on New Years Day.
Chas was an ex Halton Apprentice and spent many years in the rotary...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jul 2008, 07:11
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,321,723
Posted By classjazz

classjazz

Since retirement I only occasionally dip in to this thread and what I have to say will not progress the arguments any further but having had one of my sons fly the Chinook as a pilot, I maintain some...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jul 2008, 07:14
Replies: 110
Views: 39,376
Posted By classjazz

classjazz

I don't have any "concrete" evidence about mining under Finningley but during my time there (1979-1989, with a brief ground tour inserted during this time)the Jetstream simulator was reported to have...
Forum: Cabin Crew
31st Jul 2007, 07:10
Replies: 9
Views: 6,869
Posted By classjazz

Plagiarism

I spent several years as a Training Manager with a specific brief to write the technical manuals for the particular operation of the Company. These covered everything from the DC-6 and Electra to the...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jul 2007, 07:29
Replies: 4
Views: 2,060
Posted By classjazz

Pilot shoots(or nearly shoots) himself down

This guy wasn't the first and probably hasn't been the last but back in the late 80's, we were doing a practice diversion into Lyneham. The tower asked us to expedite the active as they had a Harrier...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Jul 2007, 07:31
Replies: 65
Views: 32,080
Posted By classjazz

Chinese pilts and the English language

Some years agao, I was doing some training at a major UK training base and a Chinese crew were undergoing simulator training. Present on the flt deck was a "lady" Chinese interpreter who was...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jun 2007, 06:59
Replies: 312
Views: 158,381
Posted By classjazz

classjazz

An accident concerning a Meteor was the first aircraft accident I saw. I can't remember the date (early 50's or even late 40's) but I was on a beach holiday with my parents at Filey in East...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
18th May 2007, 12:00
Replies: 33
Views: 6,724
Posted By classjazz

classjazz

transilvana:

I have a house in Spain and travel to and fro quite often, BUT British citizens do have to present their passports at check in irrespective of what the Airline websites say.
I have...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Jan 2006, 07:25
Replies: 32
Views: 15,762
Posted By classjazz

Flt International raises questions about Ryanair and IAA

The real subject in question should be the attitude of the IAA and Ryanair.

David L says that the IAA are "satisfied - even impressed" by the Ryanair operation. That is NOT the impression I got...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Oct 2005, 07:10
Replies: 51
Views: 19,369
Posted By classjazz

sean1982 Sean, I come to this post fairly...

sean1982
Sean,
I come to this post fairly late but going back to your original post - rather than address all of the additional points that have been raised, let me relate my experience with your...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Aug 2005, 07:49
Replies: 30
Views: 5,774
Posted By classjazz

Strange noise at Wainfleet range

Returning to the Military forum after a long absence I note that according to the replies to the above subject, Harriers seemed to shoot themselves down more often than I thought. I was involved in...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
4th Jul 2005, 08:33
Replies: 37
Views: 5,422
Posted By classjazz

At the end of last year I flew from Spain to...

At the end of last year I flew from Spain to England on one of the low cost operators that frequent that route. As a safety conscious ex Airline member, I perused the safety documents and...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
25th Apr 2005, 15:17
Replies: 18
Views: 3,268
Posted By classjazz

Metal cutlery allowed on board

Er...how many knitting needles fit in under the "3cm"category - just wondered??
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Apr 2005, 07:00
Replies: 498
Views: 107,323
Posted By classjazz

VC10Rib22 in his post has expressed the situation...

VC10Rib22 in his post has expressed the situation succintly and without any rancour.

When my wife saw the news item on the TV News she was extremely exasperated at yet another fellow female...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2005, 11:16
Replies: 498
Views: 107,323
Posted By classjazz

Commonsense - safety - what else has gone out of...

Commonsense - safety - what else has gone out of the window here? Just how do these legal bods come to conclusions in what is really a specialised area.
She knew the rules just as those "Mums" in...
Forum: Freight Dogs
20th Mar 2005, 07:00
Replies: 11
Views: 1,937
Posted By classjazz

So the A-300 business was a fiasco .........well...

So the A-300 business was a fiasco .........well Goodness Me...I would never have guessed..and after all that hard work I put in learning the aircraft!!!!
(tongue in cheek there Admiral)

As is...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Mar 2005, 07:57
Replies: 76
Views: 42,244
Posted By classjazz

Ryanair worries the hell.......

Avoiding some of the pitfalls created by earlier contributors can I just go back to the beginning and tell you why Ryanair do concern me. My background (45 years) is entirely aviation, military and...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Feb 2005, 07:03
Replies: 27
Views: 3,683
Posted By classjazz

I want to fly but am terrible at Maths

Whatever else you do - keep going in your quest to fly. I left a Grammar School after failing Maths GCE twice and was turned down for technical training in the RAF because of the lack of Maths. I...
Forum: Freight Dogs
27th Jan 2005, 13:51
Replies: 459
Views: 888,200
Posted By classjazz

Strangest freight

Wonder if anyone actually gets down this far apart from me - ah well - here goes.
In the Belfast freighter everything that you could get on board was carried. Satellites to Canaveral and during the...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Dec 2004, 07:19
Replies: 74
Views: 20,604
Posted By classjazz

Ar the risk of presenting yet another story of...

Ar the risk of presenting yet another story of "bone headedness" ( I came to this thread late) some months ago I went through security at Humberside Airport en route to Europe. My case was subjected...
Forum: Freight Dogs
11th Oct 2004, 18:27
Replies: 103
Views: 28,128
Posted By classjazz

Belfast

Somewhat lax I know but I've only just cottoned on to this Belfast thread - and very interesting it is too. I can guess the identities of some of the contributors even.
I flew the Belfast for 7...
Forum: Freight Dogs
5th Oct 2004, 19:20
Replies: 18
Views: 1,895
Posted By classjazz

Tech Logs

Going back to the original question - Yes, I was put under considerable pressure not to put what I thought was a serious defect in the Tech Log.
I was supervising Flight Engineers in this particular...
Forum: Freight Dogs
5th May 2004, 13:38
Replies: 459
Views: 888,200
Posted By classjazz

The SBS I suppose - on a live mission in a c-130....

The SBS I suppose - on a live mission in a c-130. They were "very" strange.

Hi - Mike Jenvey - David D here ex HLA - remember?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th Apr 2003, 17:30
Replies: 22
Views: 4,273
Posted By classjazz

Finningley

I have to accept the comments made by "scroggs" concerning the coal mining subsidence at Finningley but that is not the way I remember it during the 8 years I spent flying out of there.
We certainly...
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