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Forum: Military Aviation
10th Apr 2024, 09:55
Replies: 69
Views: 6,437
Posted By binbrook

In re Caesar's Gallic Wars, i seem to remember...

In re Caesar's Gallic Wars, i seem to remember that the winter comes early in these parts because Gaul as whole faces north. And in Troy, didn't someone or other fear Greeks bearing gifts?
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Feb 2024, 13:19
Replies: 167
Views: 22,825
Posted By binbrook

I remember the shock in about 1970 of seeing a...

I remember the shock in about 1970 of seeing a Group Captain whose uniform had pilot's wings but no medal ribbons. Someone may remember him. Like many, he presumably served without qualifying for...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Nov 2023, 11:25
Replies: 20
Views: 4,233
Posted By binbrook

In the 1950s 231 OCU did Canberra bomber...

In the 1950s 231 OCU did Canberra bomber conversion at Bassingbourn, but the PR element was at Merryfield with PR3s and AFAIR Meteor PR10s as well.
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Nov 2023, 14:00
Replies: 86
Views: 26,868
Posted By binbrook

Age plays tricks, but in the distant past (around...

Age plays tricks, but in the distant past (around 1970) was there not a V-Force nav, who had been GD/P but was downgraded medically, and continued to wear pilot's wings?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Aug 2023, 13:23
Replies: 64
Views: 7,798
Posted By binbrook

Decca: lane slip anyone? It's a long time ago,...

Decca: lane slip anyone? It's a long time ago, but didn't someone bring back night photos of the main street of a German village?
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Apr 2023, 16:07
Replies: 88
Views: 12,761
Posted By binbrook

Ninthace That time did include IOT. I started...

Ninthace
That time did include IOT. I started as NS, under 18, and my logbook shows a week at Padgate followed by holding for 5 weeks at ACTU (Air Crew Transit Unit) at Cranwell. That was followed...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Apr 2023, 11:08
Replies: 88
Views: 12,761
Posted By binbrook

AFAIR, during NS the time to wings was typically...

AFAIR, during NS the time to wings was typically about 18-20 months, so we surely must have a Ppruner who had his wings before age 20. Since you could also ask to be called up before 18, he may even...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Apr 2022, 10:50
Replies: 11
Views: 2,502
Posted By binbrook

4 shillings a day was certainly the rate for a NS...

4 shillings a day was certainly the rate for a NS AC2 in 1953. After a 3s 0d deduction for NI that left 25/-, and to make the Paying Officer's job easier you were given £1 one week and £1.10.0 the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Mar 2022, 16:46
Replies: 11
Views: 3,003
Posted By binbrook

A minor point, but can we post something at...

A minor point, but can we post something at 00.00? I was taught that the time 00.00 did not exist, and that the choice was either 2359 or 0001.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Mar 2022, 15:29
Replies: 21
Views: 3,789
Posted By binbrook

I don't know about the 1930s, but those of us of...

I don't know about the 1930s, but those of us of a certain age will remember how we made our way from El Adem to Nairobi in the late 50s. Get round Nasser's Corner, head for the Nile and turn south...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Oct 2021, 14:01
Replies: 35
Views: 9,477
Posted By binbrook

Since we are talking about the entitlement to a...

Since we are talking about the entitlement to a widow's pension, may I perhaps point out that there are still some of us who retired before 1978, were then widowed, and were lucky enough to make a...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Mar 2021, 14:14
Replies: 227
Views: 81,971
Posted By binbrook

You should have tried a a T/O in a JP3 on a...

You should have tried a a T/O in a JP3 on a summer afternoon during the time when the max RPM was limited to IIRC 98%. Very pleased the Vale of York was flat.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Feb 2021, 09:55
Replies: 148
Views: 55,896
Posted By binbrook

Have I missed a mention of the Heron which the...

Have I missed a mention of the Heron which the RAF provided for the use of Gus Walker when he was Deputy C-in-C AFCENT in the late 1960s? AFAIR the Luftwaffe luckily provided a Convair as well.
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Feb 2021, 10:56
Replies: 12
Views: 6,046
Posted By binbrook

You don't necessarily have to fly low to cut...

You don't necessarily have to fly low to cut power lines - a long time ago a PR Canberra cut a line somewhere in the Apennines that was about 500ft AGL.
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Dec 2020, 10:19
Replies: 663
Views: 169,440
Posted By binbrook

TTN Some years ago, just after the Sandys axe,...

TTN
Some years ago, just after the Sandys axe, the Long General Duties Guided Weapons Course (easier to say LGDGW) was big enough to have 2 sets at Henlow. The A Set was inevitably all the navs...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Nov 2020, 11:06
Replies: 38
Views: 6,803
Posted By binbrook

Sometime in the mid-80s, on a thoroughly foul...

Sometime in the mid-80s, on a thoroughly foul winter afternoon, I was joined on a train ex-Kings Cross by a Britannia crew who spent the first bit of the journey amending their Jepps. They left at...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Apr 2020, 10:00
Replies: 129
Views: 36,995
Posted By binbrook

North Coates perhaps needs to be added to the...

North Coates perhaps needs to be added to the list. From the late 1950s most of the airfield was home to Bloodhound launchers and radars, but it did have a hard runway which saw occasional use by...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Mar 2020, 14:18
Replies: 384
Views: 125,689
Posted By binbrook

Sotonsean: You omitted the Immingham -...

Sotonsean:
You omitted the Immingham - Amsterdam - Gothenburg triangular ferry service (in both directions) offered by Tor Line in the 60s. I don't know when it finished but it was very useful...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Feb 2020, 10:03
Replies: 102
Views: 47,112
Posted By binbrook

I don't know whether it counts as a zap but, a...

I don't know whether it counts as a zap but, a long time ago when Franco was being obnoxious and Hunters were sent to Gib, wasn't the resident Viscount marked up to show that its operator was...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2020, 14:07
Replies: 94
Views: 41,180
Posted By binbrook

Scampton Grand Slam

Some years ago (quite a lot in fact) I was on a course with a chap who'd been a junior EO at Scampton in the 50s. He told me that the Grand Slam which became the gate-guardian had been buried on the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Nov 2019, 13:06
Replies: 23
Views: 6,944
Posted By binbrook

I was a little surprised to see a B47 with the...

I was a little surprised to see a B47 with the chute streamed pass in front of me at 9000ft when I was running in to drop a 25 pounder on Otmoor. Bound for Heyford I suppose, but it did seem a long...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Nov 2019, 09:56
Replies: 61
Views: 18,063
Posted By binbrook

I had one trip in a Sunderland. Engine synch was...

I had one trip in a Sunderland. Engine synch was interesting: 1 and 2 were done first, by eye looking through the prop discs, then 3 and 4, and then the two pairs were matched by ear.
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Nov 2019, 11:15
Replies: 23
Views: 18,435
Posted By binbrook

It looks as though I wasn't the only silly boy...

It looks as though I wasn't the only silly boy after all!
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Aug 2019, 13:31
Replies: 84
Views: 37,166
Posted By binbrook

A modern invention BEagle. A little earlier, all...

A modern invention BEagle. A little earlier, all I got from the same establishment was a F414A saying that I was a Proficient U/T Pilot with a White rating.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th May 2019, 13:08
Replies: 24
Views: 9,559
Posted By binbrook

The flying badge worn by the O/C at #5 is not the...

The flying badge worn by the O/C at #5 is not the same shape as that worn by Sir Frank at #7 or the S/L at #9. Are we sure that our subject really is wearing the gilt 1947 pattern?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th May 2019, 10:53
Replies: 56
Views: 29,429
Posted By binbrook

I've just seen #42. Reminds me of a student in a...

I've just seen #42. Reminds me of a student in a JP3 climbing through cloud in the Vale of York on a fine summer afternoon way back when. The alert QFI noticed that the speed was low and 'admonished'...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Apr 2019, 14:19
Replies: 30
Views: 12,160
Posted By binbrook

No certificates at the Towers in the 50s. OCFW...

No certificates at the Towers in the 50s. OCFW just signed an end-of-course F414A in my logbook to say that I was a competent U/T pilot and had a White rating. Wings were awarded a week later.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Mar 2019, 20:01
Replies: 67
Views: 15,775
Posted By binbrook

FTC limit for basic QFIs was 50 hours per month...

FTC limit for basic QFIs was 50 hours per month (T/O to landing - none of this chock-to-chock nonsense). Quote: "Do you want to do your 50 hours before you go on leave or after you come back?". Happy...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Mar 2019, 11:07
Replies: 67
Views: 15,775
Posted By binbrook

Counsel of perfection dook, and not always...

Counsel of perfection dook, and not always achieved I'm afraid by yours truly at that stage of the course.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Mar 2019, 10:47
Replies: 67
Views: 15,775
Posted By binbrook

Dead right dook. Writing up (was it a 5060?) at...

Dead right dook. Writing up (was it a 5060?) at the end of the day, it was sometimes difficult to remember who cocked-up what.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Mar 2019, 09:44
Replies: 67
Views: 15,775
Posted By binbrook

Two pages in a month: easy - just ask any BFTS...

Two pages in a month: easy - just ask any BFTS QFI. New course arrives, 4 studes each, so that's 2 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. Day 1 - Famil x 4, Day 2 - E of C 1 x 4, Day 3 - E of C 2 x...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Feb 2019, 14:46
Replies: 22
Views: 6,812
Posted By binbrook

Slightly off thread but, when we were happily...

Slightly off thread but, when we were happily floating round the night sky using our Orange Putter and Tinselling, was any use was made of them by the NF Meteors and Venoms sent up to intercept us?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Feb 2019, 10:48
Replies: 58
Views: 11,013
Posted By binbrook

Pom Pax - that sounds right. I was on my first...

Pom Pax - that sounds right. I was on my first squadron. 6 minute fixing was the norm with Gee on Canberras but occasionally it went to 3 - getting near the tracker for GH perhaps? Limited aids was...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Feb 2019, 11:39
Replies: 58
Views: 11,013
Posted By binbrook

A further thought - AFAIR the upper limit of UK...

A further thought - AFAIR the upper limit of UK airways in the 50s was something like 12000ft, not that we had the nav kit to use them. I have a vague memory that we could go through airways at...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Feb 2019, 10:06
Replies: 58
Views: 11,013
Posted By binbrook

Slight thread drift, but when did TA come down to...

Slight thread drift, but when did TA come down to 3000ft? AFIR in the 50s it was up at something like 10000ft. Below that we were all on QNH - no QFE even in the circuit - which meant mental...
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