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Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Mar 2020, 15:08
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

C**ts, the lot of them. Utter c**ts.

C**ts, the lot of them. Utter c**ts.
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Nov 2018, 21:49
Replies: 49
Views: 14,593
Posted By Cat Funt

Hate to break it to you, Tedderboy, but CHOM was...

Hate to break it to you, Tedderboy, but CHOM was having heat and hot water problems when I was there a quarter of a century ago! I was told it was character-building.

You might want to pay a...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Nov 2018, 22:47
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

Those with access to ASIMS will be able to see...

Those with access to ASIMS will be able to see his “not a parting shot” at the Air Cadet hierarchy. To be fair, it comes as close as he ever has in the last five years to uttering something...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Aug 2018, 23:56
Replies: 21
Views: 8,083
Posted By Cat Funt

Thumbs up There is a Tornado in XXV sqn colours at...

There is a Tornado in XXV sqn colours at Syerston. The Air Cadets’ favourite Failed To Resettle Successfully Gp Capt has had a monument to himself brought in under the pretence of it being added to...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jul 2018, 18:31
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

Aerospace Ground School/ Aerospace Ground...

Aerospace Ground School/ Aerospace Ground Squadron/Aviation Ground School/Aviation Ground Squadron. What AGS stands for differs from document to document.

I’m not kidding. Two years down the line...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jul 2018, 18:26
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

Interesting hypothesis, invalidated by the recent...

Interesting hypothesis, invalidated by the recent news that the projected number of recoverable Vikings is now down in the forties.
Forum: Military Aviation
8th May 2018, 10:09
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

There is a point in having a go. Not so much for...

There is a point in having a go. Not so much for the engineering failure, which is clearly not of his making, but for his abject failure to treat with any kind of decency, courtesy or respect the men...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th May 2018, 14:25
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

Rumour Control has it that 645 were told at...

Rumour Control has it that 645 were told at 1200hrs on Sat. The rest of the organisation was filled in after endex on Sunday.

I can only assume that c*** Middleton learned nothing from his...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Apr 2018, 11:28
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

FTRS=Failed To Resettle Successfully.

FTRS=Failed To Resettle Successfully.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Apr 2018, 19:04
Replies: 80
Views: 38,361
Posted By Cat Funt

http://https://www.captiongenerator.com/970412/Hit...

http://https://www.captiongenerator.com/970412/Hitler-learns-that-Sgt-Coombes-isnt-available-
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Apr 2018, 15:23
Replies: 142
Views: 46,042
Posted By Cat Funt

August 1991, at the age of 17 in a Viking glider...

August 1991, at the age of 17 in a Viking glider at a VGS. ZE682


Best way to go about it, I think. The winch launch got you up to 1000ft so fast (about 20seconds), you didn't really have time to...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jan 2018, 01:02
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

To be fair, it soon becomes clear to anyone who...

To be fair, it soon becomes clear to anyone who talks to her that what she doesn’t know about aviation can just about be fitted into the Grand Canyon. Probably couldn’t give a cogent explanation if...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jan 2018, 22:27
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

A perfect ar$e, to be exact.

A perfect ar$e, to be exact.
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Nov 2017, 15:30
Replies: 24
Views: 6,177
Posted By Cat Funt

What is to become of the world's largest...

What is to become of the world's largest collection of string vests and volleyball nets?
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Nov 2017, 16:40
Replies: 106
Views: 22,875
Posted By Cat Funt

To quote Frankie Boyle- the kind of man who would...

To quote Frankie Boyle- the kind of man who would pay full price for a DFS sofa.
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Oct 2017, 10:28
Replies: 60
Views: 19,066
Posted By Cat Funt

Hold my beer! :}

Hold my beer! :}
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Oct 2017, 10:00
Replies: 82
Views: 28,921
Posted By Cat Funt

Can't say why they've done it, but they have....

Can't say why they've done it, but they have. It's on BBC4, so I'd like to think that they'd credit their viewers with having a longer attention span than even the PBS-watching Seppo's. ;) They are...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Oct 2017, 11:36
Replies: 82
Views: 28,921
Posted By Cat Funt

Nope. The full series is 18hrs long and is...

Nope. The full series is 18hrs long and is already available on DVD. PBS doesn't run ads in the US, as such, just promos for their other shows.
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Oct 2017, 10:43
Replies: 82
Views: 28,921
Posted By Cat Funt

Point of information- for some unfathomable...

Point of information- for some unfathomable reason, the BBC episodes are only 60mins long- so 10hrs in total. The original PBS version- which will air in the UK on PBS America in the Spring- is 18hrs.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Apr 2017, 21:33
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

I heard that around 50-60 expressed an interest....

I heard that around 50-60 expressed an interest. Some didn't make the cut and others were brushed-off sight unseen by some AEFs that are well-staffed already. I know of one currently cleared to fly...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Mar 2017, 15:34
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

You've got to be kidding me. I realise that FTRS...

You've got to be kidding me. I realise that FTRS service with the Air Cadets is seen increasingly by the volunteer cadre as an old folks home for retired incompetents who wouldn't survive 6 months in...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Jan 2017, 12:00
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

Utter c0ck. Exercise 5- Effects of Controls 2,...

Utter c0ck. Exercise 5- Effects of Controls 2, Engine Start and Taxiing. And at my old sqn, the cadet had to deal with radio calls and a busy GA circuit in a very pretty part of the world with an...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Nov 2016, 17:03
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

Just Curious, Enigma- was the Sweden bit pukka...

Just Curious, Enigma- was the Sweden bit pukka gen? Everything else is pretty much consonant with what I've heard. Just heard nothing about disposal the other airframes that aren't being kept.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Oct 2016, 10:32
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

Got an update yesterday on how the plan to...

Got an update yesterday on how the plan to augment the AEFs is hitting the skids in a number of different ways. Figured it was going to be bad before the brief, but it's considerably worse than I...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Sep 2016, 14:36
Replies: 52
Views: 11,577
Posted By Cat Funt

OAP. Am a little confused by your description...

OAP.
Am a little confused by your description since, IIRC, the old flying scholarship scheme was run by the RAF and one would apply via the AFCO and filtered candidates were selected by going...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Aug 2016, 15:47
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

Requires auth at Regional HQ and HQ 2FTS. Until...

Requires auth at Regional HQ and HQ 2FTS. Until very recently auth at the 2FTS level was either Wg Cdr Flying or Comdt 2 FTS personally. Not that he has a fetish for micromanagement or anything...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Apr 2016, 18:45
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

Ref ACO SNCO/WO pilots and instructors- they're...

Ref ACO SNCO/WO pilots and instructors- they're still civilians, not subject to military law. The only way staff would benefit would be that they could claim pay when they're on courses.

Also, I...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Mar 2016, 01:50
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

I know Sir Christopher posts here so I'll choose...

I know Sir Christopher posts here so I'll choose my words carefully. Anyone who says this is either lying, is delusional, or fundamentally doesn't understand what's going on.

This was done...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Mar 2016, 01:08
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

Sorry, LJ, but you seen to be about as well...

Sorry, LJ, but you seen to be about as well informed about Air Cadet gliding as the rest of the RAF, including the 2FTS brain trust.

If you go back and peruse the 2012 report, you'll see that...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Mar 2016, 16:17
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

Ref Leon's plan for the K21s... For the...

Ref Leon's plan for the K21s...

For the umpteenth time. (Please excuse the all-caps, but it's central to the disposition and siting of VGSs before The Cull.)

WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PUT ALL...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Mar 2016, 15:58
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

Wingtip orderly for launches and towing,...

Wingtip orderly for launches and towing, attaching the cables, pushing and pulling under the supervision of sqn staff and Flight Staff Cadets.

Oh yes, FSCs are disappearing too. The Brain Trust...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Mar 2016, 06:55
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

With Tern Hill and Wethersfield being sold off,...

With Tern Hill and Wethersfield being sold off, we are now looking at going from 27 sqns in 2012 to perhaps as few as 6 sqns by 2019 if no alternative sites can be found. Remember, though, as Pippa...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Mar 2016, 00:05
Replies: 32
Views: 11,638
Posted By Cat Funt

Don't bet on it. The sqns/site marked for...

Don't bet on it. The sqns/site marked for retention were provisional and when I was in a meeting with Muddleton last week he said that the loss of at least one site was on the cards. With...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Mar 2016, 00:45
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

CFS is demanding 500hrs P1 on the Vigilant at...

CFS is demanding 500hrs P1 on the Vigilant at present. Having recently been in touch with three of the binned sqns, I can count on one hand the number of people thinking of applying to cross train...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2016, 19:46
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,758,217
Posted By Cat Funt

Most of us on the sqns have heard the figure £25k...

Most of us on the sqns have heard the figure £25k apiece thrown around, Pobjoy.

No idea if this is pukka gen though.

And they ARE pants as a training aid and the CGS instructors will...
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