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28th Nov 2023, 10:19
Replies: 131
Views: 44,804
Posted By xtp

0745 on a Monday morning at 3FTS Leeming around...

0745 on a Monday morning at 3FTS Leeming around 1970 was time to test the crash alarm. It was also time for the weather ship to get airborne.

34 threshold at Leeming was not visible from the...
26th Jan 2023, 21:18
Replies: 50
Views: 9,677
Posted By xtp

I joined RAE Avionics Flight in Jan 74 and flew...

I joined RAE Avionics Flight in Jan 74 and flew on both Sea King low level LLTV trials and one trip in a Wessex at night using NVG with our Army helo tp who was trialling NVG at the time. No FW FLIR...
2nd Apr 2022, 21:30
Replies: 34
Views: 9,802
Posted By xtp

My original solar-powered Casio Waveceptor is...

My original solar-powered Casio Waveceptor is still going strong without servicing since 2005.

Significant time differences between pips on FM, DAB and web, Windows time from the web, and that...
30th Nov 2021, 16:41
Replies: 122
Views: 37,465
Posted By xtp

Or use one of the museum airfields with external...

Or use one of the museum airfields with external static aircraft to add some extra cover.
21st Sep 2021, 09:38
Replies: 14
Views: 8,558
Posted By xtp

Maybe https://xavion.com/app/full-description/...

Maybe https://xavion.com/app/full-description/ would be worth a look?

No personal experience, but publicity videos look promising for providing a 'pathway through the sky' on an iPad using...
14th Sep 2021, 10:41
Replies: 76
Views: 24,355
Posted By xtp

The fallacy in the argument about eliminating...

The fallacy in the argument about eliminating human error is that AI just moves the errors to the engineering team on the ground who generate non-deterministic mission-critical software with...
31st Mar 2021, 11:26
Replies: 88
Views: 32,040
Posted By xtp

I seem to remember similar conclusions from their...

I seem to remember similar conclusions from their ASUPT programme in the 1970s.
4th Mar 2021, 17:41
Replies: 19
Views: 5,065
Posted By xtp

My logbook reminds me of 21 JPs in ER formation...

My logbook reminds me of 21 JPs in ER formation over the Royal visit to York's 1900th birthday on 28 June 1971..
...
2nd Feb 2021, 16:45
Replies: 2
Views: 3,020
Posted By xtp

The AJJ Collection has an unscanned image of that...

The AJJ Collection has an unscanned image of that Meteor, but most likely not at that event. PM me if interested.
12th Jul 2020, 16:09
Replies: 31
Views: 10,423
Posted By xtp

Rather off topic, but to continue about...

Rather off topic, but to continue about parachuteless jumps ...

Not over the sea, but air gunner Les Bigwood jumped out of a crippled Lancaster at 90 feet and survived until his demise in old age...
31st Mar 2020, 09:48
Replies: 157
Views: 60,209
Posted By xtp

VC10 landing at Brooklands might qualify as the...

VC10 landing at Brooklands might qualify as the shortest..
See near the end of The 1st and last VC10 flight (http://www.vc10.net/Memories/A4OAB_Royalflight.html)
15th Oct 2017, 12:21
Replies: 2
Views: 1,735
Posted By xtp

Not to mention a Hastings out of Farnborough in...

Not to mention a Hastings out of Farnborough in the 70s full of standard gas meters sampling "acid air" over the North Sea
16th Jun 2016, 16:05
Replies: 192
Views: 39,067
Posted By xtp

We may know it's closing speed, but the quote is...

We may know it's closing speed, but the quote is ""while travelling at 800mph".
16th Jun 2016, 15:40
Replies: 192
Views: 39,067
Posted By xtp

Maybe it's the sonic bangs. Torygraph p17 today...

Maybe it's the sonic bangs. Torygraph p17 today says 15 feet apart at 800 knots.
7th Sep 2015, 15:47
Replies: 5
Views: 2,320
Posted By xtp

May I add my condolences and advise that, since...

May I add my condolences and advise that, since he had been a member of the Aircrew Association, I have added his name to the ACA In Memoriam page at ACA In Memoriam...
18th Aug 2015, 15:45
Replies: 55
Views: 13,668
Posted By xtp

QFIing 68-72 on JPs, the Rebecca/Eureka was very...

QFIing 68-72 on JPs, the Rebecca/Eureka was very useful during student IF trips or GH above cloud. Getting him to do a turn through the bearing to/from the beacon whilst watching the homing needle...
3rd Aug 2015, 20:45
Replies: 357
Views: 237,157
Posted By xtp

Just as an observation, all of the Phenom...

Just as an observation, all of the Phenom accidents recorded at Aviation Safety Network are runway overruns.
2nd Jul 2015, 07:40
Replies: 755
Views: 368,295
Posted By xtp

There was a time when my two-finger typing was...

There was a time when my two-finger typing was coordinated!

Try this one instead.

http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/HistoricalMaterial/G-BCHW.pdf
1st Jul 2015, 20:57
Replies: 755
Views: 368,295
Posted By xtp

GINFO G-BHCW gives UK civil owners. GINFO...

GINFO G-BHCW gives UK civil owners.

GINFO Registration History | Aircraft Register | Operations and Safety...
20th Apr 2015, 11:02
Replies: 17
Views: 4,015
Posted By xtp

David Holliday, Cranwell 84 entry Russian...

David Holliday, Cranwell 84 entry Russian speaker. Bona fide chap who was a friend of the deceased from whom I've heard separately on this topic.
2nd Apr 2015, 15:31
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,540,486
Posted By xtp

Maybe uncertainty and speculation will reduce now...

Maybe uncertainty and speculation will reduce now they have found the FDR.

Germanwings crash: Co-pilot Lubitz 'researched suicide' - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32159602)
6th Mar 2015, 08:37
Replies: 154
Views: 42,161
Posted By xtp

Government review process grinding into action. ...

Government review process grinding into action.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/manston-airport-review
11th Nov 2014, 14:22
Replies: 28
Views: 14,619
Posted By xtp

XS743 wasn't just a normal Bassett. It was fitted...

XS743 wasn't just a normal Bassett. It was fitted with an analogue computer system under control of the captain in the left seat that gave the right hand seat pilot handling experience with various...
30th Jul 2014, 09:13
Replies: 21
Views: 7,239
Posted By xtp

As far as I recall, the reasons for carrying an...

As far as I recall, the reasons for carrying an aircrew knife in my era (60s-90s) were to deal with entanglements in harnesses/rigging lines and also to deflate a dinghy or lifejacket inflated...
10th Jul 2014, 09:43
Replies: 27
Views: 41,248
Posted By xtp

Lots of water sloshing about in the fuselage...

Lots of water sloshing about in the fuselage might do interesting things to the CofG and trim.
13th Jun 2014, 10:17
Replies: 9
Views: 2,752
Posted By xtp

Dick was Chipmunk Standards at CFS Little...

Dick was Chipmunk Standards at CFS Little Rissington in 1972 whilst I was on the JP side with Bruce Byron RAAF.
10th Feb 2014, 16:57
Replies: 122
Views: 35,094
Posted By xtp

Returning the original subject: Gordon Smith...

Returning the original subject:

Gordon Smith was a flying doc in CFS Standards at Little Rissington in the early 1970s who did rehab flying with aircrew.

Most were aircrew who suffered from...
5th Jan 2014, 16:45
Replies: 33
Views: 18,748
Posted By xtp

I was a QFI on 2 Sqn 3FTS when the accident...

I was a QFI on 2 Sqn 3FTS when the accident happened. My (vague?) memory suggests that the main runway was under repair at the time, which is why we operated off 30 for some time, including a period...
14th Nov 2013, 16:03
Replies: 79
Views: 18,778
Posted By xtp

I seem to recall being in AEA OR at the time the...

I seem to recall being in AEA OR at the time the curved knife came in and that the justification was that, whereas the old knife was intended to stab dinghies or lifejackets that inflated...
5th Jul 2013, 17:56
Replies: 91
Views: 73,047
Posted By xtp

The Slievers came to Leeming for the 1971(?) open...

The Slievers came to Leeming for the 1971(?) open day and marked their arrival by a flypast parallel to 16 at about 20 feet.

When ATC complained about their having come below the briefed 200 feet...
20th Jun 2013, 08:42
Replies: 46
Views: 10,840
Posted By xtp

Sorry. Must have skipped p2 after being away....

Sorry. Must have skipped p2 after being away. Duplicate url deleted.
30th May 2013, 15:02
Replies: 755
Views: 368,295
Posted By xtp

I flew WG479 at CFS Little Rissington on 24...

I flew WG479 at CFS Little Rissington on 24 October 1972 if that helps fill your timeline.
11th Mar 2013, 23:03
Replies: 96
Views: 17,609
Posted By xtp

Flew a circuit in one (grasshopper) off a winch...

Flew a circuit in one (grasshopper) off a winch launch to around 800 ft at Cranwell in the early 60s. Best ever view, but it glid rather like a brick. Good fun, though.
8th Dec 2012, 21:45
Replies: 93
Views: 35,098
Posted By xtp

The early days seem to have been the worst

At the risk of showing my age...

Neil Williams in a Stampe (I think) at Biggin Hill in the 1960s when he hit the ground sideways after falling out of a roll. I was first on the scene and found...
22nd Oct 2012, 19:51
Replies: 12
Views: 2,412
Posted By xtp

My dad's collection (now at Brooklands Museum)...

My dad's collection (now at Brooklands Museum) has some early images that might do. Good one of 3 Wapitis in loose formation, for example. And a DH.10 on the ground. Both in RAF livery, but no...
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