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Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2019, 20:12
Replies: 201
Views: 69,441
Posted By Dutystude

Thanks Dave. Spring 1968 at Spitlegate....

Thanks Dave.

Spring 1968 at Spitlegate. First launch 5 min in a Barge learning how to fly. Then nineteen 3 min dual launches in a Mk 3 culminating in the A&B 3 solos.

Done over half a dozen...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Jan 2019, 21:44
Replies: 150
Views: 78,772
Posted By Dutystude

Signed (154)

Signed (154)
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Dec 2018, 15:22
Replies: 73
Views: 21,270
Posted By Dutystude

In our day yes. Many senior Station admin posts -...

In our day yes. Many senior Station admin posts - OC SSS, OC PMS; even OC Admin were filled by aircrew. But aircrew haven’t been GD/P, GD/N etc for years.

Officers Wg Cdr and above are designated...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Nov 2018, 22:15
Replies: 37
Views: 8,148
Posted By Dutystude

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1379/adfa49e7_e53b_4b7e_beba_6219fb48d3fb_de35851273cf9963bf65fe0c90f5f3176a2a6cf8.jpeg


In this diagram weight has been resolved into 2...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Nov 2018, 13:50
Replies: 37
Views: 8,148
Posted By Dutystude

Hello PDR, First, if I might steal a line...

Hello PDR,

First, if I might steal a line from Shakespeare’s Mark Anthony: “I speak not to disprove what PDR has spoke but to say what I do know.” I am enjoying the intellectual exchange and not...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Nov 2018, 10:36
Replies: 37
Views: 8,148
Posted By Dutystude

Ah, nice one ‘minga. You are right. Just...

Ah, nice one ‘minga.

You are right. Just like a Rotary Aircraft those propeller blades (Inclined planes) are producing a force at right angels to the Relative Airflow over the blades: Lift by...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Nov 2018, 09:02
Replies: 37
Views: 8,148
Posted By Dutystude

Not sure I would either. Of course, in...

Not sure I would either.

Of course, in vertical flight, while this contraption is an still an Aircraft it is not an Aeroplane/Airplane. Not producing lift by accelerating a fluid over an inclined...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Nov 2018, 07:25
Replies: 37
Views: 8,148
Posted By Dutystude

I am no aerodynamicist but I do have a passing...

I am no aerodynamicist but I do have a passing acquaintance with Newton’s laws (as modified by Einstein), Vector Diagrams, the composition of the atmosphere and, what we used to call the Principles...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Nov 2018, 19:30
Replies: 37
Views: 8,148
Posted By Dutystude

Surely in a constant IAS climb Thrust is greater...

Surely in a constant IAS climb Thrust is greater than Drag.

As you climb at a constant IAS, TAS increases. How does this happen if there is no resultant between Thrust and Drag?
Forum: Private Flying
4th Nov 2018, 14:19
Replies: 37
Views: 8,148
Posted By Dutystude

I think the discussion is on aerodynamic lift...

I think the discussion is on aerodynamic lift rather than thermal lift.
Forum: Private Flying
30th Oct 2018, 11:35
Replies: 83
Views: 13,346
Posted By Dutystude

Spot on. Such nonsense does nothing to aid...

Spot on.

Such nonsense does nothing to aid the fight against true bigotry.
Forum: Private Flying
18th Oct 2018, 09:23
Replies: 18
Views: 1,950
Posted By Dutystude

The Earth takes 24 hours to complete one...

The Earth takes 24 hours to complete one rotation. If the Moon was stationary in the heavens (not geostationary), then, to an observer on the Earth, the Moon would be directly overhead at 24 hour...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Oct 2018, 06:10
Replies: 17
Views: 4,740
Posted By Dutystude

Rubbish. There are are no Brexiter economic...

Rubbish.

There are are no Brexiter economic migrants in KSA. They are foreign workers.

Try remaining (legally) in KSA if/when your employment ends.
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Oct 2018, 16:42
Replies: 17
Views: 4,740
Posted By Dutystude

I don’t think BAe do virtue-signalling. If...

I don’t think BAe do virtue-signalling.

If the Saudis have carried out an assassination it is a wicked thing. But life is full of wickedness we cannot change it and if you lead with the chin all...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Oct 2018, 06:45
Replies: 51
Views: 10,752
Posted By Dutystude

Please, tell me that’s a wind-up.

Please, tell me that’s a wind-up.
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Oct 2018, 18:09
Replies: 51
Views: 10,752
Posted By Dutystude

We don’t say bombing anymore. Too upsetting.

We don’t say bombing anymore. Too upsetting.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Oct 2018, 14:57
Replies: 32
Views: 8,765
Posted By Dutystude

Me also. I watch this this now and then on...

Me also.

I watch this this now and then on YouTube.
Forum: Private Flying
11th Oct 2018, 17:13
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,502,424
Posted By Dutystude

First time I saw the notorious slide I wondered...

First time I saw the notorious slide I wondered how long it would be before TCT argued that the slide referred to Lady Heath.

It’s taken a long time for her to clutch at this straw. Perhaps her...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Oct 2018, 13:40
Replies: 67
Views: 22,619
Posted By Dutystude

Just as I recall the events. And certainly the...

Just as I recall the events. And certainly the procedure in place in 88 when I left the Bulldog. Can’t swear to the procedure in 89.

Indeed, following the change, I logged a practice abandonment...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Oct 2018, 19:11
Replies: 67
Views: 22,619
Posted By Dutystude

if you started flying the Bulldog in 89 then I...

if you started flying the Bulldog in 89 then I think memory is playing tricks.

I left the Bulldog - first time round - in 88 and the procedure to vacate wearing the chute had been implemented...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Oct 2018, 16:56
Replies: 51
Views: 10,752
Posted By Dutystude

Well said toadstool

Well said toadstool
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Oct 2018, 16:51
Replies: 67
Views: 22,619
Posted By Dutystude

Prior to the tragedy, the procedure was: ...

Prior to the tragedy, the procedure was:

Park and shutdown

Release seat harness

While remaining seated, undo the parachute harness.

Vacate ac leaving parachute on seat.
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Oct 2018, 17:17
Replies: 51
Views: 10,752
Posted By Dutystude

Memory can play tricks as we are finding out this...

Memory can play tricks as we are finding out this week in the Senate. So I am a little sceptical.

To have 32 JPs airborne, at the same time, with an average sortie length of 1 hour requires a...
Forum: Private Flying
24th Sep 2018, 10:58
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,502,424
Posted By Dutystude

From Nickweb “A. Confirmation of who I am is...

From Nickweb

“A. Confirmation of who I am is here on the website (type /nick/ after the .com) and unlike many of the people here I am using my own name and not hiding behind a pseudonym (which...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Sep 2018, 06:04
Replies: 30
Views: 10,359
Posted By Dutystude

Thank you.

Thank you.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th May 2017, 12:39
Replies: 178
Views: 40,622
Posted By Dutystude

If you don't think you will like the answer,...

If you don't think you will like the answer, don't ask the question.
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Mar 2017, 17:00
Replies: 1,109
Views: 551,394
Posted By Dutystude

This is so sad. Normally the only fatality in...

This is so sad. Normally the only fatality in these occurrences is the pilot and we, the aviation family, no matter what the ins-and-outs, say "unlucky Mate, God Bless"

That AH survived changes...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Feb 2017, 12:42
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,502,424
Posted By Dutystude

Terry, You are an educated man of a certain...

Terry,

You are an educated man of a certain age so I'm sure you will get the analogy if not concede the point.

Just like Hans Christian Anderson’s Emperor, TCT has no clothes. Just like the...
Forum: Private Flying
16th Feb 2017, 09:56
Replies: 4,521
Views: 1,502,424
Posted By Dutystude

Terry, Quick question. You seem to be...

Terry,

Quick question.

You seem to be saying that you and others knew, from the very start, that the flight to Aus was not planned as a solo flight (maybe dual maybe not but we can leave...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2017, 22:06
Replies: 204
Views: 97,924
Posted By Dutystude

Brat Plenty, as a measure, is subjective. It...

Brat

Plenty, as a measure, is subjective. It cannot be defined.

But my experience is that plenty of cadets still get to fly a loop before they turn 14.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2017, 14:14
Replies: 204
Views: 97,924
Posted By Dutystude

Biggles I agree, opportunities are not what...

Biggles

I agree, opportunities are not what they once were. But, for balance, there are still plenty of cadets who get to loop an aircraft - Tutor now - before they turn 14.
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jan 2017, 12:37
Replies: 65
Views: 17,189
Posted By Dutystude

Innominate Hope the reading will not be too...

Innominate

Hope the reading will not be too soon.

Yes I know of John Pudney.

Memory likely to be playing tricks but I believe that, in the context of the story, the lines are penned by Flt...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jan 2017, 20:03
Replies: 65
Views: 17,189
Posted By Dutystude

The Way to the Stars. With this poem...

The Way to the Stars.

With this poem penned by a pilot and handed to his young widow with new born son by a fellow flyer when her husband failed to return:

Do not despair ... for...
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