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Forum: Military Aviation
8th Apr 2015, 01:58
Replies: 101
Views: 47,681
Posted By dmussen

Thumbs up Pianos

Valley. A Saturday night in 1973 ish. Piano on veranda goes bang. A BIG BANG !! French doors in bar open. Curtains catch fire. Much fine ale wasted before extinguishers found and used. Many windows...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Mar 2015, 06:20
Replies: 44
Views: 9,796
Posted By dmussen

Angel Silly Stuff.

Prey,
What is the point.
Perhaps someone could do a supersonic pink pig flying backwards off the south coast.
Quick, ring Barnes in Heaven and get him on the drawing board.:8
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Mar 2015, 01:38
Replies: 42
Views: 12,085
Posted By dmussen

Angel Sapphire Warble

Yes,
Very distinctive during taxi and positively wierd at night. Made me think of wailing banshees for some reason ( possibly a combination of Irish blood and Guiness ).
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Feb 2015, 06:02
Replies: 41
Views: 10,352
Posted By dmussen

Unhappy Reds.

Cheer up chaps.
Worry when they run out of paint or time on the airframes or MOD deciding that admin is much more important than effective kit,(or have they already gone and dunnit)..?
Solo Aeros...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2015, 00:44
Replies: 17
Views: 2,078
Posted By dmussen

Angel Reading.

Full Circle - Jonnie Johnson
The First and the Last - Adolf Galland
The Big Show - Pierre Closterman
Flames in the Sky - Pierre Closterman
As mentioned above there are many hoops to get through...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2015, 06:28
Replies: 25
Views: 10,514
Posted By dmussen

Exclamation More Unpleasentness

A chap with whom I worked on the Concorde was ex- "watercrew" on Sunderlands at the end of WWII. He was on the first Sunderland into Singers and wittnessed the "Brown Jobs" kicking Japanese off a now...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jan 2015, 00:57
Replies: 171
Views: 36,410
Posted By dmussen

Angel DCO. Shall inform all those I can remember. :*

DCO. Shall inform all those I can remember. :*
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Dec 2014, 06:21
Replies: 116
Views: 24,702
Posted By dmussen

Cool Superb. Shame they couldn't come up with some...

Superb. Shame they couldn't come up with some smoke.
Still a joy to watch all the same.:ok:
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Dec 2014, 01:24
Replies: 20
Views: 3,681
Posted By dmussen

Danger I Wish.

Austin Healy 100/4
Case of Bushmills 10 year old single malt.
Spitfire F Mk. 5 without the guns.:ok:
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Dec 2014, 06:45
Replies: 6
Views: 1,856
Posted By dmussen

Angel Bullsh1t.

This is a good one. I have used one given to me by a good friend who was a deck orifice with B&I. I shall attempt to post same if someone could,perhaps, explain how one attaches such an item on...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Dec 2014, 02:03
Replies: 43
Views: 14,037
Posted By dmussen

Danger That Pub.

Thanks diginagain,
Funny, I loved that fire and the beer. The barmeals were good and hearty too.

Shame to see it as it is today.:ok:
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Dec 2014, 04:52
Replies: 43
Views: 14,037
Posted By dmussen

Cool Topcliffe

I soloed in a JP3 from Topcliffe. I think it was in 71 or 72. I can remember I was on no. 56 course at Leeming. Loved those pubs.
Can anyone recall the name of the pub at the top of the incline on...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Nov 2014, 01:26
Replies: 76
Views: 18,340
Posted By dmussen

Cool The Boom.

Have the Ausies been cleared to use the boom yet?
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Nov 2014, 06:29
Replies: 8
Views: 2,881
Posted By dmussen

Angel Ranks and Uniforms.

We had sereral Canuks on exchange in funny coloured uniforms in the early 70s.
We had even more who elected to join the RAF. The ones in the funny coloured uniforms were truely embarassed.
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Nov 2014, 01:19
Replies: 138
Views: 51,630
Posted By dmussen

Angel The Lotus Eaters.

Whilst on 232 OCU '73-'74 I met an interesting assortment of co-jos and navs (radar) who used to play in Lotus cars around Norfolk.
Black flag days meant either a "Downex" or a "Swaffex" would be...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Nov 2014, 01:36
Replies: 35
Views: 9,895
Posted By dmussen

Thumbs up 100% O2

Good for hangovers at dawn.
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Nov 2014, 06:17
Replies: 10
Views: 3,123
Posted By dmussen

Cool Banter.

This stuff is great.
Keep it coming!!
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Oct 2014, 02:43
Replies: 162
Views: 201,922
Posted By dmussen

Smile NCO Pilots

Our sweatbox (SIM) instructor on 232 at Marham in '73-'74 was a master pilot. I can't remember his name but shall never forget his sense of humour.
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Oct 2014, 06:52
Replies: 54
Views: 58,038
Posted By dmussen

Angel Hard Question.

Mosquito and Canberra for essentially all the same reasons.
All the 'Vs" kept things cool when it mattered.
I wish the TSR 2 had reached fruition.
Bucc, Frightning, Hunter, Harrier and the beloved...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Oct 2014, 02:32
Replies: 37
Views: 9,332
Posted By dmussen

Angel Ahhh! Functional Leadership

Me,
Red Sqn. Henlow in 1970. Can't recall the course No.
One of our DS was a rock ape Flt.Lt.
After having done the lectures and watched 12 O'Clock High et al we were somewhere near a monument in...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Oct 2014, 02:48
Replies: 12
Views: 7,731
Posted By dmussen

Cool Hunters in Chile

Talking to an old Valley accomplace recently he mentioned serving on Hunters in Chile. I didn't ask for details at the time. Does anyone know what the RAF involvement might have been. i.e....
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jul 2014, 01:56
Replies: 25
Views: 6,138
Posted By dmussen

Thumbs up That Cloud

Looks like a swift to me.
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jun 2014, 02:38
Replies: 7
Views: 4,279
Posted By dmussen

Cool That Lunch.

What was in the sandwich? I think egg with mayonaise.
We used a standard issue chinograph pencil tied to a non-standard issue piece of string for playing at zero g in the Gnat. Great fun.
I also...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Feb 2014, 02:08
Replies: 99
Views: 25,892
Posted By dmussen

Angel The Chippie.

All the Chippie's cockpits at Church Fenton in the early seventies were painted matt black over green primer.
Oh happy days
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Jan 2014, 23:24
Replies: 156
Views: 60,807
Posted By dmussen

Angel Surabaya

Octane,
Beware, this place is not the cleanest spot on the planet.
We were in PT Pal shipyard as was President Bang Bang Thingy. It was his birthday and the Su 30's were preceded by 4 X F 16's....
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jan 2014, 01:02
Replies: 156
Views: 60,807
Posted By dmussen

Cool Loud Aircraft.

4 Su 30's Surabaya Indon. 300ft full burn.:eek:
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jan 2014, 01:45
Replies: 23
Views: 3,943
Posted By dmussen

Angel Irish Pilots.

The instructor I flew with most at basic (56 course Leeming) was from Tipparary. I am from Belfast.
We became good friends. T.C. loved his practical jokes and he got me a hum dinger one day.
The...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Jan 2014, 03:00
Replies: 146
Views: 86,847
Posted By dmussen

Angel A passenger's tale.

Spoke yesterday to a young English lady passenger. Apart from general terror and a swift descent she complimented the crew given mountainous terrain and a calm fix for the problem. It was explained...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Dec 2013, 01:45
Replies: 143
Views: 56,374
Posted By dmussen

Cool 16 ship Photos.

Wander00,
No luck with the photos yet. I was in the back seat of yellow1.
On the Sunday of the actual flypast we went U/S on trying to start up. A frenzied sprint for the reserve, which was at the...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Dec 2013, 04:50
Replies: 12
Views: 4,224
Posted By dmussen

Cool Films.

Lancman,
Your memory is better than mine.
I claim spacial disorientation given location. Everything "downunda" works the other way, well most things. Importantly this was food for thought.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Dec 2013, 01:31
Replies: 12
Views: 4,224
Posted By dmussen

Cool Training Films.

GREAT FIND.
Anyone remember some of the stuff from the seventies?
I vaguely recall the following:-
1. RCAF first-aid film about a Dakota prang somewhere in the ice and snow.
We were officer...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Oct 2013, 03:33
Replies: 157
Views: 35,557
Posted By dmussen

Cool Deeply Sorry.

Enjoy every moment. My thoughts are with you.
D.
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Oct 2013, 07:59
Replies: 16
Views: 2,766
Posted By dmussen

Angel Get Over it.

Lads,
In this one, as always, everybody lost. May I suggest you all try to get on with what you have got and enjoy it. To dwell in the past will only tear your heart to ribbons.
By the way does...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Aug 2013, 03:35
Replies: 144
Views: 25,896
Posted By dmussen

Angel Nasi Goring.

cliver029,
Tis indeed a small world. There was a cook at Church Fenton in 1971 who had been posted back to the old country from Tengah (when 74 Packed up I think). His Nasi Goring was to die for....
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jul 2013, 07:43
Replies: 74
Views: 14,661
Posted By dmussen

Angel Drop Tanks Dropping.

I recall an 4FTS Hunter from Valley leaving one in a field near Shawbury in '73ish.
I witnessed an RAAF Mirage circling Bunker Bay in Western Australia at very low level in the early eighties.
Not...
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