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Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jun 2023, 21:56
Replies: 455
Views: 142,063
Posted By ihoharv

Assume the C130 pilots are headed to the A400M?...

Assume the C130 pilots are headed to the A400M? Or..?
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jul 2020, 17:44
Replies: 46
Views: 9,159
Posted By ihoharv

It has been previously pointed out that if the...

It has been previously pointed out that if the RAF was overly concerned about gays in the military in WW2 we'd have lost the BoB...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd May 2019, 15:11
Replies: 41
Views: 15,831
Posted By ihoharv

The 40 quoted in FinningleyBoy's list specify C1...

The 40 quoted in FinningleyBoy's list specify C1 - I'm wondering if the C3's (the stretch) fell off the list. Guessing they were about a third of the fleet back then so 40 C1 and 20 C3 sounds about...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd May 2019, 09:04
Replies: 41
Views: 15,831
Posted By ihoharv

Drifting the thread a tad but forty years ago we...

Drifting the thread a tad but forty years ago we had about three times the personnel than today (approx. 95K then, 33K today).
But the aircraft fleet was, at most, about 70% larger (see...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd May 2019, 08:39
Replies: 41
Views: 15,831
Posted By ihoharv

Today is around 675 according to...

Today is around 675 according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_United_Kingdom_military_aircraft
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Feb 2019, 09:14
Replies: 68
Views: 75,705
Posted By ihoharv

new team boss

interesting background - just seven years ago was flying King Airs around Afghanistan...
https://www.shaw.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/1756017/major-john-waters/ ...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Oct 2018, 00:04
Replies: 110
Views: 21,138
Posted By ihoharv

Nice to see Happy Hour is over...

Nice to see Happy Hour is over...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Oct 2018, 14:24
Replies: 110
Views: 21,138
Posted By ihoharv

Jeez that DV form is quite the task! I see we are...

Jeez that DV form is quite the task! I see we are now officially "right on!" in referring to Gender Identity and the honorific Mx.

I agree with the deep-dive into personal finances and the...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Feb 2018, 23:08
Replies: 69
Views: 24,142
Posted By ihoharv

weren't the earlier U2's basically C130 yokes? ...

weren't the earlier U2's basically C130 yokes? Might account for the unexpectedly (?) high number of C130->U2 drivers..!
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Oct 2017, 22:01
Replies: 90
Views: 25,662
Posted By ihoharv

just wondering...

If instead of the couple in question - who have my sympathy having gone through immigration & naturalization hoops in my lifetime (joint UK/USA citizen) - we were looking at a UK born...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Dec 2016, 03:51
Replies: 90
Views: 55,266
Posted By ihoharv

Hunter/Tower Bridge

anybody know what the Hunter pilot - Flt Lt Alan Pollock - went on to do post-RAF following his "medical discharge"? If he's still with us he'd be about 80 today.

Wiki:...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Nov 2015, 05:38
Replies: 367
Views: 106,434
Posted By ihoharv

Location?

St Mawgan or Lossiemouth? or....?
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Nov 2015, 05:33
Replies: 42
Views: 7,993
Posted By ihoharv

From poking around online it looks like the UK is...

From poking around online it looks like the UK is alone among the G20 by not having a dedicated long(?)-range VIP transport for Head of State and associated nobs.

That should be...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jun 2015, 17:10
Replies: 11
Views: 4,001
Posted By ihoharv

A practice started by Saint Ronald, ever the...

A practice started by Saint Ronald, ever the actor...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Dec 2014, 04:23
Replies: 41
Views: 7,042
Posted By ihoharv

oh please gawd...

send this over to Jet Blast - USA Politics - Hamster Wheel where the same ol' half dozen or so angry misanthropes can scream at each other.

BTW: don't worry boys there will soon be another White...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
13th Apr 2014, 19:45
Replies: 12
Views: 4,570
Posted By ihoharv

well, it's the old "if you have to ask it's not...

well, it's the old "if you have to ask it's not for you" situation, but I'll bite.

I live in Northern California and know a few that split their time between here and Alaska. If there are any...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Apr 2013, 03:55
Replies: 18
Views: 5,511
Posted By ihoharv

Hmmm..well I can confirm that for those of us...

Hmmm..well I can confirm that for those of us resident in the USA the Telegraph doesn't seem to want to take our increasingly worthless dosh. Have never been asked to subscribe (though I probably...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Mar 2013, 01:33
Replies: 96
Views: 17,690
Posted By ihoharv

Hour of circuits & bumps (& more bumps..) in John...

Hour of circuits & bumps (& more bumps..) in John Travolta's old DC3 in Mojave.
ME seaplane rating in an Apache on floats.
Many fun hours in a Steen Skybolt! (poor mans Pitts). Happy days
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Aug 2012, 02:56
Replies: 89
Views: 14,887
Posted By ihoharv

Some people just cannot get used to a black man...

Some people just cannot get used to a black man being POTUS can they..? Why are they so "un-American?"
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jun 2012, 03:00
Replies: 36
Views: 7,906
Posted By ihoharv

Darzett

I was a Herc Co on 47 in the early-80's and would occasionally have some say in LL routing in LFA2 - SW England - usually on the way up to the Plain, sometimes Studland Bay.

Was born and raised...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th May 2012, 23:39
Replies: 1
Views: 3,230
Posted By ihoharv

Hunter crash in California

Associated Press report earlier today, Friday, in CA. Condolences to the pilot's kin:


A privately owned jet contracted by the military to play the enemy in training exercises crashed Friday in...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Apr 2012, 01:51
Replies: 24
Views: 4,722
Posted By ihoharv

My fave bone dome memory is attending the...

My fave bone dome memory is attending the Aviation Medical Training Center RAF North Luffenham, Rutland, circa 1980 and a Sikh Turbaned Cpl pronouncing in a wonderful Indian-ish accent "there are two...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
3rd Apr 2012, 02:41
Replies: 16
Views: 2,143
Posted By ihoharv

Weather delays about as likely in California as...

Weather delays about as likely in California as Florida so remove that as a decision factor. Both states have a wide variety of great (and not so great) schools. As already suggested do take a look...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Mar 2012, 23:21
Replies: 48
Views: 25,616
Posted By ihoharv

My God, what a life! Congratulations Sir.

My God, what a life!
Congratulations Sir.
Forum: Private Flying
25th Feb 2012, 01:55
Replies: 5
Views: 1,042
Posted By ihoharv

Check out California as well

I'm up in the north but plenty of options at either end of the state. Eight airfields within 30 miles of San Francisco with twins for rent, mostly in the low-mid 200's/hr.
These are good folks at...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2012, 00:43
Replies: 479
Views: 84,018
Posted By ihoharv

SASless - I think you'll find Louisiana has a...

SASless - I think you'll find Louisiana has a higher crime rate in all major categories than California. Indeed most of the Southern (generally Republican) states are higher crime. Wiki is a good...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Jan 2012, 05:41
Replies: 129
Views: 31,691
Posted By ihoharv

I'm humbled by the previous responses

but here's my smaller-fry faves among twenty or so types:

Taildragger: Steen Skybolt
Mine was a 180hp built by my old Doctor and his lovely wife. I'm not sure I ever became a master of...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
8th Nov 2011, 03:47
Replies: 11
Views: 3,831
Posted By ihoharv

I live in San Francisco and fly the now local...

I live in San Francisco and fly the now local airline whenever I can. No direct knowledge of the comp plan but will attest to these pilots are the youngest out there. I could swear the last Captain...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Dec 2010, 17:44
Replies: 100
Views: 22,500
Posted By ihoharv

Canaveral to Patrick AFB

Herc XV209 March 84 - bit less than 3 mins.
Fun 4-week detachment ferrying torpedoes and associated boffins daily between Patrick, Andros and Canaveral. Flew in t-shirt & shorts most days, IIRC. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Sep 2010, 05:17
Replies: 47
Views: 13,330
Posted By ihoharv

au Revior, not Goodbye

"Held" with these guys as a pre-METS guy in the early 80's. Learned a lot more about life, RAF and general, than could be otherwise taught.

Nicest and most professional folks I ever met. God...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Oct 2009, 06:12
Replies: 9
Views: 2,606
Posted By ihoharv

Turing

We'll never see him on the Fourth Plinthe, of course, but I appreciate Chugalug's thoughts, observations, & sentiments. Lord, the things we used to do to people....
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Dec 2007, 00:28
Replies: 23
Views: 5,001
Posted By ihoharv

CSRO course

happy memories,in a slightly perverse way, of doing the CSRO (now SERE apparently!) based out of RAF Mountbatten (RIP both of 'em) in the spring of 1982.
After a glorious night's sleep on rainy...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
29th Sep 2007, 18:41
Replies: 24
Views: 16,314
Posted By ihoharv

maybe not the only questionable cargo..

somebody else's take on N987SA
http://pimpinturtle.com/2007/09/26/cia-plane-crashes-in-yucatan-carrying-32-tons-of-cocaine.aspx
Sept. 26, 2007 -- SPECIAL REPORT -- Plane that crashed in Yucatan...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Aug 2007, 06:37
Replies: 39
Views: 5,475
Posted By ihoharv

Might be dating myself...

but wasn't there a "wings laden flying (psycho?) doc" who would put the poor vomit-prone folks through it at one point? De-sensetysing n'all that. All a bit of a blur but guessing a North Luffenham...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2007, 00:10
Replies: 206
Views: 100,863
Posted By ihoharv

Bernie Limb

flew with him several times. What a great guy.
IIRC he had a brother also as a Nav on 47 Sqn?
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