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Forum: Military Aviation
17th Dec 2010, 09:01
Replies: 38
Views: 7,452
Posted By kitwe

Dominie Colours

Diablo Rouge

Don't think the (DH125) Dominie ever wore yellow training bands. We had one or two at Stradishall in early 1966 that were silver overall with orange Dayglo nose and tail.
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Dec 2010, 20:54
Replies: 121
Views: 18,007
Posted By kitwe

As a former fast jet nav, I agree that advances...

As a former fast jet nav, I agree that advances in avionics have meant that the navigator's role in the future RAF will disappear. What E- appears not to have considered, in the case of the GR4, is...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Dec 2010, 11:09
Replies: 51
Views: 13,467
Posted By kitwe

The Helpful Stacker

Why Hucknall? I thought "Peggy" came from Bristol.
Forum: Flight Testing
30th Nov 2010, 19:07
Replies: 11
Views: 5,429
Posted By kitwe

The Derry & Richards Memorial Medal

If "Glum" had taken the trouble to do some basic research, he would have noted that the Derry & Richards Memorial Medal is awarded only to test pilots. Why, therefore, would it ever have been...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Oct 2010, 16:23
Replies: 6
Views: 1,832
Posted By kitwe

ATR43

I think you will find the clue is in the title of the original post.
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Oct 2010, 19:19
Replies: 51
Views: 10,817
Posted By kitwe

SODCAT

Society of Directional Consultants and Allied Trades. The Air Marshal is a fully paid up member. He was one of my students at FY. If he was awarded a QCVSA, not MID, it is not necessarily awarded...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Jul 2010, 18:31
Replies: 26
Views: 5,332
Posted By kitwe

Globemaster

It's a C74 Globemaster 1. The one you are thinking of is the C124 Globemaster 2.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
30th Jun 2010, 14:05
Replies: 14
Views: 2,546
Posted By kitwe

Italian Air Force Transports

The 767 has been loaned by Boeing because of the late delivery of the It AF KC767 tanker aircraft. Ihe It AF main transport aircraft are C130Js and C27Js. They do not operate Transalls.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Jun 2010, 18:57
Replies: 15
Views: 3,471
Posted By kitwe

Astrodome

Although I have no experiece of the DC4/C54 dome, I, like many others of my generation, spent many hours looking out of the dome whilst using the sextant in the Varsity. In my humble opinion, the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Jun 2010, 19:51
Replies: 9
Views: 3,887
Posted By kitwe

Double Zero

Please check your PMs.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Jun 2010, 19:00
Replies: 9
Views: 3,887
Posted By kitwe

Double Zero

438 was undertaking A&AEE trials when the accident occurred. The pilot was a very well respected test pilot serving on A Squadron!
Forum: Tech Log
26th Apr 2010, 19:29
Replies: 100
Views: 17,776
Posted By kitwe

Total loss engine oil system

411A is correct. The RAF still flies the Dominie T1 with RR Vipers that have a total loss oil system.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
25th Apr 2010, 08:59
Replies: 33
Views: 4,042
Posted By kitwe

Aren't engine covers free?

In the words of a former Chief of Defence Procurement, "British A******** is in business to make money, not aeroplanes". I cannot imagine that any of the other aircraft manufacturers are in any way...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Apr 2010, 21:46
Replies: 8
Views: 3,108
Posted By kitwe

RAF F35A??? Thought we were ordering the F35B. ...

RAF F35A??? Thought we were ordering the F35B. Cheap shot CirrusF!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Feb 2010, 21:11
Replies: 56
Views: 17,444
Posted By kitwe

Parabellum. The flying boats in question...

Parabellum.

The flying boats in question were SARO Princesses and they were still in existence in 1965. Three were built but I think only one (G-ALUN) was completed and flown. I don't think it...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Feb 2010, 09:29
Replies: 7
Views: 1,743
Posted By kitwe

The caption under the video screen clearly...

The caption under the video screen clearly indicates that it is a video of an Italian Air Force 707 landing at Prague.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Jan 2010, 18:50
Replies: 53
Views: 32,427
Posted By kitwe

Buccaneer Rear Stick RAE Farnborough had a...

Buccaneer Rear Stick

RAE Farnborough had a Buccaneer in the 1980s (think it was in the "Nightbird" programme) which was apparently trialled with a control "stick" in the rear cockpit. I...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Jan 2010, 14:01
Replies: 53
Views: 32,427
Posted By kitwe

Buccaneer Wingtips - NutLoose The Buccaneer...

Buccaneer Wingtips - NutLoose

The Buccaneer S1 and S2 had wingtips of different shapes (seem to remember that the S1's were rounded and the S2's were more swept). When I was on "A" Sqn at A&AEE...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Dec 2009, 18:51
Replies: 56
Views: 14,211
Posted By kitwe

The RAF Museum at Cosford acquired an F111 for...

The RAF Museum at Cosford acquired an F111 for its Cold War Exhibition quite a long time ago.
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Sep 2009, 08:19
Replies: 185
Views: 36,027
Posted By kitwe

[B]Tankertrashnav[B] I started flying in...

[B]Tankertrashnav[B]

I started flying in Phantoms in 1970. All of the aircraft that I subsequently flew in (including some of the prototypes) had altimeters calibrated in millibars.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Aug 2009, 20:26
Replies: 13
Views: 2,001
Posted By kitwe

Dominie PA

PN - In my time, I flew around 250 hours as a PA (not a lot, I admit). I was a Nav sqn cdr, not a LLTS nav and you are wrong to say that only LLTS navs flew as PAs. I often flew with BNTS students....
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Aug 2009, 19:00
Replies: 13
Views: 2,001
Posted By kitwe

Dominie Pilot's Assistant

During my time on the staff at Finningley ('89-92), the Dominie PAs were drawn from the instructional staff of Nav School and AEELS. We had to pass a PA's course, run, if I remember correctly, by...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Apr 2009, 10:08
Replies: 31
Views: 18,225
Posted By kitwe

LOTA The Canberra concerned belonged to 58...

LOTA

The Canberra concerned belonged to 58 Squadron. The location was Norway (Can't remember which airfield) and the perpetrators of the "zapping" were a detachment of U S Navy RA3 Skywarriors,...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Sep 2008, 09:05
Replies: 10
Views: 3,428
Posted By kitwe

Hunter 601

Hunty -

Check your PMs
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Aug 2008, 22:28
Replies: 41
Views: 7,672
Posted By kitwe

Believe the nav got the blame for not telling his...

Believe the nav got the blame for not telling his pilot he was about to fly through a tree! At a dining-in night at a secret base in Lincolnshire, some time later, BAe presented the pilot with a...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Oct 2007, 13:47
Replies: 23
Views: 7,221
Posted By kitwe

Gaydon ICAO Code

EGWG, according to The En-Route Supplement of Oct 66.
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Oct 2006, 09:13
Replies: 51
Views: 13,084
Posted By kitwe

Samuel Max has hit the nail on the head. ...

Samuel

Max has hit the nail on the head. Although there can be few excuses for deliberately exceeeding Vne in peacetime, there will be occasions (such as the baddie with hostile intent in your 6)...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Oct 2006, 15:50
Replies: 51
Views: 13,084
Posted By kitwe

Samuel When I flew Tornados at very high...

Samuel

When I flew Tornados at very high speeds, it was during development trials from Boscombe Down. At that time, there was no RTS so we had to test the aircraft so that MOD(PE) could make...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Oct 2006, 10:18
Replies: 51
Views: 13,084
Posted By kitwe

I can't be entirely sure about the GRs but the F3...

I can't be entirely sure about the GRs but the F3 was/is capable of speeds much higher than the RTS upper limits. Lack of engine thrust is not a problem with the F3 and it will still accelerate above...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Oct 2006, 10:11
Replies: 51
Views: 8,475
Posted By kitwe

Glasgow Airport has RAF aircraft based there...

Glasgow Airport has RAF aircraft based there (UAS) and has done for many years.
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Oct 2006, 15:18
Replies: 51
Views: 13,084
Posted By kitwe

L Peacock Please check your PMs.

L Peacock

Please check your PMs.
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Oct 2006, 19:37
Replies: 51
Views: 13,084
Posted By kitwe

UK Mil You say in your initial post that the...

UK Mil

You say in your initial post that the GR4 will not go above Mach 1.3.....Surely, in anybody's language, that is definitely supersonic! Also, one of the benefits of hanging stores on the...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Oct 2006, 18:38
Replies: 51
Views: 13,084
Posted By kitwe

Perhaps I did not make myself clear. Regardless...

Perhaps I did not make myself clear. Regardless of whether TTTE Tornados flew with pylons or not, all I was trying to suggest was that,since they did not have laser fairings, they would not be prone...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Oct 2006, 17:44
Replies: 51
Views: 13,084
Posted By kitwe

I was led to believe (by BWOS) that, in the early...

I was led to believe (by BWOS) that, in the early 80s, the installation of the laser fairing on the GR1 made one of the engines (the right one? ) rather prone to surging at lowish Mach 1+ speeds (I...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Jul 2006, 09:41
Replies: 34
Views: 6,490
Posted By kitwe

[B]Fishtailed[B] That's the one! (I think...

[B]Fishtailed[B]

That's the one! (I think that, technically, they are known as WB57Fs).
They appear to be down to their last 2, with a few 'spares' at AMARC. Yes, they are more than a bit...
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