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Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2020, 20:01
Replies: 9
Views: 4,809
Posted By rlsbutler

It might be worth mentioning that the event on 19...

It might be worth mentioning that the event on 19 February is a memorial service, the funeral taking place earlier.

Dickie was Flight Commander on 45 Squadron at Tengah May 1962 to November 1964....
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Dec 2019, 21:51
Replies: 71
Views: 28,659
Posted By rlsbutler

careless features of the honours list

Has some sort of policy developed which ends the award of AFC with the New Year and Birthday honours ? In days gone by the AFC would have been the obvious award for someone like Sqn Ldr Andy Edgell....
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Dec 2019, 00:20
Replies: 77
Views: 27,991
Posted By rlsbutler

I assume that each Towers Entry was the subject...

I assume that each Towers Entry was the subject of a Dutch auction to determine who supplied what piece of the graduating uniform. For my Entry (79) I only remember the Bates hat (excellent) and the...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Nov 2019, 15:02
Replies: 190
Views: 137,634
Posted By rlsbutler

Where in the report so much ponderous...

Where in the report so much ponderous self-evident detail can be found, it is surprising that area radars and local radars get not a mention. ADR and (in three cases only) GPS do get a mention, but...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Oct 2019, 11:50
Replies: 190
Views: 137,634
Posted By rlsbutler

This case is not a turnback if, as I think, it is...

This case is not a turnback if, as I think, it is defined as an attempt to land on the reciprocal of the take-off runway.

Never mind. It is a serious exercise of skill, not as seriously risky as...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Oct 2019, 20:08
Replies: 190
Views: 137,634
Posted By rlsbutler

As a brand new pilot officer arriving at my...

As a brand new pilot officer arriving at my Canberra squadron, I happened to have more than 100 hours of gliding under my belt. I had not thought of gliding my bomber – perhaps I had not been near...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Oct 2019, 13:46
Replies: 190
Views: 137,634
Posted By rlsbutler

still worth trying

Let us consider the para 1.4.201 HSTF analysis.What a difference it would make if the text was NOT “while landings were achieved on a few occasions” BUT “more than one landing was achieved” - and if...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Oct 2019, 02:13
Replies: 190
Views: 137,634
Posted By rlsbutler

What I do not understand is why R3 ever selected...

What I do not understand is why R3 ever selected the flaps. If he meant to go round at 300 feet agl, he never needed to meet the “contract” requirement to select flaps down.

In deploying them, he...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Apr 2019, 11:36
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,910,268
Posted By rlsbutler

We all know that flying is inherently risky. The...

We all know that flying is inherently risky. The ordinary GA pilot knows it. Pilots at all levels see it as part of their skill and practice to contain, minimise or avoid known risks.

Good...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Mar 2019, 21:50
Replies: 398
Views: 268,047
Posted By rlsbutler

The RUSI has a decent academic obituary of the...

The RUSI has a decent academic obituary of the Tornado here;
...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
29th Jan 2019, 10:40
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,910,268
Posted By rlsbutler

I think we agree, all else being considered, that...

I think we agree, all else being considered, that the aircraft should have been cruising at levels around 15,000 or 20,000 feet.

I have read every thread so far, probably not remembering all I...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jan 2019, 20:18
Replies: 18
Views: 4,710
Posted By rlsbutler

GA aircraft in HM's hangars

While I was flying with the AEF at Benson in the 1990s, I was very aware of the Antonov AN-2 Colt quietly standing in our hangar.

I normally drove my family in a converted 12-seater Transit, so I...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Dec 2018, 01:28
Replies: 116
Views: 32,525
Posted By rlsbutler

Two pence worth for James’ questions so far, by...

Two pence worth for James’ questions so far, by message number:

#2 Argosies: no experience

#3 Vulcan cabin sight line: I was almost always in the front left seat. I was always tightly strapped...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Dec 2018, 00:55
Replies: 28
Views: 6,093
Posted By rlsbutler

My crew did one of those trips in the early 60s....

My crew did one of those trips in the early 60s. I am sure they were happy to have someone do the nav for them, but it was ideal weather and whoever was navigating could see clearly to the horizon in...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Dec 2018, 18:22
Replies: 1,254
Views: 706,980
Posted By rlsbutler

I was always the sort of pilot that was likely,...

I was always the sort of pilot that was likely, at any one time, to earn an “E” for Aircraft Knowledge. Reading the latest Special, I can see what the author is saying, but I lost track early on and...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Nov 2018, 00:18
Replies: 4
Views: 3,029
Posted By rlsbutler

I taught at CF for a couple of years and do not...

I taught at CF for a couple of years and do not recognise the buildings captured in the grisly photos.

May we be glad that someone with deep pockets has saved and is trying to use the main part of...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Nov 2018, 16:59
Replies: 1,254
Views: 706,980
Posted By rlsbutler

If the case is that only the pilot is suddenly...

If the case is that only the pilot is suddenly incapacitated, leading to an increasing yaw to the right, I suggest that an experienced fixed wing pilot in the other seat would know enough to stop the...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Nov 2018, 11:16
Replies: 1,254
Views: 706,980
Posted By rlsbutler

You seem to be the only one - see mine of...

You seem to be the only one - see mine of 30/1902, then #294 now #287 or less.
I hope the police know everyone's name who had access to the aircraft after it arrived at the stadium. I hope the...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Oct 2018, 19:02
Replies: 1,254
Views: 706,980
Posted By rlsbutler

My flying career included virtually no experience...

My flying career included virtually no experience of helicopters. I have followed this thread from the beginning. I cannot remember in the various lists of possible causes any suggestion of...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
11th Oct 2018, 00:30
Replies: 8
Views: 4,927
Posted By rlsbutler

Point 1: You knew the SOP was to to stay out of...

Point 1: You knew the SOP was to to stay out of the heli space. With no permission otherwise ("never assume - check"), you were asking for a raspberry even if no helicopter had got in your way. I...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Sep 2018, 12:31
Replies: 195
Views: 77,181
Posted By rlsbutler

When I joined the AEF system in 1978, I had...

When I joined the AEF system in 1978, I had fairly recently been a Vulcan captain with all that implied in the Cold War. The Chipmunk role, in the event that Cold went a bit Hot, was in support of...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Aug 2018, 00:47
Replies: 62
Views: 17,001
Posted By rlsbutler

Further to my post #36, by sheer coincidence an...

Further to my post #36, by sheer coincidence an old pilot friend came to stay with us a day or two ago. Unasked he came out with virtually the same story.

It turns out he was the instructor of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jul 2018, 02:21
Replies: 195
Views: 77,181
Posted By rlsbutler

Twotter very nice and ten times more interesting...

Twotter very nice and ten times more interesting to learn on. Yet it is 30% more expensive (or thereabouts) and I would have thought a lot more expensive than that in life costs.
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jul 2018, 00:46
Replies: 62
Views: 17,001
Posted By rlsbutler

I was an instructor at a basic FTS in the...

I was an instructor at a basic FTS in the midlands, when Air Marshal Sir Patrick Dunn was C-in-C. The new doctrine was that the Command was chopping too many students and effectively that there were...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jun 2018, 09:54
Replies: 120
Views: 37,614
Posted By rlsbutler

I am sorry to hear the referendum result...

I am sorry to hear the referendum result discussed here. It is a most contentious topic and has absolutely nothing to do with a professional pilots' rumour network. This talk is as distracting as the...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jun 2018, 09:16
Replies: 120
Views: 37,614
Posted By rlsbutler

Sorry I asked

Sorry I asked
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jun 2018, 01:40
Replies: 120
Views: 37,614
Posted By rlsbutler

ORAC talks of Galileo becoming obsolete. We...

ORAC talks of Galileo becoming obsolete.

We hear a lot of the Russians and Chinese developing anti-satellite weaponry. Is this what really makes Galileo obsolete and are all three current GPSs...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Apr 2018, 12:26
Replies: 372
Views: 314,905
Posted By rlsbutler

Might I be a lonely voice to speak for those...

Might I be a lonely voice to speak for those ex-airmen who would exclude a blue aircraft from the Red display ?

The Royal Air Force has trouble paying for RAFAT and it does so to project its image...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Apr 2018, 01:25
Replies: 23
Views: 5,141
Posted By rlsbutler

civilian medals

TTNav - you know your business much better than I.

However when Flight Idle talks of a civilian medal in the Gulf war, might he be referring to the Iraq Reconstruction Service Medal ? There was...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Apr 2018, 14:46
Replies: 71
Views: 14,141
Posted By rlsbutler

I did not know of the vent at the top of the fin,...

I did not know of the vent at the top of the fin, which I should have thought required really complicated plumbing.

If this photo can be accessed, it shows what I had in mind.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Apr 2018, 08:56
Replies: 71
Views: 14,141
Posted By rlsbutler

Piston Provost ill-fitting canopy

From my year at Cranwell (actually, in context, Barkston Heath and Spitalgate Sep 1959 - June 1960) I remember nothing of air sickness on my course, nor of drafty cockpits or fumes in the cockpit. If...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Mar 2018, 00:23
Replies: 71
Views: 14,141
Posted By rlsbutler

For some reason, my approach to the Royal Air...

For some reason, my approach to the Royal Air Force was cursed by medical inadequacy of various sorts. For some other reason I joined and qualified anyway.

My first attempt at the gliding course...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Mar 2018, 00:13
Replies: 33
Views: 7,699
Posted By rlsbutler

Yes ... well ... I volunteered once ...

As a young officer reading the Station Routine Orders in the 1960s, I received regular invitations to volunteer for the injections. Once, when I had some exam or other to prepare for, I popped round...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
10th Feb 2018, 02:49
Replies: 38
Views: 10,375
Posted By rlsbutler

Well yes really. We are talking about a...

Well yes really.

We are talking about a check figure not primary planning information. A crew would be ill advised to take a reading in the hurly-burley you have in mind or, having taken such a...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
9th Feb 2018, 21:13
Replies: 38
Views: 10,375
Posted By rlsbutler

Mis-loaded B747 freighters

tdracer #29 and DaveReidUK #30.

I agree I have overstated the problem, after reading through the ASN Aviation Safety Database for the 747.

As it happens the two hull-losses that I had in mind...
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