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Forum: Military Aviation
30th Apr 2024, 21:13
Replies: 19
Views: 3,538
Posted By Tarnished

Hi Blunty, I have a framed and signed copy that...

Hi Blunty,
I have a framed and signed copy that was a wedding present whilst a student going through 151 in 1982. There is no getting round it, but my version spells out RONEVIHC unless you convert...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2024, 06:22
Replies: 3
Views: 1,721
Posted By Tarnished

Mark Petrie - Funeral Details

I have been asked by Mark's wife to promulgate the basic details for his funeral as follows:

Monday 29th April at 1pm
Service at Flintshire Memorial Park and Crematorium – Distinguished...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
11th Mar 2024, 13:14
Replies: 2
Views: 1,109
Posted By Tarnished

I am in touch now with the local ATC unit thanks

I am in touch now with the local ATC unit thanks
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
29th Feb 2024, 09:04
Replies: 2
Views: 1,109
Posted By Tarnished

Having a Clear Out

Having a bit of a clear out prior to moving and have a stack of:

Air Power Journal (from around 2000, ~ 14 volumes)
Wings of Fame (8 volumes)
Aero Space - monthly mag of the Royal Aeronautical...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jul 2023, 21:22
Replies: 30
Views: 7,532
Posted By Tarnished

I had that! But unsatisfied with it I built my...

I had that! But unsatisfied with it I built my own from my back garden up a poplar tree across some waste land and down into my mate's driveway, a distance of about 80 yards or 75,22234576m (made up...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jul 2023, 21:10
Replies: 257
Views: 105,546
Posted By Tarnished

As far as I recall, every time we shut the...

As far as I recall, every time we shut the Lightning canopy at home with local groundcrew they did a visual inspection to ensure that the lanyard between the canopy and the seat was not kinked or...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th May 2023, 18:06
Replies: 24
Views: 9,103
Posted By Tarnished

Richard, you need to read (buy) the book. It...

Richard, you need to read (buy) the book. It tells all. The pilot was new to the Lightning force but an experienced fighter pilot. He was launched on a dark a dismal night on a TACEVAL exercise to...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th May 2023, 16:27
Replies: 257
Views: 105,546
Posted By Tarnished

If you want corrections.... How many engines does...

If you want corrections.... How many engines does an A-4 have? :bored:
Forum: Military Aviation
15th May 2023, 10:23
Replies: 257
Views: 105,546
Posted By Tarnished

Eject! Eject! - John Nichol

Another masterpiece from John Nichol. I cannot praise this highly enough. Captures the life changing enormity of assisted escape from a high performing (mostly) military aircraft. As the tag line...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th May 2023, 13:24
Replies: 97
Views: 29,405
Posted By Tarnished

9 single engine jets over a highly populated...

9 single engine jets over a highly populated area. I recall the mass briefing for the 163 ship 50th BoB flypast which included 32+9 Hawks being told in no uncertain terms by BW that "all you chaps in...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jan 2023, 12:28
Replies: 22
Views: 7,392
Posted By Tarnished

UK Flight Testing Accidents 1940-71 : Derek...

UK Flight Testing Accidents 1940-71 : Derek Collier Webb (flyingbooks.co.uk) (https://www.flyingbooks.co.uk/acatalog/UK-Flight-Testing-Accidents-1940-71.html)

British Flight Test accidents 40-71...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Dec 2022, 10:52
Replies: 106
Views: 54,495
Posted By Tarnished

The puff of smoke out of the back end at about 15...

The puff of smoke out of the back end at about 15 feet leads me to conject that it may have ingested (there is a lot of sucking going on) a bird which has cause a partial loss of lift fan thrust, but...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Dec 2022, 10:19
Replies: 7
Views: 2,040
Posted By Tarnished

Last Flight of Col Joseph W. Kittinger II, USAF (Ret)

The Society of Experimental Test Pilots was saddened to learn of the “Last Flight” of Col Joseph W. Kittinger II, USAF (Ret) (F) on 9 December 2022. He was 94 years old.

Joe was born 27 July 1928...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Nov 2022, 11:01
Replies: 164
Views: 95,903
Posted By Tarnished

Toast: To gunpowder and women, Live for...

Toast:

To gunpowder and women,
Live for one, die by the other
Love the smell of them both
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Nov 2022, 10:25
Replies: 19
Views: 4,592
Posted By Tarnished

Ex-Lightning pilot, reporting for duty. It...

Ex-Lightning pilot, reporting for duty.

It will involve a bit of climbing and shuffling boxes, but I think I have some notes still.

Happy to chat, message me and I will have a look

C
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Oct 2022, 18:09
Replies: 335
Views: 86,660
Posted By Tarnished

Very few "facts" at all in this debate. ...

Very few "facts" at all in this debate.

Please PM me if you wish facts
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
29th Jun 2022, 12:32
Replies: 3
Views: 804
Posted By Tarnished

Thanks guys, I looked at Pooleys previously but...

Thanks guys,
I looked at Pooleys previously but it didn't show
All sorted.
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
29th Jun 2022, 09:12
Replies: 3
Views: 804
Posted By Tarnished

Instructional Model - where do I find one?

Hi All
I am looking to get hold of an instructional aircraft model to use at a school chat.
One with wiggly control surfaces and a stick to move them
Any pointers would be appreciated
Regards...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Nov 2021, 09:50
Replies: 41
Views: 17,522
Posted By Tarnished

My son did a bit more digging and got this...

My son did a bit more digging and got this reply:Hi, Chris,



Good to hear from you and please give my best wishes to your father. I know that he was badly injured in the Hunter crash and I...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Aug 2021, 12:03
Replies: 33
Views: 13,836
Posted By Tarnished

The Good Old Days (not so)

Air Force Safety Center > Divisions > Aviation Safety Division > Aviation Statistics (https://www.safety.af.mil/Divisions/Aviation-Safety-Division/Aviation-Statistics/)

Some amazing stats found...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Apr 2021, 16:13
Replies: 56
Views: 29,170
Posted By Tarnished

Thread title is wrong - it never got up in the...

Thread title is wrong - it never got up in the first place.

Taxi for Tarnished
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Mar 2021, 14:43
Replies: 19
Views: 5,110
Posted By Tarnished

Surely Blue Birds or Thunder Angels ....... no??

Surely Blue Birds or Thunder Angels ....... no??
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Feb 2021, 06:39
Replies: 47
Views: 15,495
Posted By Tarnished

Indonesia to boost air force with F-15EX, Rafale...

Indonesia to boost air force with F-15EX, Rafale jets (aa.com.tr)...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Oct 2020, 07:31
Replies: 268
Views: 145,228
Posted By Tarnished

Still trying to imagine the sequence of events...

Still trying to imagine the sequence of events and actions that resulted in the coming together of these aircraft.

This link is boom AAR as opposed to probe and basket, but if you can manoeuvre an...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Sep 2020, 11:29
Replies: 77
Views: 25,702
Posted By Tarnished

Lest We Forget

Please allow me a moment of reflection.

The words that follow were penned by a good man, a top man, my best man. Sadly he is no longer with us, taken too soon like many others. There but for the...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th May 2020, 07:19
Replies: 41
Views: 17,522
Posted By Tarnished

Indeed I have. Small club, but ever thankful...

Indeed I have.

Small club, but ever thankful to Martin Baker
Forum: Military Aviation
16th May 2020, 10:52
Replies: 41
Views: 17,522
Posted By Tarnished

88 or 89 Dick Coleman Barry Lennon Craig...

88 or 89
Dick Coleman
Barry Lennon
Craig Penrice
Jim Wild
Ray f'in Knowles RIP
Simon Manning
Charlie Chan
Jake Jarron
Ttbd
Forum: Military Aviation
14th May 2020, 13:56
Replies: 41
Views: 17,522
Posted By Tarnished

Cobblers! Last word on the matter T

Cobblers!

Last word on the matter

T
Forum: Military Aviation
14th May 2020, 12:43
Replies: 41
Views: 17,522
Posted By Tarnished

Thanks to the (b)rouges gallery for the multitude...

Thanks to the (b)rouges gallery for the multitude of footwear puns.

Clearly wish I hadn't Bovver'd, I'll just have to slipper some pills that Doc Marten gave me, its a limp excuse I know, but we...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th May 2020, 08:05
Replies: 41
Views: 17,522
Posted By Tarnished

Binbrook Boots

Tradition had it that any successful ejectees nailed their flying boots to the ceiling of the Binbrook officer's mess bar. When Binbrook closed, the boots were relocated to the "Blackies" aka the...
Forum: Flight Testing
2nd Mar 2018, 14:38
Replies: 4
Views: 1,982
Posted By Tarnished

SR-71 Blackbird employed a feature called...

SR-71 Blackbird employed a feature called "un-start" to deal with such a condition.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
8th Feb 2018, 12:38
Replies: 23
Views: 14,767
Posted By Tarnished

Well said LOMCEVAK the stick was a blur.

Well said LOMCEVAK the stick was a blur.
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Feb 2018, 12:28
Replies: 10
Views: 5,821
Posted By Tarnished

ZFT I think you'll find that ORAC was referencing...

ZFT I think you'll find that ORAC was referencing Red Arrows crash (on Blue Peter IIRC) that was as a result of raising the gear too promptly and then settling back down onto the smoke/gun pod. All...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Feb 2018, 11:11
Replies: 81
Views: 33,940
Posted By Tarnished

A huge expense in EVER having a twin seat version...

A huge expense in EVER having a twin seat version in the first place. It was only done because no one had the guts or the hard evidence to prove that the synthetics would be good enough to meet the...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th May 2016, 12:02
Replies: 15
Views: 7,190
Posted By Tarnished

As has been said, its a sign of the times. ...

As has been said, its a sign of the times.

When I was actively involved in selling the jet, I found this site: Air Force Safety Center - Aircraft Statistics...
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