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Forum: Military Aviation
26th Apr 2024, 17:20
Replies: 23
Views: 2,674
Posted By BEagle

On your 'Advice of Payment' from Equiniti, you...

On your 'Advice of Payment' from Equiniti, you will see something like:
'GMP amount increased from 06/04/2004 - new rate of pension £nn,nnn.nn a year'
'Pension of £nn,nnn a year less GMP of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Apr 2024, 18:44
Replies: 4,237
Views: 653,959
Posted By BEagle

Indeed it is! meleagertoo, you have control! ...

Indeed it is! meleagertoo, you have control!

The first miltary aircraft in which I flew was a 'Vixen! I was in the observer's 'coal hole' of an 892 Sqn aircraft....during the RN's 1966...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Apr 2024, 09:30
Replies: 4,237
Views: 653,959
Posted By BEagle

Thanks, meleagertoo! Here's one for you all:...

Thanks, meleagertoo!

Here's one for you all:

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/499x386/24_apr_a45d99ea12c54ce383753524144847585095f1c0.jpg
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Apr 2024, 23:03
Replies: 4,237
Views: 653,959
Posted By BEagle

de Bruyne DB-2 Snark - rather an unpleasant...

de Bruyne DB-2 Snark - rather an unpleasant aeroplane by all accounts!

https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/334x151/snark_bb1f7b8b8dedc9ffc133af3999faccde1785a364.jpg
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Apr 2024, 15:07
Replies: 38
Views: 5,320
Posted By BEagle

80th anniversary of D-day...... A pity about...

80th anniversary of D-day......

A pity about the radome though - I guess it cannot be painted?
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Apr 2024, 13:24
Replies: 9
Views: 515
Posted By BEagle

If you just want to fly throughout EASA Member...

If you just want to fly throughout EASA Member States' airspace 'as a hobby', why bother with USA and the FAA? Just train for an EASA LAPL(A) in Europe, then decide at a later stage whether you want...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Apr 2024, 13:15
Replies: 4,237
Views: 653,959
Posted By BEagle

meleagertoo, you are correct! You have control!! ...

meleagertoo, you are correct! You have control!!

My brother's god father was in the Fleet Air Arm and was flying a rather aged Defiant target tug later in the war. Trying to stay behind a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Apr 2024, 08:51
Replies: 4,237
Views: 653,959
Posted By BEagle

Asturias56, I was referring to the photo I posted...

Asturias56, I was referring to the photo I posted having been handed control by sycamore.

I'm not sure why you also posted a photo?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Apr 2024, 20:41
Replies: 4,237
Views: 653,959
Posted By BEagle

Neither!!

Neither!!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Apr 2024, 14:20
Replies: 4,237
Views: 653,959
Posted By BEagle

Having flown all 3, I would agree sycamore! ...

Having flown all 3, I would agree sycamore!

MUCH nicer than this thing, which almost killed my brother's god father:
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Apr 2024, 09:32
Replies: 4,237
Views: 653,959
Posted By BEagle

Zlin 326 Trener Master indeed! The image title...

Zlin 326 Trener Master indeed! The image title rather gives it away!
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Apr 2024, 12:21
Replies: 10,325
Views: 4,610,164
Posted By BEagle

Under Project POTEEN, there was going to be an...

Under Project POTEEN, there was going to be an OTHR in the UK, with the transmitter site at RAF St Davids and the receiver site at RAF Blakehill Farm. But with the break up of the Soviet Union at...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Apr 2024, 08:22
Replies: 268
Views: 142,913
Posted By BEagle

Louder than the Yak141 at the 1992 Farnborough...

Louder than the Yak141 at the 1992 Farnborough Air Show, which set off dozens of car alarms as it hovered!
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Apr 2024, 15:21
Replies: 172
Views: 30,001
Posted By BEagle

Rather than wildlife being murdered, couldn't the...

Rather than wildlife being murdered, couldn't the foreign students simply have been re-educated?
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Apr 2024, 17:10
Replies: 69
Views: 6,339
Posted By BEagle

Oh Lord - 'ut and the subjunctive'! One of the...

Oh Lord - 'ut and the subjunctive'! One of the real horrors of Latin. Along with gerunds and gerundives, ablative absolutes, 'A, ab, absque, coram, de palam, cum, and ex or e...' and other...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Apr 2024, 17:03
Replies: 172
Views: 30,001
Posted By BEagle

When involved in VC10K3 'Secondary Role'...

When involved in VC10K3 'Secondary Role' exercises and operations, we often had a tame weather guesser with us, who would consult his seaweed, beetles, fir cones and various other tools of the trade,...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Apr 2024, 14:04
Replies: 224
Views: 45,229
Posted By BEagle

But Roly, old chap - diesel is simply NOT an...

But Roly, old chap - diesel is simply NOT an officer's fuel!
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Apr 2024, 13:04
Replies: 52
Views: 16,188
Posted By BEagle

I'm sure that Rhône Valley story is quite true! A...

I'm sure that Rhône Valley story is quite true! A bit like the Swordfish which lumbered off one of HM's carriers into a stiff headwind - as it climbed the headwind increased and the carrier overtook...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Apr 2024, 10:25
Replies: 8
Views: 663
Posted By BEagle

Not quite - an EASA Flight Examiner may only test...

Not quite - an EASA Flight Examiner may only test an EASA licensed pilot if he/she complies with the relevant national section of the EASA Examiner Differences Document.
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Apr 2024, 10:07
Replies: 69
Views: 6,339
Posted By BEagle

I recall that occasionally we had to read out...

I recall that occasionally we had to read out Latin prose passages, which often began with rather meaningless expressions such as His verbis dictis autem (And having said these words). But the one...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Apr 2024, 20:55
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,764,443
Posted By BEagle

Absolutely NOT! It's important, given the current...

Absolutely NOT! It's important, given the current international situation, that people know how just how much has been lost over the past 2 or 3 decades.

For example, most of the aerodromes...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Apr 2024, 20:11
Replies: 172
Views: 30,001
Posted By BEagle

Your genuine reminiscences will be most welcome -...

Your genuine reminiscences will be most welcome - and a blessed relief from a lot of the doom and gloom posted by keyboard warriors these days on PPRuNe!

We had a MetO at RAFC Cranwell in 1975 who...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Apr 2024, 11:34
Replies: 69
Views: 6,339
Posted By BEagle

'Romanes eunt domus' is a brilliant sketch and SO...

'Romanes eunt domus' is a brilliant sketch and SO reminiscent of the hell of Latin lessons at school!

Tuesdays at prep school were dreaded - we had a double Latin lesson between break and luncheon!
Forum: Private Flying
27th Mar 2024, 09:07
Replies: 7
Views: 2,078
Posted By BEagle

Did Amanda eventually make it all the way to...

Did Amanda eventually make it all the way to Darwin after the political difficutlies she faced in the Indian / Pakistani region in 2019?
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Mar 2024, 19:15
Replies: 54
Views: 14,476
Posted By BEagle

That's hardly surprising, considering the utter...

That's hardly surprising, considering the utter drivel so frequently posted on PPRuNe these days.....
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Mar 2024, 17:46
Replies: 25
Views: 5,527
Posted By BEagle

The Luftwaffe had rather more reasonable...

The Luftwaffe had rather more reasonable attitudes to such flights back in the '90s. There was an RAF exchange officer who was sorting out his civil commercial licences and needed to do the UK FRTOL...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Mar 2024, 17:44
Replies: 18
Views: 3,839
Posted By BEagle

The saga is described here: See...

The saga is described here: See https://vulcantothesky.org/articles/1960-1965-years-of-service/ and scroll down to the 'Quick Reaction Alert' section.
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Mar 2024, 15:34
Replies: 18
Views: 3,839
Posted By BEagle

Surely not in the 'mid 60s' with the weapon of...

Surely not in the 'mid 60s' with the weapon of the time?
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Mar 2024, 00:32
Replies: 33
Views: 5,715
Posted By BEagle

Or 'Must Reopen Chivenor Again'! Which they...

Or 'Must Reopen Chivenor Again'!

Which they did - until it was later squaddified. Such a tragedy!
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2024, 17:48
Replies: 18
Views: 3,839
Posted By BEagle

Vulcan b2 mass rapid start

Is there anyone still alive who remembers when Mass Rapid starts were banned on the Vulcan B2?

We did single rapid and simultaneous cross feed to the other 3, or the occasional 'ripple rapid', but...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Mar 2024, 09:53
Replies: 224
Views: 45,229
Posted By BEagle

On the subject of 'local area maps', John Redding...

On the subject of 'local area maps', John Redding used to have a neat trick during his introductory lecture to new VC10 students...

"This is a VC10 local area map", he used to announce, before...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Mar 2024, 13:53
Replies: 224
Views: 45,229
Posted By BEagle

Not on my excellent old Nokia 6310i though!!

Not on my excellent old Nokia 6310i though!!
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2024, 12:47
Replies: 89
Views: 25,794
Posted By BEagle

I can accept the view that the RAF of today is...

I can accept the view that the RAF of today is probably a better organisation within which to work than it was many years ago when bullying and vicitmisation was prevalent.

If that's actually...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2024, 08:50
Replies: 89
Views: 25,794
Posted By BEagle

50 years ago when I won my 'Wings', the RAF had...

50 years ago when I won my 'Wings', the RAF had some 78 squadrons operating some 35 different aircraft types. Even then the old timers bemoaned the cutbacks they'd seen in 1957....

There were 7...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Mar 2024, 16:59
Replies: 224
Views: 45,229
Posted By BEagle

As many will doubtless recall, the summer of 1976...

As many will doubtless recall, the summer of 1976 was very hot! One fine day in August I was tasked to fly a Hunter F6A from Brawdy to Leuchars so that they could swap some bits of the jet with...
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