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Forum: Military Aviation
1st Apr 2024, 08:02
Replies: 22
Views: 3,769
Posted By DC10RealMan

Pilot Officer Cyril Barton was awarded the...

Pilot Officer Cyril Barton was awarded the Victoria Cross that night. The only Handley-Page Halifax crew member to be awarded the VC. He was interred in Kingston Cemetery a few days later having died...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jul 2023, 09:05
Replies: 103
Views: 77,348
Posted By DC10RealMan

I also suspect that for a considerable number of...

I also suspect that for a considerable number of very good and professional people being subject to certain examples of military "justice" would be the impetus to seeking their fortunes elsewhere to...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jun 2023, 11:39
Replies: 103
Views: 77,348
Posted By DC10RealMan

I must confess that I can laugh about it all...

I must confess that I can laugh about it all these years later but I was bloody annoyed about it at the time!
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jun 2023, 20:59
Replies: 103
Views: 77,348
Posted By DC10RealMan

I remember being put on "a fizzer" for some minor...

I remember being put on "a fizzer" for some minor indiscretion in a case of mistaken identity with another airman. I knew I was innocent of the charge due to the fact that at the time of the incident...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Jun 2022, 18:30
Replies: 60
Views: 31,403
Posted By DC10RealMan

I am glad that I was at Heathrow ATC!

I am glad that I was at Heathrow ATC!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Apr 2022, 20:38
Replies: 104
Views: 21,927
Posted By DC10RealMan

I seem to remember that having sold the...

I seem to remember that having sold the long-range Tristar 500s British Airways acquired some South American routes from British Caledonian for which the Tristar 500s were ideal had they not already...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
6th Apr 2022, 15:41
Replies: 58
Views: 16,193
Posted By DC10RealMan

I don't think that it is a problem with just BA...

I don't think that it is a problem with just BA but it appears to be a post-Brexit, post-privatisation thing in the UK. I was recently quoted over £800 for two returns on the train from my home in...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Jan 2022, 20:39
Replies: 21
Views: 10,285
Posted By DC10RealMan

My suspicion is that anyone flying with evil...

My suspicion is that anyone flying with evil intent wouldn't bother getting an ATC clearance anyway. Just a thought?
Forum: Terms and Endearment
24th Dec 2021, 06:46
Replies: 33
Views: 14,793
Posted By DC10RealMan

Good for them. The benefits of a strong union and...

Good for them. The benefits of a strong union and supporting each other.
Forum: Private Flying
16th Nov 2021, 15:52
Replies: 15
Views: 2,313
Posted By DC10RealMan

I wonder if anyone has told the RAF? I...

I wonder if anyone has told the RAF?

I frequently took telephone calls from a nearby RAF station informing me that one of the based private aeroplanes had "infringed controlled airspace" when...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Nov 2021, 19:47
Replies: 45
Views: 10,264
Posted By DC10RealMan

I am sure that for the greater glory of Alexander...

I am sure that for the greater glory of Alexander Boris de pffevel Johnson, the World King the money will be found.
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Oct 2021, 14:39
Replies: 46
Views: 16,792
Posted By DC10RealMan

If any son or daughter of mine said that they...

If any son or daughter of mine said that they wanted to join the military I would break their legs first.

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Forum: Military Aviation
17th Sep 2021, 22:33
Replies: 13
Views: 4,395
Posted By DC10RealMan

218 Squadron Short Stirling from RAF Downham...

218 Squadron Short Stirling from RAF Downham Market?
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Aug 2021, 11:43
Replies: 37
Views: 16,082
Posted By DC10RealMan

It was lucky that you didn't have to send your...

It was lucky that you didn't have to send your letter to the present PM as he would have wanted " a piece of the action"
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Aug 2021, 18:49
Replies: 17
Views: 6,072
Posted By DC10RealMan

I used to stay in the OM at RAF Linton on Ouse...

I used to stay in the OM at RAF Linton on Ouse and was very moved by the wartime photographs in the anteroom of the Squadron CO, WC Gerry Warner and his crews on operations and on standdown nights....
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jul 2021, 07:27
Replies: 90
Views: 30,591
Posted By DC10RealMan

I seem to remember visiting the Vindolanda Museum...

I seem to remember visiting the Vindolanda Museum on Hadrians Wall and reading a parchment by a Roman Soldier about people at the sharp end muddling through and keeping the show on the road whilst...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jul 2021, 13:37
Replies: 9
Views: 1,578
Posted By DC10RealMan

I was told of the BOAC Yacht Club in Bermuda.

I was told of the BOAC Yacht Club in Bermuda.
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jul 2021, 15:12
Replies: 37
Views: 6,469
Posted By DC10RealMan

If it's in the Daily Mail it must be true. They...

If it's in the Daily Mail it must be true. They must be slipping though because they never mentioned her class or how much her house is worth.
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jul 2021, 16:54
Replies: 18
Views: 3,881
Posted By DC10RealMan

I knew Ness Edwards when he was in charge of the...

I knew Ness Edwards when he was in charge of the Brize Flight Planning Dept in the passenger terminal in about 1977-1978.
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jul 2021, 19:53
Replies: 18
Views: 3,881
Posted By DC10RealMan

One of my regrets was not asking them about their...

One of my regrets was not asking them about their experiences and service history. In the mid-1970s the chaps I knew must have been 55+ and therefore I suspect that they were World War II veterans...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jul 2021, 18:12
Replies: 18
Views: 3,881
Posted By DC10RealMan

I knew a Master Navigator Ness Edwards at Brize...

I knew a Master Navigator Ness Edwards at Brize Norton in the mid-1970s and he shared his office with two very elderly Master AEOs and I cannot remember their names but one was nicknamed Harry...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th May 2021, 09:54
Replies: 157
Views: 26,998
Posted By DC10RealMan

I was obviously very bored with lockdown as I...

I was obviously very bored with lockdown as I originally started to look on Pprune for information about the Vulcan accident at LHR in the 1950s.
Forum: Military Aviation
17th May 2021, 19:27
Replies: 157
Views: 26,998
Posted By DC10RealMan

I was once an RAF SAC and was accused of un...

I was once an RAF SAC and was accused of un Airman like behaviour by coming to work in a rather fancy two-seater Italian sports car and I was encouraged to desist and get a more Airman-like car such...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2021, 18:05
Replies: 76
Views: 22,138
Posted By DC10RealMan

I suspect that it would help their confidence...

I suspect that it would help their confidence when dealing with real VC10 Captains such as BOAC Captains down route.
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Mar 2021, 14:22
Replies: 59
Views: 19,913
Posted By DC10RealMan

The problem with people who do this kind of thing...

The problem with people who do this kind of thing is that to members of the general public it comes across that all members of the general aviation community are arrogant, wealthy, egocentric...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2021, 11:34
Replies: 530
Views: 176,333
Posted By DC10RealMan

Attributed to General George S Patton US Army...

Attributed to General George S Patton US Army when visiting wounded GIs.
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jan 2021, 14:36
Replies: 13
Views: 5,381
Posted By DC10RealMan

This is in the Daily Mail. One shouldn't believe...

This is in the Daily Mail. One shouldn't believe everything it says.
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jan 2021, 15:59
Replies: 449
Views: 128,412
Posted By DC10RealMan

When I was posted to Heathrow in the late 1970s...

When I was posted to Heathrow in the late 1970s we had an elderly Polish chap who worked as a junior administrator amending and keeping up to date our training manuals. He had been a civilian for...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Oct 2020, 09:34
Replies: 11
Views: 1,408
Posted By DC10RealMan

Brymon Airways?

Brymon Airways?
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Sep 2020, 04:26
Replies: 81
Views: 31,231
Posted By DC10RealMan

I once flew with the CFI of a local club on a...

I once flew with the CFI of a local club on a check ride in the clubs C172. I am an experienced pilot and have worked professionally within the aviation industry however this "check ride" was no more...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Aug 2020, 20:24
Replies: 31
Views: 11,950
Posted By DC10RealMan

Imminent US election and behind in the polls.

Imminent US election and behind in the polls.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
19th Aug 2020, 18:54
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,849,834
Posted By DC10RealMan

Johnson was quoted as saying "*** business" do...

Johnson was quoted as saying "*** business" do you really think that he cares for the aviation industry and your jobs. He couldn't care less and Prime Minister Cummings even less.
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jul 2020, 19:07
Replies: 47
Views: 20,957
Posted By DC10RealMan

I would have thought that the U.S. Military would...

I would have thought that the U.S. Military would have been more circumspect when dealing with Iranian commercial airliners having shot one down in the 1980s and killing all the passengers and crew...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jul 2020, 17:49
Replies: 220
Views: 53,387
Posted By DC10RealMan

Personally I would be more concerned with the...

Personally I would be more concerned with the fact that 55 brave young men, the flower of Britain and its Commonwealth failed to return from that raid and now lie buried all over Europe.
Forum: ATC Issues
29th Jun 2020, 21:23
Replies: 8
Views: 1,910
Posted By DC10RealMan

I shall remember that the next time I fly!

I shall remember that the next time I fly!
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