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Forum: Freight Dogs
17th Nov 2023, 15:50
Replies: 33
Views: 5,663
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

Loose livestock

I have a memory from the mid-1960s, at a time when ESSO were running an advertising campaign "put a tiger in your tank", a Balair HP Herald, was transporting a cargo of zoo animals from Switzerland...
Forum: Private Flying
17th Sep 2020, 12:37
Replies: 63
Views: 14,631
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

Remembering the Swinging Sixties!

Surprised and delighted to see your post, congratulations! I was so pleased to see my old lady friend GARJC in your post, and find that she is still alive and well after all these years! I first flew...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Aug 2020, 10:58
Replies: 34
Views: 6,116
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

Unless you're pointing out a misspelling on my...

Unless you're pointing out a misspelling on my part, I can't imagine why the skoda company, highly respected engineers apart from a disastrous series of terrible motors in he late 20th century, would...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Aug 2020, 10:16
Replies: 34
Views: 6,116
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

In ATC we developed a habit of referring to ATP's...

In ATC we developed a habit of referring to ATP's as SKODA's! The habit was caught from certain aircrew who announced their aircraft type on initial contact as "Skoda of the Skies" That practice...
Forum: ATC Issues
28th May 2020, 17:20
Replies: 48
Views: 13,130
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

Surely you shouldn't be using code callsign...

Surely you shouldn't be using code callsign conversion with with a conspicuity code?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Apr 2020, 12:22
Replies: 148
Views: 55,662
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

Disengage Brain.

[QUOTE=Jay Doubleyou;10733214]As far as I recall, India Four Two, the RAF never operated the Heron? The RAF always wanted it's own name for every type, even straight purchases of an existing civil...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Mar 2020, 11:49
Replies: 148
Views: 55,662
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

As far as I recall, India Four Two, the RAF never...

As far as I recall, India Four Two, the RAF never operated the Heron? The RAF always wanted it's own name for every type, even straight purchases of an existing civil model. Where the RN operated a...
Forum: ATC Issues
30th Sep 2019, 12:05
Replies: 139
Views: 80,042
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

Thanks for your PM last week! I thoroughly agree...

Thanks for your PM last week! I thoroughly agree with what you said but didn't have much success in replying by private message, and I don't think I should say anything more on the public forum!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Sep 2019, 12:57
Replies: 20
Views: 6,494
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

Ah! The good old "Gasholder Landing System!" I...

Ah! The good old "Gasholder Landing System!" I visited Northolt Tower a couple of times while working at LATCC in 1966/7. On one visit, Heathrow were using Rw 23L (long since redeveloped as a...
Forum: ATC Issues
23rd Sep 2019, 12:05
Replies: 139
Views: 80,042
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

"In ATC, when heads roll, they roll uphill!" I...

"In ATC, when heads roll, they roll uphill!" I think I'm quoting correctly from the long lost ATC magazine "On Watch" about fifty years ago, in turn quoting, I think, a Canadian source. You, Keith,...
Forum: ATC Issues
22nd Jul 2019, 09:55
Replies: 17
Views: 8,643
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

Even more exciting to have a mixture of both!...

Even more exciting to have a mixture of both! Like Jersey in the 1960/70s, topped out at 66 in one hour half of them IFR commercial! Not compatible with today's traffic especially wake separation...
Forum: ATC Issues
8th Mar 2018, 20:21
Replies: 18
Views: 2,460
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

On radars of that vintage there was also...

On radars of that vintage there was also “tangential fade” where the target was on a tangent, i.e. always at a constant distance from the head even though it moved in azimuth.
Forum: ATC Issues
6th Mar 2018, 19:46
Replies: 18
Views: 2,460
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

If my memory serves me right, Birmingham had an...

If my memory serves me right, Birmingham had an S232 as far back as my FTU experience in 1964, I have no idea how long it lasted. Although the aerial was large, it was smaller than the 264, and had a...
Forum: ATC Issues
26th Jun 2017, 21:45
Replies: 25
Views: 5,642
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

Long after my time, Keith, but I'm sure you did a...

Long after my time, Keith, but I'm sure you did a better job than many I could name!
Forum: ATC Issues
24th Jun 2017, 17:27
Replies: 25
Views: 5,642
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

50+ years ago, I heard and appreciated the...

50+ years ago, I heard and appreciated the comment "when heads roll in this business (ATC) they roll UPHILL!" Nothing has changed! The main qualification for management is to be too dangerous to be...
Forum: ATC Issues
6th Feb 2017, 09:55
Replies: 5
Views: 5,556
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

Bad Attitude?

Sounds like the Skipper had a bad attitude, or more likely, was annoyed by something else and looking to take offence at somebody!
The controller simply underlined a taxi instruction effectively "...
Forum: ATC Issues
6th Oct 2015, 16:17
Replies: 73
Views: 25,219
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

WJQ McGrath

Training officer at Aldergrove in my time ( 1964/5 ) I understood that he was William James Querke McGrath, that he was indeed the aircrew member who walked over the mountains to freedom on a broken...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
21st May 2013, 10:42
Replies: 9
Views: 5,064
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

Wrong Airport landing by Pan-Am.

Much closer to (my) home than Delhi! It was London! Pan-Am managed to get a 707 into Northolt by mistake. It took a lot more effort to get it out again, even striped down and on minimum fuel! About...
Forum: ATC Issues
30th Apr 2013, 09:52
Replies: 7
Views: 3,788
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

Tower Binoculars

Moving the topic slightly and showing my age, I think we got most of ours, second hand, from Admiral Doenitz!
Forum: ATC Issues
5th Sep 2012, 12:06
Replies: 73
Views: 38,992
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

Tea Time at CATC

Those of us who are old enough can remember the "school" (pre-collage!) superintendent the Venerable R.F. Bulstrode, giving us the first ATC rule we were taught, "The Yellow Cups have no sugar"!
Forum: Private Flying
3rd Aug 2012, 08:35
Replies: 28
Views: 4,063
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

Pink Pig Problem

Not only was the pink pig not notam-ed, it even had a formal airmiss (before the name was changed to airprox) filed on it, and an AAIB report recorded! I remember seeing the report somewhere but I...
Forum: ATC Issues
15th Jul 2012, 11:16
Replies: 17
Views: 4,960
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

Insulting?

Yes! I agree with 2 Sheds, if anybody wants to start a rational discussion on professional matters, they should be prepared to say who they are, with suitable caveats if they are at some risk to...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Mar 2012, 10:15
Replies: 100
Views: 52,830
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

Facts?

Point taken about passenger feedback, but the feedback and maybe the passengers themselves are "Self selecting". The sort of people who react positively about LOCOs are probably the sort who want...
Forum: ATC Issues
28th Feb 2012, 11:50
Replies: 18
Views: 3,438
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

Beds at LATCC

Too damned comfortable, someone forgot to call me off a long-sleep and I awoke in full daylight then walked into the ops room to a sea of strange faces, sorry "A" watch!
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Sep 2011, 11:16
Replies: 88
Views: 35,845
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

Mistaking Northolt for Heathrow

I sat in Northolt tower one blustery morning nearly half a century ago(!) when Heathrow were using 23L (now a taxiway) and was surprised how close and low their traffic was when crossing the final...
Forum: ATC Issues
5th Aug 2011, 09:49
Replies: 669
Views: 172,606
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

GCA

I never worked a full GCA, (only Half-mile SRAs on Plessy 424), but Aldergrove still had a "Federal" (Gillfillan [?]) a wartime American GCA when I was there about 1965. Rumour had it that, when...
Forum: ATC Issues
17th Jul 2011, 10:04
Replies: 13
Views: 2,918
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

More about Roger!

I knew Roger during my (not entirely successful) stay in Northern Ireland, at Aldergrove after Nutts Corner closed. During my brief , youthful, flirtation with CND, I saw Roger's jaw drop and his...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Jun 2011, 11:58
Replies: 46
Views: 5,978
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

Fear of Heights

I have had a fear of heights as far back as I can remember (60+years!) but it is of "open" exposures. I have been to the top of Sears Tower when it was the highest building in the world and had no...
Forum: ATC Issues
15th Jun 2011, 10:37
Replies: 10
Views: 2,082
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

A controllers

I can't claim to be a genius but certainly elderly!
Just to (re)clarify HD's previous post "A" Controllers were not assistants in the ATCO/ATCA sense, they were "Assisting" Controllers (ATCOs) and...
Forum: ATC Issues
3rd Jun 2011, 08:19
Replies: 669
Views: 172,606
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

No3 Cadet Course

Zooker,

Interesting that your list has, proportionally, so many ex No3 Cadets, Terry, Gill, John. East Midlands, particularly, did very well out of us and our determination not to be LATCC...
Forum: ATC Issues
30th May 2011, 14:39
Replies: 669
Views: 172,606
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

yvonne Pope

Vercingertorix

Agree that it says so in the Museum's chronology, just it doesn't fit with my memory, unreliable as that is nowadays! Might be the usual hitch of confusing ATC staff, in general,...
Forum: ATC Issues
30th May 2011, 10:27
Replies: 669
Views: 172,606
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

Yvonne Pope

Certainly the first female ATCO, but I would have thought 1950 was very early for her start date, more like 1960. There was still a novelty value for female controllers when I started in 1963, Yvonne...
Forum: ATC Issues
7th Mar 2011, 16:06
Replies: 56
Views: 15,199
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

No 3 Cadet Course

The real secret of your success was to get on No3 course, La Crème de la Crème! You must be the last of us still working. Unbelievably it's the 50th Anniversary in 2013, hope you'll be there,...
Forum: ATC Issues
1st Feb 2011, 08:50
Replies: 669
Views: 172,606
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

23 Course 'Photo

I think the person, front row, furthest right, is John Gardner from Jersey.
Forum: ATC Issues
17th Dec 2010, 13:05
Replies: 669
Views: 172,606
Posted By Jay Doubleyou

"C" Watch LATCC in the 1960's, Sad News.

I posted comment, a while back, about some of the people on "C" watch, LATCC, that I remembered from the 1966/68 period.
I only heard this morning that one of the stalwarts, Dick Yeo, died on the...
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