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Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Aug 2006, 22:45

Replies: 46

Finningley Navigators Reunion

Views: 5,607

Posted By hifiman

What is the collective noun for navigators?

Must be an MPP!

Count me in - from 197 ANC

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

26th Aug 2004, 17:14

Replies: 2,117

Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

Views: 1,199,422

Posted By hifiman

Ray I suspect he would have done the same...

Ray

I suspect he would have done the same job as me.

Initials ML perhaps?

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

22nd Aug 2004, 21:19

Replies: 2,117

Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

Views: 1,199,422

Posted By hifiman

Mighty Gem I also flew a handful of sorties...

Mighty Gem

I also flew a handful of sorties in XM 573 during 78/9 while she was on the ZAL fleet.

There are a number of pictures of her on Andy Leitch's excellent website:...

Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Jul 2004, 00:30

Replies: 111

B-52 bombs Blackbushe

Views: 30,886

Posted By hifiman

FJJP Wasn't it Double Top '81 when the USAF...

FJJP
Wasn't it Double Top '81 when the USAF Bomb/Nav shop got their sums wrong on one of the targets and caused ALL their Buff crews to drop their bombs in a 50 foot bucket some miles in error?...

Forum: Military Aviation

10th Mar 2004, 03:51

Replies: 42

aircraft position calculation

Views: 13,729

Posted By hifiman

FJJP Don't forget the corrections for...

FJJP

Don't forget the corrections for Precession, Nutation and Granularity! Although all of these are potentially overshadowed by the plotting errors if you apply GOAT (Greater Observed Altitude...

Forum: Military Aviation

9th Mar 2004, 04:12

Replies: 45

Disbanding Squadrons

Views: 9,218

Posted By hifiman

Archimedes, Impiger et al You've kindly...

Archimedes, Impiger et al

You've kindly explained the culling protocol for squadrons but is there a corresponding policy paper for closing air bases?

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Mar 2004, 04:08

Replies: 20

Annoymous Forum NOT

Views: 2,982

Posted By hifiman

Flitcraft I cannot but echo the...

Flitcraft

I cannot but echo the comments/sentiments of BEagle and Pontius; we are naturally suspicious - especially if we think someone might be attempting to make a buck out of us.

However,...

Forum: Military Aviation

29th Feb 2004, 03:01

Replies: 20

Annoymous Forum NOT

Views: 2,982

Posted By hifiman

Is there an echo on this thread?

Is there an echo on this thread?

Forum: Military Aviation

29th Feb 2004, 02:26

Replies: 6

Darned fool question from writer.

Views: 1,251

Posted By hifiman

Scriptfixer/RJ The problem with blagging...

Scriptfixer/RJ

The problem with blagging some free consultancy, albeit from enthusiasts/professionals, is that you need to know if the responses are correct. Which is where you came in.

Forum: Military Aviation

29th Feb 2004, 02:14

Replies: 20

Annoymous Forum NOT

Views: 2,982

Posted By hifiman

Pontius Why the reticence? Must be worth at...

Pontius

Why the reticence? Must be worth at least £650 a day for consultancy fees if you help her with a story.

Pontius

Further to my last: Spent a few minutes researching your nosey lady....

Forum: Military Aviation

29th Feb 2004, 00:54

Replies: 20

Annoymous Forum NOT

Views: 2,982

Posted By hifiman

Pontious Stating the obvious perhaps, but...

Pontious

Stating the obvious perhaps, but your email address could have been gleaned through a number of routes, none of which need have anything to do with PPrune, or indeed the web.
...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

23rd Feb 2004, 06:32

Replies: 2,117

Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

Views: 1,199,422

Posted By hifiman

Back in the late 70s I was a Nav Rad on a number...

Back in the late 70s I was a Nav Rad on a number of ICC sorties (Co-pilot to Captain conversions) during which low-speed handling was demonstrated. I recall that if the drivers (airframe) increased...

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