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Search: Posts Made By: Auster Fan
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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Feb 2024, 14:33
Replies: 21
Views: 2,232
Posted By Auster Fan

Dr Helen Doe, daughter of Bob Doe has just...

Dr Helen Doe, daughter of Bob Doe has just written a biography of Tuck which examines the truth behind that biography and evidence behind some of the myths. I'm in the middle of reading it.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Feb 2024, 13:32
Replies: 3
Views: 1,507
Posted By Auster Fan

He was OC Air Cadet Training Centre (as it was...

He was OC Air Cadet Training Centre (as it was then called) at RAF Newton back in the mid-80s when I did my RAFVR(T) Initial Officer Course. My memory of him was of being quite a character with a...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2023, 10:07
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,770,139
Posted By Auster Fan

611 VGS used to run continuous courses at...

611 VGS used to run continuous courses at Easter, Whitsun and over the August Bank Holiday. I assume other VGS did the same...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Mar 2023, 22:12
Replies: 87
Views: 38,780
Posted By Auster Fan

Appears to be in the process of being reopened to...

Appears to be in the process of being reopened to rotary and fixed wing traffic, amongst other things…

www.yarmouthheliport.co.uk
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
2nd Nov 2022, 13:27
Replies: 5
Views: 2,603
Posted By Auster Fan

Quote from the pilot on Facebook (copied from the...

Quote from the pilot on Facebook (copied from the Flyer Forum): "Fairly nasty. Partial power loss over wooded hill just after t/o tried to keep afloat but with no stall warner I misjudged it,...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jun 2021, 11:47
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,770,139
Posted By Auster Fan

Ona slightly different topic, the first Senior...

Ona slightly different topic, the first Senior Volunteer Adviser has been appointed (and first volunteer Group Captain - excluding Honorary Group Captains): Group Captain Andy Pass who also was...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Sep 2020, 11:22
Replies: 63
Views: 14,727
Posted By Auster Fan

G-ARNJ is also still current (as is G-ARNE, which...

G-ARNJ is also still current (as is G-ARNE, which I fly) and owned by the Chairman of the Vintage Piper Aircraft Club
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jun 2020, 15:17
Replies: 34
Views: 13,196
Posted By Auster Fan

From the website for Brinkley Aircraft Services...

From the website for Brinkley Aircraft Services who own the airfield:
"The airfield is only licensed for aircraft operations related to maintenance and repair at our associated companies"
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Mar 2020, 15:05
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,770,139
Posted By Auster Fan

As a former WGLO and Wing Aviation Officer,...

As a former WGLO and Wing Aviation Officer, ACTO35 made me despair. The Air Scouts have certainly made it far simpler.

Last September, with a fellow syndicate member, I took our aircraft to Sywell...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jun 2019, 19:20
Replies: 104
Views: 45,979
Posted By Auster Fan

There was a delay on the ground (possibly to do...

There was a delay on the ground (possibly to do with getting all the parachutists onboard?), but the commentary stated there was an issue with a VVIP in France (not sure what), totally outside the...
Forum: Private Flying
5th May 2019, 17:55
Replies: 3
Views: 2,088
Posted By Auster Fan

Dot Mathie still flies an Auster from there, I...

Dot Mathie still flies an Auster from there, I believe. She’s a regular visitor to Old Buckenham....
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Sep 2018, 06:28
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,770,139
Posted By Auster Fan

A Group Captain John Middleton has been...

A Group Captain John Middleton has been recognised by the Honourable Company of Air Pilots. The same one?

https://www.airpilots.org/file/2841/ta-winners-list---for-publication.pdf
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jul 2018, 07:47
Replies: 7
Views: 4,974
Posted By Auster Fan

Wing Commander Gerry Honey OBE

Sad to report that Gerry Honey, former CFI at Old Buckenham Aero Club and ex Gnat, Hunter and Harriers amongst many others passed away at the weekend. He’d not been well for a while but will...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Mar 2018, 14:48
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,770,139
Posted By Auster Fan

One of my more memorable memories of Swanton...

One of my more memorable memories of Swanton occurred when for some reason, on either an Easter or Whitsun course (in the late 80s I think), there were two of us as Course Admin Officer. Flying had...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Mar 2018, 19:01
Replies: 24
Views: 6,110
Posted By Auster Fan

It’s on again tonight if anyone wants a chance at...

It’s on again tonight if anyone wants a chance at identifying the aircraft in question....
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
12th Oct 2017, 08:21
Replies: 24
Views: 43,839
Posted By Auster Fan

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/air-acc...

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/air-accident-monthly-bulletin-october-2017
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Aug 2017, 07:53
Replies: 204
Views: 98,143
Posted By Auster Fan

She opened the new International Aviation Academy...

She opened the new International Aviation Academy in Norwich yesterday, along with Commandant Air Cadets, Air Commodore Dawn McAfferty. Her impact on the Cadets she meets should not be underestimated...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jun 2017, 12:50
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,770,139
Posted By Auster Fan

Apparently and subject to approval, there is a...

Apparently and subject to approval, there is a proposal to resume gliding at Swanton Morley by moving 614 in there at some point...
Forum: Private Flying
7th Jun 2017, 17:03
Replies: 44
Views: 17,382
Posted By Auster Fan

One flew into Old Buckenham a few weeks ago:...

One flew into Old Buckenham a few weeks ago: G-UAPO
Forum: Military Aviation
31st May 2017, 16:32
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,770,139
Posted By Auster Fan

Well at least some Cadets from Norfolk and...

Well at least some Cadets from Norfolk and Suffolk Wing managed to get airborne this week, courtesy of Norfolk Gliding Club at Tibenham and the RFCA who apparently funded it. Almost certainly the...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th May 2017, 07:58
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,770,139
Posted By Auster Fan

It was at 5AEF in the Husky... my first AEF trip...

It was at 5AEF in the Husky... my first AEF trip was in said machine
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Apr 2017, 20:48
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,770,139
Posted By Auster Fan

Maybe some can follow this example and rather...

Maybe some can follow this example and rather than use Lycomings, use a LOM engine:

http://http://rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/24958/re-engined-chipmunk
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Mar 2017, 07:50
Replies: 87
Views: 38,780
Posted By Auster Fan

It's now up for sale....barring a miracle, the...

It's now up for sale....barring a miracle, the demise of another airfield ��
...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Mar 2017, 21:04
Replies: 175
Views: 115,708
Posted By Auster Fan

I'm pretty sure he was on an ATC overseas camp in...

I'm pretty sure he was on an ATC overseas camp in Cyprus in 2006 as a Cadet (maybe 2007) when I was an escorting officer (not from my Wing though - I'm fairly certain he was in Herts & Bucks Wing),...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Feb 2017, 11:35
Replies: 35
Views: 6,437
Posted By Auster Fan

A regular visitor to North Denes in the 70s, when...

A regular visitor to North Denes in the 70s, when operated by Management Aviation, often I seem to remember with Geoffrey Bond at the controls?
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Feb 2017, 15:27
Replies: 4
Views: 1,630
Posted By Auster Fan

A regular visitor to North Denes in the 70s when...

A regular visitor to North Denes in the 70s when operated by Management Aviation...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jan 2017, 09:39
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,770,139
Posted By Auster Fan

I fly out of Old Buckenham, so next time I'm up...

I fly out of Old Buckenham, so next time I'm up I'll take a couple of pics. It's a sad waste of an airfield, as indeed is Swanton Morley...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jan 2017, 17:41
Replies: 5,343
Views: 1,770,139
Posted By Auster Fan

Yes, I was the WGLO when 611 were told to cease...

Yes, I was the WGLO when 611 were told to cease flying at Watton....

As an aside, it seems that the end of the RAFVR(T) commission is nigh:
...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jan 2017, 19:33
Replies: 23
Views: 9,965
Posted By Auster Fan

Nice to see that an ex-OC 611 VGS has been...

Nice to see that an ex-OC 611 VGS has been awarded an AOC 22 (Training) Group Commendation. IIRC a member for 50 years plus, starting as a Staff Cadet...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Nov 2016, 19:22
Replies: 21
Views: 7,116
Posted By Auster Fan

Do you not mean Bill Skelton?

Do you not mean Bill Skelton?
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Nov 2016, 12:09
Replies: 21
Views: 7,116
Posted By Auster Fan

John Cunningham, Bob Braham et al rightly deserve...

John Cunningham, Bob Braham et al rightly deserve all the plaudits they received, but Branse Burbridge (like many others) doesn't seem to have received due public recognition, not that he probably...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Nov 2016, 21:41
Replies: 56
Views: 35,765
Posted By Auster Fan

According to a book I bought recently on the tale...

According to a book I bought recently on the tale of woe that was Beagle, the story is that it was originally bought by the National Society for the Mentally Handicapped, raffled and Billy Butlin won...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Nov 2016, 21:33
Replies: 56
Views: 35,765
Posted By Auster Fan

It was based loosely on the J/1 airframe and...

It was based loosely on the J/1 airframe and during the marketing of it, suggestions of a crop spraying variant were put forward. It was my first aircraft trip as an Air Cadet...I seem to vaguely...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
11th Oct 2016, 17:24
Replies: 2
Views: 3,788
Posted By Auster Fan

Oh I don't know, one or two are pretty...

Oh I don't know, one or two are pretty curmudgeonly ;)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Oct 2016, 08:56
Replies: 3
Views: 2,665
Posted By Auster Fan

There was a definitely a show at Rougham in 2011,...

There was a definitely a show at Rougham in 2011, as it was the year my then CFI flew his last public Stearman display...
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