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Forum: Flight Testing
3rd Jul 2015, 05:34
Replies: 12
Views: 6,445
Posted By Worf

Genghis, No Russian trained TP in India. In...

Genghis,
No Russian trained TP in India. In every other TPS there have been Indian AF TPs - ETPS, Epner, Edwards. Not sure about USN TPS but there may be some Indian Navy TPs from there.
Of...
Forum: Flight Testing
13th Feb 2015, 04:08
Replies: 0
Views: 3,433
Posted By Worf

Coolness in the face of adversity

Dramatic video footage from cameras mounted on the tailboom and in the cockpit clearly depicts the failure of the scissor link assembly, as well as the helicopter’s extreme pitching and rolling...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Nov 2014, 04:20
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,828,481
Posted By Worf

IAF Lysanders

Danny42C,

The IAF Lysanders did carry 250lb bombs.
The shackles are shown here http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1940s/Aircraft/Lysander-burma.jpg and here...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Oct 2014, 03:07
Replies: 21
Views: 7,881
Posted By Worf

In response to SanDiegos question - no the SU-30...

In response to SanDiegos question - no the SU-30 MKIs do not have the Yak 38 automated ejection seat.
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Jul 2012, 04:35
Replies: 28
Views: 11,234
Posted By Worf

Available at COSTCO in the USA

Wife just bought me a copy of the series - at Costco (US warehouse store) for $13.99
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Sep 2011, 19:11
Replies: 14
Views: 5,773
Posted By Worf

Geehovah, As flown by the Indian AF it was a...

Geehovah,

As flown by the Indian AF it was a very effective attack aircraft. It was a pretty honest airplane if flown for the role - which was low level interdiction and attack. It was...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Sep 2011, 21:43
Replies: 14
Views: 5,773
Posted By Worf

Yaw vane

That is the yaw sensor for the auto stabilization system for the BN. Without auto stabilization, it was flyable but barely.

In Steve Davies "Red Eagles" all the USAF pilots hated the Mig-23BN...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Aug 2011, 23:19
Replies: 59
Views: 18,886
Posted By Worf

Ajeets vs Gnats

The Ajeets came much later (post 1971) - they were supposed to be close air support ground attack airplanes. Basically a wet winged Gnat F MK 1 with an upgraded Hobson tailplane actuator and a Martin...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th May 2011, 00:10
Replies: 12
Views: 6,791
Posted By Worf

My late father flew Dakotas from Jorhat,...

My late father flew Dakotas from Jorhat, Mohanbari and a bunch of other airfields in the Northeast of India from 1957-1959, then 1969-1970 and finally 1979-1982 for the Indian Air Force. (As a Pilot...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Aug 2009, 22:05
Replies: 87
Views: 36,790
Posted By Worf

Samuel, The RNZAF B.12s & T.13s are all...

Samuel,

The RNZAF B.12s & T.13s are all scrapped.

Here is what one of my sources had to say
"The B-12 and the T-13 were operated only by 35 squadron till Dec 1977. When
the squadron...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd May 2009, 05:29
Replies: 33
Views: 6,795
Posted By Worf

Aren't boots important?

From reading the thread it seems that wearing the "official" flying boot and only the official flying boots is not mandatory for aircrew in the RAF.

However I remember reading (at pprune maybe)...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Mar 2009, 18:46
Replies: 2
Views: 618
Posted By Worf

Still available

Just wanted to know if the Pilot magazines you offered were available. And your PMs were disabled

Would you be willing to mail them if I paid a suitable shipping and handling charge?

Regards
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jan 2009, 22:10
Replies: 11
Views: 1,947
Posted By Worf

Very sorry to hear about Les. He was a great...

Very sorry to hear about Les. He was a great resource for Canberra enthusiasts and a very generous person. He photocopied B(I)8 pilot's notes and sent them to me for my IAF Canberra book, and...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Dec 2008, 04:29
Replies: 20
Views: 6,045
Posted By Worf

There was a Naidu on Gnat Mk 1s (a contemporary...

There was a Naidu on Gnat Mk 1s (a contemporary of my father) but I don't think there was ever an IAF Gnat exchange instructor. There were a quite few who did the CFS course, the DFCL (Day Fighter...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Dec 2008, 00:15
Replies: 20
Views: 6,045
Posted By Worf

TEEJ, There have been many IAF MiG crashes. I...

TEEJ,
There have been many IAF MiG crashes. I would actually love some footage of one of them, but this isn't IAF for the reasons mentioned.

Tezpur mentioned in the article is tropical (close to...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Dec 2008, 00:11
Replies: 20
Views: 6,045
Posted By Worf

BOAC, The F-7P has a Martin Baker 0/0 seat. The...

BOAC,
The F-7P has a Martin Baker 0/0 seat. The PAF was very good about insisting on Martin Baker seats for all its aircraft including the Mig-19. The ejection seats for the MiG-21 depended on the...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Dec 2008, 18:19
Replies: 20
Views: 6,045
Posted By Worf

Not an IAF but a PAF ejection?

This looks real. It has the dry scrub vegetation of the Punjab, where both the Indian AF and the Pakistan AF operate. Taken by some amateurs speaking either Urdu or Hindi (which are indistiguishable...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Sep 2008, 20:14
Replies: 53
Views: 12,225
Posted By Worf

Camouflaged IAF Connie

Panop,
Couldn't agree more about the Internet, it's an amazing fount of information. I am even more amazed by the UK "spotter" community - they know movements of any aircraft coming to the UK and...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Aug 2008, 15:16
Replies: 53
Views: 12,225
Posted By Worf

SHJ, India's relationship with the USA was...

SHJ,
India's relationship with the USA was "frosty" during the 60s thru the 80s and only started thawing in the 90s. Air India had a huge spares holding of Super Connie spares and thats what was...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Aug 2008, 00:58
Replies: 53
Views: 12,225
Posted By Worf

IAF Connies to Northolt

Folks,
Sorry for not replying earlier. Super Connies (they were never called only Connies in the Indian AF) are kind of my speciality. The page pointed to earlier...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jun 2008, 14:48
Replies: 27
Views: 9,767
Posted By Worf

AARON O'DICKYDIDO, No offence taken! I am...

AARON O'DICKYDIDO,

No offence taken! I am sure I would be equally foxed by some English/Irish/Scottish name pronounciations.

Mike Read,
It may interest you to know that Kanwar Singh retired as...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jun 2008, 14:34
Replies: 27
Views: 9,767
Posted By Worf

Photograph of Sikh pilot with helmet

Not a lawn dart,
In response to your request for photographs of Sikh pilots in helmets here (http://www.geocities.com/siafdu/other190.jpg) is a photograph of Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh, one of...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jun 2008, 13:53
Replies: 27
Views: 9,767
Posted By Worf

Sikhs wearing helmets quite ok!

Hi all,

I am Sikh and wear a turban and my father retired from the Indian Air Force after 30 years of service. He flew mostly transports (Dakotas & MR Super Constellations) but had a stint in a...
Forum: Flight Testing
5th Jun 2007, 03:20
Replies: 35
Views: 8,642
Posted By Worf

The T-37 had very weird spin behavior. The...

The T-37 had very weird spin behavior. The recovery technique was to get full AFT stick first - so that if the spin was inverted there would be a recovery. Only then was the classic rudder against...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th May 2007, 19:27
Replies: 87
Views: 36,790
Posted By Worf

No more Canberras in military service

The IAF retired it's Canberras on May 11th, 2007 after 50 years of service. Photos and a report of the event can be found here ...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Apr 2007, 00:07
Replies: 87
Views: 36,790
Posted By Worf

T.4 lack of ejection seats

All IAF T.4s did not have ejection seats for the pilots. They had one for the navigator. If you go to the Bharat-rakshak site and search for "canberra book" you will be able to get my article on IAF...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Mar 2007, 05:01
Replies: 87
Views: 36,790
Posted By Worf

Jackonicko, The IAF Canberra's are not...

Jackonicko,

The IAF Canberra's are not retired yet - May is supposed to be the official date.

The pilot I have found with the most number of hours in the Canberra has about 4500 hrs. Most early...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Nov 2006, 03:49
Replies: 8
Views: 1,902
Posted By Worf

Eric "Winkle" Brown has written a number of books...

Eric "Winkle" Brown has written a number of books
"Wings on My Sleeve" is his autobiography, recently updated and re-released
"Wings of the Luftwaffe" -details his experience flying planes as...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Aug 2006, 05:18
Replies: 46
Views: 12,642
Posted By Worf

The Pakistan Air Force also flew F-104As. They...

The Pakistan Air Force also flew F-104As. They used them pretty effectively in the 1965 War - even using them as nightfighters and shooting down an Indian Air Force Canberra B(I)58 whose pilot had...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Jul 2006, 02:50
Replies: 598
Views: 121,701
Posted By Worf

Bellanca Aircruiser at Tillamook Air Museum, OR,...

Bellanca Aircruiser at Tillamook Air Museum, OR, USA. I am flying my Cessna 150 to the Museum this weekend.
Forum: Flight Testing
18th May 2006, 22:14
Replies: 36
Views: 11,741
Posted By Worf

Lockheed P-3 departure

http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil/media/approach/issues/novdec05/spun_it.htm

There is a departure recovery procedure in the NATOPS manual - so it must have been tested.

Worf
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Mar 2006, 03:46
Replies: 133
Views: 50,166
Posted By Worf

Indian Air Force T.54s had no ejection seats!

While researching an article about Indian Air Force Canberras I ran across the stunning fact (verified by 2 different IAF Canberra pilots) that the T.54s (otherwise identical to the T.4s of the RAF)...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Dec 2005, 20:44
Replies: 6
Views: 1,834
Posted By Worf

Would love to have a copy of Test Pilot. In any...

Would love to have a copy of Test Pilot. In any format

Have PM-ed a couple of people but havent heard from them. Either my PM stuff isnt working or they are ignoring me. :D

I would also love...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Dec 2005, 17:49
Replies: 46
Views: 10,546
Posted By Worf

Just to make it clear - NONE of the comments that...

Just to make it clear - NONE of the comments that were made about the skill of the Indian Air Force pilots came from anybody on the Indian side. All comments were picked up from the US news media and...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Dec 2005, 17:33
Replies: 133
Views: 50,166
Posted By Worf

Jackonicko, Pushpindar Singh is more of an...

Jackonicko,

Pushpindar Singh is more of an aviation historian - not so much a journalist. And I doubt that any of the Indian newspapers/media outlets even bother to contact him. Otherwise our...
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