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Forum: Military Aviation
28th Feb 2018, 20:09
Replies: 58,121
Views: 10,945,624
Posted By L9172

Now this is how you do a bungee launch.

Now this is how you do a bungee launch.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Oct 2016, 17:27
Replies: 31
Views: 12,664
Posted By L9172

Hi Tom, First I must mention that my...

Hi Tom,

First I must mention that my knowledge of the geography of Kenya is minimal at best and therefore I may be making a complete hash of my guesses about where a particular location might be....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Oct 2016, 20:55
Replies: 31
Views: 12,664
Posted By L9172

Hi Tom, Just seen your post but am not able...

Hi Tom,

Just seen your post but am not able right now to look through my lists. Will have a look in a few days although my memory does not suggest anything that might be of value (but my memory is...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th May 2016, 16:57
Replies: 32
Views: 18,831
Posted By L9172

Thank you Arclite01. I have not been to Upwood...

Thank you Arclite01. I have not been to Upwood since I was a schoolboy in the RAF Cadets, but I visited the local churchyard a few years ago to pay my respects to the Blenheim boys lying there. I did...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th May 2016, 08:18
Replies: 32
Views: 18,831
Posted By L9172

Yes Arclite01, L9172 was my father's Blenheim IV....

Yes Arclite01, L9172 was my father's Blenheim IV. From 17 OTU at Upwood it broke up over South Wales on 12th June 1940. My father was the Observer and he and the WOp/AG were killed while the pilot...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st May 2016, 17:21
Replies: 32
Views: 18,831
Posted By L9172

I have no idea how this wonderful manoeuvre was...

I have no idea how this wonderful manoeuvre was performed but I remember being there at the age of ten having managed to exhaust my poor old Mum with my blandishments (my Dad was RAF and was killed...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jan 2013, 16:46
Replies: 16
Views: 3,839
Posted By L9172

ORAC, I too was not overly impressed with...

ORAC,

I too was not overly impressed with the last volume of the Bandy series and the purpose of my post was merely to ensure that an obvious afficionado did not miss any of them - good or bad.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jan 2013, 21:21
Replies: 16
Views: 3,839
Posted By L9172

Bartholomew Bandy

I too am a follower of the incomparable Bartholomew Bandy, ORAC, and endorse your comment, but I must point out that there are not eight volumes of his life story but nine.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Sep 2010, 08:51
Replies: 4
Views: 2,635
Posted By L9172

Havard in RAF service

In his book 'First Light', Geoffrey Wellum mentions training on the Harvard.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jan 2010, 20:29
Replies: 31
Views: 12,664
Posted By L9172

70 OTU Blenheims

Hi Laurence,

Sorry about the delay, been rather busy. Here are short notes on the four Blenheims you queried specifically, I am still working on extracting from my lists the details of all the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Jan 2010, 16:36
Replies: 31
Views: 12,664
Posted By L9172

70 OTU Blenheims

Hi Laurence,

I’m glad the information was of use to you and thanks for the note about L6634. This aircraft was a Blenheim Mk I that, as far as I am aware, served only with 211 Squadron and was...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Jan 2010, 15:28
Replies: 31
Views: 12,664
Posted By L9172

70 OTU Blenheims

Herewith a list of Blenheims, of all three marks, used by 70 OTU which I think is 99% accurate. I'm sorry if it is a bit long but they had a lot of Blenheims and broke two thirds of them!

All the...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
18th Dec 2009, 13:14
Replies: 6
Views: 680
Posted By L9172

Log In Problems

Thank you Saab Dastard, your advice seems to have solved the problem. I have twiddled with some of the settings behind the scenes on my computing machine and am now able to log in without any...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
17th Dec 2009, 20:46
Replies: 6
Views: 680
Posted By L9172

Log In Problems

Sorry to harp on this but no sooner had I managed to post the above than I found I had been logged out. After only three attempts I have got back in but assume it won't be long before something else...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
17th Dec 2009, 20:27
Replies: 6
Views: 680
Posted By L9172

Log In Problems

After about two dozen attempts to log in I seem finally to be able to post. Every previous time over the last two days I have logged in with my username and password, then been taken to a page where...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Dec 2009, 17:35
Replies: 46
Views: 7,570
Posted By L9172

A Weekend on the Somme

Notwithstanding the arguments about which Generals deserve the most credit or blame for vast casualty lists in the First World War, I wish to add my name to the list of 'hay fever sufferers' this...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
1st Apr 2009, 12:26
Replies: 4
Views: 844
Posted By L9172

Thanks for that thought G SXTY, I have now filled...

Thanks for that thought G SXTY, I have now filled in the form.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
31st Mar 2009, 20:29
Replies: 4
Views: 844
Posted By L9172

BA2653 - Salzburg to Gatwick - 31-03-09

I write to offer publicly my appreciation for the care and consideration afforded my wife and myself by the crew of the above flight (you will know who you are) when we returned from an enjoyable ten...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
3rd Apr 2008, 18:57
Replies: 456
Views: 67,159
Posted By L9172

Ignored

Thank you Two-Tone-Blue for your remarks about the relevance of my post number 1010. Unfortunately you appear to have been the only person who thought it merited a response because not one of the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Apr 2008, 21:17
Replies: 1,172
Views: 264,820
Posted By L9172

Heathrow Terminal 5 - Reassurance Please

Perhaps some of the many people who have commented in this thread about the Terminal 5 problems, most of which I do not understand, might offer me some genuine reassurance. I am a member of the SLF...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Dec 2007, 21:28
Replies: 10
Views: 3,340
Posted By L9172

The book is a copy of "Aircraft and the Air"...

The book is a copy of "Aircraft and the Air" compiled and edited by Eric Sargent. My copy does not have any publishing date but is the fourth edition and I have had it for at least 50 years, having...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Aug 2007, 21:04
Replies: 60
Views: 7,680
Posted By L9172

Price-fixing

By all means Virgin too, and anybody else - who has been found guilty of a similar offence.
L9172
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Aug 2007, 20:35
Replies: 60
Views: 7,680
Posted By L9172

Price-fixing

My sole knowledge of the aviation industry comes from being one of the SLF from time to time, so my question may seem a little naive to the many experts whose words of wisdon I read on this forum,...
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