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Forum: Military Aviation

21st Feb 2013, 08:47

Replies: 99

Shackleton MR2 WR963

Views: 57,600

Posted By Sinker

According to my logbook, WR963 was an AEW2 and I...

According to my logbook, WR963 was an AEW2 and I think the configuration of the bomb bay doors in the photos on the web confirm this - though the plastic paddling pool has been removed.

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Jun 2012, 11:23

Replies: 106

Historical RAF Uniform Question

Views: 25,024

Posted By Sinker

The waistcoat was an approved option with No 1 at...

The waistcoat was an approved option with No 1 at one time, though I never saw one.

I went to the OCTU in June 1972 and was issued with collar attached cotton shirts of the end on end kind. They...

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Aug 2011, 15:12

Replies: 64

In Flight Rations-US Guide to Boxed Nasties

Views: 21,032

Posted By Sinker

Best lunchbox? Definitely the one from the BA...

Best lunchbox? Definitely the one from the BA handlers at Nice en route Gib with a Staff Nav overseas. The delicious roast beef sandwich and the triangle of Camembert stick in the memory - the rest...

Forum: Military Aviation

18th May 2011, 10:15

Replies: 48

5's VS Black Tie

Views: 10,353

Posted By Sinker

In principle, mess dress should only be worn to...

In principle, mess dress should only be worn to non-military events when the equivalent civilian dress is tails. There aren't that many of those, are there? But mark the principle. If it really is a...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

27th Feb 2011, 10:00

Replies: 359

The "Whistling wheelbarrow"

Views: 159,466

Posted By Sinker

I preferred the Argosy to the C130 for being...

I preferred the Argosy to the C130 for being first in the stick because you had the boom to look at as you stood in the door - a rectangle of grey sky I found rather disorientating.

Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Jan 2011, 15:51

Replies: 44

Dom War Stories

Views: 10,176

Posted By Sinker

There was an OC Advanced Nav Trg Sqn known widely...

There was an OC Advanced Nav Trg Sqn known widely as Gonzo, was there not, who was reputed to have used the Elsan at low level on a bumpy sort of day. He is the only person I have ever heard of who...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Jan 2011, 14:04

Replies: 14

XV213

Views: 4,749

Posted By Sinker

Ah! How the years melt away . . .

Ah! How the years melt away . . .

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Jan 2011, 10:39

Replies: 14

XV213

Views: 4,749

Posted By Sinker

There was a series of such spoofs circulating on...

There was a series of such spoofs circulating on 1312 Flt in 1986 just before the move to MPA. I think they mostly had ISO containers in the foreground as that was a major feature of the architecture...

Forum: Military Aviation

21st Dec 2004, 07:07

Replies: 303

Centralised Engineering At Lyneham

Views: 65,596

Posted By Sinker

If you want dedicated service from your...

If you want dedicated service from your groundcrew, you must dedicate them to their aircraft. And you probably have to dedicate the aircraft to the crews.

It was A Line and B Line in my day. It...

Forum: Military Aviation

8th Dec 2004, 13:31

Replies: 9

Defence Instructional Techniques Course

Views: 7,799

Posted By Sinker

On my GIT course, many moons ago, something like...

On my GIT course, many moons ago, something like 9 out of 12 attendees were either Buccaneer pilots or F4 navs made redundant by Jaguar and destined for the Nav School.

It was difficult to hold...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Nov 2004, 11:25

Replies: 3,092

OASC 'CANDIDATES' and WANNABES, PLEASE READ THIS THREAD FIRST!

Views: 209,854

Posted By Sinker

Pontius Navigator is quite right and it might...

Pontius Navigator is quite right and it might even be me he is talking about. My sitting height was too big for the Gnat, so I was not accepted for pilot training, even though I was really only...

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