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Forum: Military Aviation
12th Nov 2005, 23:18
Replies: 268
Views: 51,434
Posted By la calda

Remembrance Day

Politicians have already come in for some stick on this thread, quite possibly rightly.

Flip side of the coin. As a very lowly local councillor somewhere in the wilds of North Britain I will...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Sep 2004, 06:46
Replies: 20
Views: 4,178
Posted By la calda

Hi Al. Thanks for that. Where are you in...

Hi Al.

Thanks for that. Where are you in the photos? PM me.

There's at least one with me also.

Wife & kids wouldn't believe it was me till I went into the garage and produced the very same...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Sep 2004, 18:59
Replies: 20
Views: 4,178
Posted By la calda

Back to the top for this topic but only to post...

Back to the top for this topic but only to post the URL for the following very excellent site.

Since nobody else seems willing, or able, to take up the baton and let us have some posts I'm not...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Sep 2004, 19:08
Replies: 20
Views: 4,178
Posted By la calda

Though readers may find it hard to believe now,...

Though readers may find it hard to believe now, in the early seventies the necropolis of Aberdeen, eighty miles east across moor and mountain, was a major draw for troops from ISK. A football team...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Sep 2004, 08:18
Replies: 20
Views: 4,178
Posted By la calda

Allan, nothing nearly as uncivilised in my...

Allan,

nothing nearly as uncivilised in my time.

The troops got very sniffy if there wasn't a soup course before the main meal, and if there wasn't a minimum of at least two veg portions the...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Aug 2004, 19:13
Replies: 20
Views: 4,178
Posted By la calda

Big Tudor Don't know about the stats for...

Big Tudor

Don't know about the stats for downed aircrew but always struck me as a little funny seeing as how Leuchars had access to almost the same serious terrain as Kinloss. Plus, a winter...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Aug 2004, 15:50
Replies: 20
Views: 4,178
Posted By la calda

Spot on Big Tudor. The team had the quite...

Spot on Big Tudor.

The team had the quite deserved reputation for having a really good time. Trouble for many was it had to be earned, the hard way. It was amazing how the loud mouths who turned...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Aug 2004, 13:05
Replies: 427
Views: 247,357
Posted By la calda

blaireau, Do you remember surnames of the...

blaireau,

Do you remember surnames of the two Navs on the non stop? Did one begin with St.......?

.....and what happened to the First Day Covers?
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Aug 2004, 12:57
Replies: 20
Views: 4,178
Posted By la calda

wub, thanks for joining in. Mid seventies means...

wub, thanks for joining in. Mid seventies means we could have crossed, were you ever in Jock Land at that time?

Trusting this is a semi private forum though moderators may take exception to this...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Aug 2004, 23:20
Replies: 20
Views: 4,178
Posted By la calda

That's what I thought Echo which is why I posted...

That's what I thought Echo which is why I posted the thread. Either there aren't many readers of that ilk or they're too modest. One possible explanation, in my time aircrew were ineligible for MR...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Aug 2004, 18:35
Replies: 20
Views: 4,178
Posted By la calda

RAF Mountain Rescue

Prompted by an oblique connection to Station Guard Force Meals I'm wondering if there is any mileage in a thread of memories of the RAF MR Service. It's been going a long time and of course there are...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Aug 2004, 18:25
Replies: 68
Views: 7,750
Posted By la calda

Thanks Srennaps, think I'll do just that. ...

Thanks Srennaps, think I'll do just that.

Rgds.

LC.
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Aug 2004, 08:43
Replies: 68
Views: 7,750
Posted By la calda

Hi Allan, time is relative and what seems...

Hi Allan,

time is relative and what seems like a long time to you might be a blink of an eye to another.

My experiences were ISK late 70s, Pete McGowan Team Leader, Don Shanks Depute and the...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Aug 2004, 20:38
Replies: 68
Views: 7,750
Posted By la calda

Since MR has crept in I suppose it's worth asking...

Since MR has crept in I suppose it's worth asking are there any other MR Troops out there who log on, ex or current?
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Aug 2004, 16:01
Replies: 68
Views: 7,750
Posted By la calda

Thanks Mad. Ironic that your knowledge is...

Thanks Mad.

Ironic that your knowledge is of ISK as it was there I was referring to in my post.

Other sources of frustration with the MRT was the 'drop everything and run' when the tannoy...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Aug 2004, 12:17
Replies: 427
Views: 247,357
Posted By la calda

Can someone tell me the exact time and date the...

Can someone tell me the exact time and date the first F4 for RAF service arrived here? I have memories as a kid of being taken to the runway at Leuchars to see it land. My recollection is sometime in...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Aug 2004, 12:07
Replies: 47
Views: 17,258
Posted By la calda

On the subject of Scottish hills, the Paps of...

On the subject of Scottish hills, the Paps of Jura are mentioned above but we have Pap singular in the hill the Pap of Glencoe. Viewed from the north (usually from outside the Glencoe Hotel with pint...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Aug 2004, 12:03
Replies: 68
Views: 7,750
Posted By la calda

Winston Churchill, no slouch when it came to the...

Winston Churchill, no slouch when it came to the leadership stakes, practised a form of management you won't find in any current works on the subect. He called it MBWA, Management by Walking About....
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