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Forum: Military Aviation
25th Dec 2018, 03:55
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

JENKINS at #12538 - Maybe that is why...

JENKINS at #12538 -


Maybe that is why Danny/Dennis did not like his given name 'Joseph'. This he mentioned once to me in a PM.
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Dec 2018, 03:39
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

Talk of flying Hastings and Hercs single pilot...

Talk of flying Hastings and Hercs single pilot reminds me of one day at Perth (W.A.) Airport in early 1965 when an Ace Air Freighters 749 Constellation pulled up on a very quiet freight apron. After...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Dec 2018, 19:42
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

Them plane makers must have taken the old dictum ...

Them plane makers must have taken the old dictum "simplicate and add more lightness" a bit too far.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Aug 2018, 18:51
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

How true! Ample cause to reflect upon the...

How true! Ample cause to reflect upon the careers and the contributions of these who did their bit to make the world a saner place.
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jul 2018, 17:50
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

nearly two weeks - all quiet on this western...

nearly two weeks - all quiet on this western front - nairy an Indian - nairy a cowboy (wearing his chaparajos back to front, I wouldn't wonder).
(The last pic is an RAAF pilot atop his VV.) ...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jul 2018, 06:01
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/albums/Venge...

http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/gallery/albums/Vengeance/Vengeance_A27_200_Cooktown_September_1943.jpg

COOKTOWN - SEPTEMBER 1943....
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jul 2018, 05:56
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

over two weeks - all quiet on this western front...

over two weeks - all quiet on this western front - nairy an Indian - nairy a cowboy (wearing his chaparajos back to front, I wouldn't wonder).

SO here for "old mate" , and Nostagia with a capital...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jun 2018, 17:03
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/356253/T...

https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/356253/The-sad-story-of-the-Vicar-of-Stiffkey
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jun 2017, 04:56
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

Brilliant Adam . .. . what a shot . .. what...

Brilliant Adam . .. . what a shot . .. what a photograph (the couple in the foreground could not possibly be Second World War vets. ? ) Howard not long ago received The Order of...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jun 2017, 19:16
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

In one of the Wannabes forums bloke is asking...

In one of the Wannabes forums bloke is asking for CPL NUGGETS to help in his training . My advice to him ran so -


Your own pre-take off brief (whenever single pilot ops) is crucial. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th May 2017, 16:35
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

NO SIREE. . . . . the main pain is usually the...

NO SIREE. . . . . the main pain is usually the laundry bill.

There was a security man in Melbourne once on his 2 am patrol He told the story of entering at the building of a big corporation on...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th May 2017, 10:11
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

It might have been Ian Mackersey's book "Rescue...

It might have been Ian Mackersey's book "Rescue Below Zero" published first in 1954 that first told the story of the Hastings stranded on the Greenland ice-cap.

The detailed recall of some of...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Mar 2017, 07:56
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

Technical question - having little clue...

Technical question - having little clue about car manufacture of that era,

were they rolled or were they stamped?

Some car - A SIMCA ! There is a paddock full of them just south...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Mar 2017, 09:35
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

only one wiper ? NO ! When Australian...

only one wiper ? NO ! When Australian National Airlines was confronted with unionism from its pilots just after the war, the MD Ivan Holyman , remained steadfast in refusing to fit wipers to...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2017, 22:03
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

The late Chris Braund flew with 3 SQN RAAF in N...

The late Chris Braund flew with 3 SQN RAAF in N Africa. Later he joined East-West Airlines in Tamworth NSW. He had his own Mustang he bought from disposals at Tocumwal for 300 quid and...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2017, 21:50
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

priceless . .. . and a battery powered hair...

priceless . .. . and a battery powered hair dryer to defrost the windscreen
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2017, 20:09
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

early Holden cars built in Australia certainly...

early Holden cars built in Australia certainly had the windscreen wipers hooked into the intake manifold. Those early FJs were so unstable at speed on a back road, the first thing a cocky...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2017, 05:37
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

One car back then I had was a 1948 Hillman with...

One car back then I had was a 1948 Hillman with those troublesome cable brakes. The shockers were shot too. The old road between Perth city and Jandakot Airport was sealed but in poor...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Mar 2017, 16:47
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

ah . .. . lacking the breadth and the ...

ah . .. . lacking the breadth and the robustness and the touch of bawdiness in our illustrious chronicler , he of many parts, the 'Golden Rivet' , until researched was a
mystery to me. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Aug 2016, 21:36
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

. 'Dave' Davis (Halton trained 1926)...

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'Dave' Davis (Halton trained 1926) migrated to Australia to become in January 1930 the first engineer for Australian National Airways at Archerfield Airport in Brisbane. While there Dave...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Aug 2016, 10:36
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

many heartfelt shared condolences here . ...

many heartfelt shared condolences here .

Danny has become an institution . As are others who have come on board over the years. In his case, this man's warmth, earthiness, humanity,...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Aug 2016, 15:10
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

Danny's excursions into the wonders of Stanley...

Danny's excursions into the wonders of Stanley Park Aerodrome recalls Clive James, who in his 'Unreliable Memoirs' tells of his early fascination with the aircraft of the Second World War. He and...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Aug 2016, 07:58
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

c'mon mate it's a given fling-wing drivers...

c'mon mate it's a given fling-wing drivers always have their hand on it... (Lack of aviation content forbids mention of 'sailor' and wankers away.)

But if the wife's best friend will...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Aug 2016, 10:50
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

The website is still asking for payment to view...

The website is still asking for payment to view the selected service record.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Aug 2016, 08:41
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

easy to sense the outrage . .. . . notice his...

easy to sense the outrage . .. . . notice his letter confirming his entitlement is from one Jennifer Parsons?

easy to see where her sympathies lie. (if you're going to question...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Aug 2016, 08:34
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

Chugalug . .. . does this include Australian...

Chugalug . .. . does this include Australian POWs imprisoned by the Japanese? If so I wonder if these two deceased RAAF veterans are listed? Both were FLT LT in the RAAF . both ...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Aug 2016, 08:10
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

#9103 -- it's a fine thing to ...

#9103 --

it's a fine thing to think of complex card games like 'Snap'.
and to think of Hercules Grytpype-Thynne presenting in exchange his business card . . . always an ...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Aug 2016, 05:00
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

well old chasp . .methinks you state the...

well old chasp . .methinks you state the obvious of which I too am many times guilty. What this forum does allow is a frank disclosure of certain beliefs and principles and life lessons that...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Aug 2016, 21:53
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

Apropos of nothing at all, I was thinking how...

Apropos of nothing at all, I was thinking how Danny's many hearty and heart-felt contributions to this forum are rendered singularly insightful by virtue of his way with words, his...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Aug 2016, 07:39
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

ALL the talk of what kind of a war did you...

ALL the talk of what kind of a war did you have? brought to mind the title Jimmy Edwards chose for his war memoire - SIX OF THE BEST.
After six years he was out on the street without a...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Aug 2016, 17:41
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

From the Australian War Memorial records - ...

From the Australian War Memorial records -

CHERRY, Percy Herbert

Enlisted: 15 March 1915, Franklin, Tasmania
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: 26th Infantry Battalion
Born: Drysdale, Victoria,...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Aug 2016, 17:34
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

Danny #9032 Think you missed your...

Danny #9032



Think you missed your vocation mate . . .what a proof-reader you might have been. You'd have had no trouble sorting out all the labels on all the rum bottles. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Aug 2016, 10:14
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

an exceedingly difficult task to reconcile...

an exceedingly difficult task to reconcile today. It is certainly idle and presumptuous in this context, to talk about forgiveness being accorded by someone not a victim of atrocities . It...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jul 2016, 12:55
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

. . . . .. thought for just a moment . . . . ...

. . . . .. thought for just a moment . . . . now that's something
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jul 2016, 20:00
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,841,448
Posted By Fantome

Hornet's Nest Hornet's Nest (2016) John...

Hornet's Nest
Hornet's Nest
(2016)
John Dimond GAvA
46 x 36 cm - Oil
£300.00

sorry I cannot seem to any longer be able to copy and paste the actual image,
like beforehand. I...
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