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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

16th Jun 2020, 13:51

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RAF Sharjah

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Ricardian, I just came across the film; many...

Ricardian, I just came across the film; many thanks for that piece of history!

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

14th Feb 2020, 18:13

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RAF Sharjah

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Don Tibbey was Paymaster for the Trucial Oman...

Don Tibbey was Paymaster for the Trucial Oman Scouts at the HQ in Sharjah, and a larger than life character. On pay days, he did the rounds of the various TOS stations around the Trucial States with...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

24th Mar 2016, 12:53

Replies: 736

RAF Sharjah

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Anyone with an interest in UAE history in the...

Anyone with an interest in UAE history in the 1960s and 1970s, particularly the activities of the TOS and the Defence Forces that sprang up as the Trucial States morphed into the UAE, would find a...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

20th Dec 2015, 17:38

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RAF Sharjah

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JW411, as we've established on PM, and for the...

JW411, as we've established on PM, and for the wider audience, Dick Weldon it was who set off so bravely in G-AOPL, bound for South Africa.

My only Twin Pin story is that after a number of boring...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

16th Nov 2015, 18:19

Replies: 736

RAF Sharjah

Views: 375,013

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JW411 Prentice G-AOPL was mine and that pic...

JW411

Prentice G-AOPL was mine and that pic brought back some memories; I have recounted the story of flying it to Sharjah from Sywell, where I bought it for £700 in a rather dilapidated state....

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

31st Mar 2013, 12:27

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RAF Sharjah

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So did I. The choppers beat the hell out of...

So did I. The choppers beat the hell out of driving in the sands for a week to check out a well for dodgy activities, or even worse for a fortnight on a camel for the same purpose but with fewer...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

5th Mar 2013, 19:52

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RAF Sharjah

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Gulf Aviation was still under the UK CAA when the...

Gulf Aviation was still under the UK CAA when the BAC 1-11 was introduced. Those pics reminded me of a glorious day, just after the purchase, when some of us rode along when BAC demonstrated to the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Jan 2012, 10:26

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RAF Sharjah

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Laurence I'll be in the UAE 2 - 12 March,...

Laurence

I'll be in the UAE 2 - 12 March, along with a number of old f***s living their past, aka the few TOS veterans still upright. We are on a 50th anniversary (of TOS formation) trip...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

24th Mar 2010, 21:53

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RAF Sharjah

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Fokkerwocker 11 years; Herons and DC3s to...

Fokkerwocker

11 years; Herons and DC3s to L1011s

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

24th Mar 2010, 19:02

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RAF Sharjah

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Laurence, I took the Prentice to Al Ayn...

Laurence,

I took the Prentice to Al Ayn several times; the strip was certainly to the SE from the Murabba'a, which itself was out on its own and serving as the Police station. But I don't think we...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

24th Mar 2010, 09:55

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RAF Sharjah

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Laurence G-AOPL departed complete with...

Laurence

G-AOPL departed complete with rudder, as I recall from waving it good-bye with a glad heart.

I did manage to break the starboard wing-spar near the already upturned tip when landing at...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Mar 2010, 17:09

Replies: 736

RAF Sharjah

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The tone in Sharjah was set extremely high, in...

The tone in Sharjah was set extremely high, in the '50s and '60s, by the TOS.

Unfortunately, it was lowered again by the crowd of rowdies who lived on the airfield waiting to supply air...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Mar 2010, 11:29

Replies: 736

RAF Sharjah

Views: 375,013

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I'll surface from oblivion to say it was mine. I...

I'll surface from oblivion to say it was mine. I don't like to write about it too much, because Henry Crun gets so deeply envious of anyone who owned a Prentice.

Brief history; bought for £700...

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