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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

3rd Jul 2015, 01:39

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Posted By alisoncc

Widely reported and spoken about in the crew room...

Widely reported and spoken about in the crew room of 230 OCU B Sqdn circa '63-65. Especially amongst those who looked after the ECM.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

23rd Jun 2015, 07:43

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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There was no way the Cuban Crisis was going to...

There was no way the Cuban Crisis was going to escalate beyond some posturing. I was an essential part of the western response and in October 1962 I was still completing my third year of training at...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Nov 2013, 21:34

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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F****, Who Doo. Sounds rude. :}

F****, Who Doo. Sounds rude. :}

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Nov 2013, 07:02

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Here you go TTN, a whole new photo of one of our...

Here you go TTN, a whole new photo of one of our favourite aeroplanes, taken at the RAF Finningley Battle of Britain display in 1965 by me. Or so it says so on the back.

Don't know anything about...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

20th Jun 2012, 04:49

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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As a 230 OCU B Sqdn radio liney at the time would...

As a 230 OCU B Sqdn radio liney at the time would have been only too happy to help out with the STR18B and the Eckmmm. Anything to get away from the caravans at the end of the runway. Damp, mouldy...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

27th Jan 2012, 08:47

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By alisoncc

I always knew it as Hellermann oil not Hellerine....

I always knew it as Hellermann oil not Hellerine.

Any guesses as to what this is? It was issued to us in 1964 at Finningley - 230 OCU.

http://users.on.net/~alisoncc/panduit1.jpg

It was a...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

23rd Dec 2011, 05:53

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Jealousy makes you nasty. I always thought the...

Jealousy makes you nasty. I always thought the Vulcan was the V force, and the rest were just cardboard cutouts designed to scare the Soviets into believing we had more nuclear armed airies than we...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

28th Sep 2011, 04:51

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By alisoncc

TTN have distinct memories of winching down a...

TTN have distinct memories of winching down a bomb bay panier from a 230 OCU Vulcan that was chokka with fresh salmon freshly arrived from a nav exercise to Goose Bay/Gander. The panier was rapidly...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

22nd Jul 2011, 21:01

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Remember the split hatch well. Used to have to...

Remember the split hatch well. Used to have to climb through it in order to sort out the STR18 aerial coupler at the rear of the bomb bay. Thought it was a neat idea, the notch in the base of the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

17th Feb 2011, 05:44

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By alisoncc

Far prefered the NBS Vulcans with the large black...

Far prefered the NBS Vulcans with the large black radome for a nose than the silly ones with the rounded boob look, with a pimple and poker stuck out. It looks so effete. The black radomed ones...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

1st Jun 2010, 22:56

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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There were no covers on ours. We just hung on the...

There were no covers on ours. We just hung on the cable until it came out and the airy just went. No time on QRA/ORP to pratt around fastening dzus clips.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

31st May 2010, 23:19

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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They are exactly the same as the ones I remember,...

They are exactly the same as the ones I remember, also from 1963/65 Finningley, and they were definitely B2's. Being with B Sqdn 230 OCU never got to play with the "obsolete" A Sqdn B1's. :p

We...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

20th Jan 2010, 04:11

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Posted By alisoncc

You are entirely, completely and wholly correct....

You are entirely, completely and wholly correct. :)

My wooly brain was mixing up two unrelated events that seem to happen together quite regularly. One was hanging on the GPU connectors in an...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Jan 2010, 16:56

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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No way they were angled backwards. On the Vulcan...

No way they were angled backwards. On the Vulcan B2's they were directly behind the starboard undercarriage doors and pointed straight down. And if pushed well in, did not come out easily. With the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Jan 2010, 11:29

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By alisoncc

Memories of some events are good, events that may...

Memories of some events are good, events that may not have been at the time. Like as a lowly J/T fresh out of training being given a checklist and told to run up all the kit on an aircraft on the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

18th Jan 2010, 00:01

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By alisoncc

Tankertrashnav wrote: Why so. IFF 10...

Tankertrashnav wrote:

Why so. IFF 10 later became your average Transponder, with Mode "C" now sending aircraft designation and altitude info. TACAN degenerated into the current DME. RCA's AVQ10...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

17th Jan 2010, 23:14

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By alisoncc

Not sure about the location of the kit though....

Not sure about the location of the kit though. Sure it was all in the nose wheel bay? Remember using a small pea bulb in an antenna connector to tune the VHF after a crystal change and it was dark,...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

16th Jan 2010, 23:45

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By alisoncc

Back to THE AEROPLANE - The Vulcan. Sitting here...

Back to THE AEROPLANE - The Vulcan. Sitting here idly reminiscing, on a Sunday morning, about the last time I got to play with the avionics on a Vulcan - close to 45 years ago at Finningley. And...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

4th Dec 2009, 03:43

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By alisoncc

I think what alerted us to there being something...

I think what alerted us to there being something wrong was a sudden silence. I was iccy the group assembling the crash barriers, which we had been at for a few days, and were well used to the noise...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

3rd Dec 2009, 18:56

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By alisoncc

Someone mentioned 230OCU previously. Was...

Someone mentioned 230OCU previously.

Was groundcrew on BSqdn 230 OCU at Finningley '63-'66. Part of the flying familiarisation training for new crews was flying "asymetrics", with the engines...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

17th Apr 2006, 09:56

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Vulcan on QRA early sixties. I have definite...

Vulcan on QRA early sixties. I have definite recollections of sitting on top of a nuke to replace the STR18 HF aerial coupler which had gone phut. Once commented to friend who replied "So Dr...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

17th Apr 2006, 09:41

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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'Fraid not, but I did see the Vulcan break up at...

'Fraid not, but I did see the Vulcan break up at Syerston in '58. Now that was spectacular.

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

15th Apr 2006, 02:10

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Did You Fly The Vulcan?? (Merged)

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Posted By alisoncc

During my time at 230 OCU at RAF Finningly in the...

During my time at 230 OCU at RAF Finningly in the early sixties, the crew chief was considered a member of the crew, and on sorties to Goose Bay would normally go along. The crew chief was always a...

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