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Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jan 2019, 17:15
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

I only saw then at night. 50 ft./90 knots is...

I only saw then at night. 50 ft./90 knots is what the IR scanner wanted.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Dec 2015, 11:00
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

IIRC that one was unusual because it had two...

IIRC that one was unusual because it had two collectives as opposed to the single collective in the middle. Both twist grips were in line with the collective whereas on the single collective the...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Dec 2015, 11:04
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

You could do REAL torque turns in a Sycamore.

You could do REAL torque turns in a Sycamore.
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Oct 2014, 08:32
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

I thought it was SHDNI, for detachment.

I thought it was SHDNI, for detachment.
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Oct 2014, 15:46
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

UNI. I wouldn't worry. I flew in Northern...

UNI.

I wouldn't worry. I flew in Northern Ireland on and off for six years and I didn't know what the abbreviations were.
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Apr 2013, 20:22
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

I'm impessed as well. I will admit loss of...

I'm impessed as well. I will admit loss of memory as to whether we had pilot's breast plates in 1972 but for choice we would fly in flak jackets until told otherwise.
Cannot wait until it comes out.
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2013, 20:20
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

Just to cheer you up. I have just had a look at...

Just to cheer you up. I have just had a look at my film of 33 Sqn's reformation in 1971. Then the ariel under the boom was not fitted. I picked up the first Airfix model kits in 'CL' then XW227 on...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2013, 19:08
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

Further to my last, the ice shield over the tail...

Further to my last, the ice shield over the tail rotor pitch controls were not around up to 1978 when I left and the 330J did not have them either.

Looking at the picture of CX my HF ariel is the...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2013, 18:44
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

What is missing is the HF ariel under the boom. ...

What is missing is the HF ariel under the boom. The original Airfix model missed this as well It can be seen on my post No 156.

The original rotor tips were yellow with a black nose. I know...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2012, 18:03
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

The first batch of Pumas did not have a tail...

The first batch of Pumas did not have a tail skid. None of the OCU; XW 197-203; or 33 Sqn; XW 204-216. 230 Sqn continued with XW217 onwards. Around Trembling Two they were attached to the aircraft...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2012, 18:20
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

They are 'Stopanynastythingsgoingintotheengines'...

They are 'Stopanynastythingsgoingintotheengines' kit. The Dyson vacuum cleaner also uses the same principle. The front has a plug that can be opened or closed, and on the side are the FOD/ice...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2012, 16:29
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

Go back to Page 8 Post 156 of this thread and...

Go back to Page 8 Post 156 of this thread and there is a picture of me dragging a Scout from Omagh to Aldergrove in 1973. It is taken from an 8mm cine film so the quality is not good but you can see...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2012, 14:49
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

Very few people took photographs in those days;...

Very few people took photographs in those days; the situation was still rather fraught. You can tell by the paucity of Puma pictures in this thread before the polivalent intakes were fitted in 1979.
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2012, 17:56
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

I am pretty certain it was XW 204, 205, 214 and...

I am pretty certain it was XW 204, 205, 214 and 215. After 214's fracas, see above Airfix post, it was replaced in Aldergrove by 224.
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jan 2012, 10:51
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

Wrong! Here is a picture to prove it. ...

Wrong! Here is a picture to prove it.

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee224/fareastdriver/img012.jpg

Airfix came round to 33 Sqn to all the research on XW214 and then one day in March 1973 I...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jan 2012, 18:37
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

I would have known where to put the bullet. I...

I would have known where to put the bullet. I had done a few kudus for biltong in Rhodesia.
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jan 2012, 17:35
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

May 1974. It was during the UUWC strike. Whilst...

May 1974. It was during the UUWC strike. Whilst they were removing the Sioux's blades I was discussing the possiblity of purchasing a heifer from the farmer whose field it was in. The strike had...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jan 2012, 11:50
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

I remember being told about that after I had...

I remember being told about that after I had underslung a sickly Sioux (helicopter) back to Aldergrove from some field in county Antrim at about 120 knots. I had to slow down to that because the...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Dec 2011, 16:09
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

?????????. When I flew them you mutiplied the...

?????????. When I flew them you mutiplied the pitch setting by ten and that was your speed. 14.5 degrees pitch was 145 knots. I didn't realise that they had hung so many headwinds on them.
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Apr 2011, 12:18
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

A HUT???????and COFFEE?????? By God, you had...

A HUT???????and COFFEE??????

By God, you had it easy.
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Apr 2011, 10:40
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

and I was legally responsible for making sure...

and I was legally responsible for making sure that you did it correctly.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Apr 2011, 11:49
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

When I started support helicopter flying the crew...

When I started support helicopter flying the crew in the back were called crewmen because it was obvious that they were not Air Signallers any more. At the end of the sixties a new batch came along...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Apr 2011, 19:21
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

Loadmaster hanging out the door of a Wessex as it...

Loadmaster hanging out the door of a Wessex as it did a torque turn

I always made sure my Loadmaster was strapped in.
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2011, 11:08
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

Seems like lots of XR518s. Reminds me of when 66...

Seems like lots of XR518s. Reminds me of when 66 Sqn was disbanded at Seleter. They dragged out the war reserve Belvedere from the MU to break up and found it had the same serial number as one of...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jan 2010, 10:22
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

Mid seventies. A call from Lisburn. There is a...

Mid seventies. A call from Lisburn. There is a bottling plant that has enquired whether a helicopter can change over a storage tank. If it can be done the MOD will do it for free as a civic...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jan 2010, 14:32
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

A blast from the past when Pumas and I looked a...

A blast from the past when Pumas and I looked a lot better than we do now. A Scout hitching a lift from Omagh to Aldergrove, mid seventies.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Dec 2009, 13:58
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

You're ruddy lucky I remembered that much.

You're ruddy lucky I remembered that much.
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Dec 2009, 10:23
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

One of our pilots lounging in his room in the,...

One of our pilots lounging in his room in the, then, new portacabins. A knock at the door. It's a Works & Bricks bloke who has come to fix a blockage in another room and would he go along as...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Dec 2009, 10:06
Replies: 794
Views: 484,954
Posted By Fareastdriver

Harry Secombe's bus stop episode was in the mid...

Harry Secombe's bus stop episode was in the mid 70s.
A Wessex was tasked to pick him up from Ballykelly and bring him to Aldergrove. One of 72s pilots, dressed in scruff order, went along as an...
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