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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Feb 2019, 12:30
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

During my time ('66 - '69) I don't recall ever...

During my time ('66 - '69) I don't recall ever having to roll the tyres on QRA, but a seven day limit would sound right. We hardly went more than three days without a 02. As to the combat spare,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Oct 2017, 12:39
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

I recall that when doing "Combats" during a Mick...

I recall that when doing "Combats" during a Mick or Mickey Finn, we would load an inert YS2 (or later, the WE177) weapon that had crew feedback responses. After they had gone through all the motions...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Nov 2012, 18:10
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

The proper colour scheme. Thats how I'll always...

The proper colour scheme. Thats how I'll always remember them, Sisemen.

Including the most unwieldy towing arm ever contrived by man. :rolleyes:
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jun 2012, 09:35
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

Had the QRA aircraft needed to go flying, they...

Had the QRA aircraft needed to go flying, they wouldn't have stayed that way for long. About four minutes was the general forecast. ;)

I always enjoyed my one month QRA stints. One became very...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
31st Jan 2012, 09:03
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

With Mountbatten as CDS, if the trip included an...

With Mountbatten as CDS, if the trip included an official meeting with the US Chiefs of Staff at an "Eagle River Conference" he could have used one of the VIP Comets at Lyneham. Their movements...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Jan 2012, 12:22
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

Yup! In my case, the OC Engineering was mooching...

Yup! In my case, the OC Engineering was mooching around and peered up at the sound emanating from the orifice. A packet of window plopped out at his feet, then burst and turned his shoes into...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Sep 2011, 12:10
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

...one hand. The Queen Mum came to...

...one hand.

The Queen Mum came to Waddington to present a new standard. A buffet luncheon was to be served in No.3 Hangar afterwards. They made the mistake of storing the goodies in the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Jul 2011, 12:28
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

They're the smartest looking Vulcan crew I've...

They're the smartest looking Vulcan crew I've ever seen. I especially like the lovely best blue SD Caps. So much smarter than the proper ones that get stuffed in the Nav Bag while airborne. ;)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Feb 2011, 07:55
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

In civilian use, the "Automatic Variation Setting...

In civilian use, the "Automatic Variation Setting Control Unit" is today the MagVar tabular database in the non-volatile memories of the Flight Management Systems. It is next due to be updated in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Aug 2009, 13:54
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

Tatjana has revealed why our NBS was so secret in...

Tatjana has revealed why our NBS was so secret in those days. The RAF was at pains not to let the Russians know that we were using equipment salvaged from WW2 Lancasters, mated with a few dustbins...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th May 2009, 14:35
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

It was catastrophic from the Crew Chief's point...

It was catastrophic from the Crew Chief's point of view. They spent more time with their beloved than they did with their wives...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th May 2009, 12:22
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

All this talk of upgraded Vulcans, TSR2 and the...

All this talk of upgraded Vulcans, TSR2 and the like ignores the fact that the "V" Bomber Force was part of a NATO Strategic Force that provided Mutually Assured Destruction as a deterrent against a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Apr 2009, 23:00
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

I had a job interview with Ferranti in 1977 so...

I had a job interview with Ferranti in 1977 so they evidently soldiered on for long after the demise of TSR2. I believe they finally went out of business in 1993.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Feb 2009, 12:09
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

Ah yes, the K.D. Officers received the...

Ah yes, the K.D.

Officers received the nicely proportioned tailor mades. Stores issued we ground crew with 8th Army surplus "four yarders" and being the cunning stunts that we were, we retaliated...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Sep 2008, 06:52
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

Bragging again Pontius? :ooh:

Bragging again Pontius? :ooh:
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Sep 2008, 12:36
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

In "those days" the Staish and his more senior...

In "those days" the Staish and his more senior officers were typically ex WW2 and had been conditioned into being terrified of the SWO. We also had a MPBW depot on each station, complete with a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Aug 2007, 01:34
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

Basements in the barrack blocks? There's that...

Basements in the barrack blocks? There's that Monty Python again! :}

(An emoticon for laughing until you cry would be useful here.)
As most of us realised, not many seconds after the last...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Aug 2007, 02:33
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

That time we ran out to the QRA aircraft and...

That time we ran out to the QRA aircraft and there was no status on the board - a real scramble! :uhoh: - once the aircraft had trundled off to the runway it dawned on us that we had no standing...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Aug 2007, 08:09
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

We had standing instructions to bale out it if...

We had standing instructions to bale out it if the leads were stuck. In the real thing one would of course, chance it for Queen and Country, but not for an exercise - or even worse, a 'Royal Command...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Aug 2007, 02:16
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

"Exercise Edom! Exercise Edom! Alert Crews to...

"Exercise Edom! Exercise Edom! Alert Crews to Readiness Zero-Two!" and off they'd go, taxying down to the runway threshold with all nav lights on, anti-colls flashing and landing lights ablaze. I'm...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Aug 2007, 09:12
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

We had to go out to the live aircraft on QRA two...

We had to go out to the live aircraft on QRA two by two as well. I thought it strange.

Post taxi checks after a zero-two and I was with another chap in the bomb bay changing an upper...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Aug 2007, 05:20
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

I did a similar trick out on the line, doing...

I did a similar trick out on the line, doing combat preps during a 'Mick'. A brand new OC Eng was wandering about outside as we were about to do a special weapon load and he'd never seen it done...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Aug 2007, 01:09
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

Frequency changers were a breeze to those who had...

Frequency changers were a breeze to those who had been working on the B1A's Rotary Tranformers! (112VDC to 28.5VDC) They were in the nose wheel bay as well. Doh! The B1A's 112VDC generators, PFCUS,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Aug 2007, 09:08
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

I don't know about simple, but a lot of it was...

I don't know about simple, but a lot of it was done on the cheap and caused we electrickerists a lot of headaches. The refuelling system was a leaky, dzus fastened panel full of Post Office 'K'...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Jun 2007, 03:36
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

Angel One day at Waddo my tea break was interrupted by...

One day at Waddo my tea break was interrupted by Chiefy sending me to marshal a Canberra, that was diverting to us with a hang-up. He briefed me to go down the peri-track and bring it to a halt by...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Apr 2007, 07:12
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

"I didn't do it." as Bart might have said. ...

"I didn't do it." as Bart might have said.

I was safely on VC10s by 71 so it wasn't me....

Not that long ago someone wrote off a VC10 when they got more in the Fin Tank than they had in the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Apr 2007, 05:47
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

Ah, but which infamous Hills mob? There's a...

Ah, but which infamous Hills mob?

There's a photo of former fellow "Ton-Five" JH with a quite different infamous Hills mob at Barksdale on John Leitch's "Vulcans in Camera" website (See the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Dec 2006, 00:03
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

OK Pontius, it all comes back now, you broke it...

OK Pontius, it all comes back now, you broke it open, bunged in a cartridge and snapped it shut. It must have been the cartridges stowed in the drawer I remember. But the sextant definitely went...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Dec 2006, 08:21
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

I seem to recall the sextant in its pyramid...

I seem to recall the sextant in its pyramid shaped transport box, being carried in a stowage on the floor behind the AEO seat. It could be poked out through the roof on either the left or right side...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Sep 2006, 15:32
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

Unhappy Waddington, around 1967. The latch attachment...

Waddington, around 1967. The latch attachment bracket rivets sheared and the latch broke free.

Poor chap was a safety equipper actually, not long married and his wife was pregnant. He wasn't...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Sep 2006, 10:50
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

The BMk1/1As had a 112V dc power supply system....

The BMk1/1As had a 112V dc power supply system. The main battery consisted of four 28V batteries connected in series to provide a 96V (nominal) emergency supply. After the loss of XA908, a preflight...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Sep 2006, 03:40
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

Logic? With the UK CAA involved? :hmm: ...

Logic? With the UK CAA involved? :hmm:

Unfortunately the civilian regulators don't look kindly on painting over the RAF serial number XH558 with G-VULC. They insist on all sorts of expensive...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Jun 2006, 01:40
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

Thumbs up I was missed off the list once. I was only a...

I was missed off the list once. I was only a couple of months out of Brats and still working in the Gin Palace. As I came out of the crew room moaning loudly, I passed the Electrical Engineering...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Jun 2006, 00:40
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

Angel Blue Steel I hope... Even the mighty Vulcan...

Blue Steel I hope...

Even the mighty Vulcan would have had trouble hauling a Blue Streak, let alone launching it! :ooh:
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Jun 2006, 04:40
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,386
Posted By Blacksheep

Did the starter crew, but we were all edited out...

Did the starter crew, but we were all edited out because we were too scruffy. Ernie Leatherbarrow wearing a 'Snoopy' helmet, Arsenal FC scarf and his parka beaver-tail dragging on the ground in the...
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