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Forum: Military Aviation
26th Sep 2016, 22:08
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

Copilot Solos

I wax on 24 Course at Thorney Island in 1971 and there was no copilot solo even by then. It was not even talked about by either staff or students so my guess is that it stopped a very short time...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th May 2016, 11:24
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

Iti S not just OR/Procurement either. When we...

Iti S not just OR/Procurement either. When we tarted planning for the introduction to service of the J it was supposed to be a one in, one out - the Marshall's delivery crew would fly in a J and an...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th May 2016, 08:39
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

I too, from MoD, was involved in the SCNS...

I too, from MoD, was involved in the SCNS programme but, unfortunately, not early enough to be useful. There were 3 of us, exHerc - myself from DAirOps, one from Requirements (who had been in at the...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jun 2015, 06:02
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

Broken External Fuel Tanks

One day I was in Stn Ops when SLOPS and his Engineering counterpart were discussing external tanks. The problem was that one of the tankers in Ascension had a U/S one and how did we get a spare to...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jun 2015, 05:50
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

Dragartist, I apologise for claiming an invention...

Dragartist, I apologise for claiming an invention that was not mine. The Chinook was not alone in its datum as the Herc datum was some way out front of the Ircraft. I am sure AA62 could tell us where...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jun 2015, 19:43
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

The "cheap pound shop gauge overlays" was meant...

The "cheap pound shop gauge overlays" was meant to be an interim measure only applied once the first aircraft with the actual mod came into use. You surely are aware that a whole fleet fitting would...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jun 2015, 19:37
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

Wink A further Kg anomaly

Whilst we were undergoing the Kg saga, some mumpty suggested that if we were to weigh in Kgs we had to change the linear units as well because, otherwise, all the trim sheets would be wrong.

To...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jun 2015, 17:57
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

Albert and Kilogrammes

I am sorry to be the debunker of some good conspiracy theories but the Movers had nothing whatsoever to do with Albert adopting metric weights. I was ATAAR Pol2 in MoD between June '93 and January...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Mar 2015, 17:51
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

Hercules C4 and C5

Dragartist comments that it is odd that the short J should be the 5.

OR asked us in DAirOps (MoD) what the Js should termed. My answer was that for consistency the short ones should be 4, we leave...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2015, 13:23
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

AirDrop for the uninitiated

It is not just the convincing outsiders of the lunacy of their ideas. It can be equally difficult convincing our lords and masters of potential viability.

When I started in MoD we worked for the...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jan 2015, 11:18
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

FRCs

Coff,
There was no need to learn mnemonics for checks as all were done by challenge and response. The Nav read out the item (challenge) and the appropriate crew member replied with the appropriate...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jan 2015, 16:19
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

Callsigns

At the same time as we started the Banner Bs and because of the threat of IRA SAMs or gunfire on the approaches, somebody high up decided that we should start using call signs which sounded like...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Dec 2014, 21:22
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

Maldrop

JATE had, and presumably still has, a video of a MSP drop of a Landrovers in which, unfortunately, the L/R departed the platform as it was vertical and made a solo descent without bothering the...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Oct 2014, 11:11
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

HF Comms

Coff, the washing line was indeed effective both on the ground and in the air. I think we had the most effective HF amongst the AT Force because of its crudity. I well remember one dark and stormy...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Oct 2014, 15:32
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

Squadrons etc

SS - you are quite right to remind me of Thorney Island. The OCU was there with 5 ac until 74/75. All training was carried out there originally including TS except for simulators for which we had to...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Oct 2014, 21:04
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

Albert's Bases and Squadrons

Smug,

The first Albert Sqn was 36 which, I believe, formed with the first deliveries at Colerne in '66. Shortly after 36 moved to Lyneham. There were then 36 and 24 at Lyneham, 30 and 47 at...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Sep 2014, 16:16
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

That joke certainly rings a bell. I did not mean...

That joke certainly rings a bell. I did not mean to disparage said W/C but it seemed a necessary start to the tale. He and I did have our ups and downs from time to time but, on the whole, we got on...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Sep 2014, 12:54
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

AA62, your detachment was not as deputy to a...

AA62, your detachment was not as deputy to a certain portly navigator wing commander was it? I remember his being extremely concerned when he returned and complaining that the underbelly protection...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Sep 2014, 10:39
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

Re AA62's shot - that was exactly when Venus was...

Re AA62's shot - that was exactly when Venus was in the ascendant, just before the sun rose enough to bore holes in the eyeballs.
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Sep 2014, 21:18
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

As Smudge says there could be some very...

As Smudge says there could be some very spectacular views generated by the strange departure times we used to "enjoy". One of my fondest memories is of crossing Northern Arabia having departed...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Aug 2014, 13:49
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

Kings field and the Invasion

As a Co I was on the other crew when the Albert taxi-ed itself into the hangar (fortunately). However, not long after and shortly after my LHS conversion, I was invited to spend almost 3 weeks as OC...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jul 2014, 10:38
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

Colour schemes and Clashes

When we went from the, obviously, beloved s*** and custard to green and grey, if memory serves, we ran a Masirah schedule out of Lyneham. Am I alone in remembering the one that called for an engine...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jul 2014, 06:27
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

Fi f4 photoshoots

Ah the great "F4through the hose receptacle window" photos. When I was down there in 86, 1312 must have been the best endowed unit in the Islands because there was almost nothing we could get in...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jun 2014, 10:24
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

Hot and High Take off

Many reading this thread may well remember the Flying Order to take 15,000 lbs off all WAT limits as calculated from the ODM.

It was, fortunately, Embakasi this time and our T/O weight was...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jun 2014, 10:10
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

Complete reverse job

I had completely the opposite problem with 20 Army pax we picked up in Eastleigh. There were at least 2 half colonels, 2 majors and suncry others who had been at the Kenya training area and so in...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jun 2014, 10:34
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

3engine ferries

AA62 - rest assured your memory is good. There were only 2 standing clearances for 3 engine ferries and they were Salalah and Aldergrove. Later though you can add Ballykelly to that although the...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jun 2014, 21:40
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

Op Ferdy

Perhaps I can help as I was Sqn Ldr Ops at Upavon when the Op Ferdy flights started in either 1987 or 88. Before then all trooping flights in and out of NI went under the heading of Banner whether to...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jun 2014, 20:03
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

East is East and West is West

Dear Coff,
With Funafuti I think all I can say is "Touche". I looked at a map of the South Pacific and could not be sure from that if there were any airports that close. Maybe we have a winner here...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jun 2014, 12:17
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

Albert's Travels

In answer to Coff's queries on Eastings and Westings:


My furthest East (wheels on) was Nadi, Fiji at 177 25 E. That is close to unbeatable, I would think although I am not claiming sole rights,...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jun 2014, 20:23
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,562,575
Posted By Xercules

Furthest N and S

I concur with DD and ExA that Thule must be the furthest North, I also was there on 21/22 April 1975 being screened by the great John Stap****. As the inestimable Wiki has it is the United States...
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