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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Feb 2020, 11:07
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

I flew Twin Pioneers out of Sharjah during...

I flew Twin Pioneers out of Sharjah during 1959/61. I never heard of any service graves which must have been laid later. However a bit of research uncovered the deaths of Major Lewis and Trooper...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jul 2019, 10:10
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

These photos were taken at the Buraimi Fort and...

These photos were taken at the Buraimi Fort and our Twin Pin on the strip in 1959'
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1024x955/bureimifort_371c3dae6b42f04b6fac9fd9334b418056fbf7ff.jpg...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Apr 2017, 06:38
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

A85, Try it now, I have changed it from private...

A85, Try it now, I have changed it from private to public. Don't know how it went private!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Apr 2017, 15:00
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

If you sign in to Youtube it should work, it does...

If you sign in to Youtube it should work, it does for me.

Or this may work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhDZ0bJin6I&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq39EiUvvL8
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Jul 2016, 16:25
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

You have done very well Jock. I only have three...

You have done very well Jock. I only have three photos taken at Salalah as I rarely carried a camera. I regret not photographing the IAS Britannia at Salalah. Not only did I fly in the means of...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Jul 2016, 16:44
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

Shall we start a Salalah thread Jock? In 1975 I...

Shall we start a Salalah thread Jock? In 1975 I flew 150 full size milking cows to Salalah in an IAS Cargo Britannia. Flying Tiger delivered them to Muscat in a DC8 63. Our first two trips went like...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Jul 2016, 15:23
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

It must have been a charter. Salalah was not a...

It must have been a charter. Salalah was not a scheduled destination in 59/61. We had a pilot on 152 who left the RAF, got his CPL and flew for an oil company in North Africa for a couple of years...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Dec 2015, 10:57
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

The colour scheme looks reddish in the original...

The colour scheme looks reddish in the original size, but I must admit it takes on a bluish tint when magnified. I remember the MEA York re-supplying Tarif, Azaiba and a large oil company airfield...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Dec 2015, 09:35
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

ISTR the earlier Syrian Arab colour scheme was...

ISTR the earlier Syrian Arab colour scheme was still blue and white Jock. If my eyes aren't deceiving me the Caravelle in ICM's slide looks red and white.
Happy days, before Bliar and Bush sowed the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Dec 2015, 14:30
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

Syrian Arab Airlines colour scheme was blue. ...

Syrian Arab Airlines colour scheme was blue.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c32/sedgwickjames/Sud_Aviation_SE_210_Caravelle_10B3_Syrianair_-_Syrian_Arab_Airlines_JP6539391_zpst2eqmy7g.jpg
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Dec 2015, 11:59
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

I am sure it belongs to MEA. ...

I am sure it belongs to MEA.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c32/sedgwickjames/aviation/Screen%20Shot%202015-12-18%20at%2012.53.53_zpsid9xdtzq.png
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Dec 2015, 08:48
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

Looks like Middle East Airlines.

Looks like Middle East Airlines.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Nov 2015, 14:56
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

in 1959-61 the Abu Dhabi terminal consisted of a...

in 1959-61 the Abu Dhabi terminal consisted of a borasti lean-to, which was not worth photographing, and an old Bedouin guard who was partial to Spam!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Nov 2015, 17:45
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

It tasted wonderful after a long hard day in a...

It tasted wonderful after a long hard day in a hot Twin Pin!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Nov 2015, 16:52
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

Did they have Watneys Red Barrel in Tarif during...

Did they have Watneys Red Barrel in Tarif during your time Jock?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Nov 2015, 15:36
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

Another photo of XR215 and XR213 taken at Salalah...

Another photo of XR215 and XR213 taken at Salalah a couple of years earlier. I think they were brand new on their way from Khormaksar to Bait al Falaj escorted by the Provost.
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Oct 2015, 14:56
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

I have found a photo taken inside the fort at a...

I have found a photo taken inside the fort at a Christmas 1960 do organised by the only woman based at RAF SHJ. She was WVS and ISTR the party was held in her room in the fort.
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th May 2015, 21:38
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

It happened in 1960, before the Firq Saiq tie...

It happened in 1960, before the Firq Saiq tie appeared.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th May 2015, 20:03
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

Venoms

Fate is a funny thing. I was at Sharjah when an old friend, who was a pilot on the ferry squadron at Benson, got stuck when his Venom went unserviceable and he was left behind by his three oppos. ...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Oct 2013, 08:53
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

Messes at RAF Muharraq also dished up the ozzie...

Messes at RAF Muharraq also dished up the ozzie cellulose eggs. When I got lumbered with the messing officer secondary duty for complaining about the food in the officers' mess I used to buy as many...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Sep 2013, 07:41
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

The terrain in these photographs of Ibri taken in...

The terrain in these photographs of Ibri taken in 1961 should disprove the Fort theory.

...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Sep 2013, 05:28
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

That is a very distinctive fort. Definitely not...

That is a very distinctive fort. Definitely not Ibri, which I knew well from spending three weeks there in 1961 with a Twin Pioneer on an SAS detachment. my money is on the Aden Protectorate.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Mar 2013, 15:43
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

I'm surprised the Navy knew where Sharjah was :E

I'm surprised the Navy knew where Sharjah was :E
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Mar 2013, 10:55
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

Legend had it that the aircraft type was a ...

Legend had it that the aircraft type was a Languedoc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNCASE_Languedoc), which was on it's way to French Indo China (Vietnam) with a load of troop comforts when it...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Mar 2013, 23:06
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

Dhows

Thanks Jock, you have just reminded me of a dhow misadventure!
My nav and I were invited to a farewell bash for the departing TOS adjutant. As it was mid winter lounge suits were to be worn. When we...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Mar 2013, 15:48
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

siseman, you must have hung out in the exclusive...

siseman, you must have hung out in the exclusive side of Sharjah ;)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Mar 2013, 15:29
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

I was on 152 Squadron based in Bahrain from...

I was on 152 Squadron based in Bahrain from August 1959 to Sept !961 and spent half that time flying Twin Pioneers out of Sharjah.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Mar 2013, 11:06
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

Who would have ever thought Sharjah would look...

Who would have ever thought Sharjah would look like that - bloody amazing! :eek:
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Mar 2013, 18:44
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

That looks nice, pity it doesn't fly as well as...

That looks nice, pity it doesn't fly as well as it looks
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Mar 2013, 15:24
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

If it did Laurence it must have drifted back. ...

If it did Laurence it must have drifted back.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c32/sedgwickjames/aviation/ScreenShot2013-03-25at151903_zps6ad59c34.png
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Mar 2013, 11:21
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

In which case he is trying to land at the wrong...

In which case he is trying to land at the wrong airport. That road is aligned on 30/12 :)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Mar 2013, 16:56
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

It might be behind you :E

It might be behind you :E
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Mar 2013, 16:43
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

I can't remember seeing any Gulf Aviation DC 3's...

I can't remember seeing any Gulf Aviation DC 3's at Sharjah during 1959-61, only Doves and Herons, but they must have been used regularly as a wet leased Kalinga Airlines DC 3 crashed in 1960. I...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Mar 2013, 20:05
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

Was Chuck Thrower one of the BAC pilots?

Was Chuck Thrower one of the BAC pilots?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Mar 2013, 16:18
Replies: 736
Views: 375,006
Posted By brakedwell

I was getting bored with the sand! Back to the...

I was getting bored with the sand! Back to the subject. Talking of prop damage, I picked up a bullet hole in the port prop during a slow stagger from Firq to Saig. The was no bang, just a sudden...
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