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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Sep 2008, 09:11
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By mstjbrown

Waste Disposal

The task of emptying pee tubes usually fell to the most junior Aircraft Hand (General).

At the end of one trip, a flight commander on 55 Sqn looked into his in-flight ration box and discovered...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Aug 2008, 09:50
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By mstjbrown

Tiny Matthews

Lasernigel

I'm pretty sure that this is the same Tiny who became CO of the RAF detachment at Goose Bay.

When he was at Honington in the early 60's he was reputed to have disappeared to the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jul 2008, 18:49
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By mstjbrown

Crew Ratings

I think that the ratings (Combat, Select etc.) were a direct copy of the way Strategic Air Command assessed their crews. It has all the hallmarks of an American system. Sadly we didn't get more...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Aug 2007, 17:41
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By mstjbrown

A Correction

Pontius N.

1. The YS I referred to was actually dropped on the Jurby range in Oct. 61

2. The first LL sortie we flew in a Victor1A was in May 63.

3. First in- flight refuelling trip...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Jul 2007, 16:44
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By mstjbrown

Aircraft Design

The first V aircraft I was on was the Mk1 Victor which was, for its time, quite sophisticated with a very elaborate ac electrical system. I think that this aeroplane was in many ways...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Jul 2007, 08:47
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By mstjbrown

Victor1A Low Level

I take your point re low level coming in before TFR arrived. I remember it well as I started on Victor 1s when they were just coming into service and we used to nip to to Radlett in the station...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Jul 2007, 20:17
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By mstjbrown

YS Drop-West Freugh

It was a high level drop from about f/l 430. I guess it was in the days before the pop-up attack concept when we still planned to go in at high level. It was in the pre TFR era. A bit Stonehenge...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Jul 2007, 15:48
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By mstjbrown

Practice Bombs

My crew dropped a Yellow Sun practice bomb on the range at West Freugh(?)
from a Victor 1A. The score was about 600 yds(this was in the days before metres had been invented), which, has it been...
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