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Forum: Military Aviation
14th Dec 2020, 18:59
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Musical Met.

Thank you: obviously the musical met folk went a long way away from Home. "Over the Hills and Far Away!"

There was one famous, and indeed eminent, very senior musical gentleman of the old school:...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Dec 2020, 21:58
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Rumour was that:: He said " I am a country...

Rumour was that::
He said " I am a country member" and people said they remembered..
The Met assistants were Betty Swallocks and Mary Hingepiece.
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Dec 2020, 15:18
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

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Forum: Military Aviation
1st Dec 2020, 20:35
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Great! In 41 years, and literally dozens of...

Great!

In 41 years, and literally dozens of postings and nigh on a thousand colleagues, I never knew, or knew of, a single one who could play a musical instrument.
[Other than his/ her own...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Dec 2020, 18:28
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Thank you on their behalf. A nice change from...

Thank you on their behalf.
A nice change from our motto:

WHEN I'M RIGHT NO ONE REMEMBERS, WHEN I'M WRONG NO ONE FORGETS!
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Nov 2020, 18:34
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

The mention of Jim Elliott reminds me of his time...

The mention of Jim Elliott reminds me of his time at HQ 1 Group Bawtry. He turned up from time to time, usually during the UK winter, worked six months, then went back to the Falklands for six...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jun 2018, 23:11
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Because this thread is not the most appropriate...

Because this thread is not the most appropriate forum for a RIP to Wg Cdr McQueen I have started a new one, thus entitled.
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jun 2018, 19:52
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Bill led the Mobile Met Unit through its most...

Bill led the Mobile Met Unit through its most eventful and difficult days. As the Falklands war was kicking off Bill arrived at Ascension by air as a Sqn Ldr and was famously accosted by Captain...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jan 2018, 21:06
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

The requirement for Met Offices at RAF stations...

The requirement for Met Offices at RAF stations was driven by the Air Staff. I know for a fact that soundings were taken from Staishs from time to time, and the consensus was that Met was needed.
Of...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jan 2018, 19:59
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Vasco Sodcat. Thank you, nice for one of us...

Vasco Sodcat.

Thank you, nice for one of us to be remembered thus. I can assure you that forecasting for drops was just about the most frightening, difficult, demanding and rewarding of the things...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jan 2018, 18:35
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Timelord: thank you, that fits perfectly because...

Timelord: thank you, that fits perfectly because in Mac's time there were no young ladies in the office. I think he was succeeded by a Yorkshireman, Roy Walters?

More's the pity about the girls,...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jan 2018, 16:49
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

It seems Met Men attract waste paper troubles. ...

It seems Met Men attract waste paper troubles.
We had a fastidious Polish gent at FY who, in nis quest for neatness, trod the paper in the WPB right into the metal bin when he arrived to take over....
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jan 2018, 16:17
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Ricardian ............ oh! oh! ..........Wow! ...

Ricardian ............ oh! oh! ..........Wow!

Very very rarely do the weather gods allow such a coming together, and even more rare to have a decent camera handy. And a foreground to match.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jan 2018, 16:14
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Was that SMetO the excellent "Mac" Cameron? My...

Was that SMetO the excellent "Mac" Cameron? My super boss for five years, six daughters I think, and then a boy, much to everyone's relief. For no very good reason he had almost as many lawnmowers as...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jan 2018, 14:43
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

"When briefing a senior officer [understood to be...

"When briefing a senior officer [understood to be Sqn Ldr or above] put down pipe or cigarette".

Wg Cdrs and above were usually sufficient to bring Cloudy to his feet, albeit in a hunched,...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Nov 2016, 15:30
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

I'm sorry but I don't know. Met folk were as...

I'm sorry but I don't know. Met folk were as peripatetic as service people, averaging about a mosting every three years with detachments in between.

"Where my caravan has rested" is a long long...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Nov 2016, 23:08
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Beg to report another reunion at Queen's Head...

Beg to report another reunion at Queen's Head Sleaford.

Dave Richardson unable to attend. Otherwise Dave Taylor ex-CMetO STC, ex-Shawbury, ex-Detmold, ex-Marham was in the chair, surrounded by...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Aug 2016, 19:44
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Yes, a Scimitar! And do I see Roger Boast?...

Yes, a Scimitar!

And do I see Roger Boast? ......... I am getting bad with names I fear.

PJ occupied the prestige post as SMetO Cranwell after, I believe, Jim Lawson, or possibly John Tucker.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Aug 2016, 15:32
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

I met Peter Jackson last year at a Bawtry Met....

I met Peter Jackson last year at a Bawtry Met. reunion: we were together for years at Finningley. I think he drove a sports car "with room in the back for a lawnmower". Name escapes me but I believe...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Dec 2013, 19:46
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Trevor was called TC or TopCat when he taught at...

Trevor was called TC or TopCat when he taught at the Met Office College, renowned for giving some Saudi students [my father is a prince. I am having problems revising. Would you like a Mercedes?] a...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Dec 2013, 13:08
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Would this be Tiny Mentz? He became OC...

Would this be Tiny Mentz?

He became OC Mobile Met Unit as I recall.

Not at all Tiny!
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Dec 2013, 23:06
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Now recovering slowly from Met. reunion at...

Now recovering slowly from Met. reunion at Queen's Head Sleaford, 12 attended. Best dining pub in Lincolnshire. One broken ankle. Three unpublishable poems. One presentation champagne, one ditto...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Nov 2013, 15:55
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Met Techs Course at Shinfield Park c. 1980 [an...

Met Techs Course at Shinfield Park c. 1980 [an ex-RAF HQ near Reading]

Mercury Barometer Servicing lesson.

Teacher: "Bloggs, what the bloody hell are you scrabbling around on the floor for?"
...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Nov 2013, 16:47
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

I do remember Mr Ripley, he was thinking about...

I do remember Mr Ripley, he was thinking about retiring as I was early in career, and yes, he was indeed into cloud formations and causes.

Anyone remember Chunky Chandler, Wilf Saunders or Norman...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Nov 2013, 10:04
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

McQueen and his boys [and a few girls] collected...

McQueen and his boys [and a few girls] collected an impressive array of gongs, being sent into just about every operation/ war/ campaign of recent times.

I had lunch with one such, Tony "Geordie"...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Nov 2013, 16:29
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

There is another gathering of Metpersons soon. We...

There is another gathering of Metpersons soon. We hope to include the late dear George/Alan* Phillips's wife and also Tweedie's. Of last years gathering Ian Smith has handed his fircones and seaweed...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Dec 2012, 10:02
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

I can't remember if I have told the story of how...

I can't remember if I have told the story of how my male member, such as it is, was nearly an RAFP Alsatian's midnight snack?

Nicosia Airfield c. 1962. The days of cloud searchlights for...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Dec 2012, 17:01
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

UPWOOD GIT: first session. 1. instructor...

UPWOOD GIT: first session.

1. instructor talks at students.
2. instructor writes on board
3. instructor writes on OHP
4. instructor projects B&W still photo at same time
5. ditto simultaneous...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Dec 2012, 15:47
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

During my attempts to teach student pilots and,...

During my attempts to teach student pilots and, later, navigators, I came across a fair few characters, but I suspect that "my generation" of instructors were much nearer the pupil's ages and outlook...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Nov 2012, 19:23
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Do you know he denied it over a sherbet or two...

Do you know he denied it over a sherbet or two only yesterday!

Can't trust anybody these days!
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Nov 2012, 15:05
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Had a great reunion this week ......... ...

Had a great reunion this week .........

Dave Taylor ex Marham, Shawbury, St Mawgan, ex MMU Falklands, ex CMetO STC
Brian Wharton ex Wyton, Wildenrath, Detmold, Waddington
Dave Richardson ex...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Nov 2012, 16:01
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Its the Anticyclops you need to watch out for. ...

Its the Anticyclops you need to watch out for.

My best Met story was told by a pilot as advice to sort out his nav.

The way he told it, if you were lost:

1. Find out where the Low is.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Nov 2012, 15:09
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Officer Harvey doubled as a forecaster...

Officer Harvey doubled as a forecaster .................

Night shifts only.

And only when I was on duty.

Now, where were we?
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Nov 2012, 10:51
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Quote: George Stevenson was an absolute LEGEND. ...

Quote: George Stevenson was an absolute LEGEND.

One of the hairy old assistants at Topcliffe accepted a lift with G and his 6 year-old son to a football match.

He came in next day chastened,...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Nov 2012, 11:04
Replies: 147
Views: 62,911
Posted By langleybaston

Dave Duck was a local farmer first and a met man...

Dave Duck was a local farmer first and a met man second, in his mind. He was a bit too near a nuclear test earlier in life, and had more than his fair share of health problems.

In the dim distant...
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