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Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jan 2019, 09:55
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Whilst browsing back through the thread one of...

Whilst browsing back through the thread one of the few remaining grey cells kicked in and I remembered something that happened when we took XV 292 to Marietta for the 25th anniversary visit or at...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Sep 2017, 20:25
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Ned Kelly The best jazz and sausage and mash in...

Ned Kelly
The best jazz and sausage and mash in Hong Kong, first went there when I was on Brit Det in '75 I think it was when the Det was based at Kai Tak. Managed one trip to Nepal during the det,...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Apr 2017, 22:25
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

I notice a very natty chequer board finish to the...

I notice a very natty chequer board finish to the rear fuselage, trials marking for drop evaluation perhaps? And look at the ironmongery in the background, the delicate shape of the Beverly, fins...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jan 2017, 14:31
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Christmas in Rhodesia

Dougie, your comments on the hard lying det to Salisbury bring back memories of how we suffered for our country at that time but IIRC we also had to suffer a New Years pool party at the Rhodesian Air...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Jul 2016, 21:38
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Smudge,you owe Tucker for a brandy sour, not...

Smudge,you owe Tucker for a brandy sour, not quite the same taste as Akro but a valiant effort.
One bit of news from the re-union was given to me, a G.E. who I used to bump into around Swindon...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jul 2016, 15:29
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Mentions of " You were supposed to be here before...

Mentions of " You were supposed to be here before us " revive the memories of a Red Arrows trip back when the Gnat was the frame of choice for the Arrows. The trip involved a Night stop at Blackpool...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jun 2016, 13:28
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Talking SVC terminology

I will accept Smudges invitation to comment on the SVC question as , as he puts it the oldest G.E. on the site, ( I hope he means oldest as in seniority in the job not as in Anno Domini but he might...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th May 2016, 13:47
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

SCINS Memories

My main experience of SCINS was trundling in and out of Sarajevo from Zagreb and thinking what a grand job the Navs were doing with this modern piece of kit, ( well at least compared to everything...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th May 2016, 18:22
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Doppler always brings back memories of going in...

Doppler always brings back memories of going in under the flight deck to the avionics racks and seeing the Doppler boxes glowing quietly in the corner as ,IIRC, they were still valve powered,...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2016, 18:58
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Early days.

Following on from the comments regarding training for techies, as one of the ground crew who saw in the first frame to Thorney Island in '67 the first A/F was completed with the flight servicing...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jan 2016, 11:42
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Marietta

Smuj,

There was a G.E., I did the props and the group photo was just before going up for the air to air photo sortie with a B25 Mitchell as I mentioned some time ago in this thread. the jolly...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Dec 2015, 12:18
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

GW1

Does anybody have one of the Albert of Arabia T shirts that were around during the GW1. I saw one of the guys wearing one while operating out of Rhiyadh, I believe that a guy downtown used to print...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jul 2015, 19:29
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Mobile Runway Destroyer

A device invented by the Devil incarnate! First encountered at Thorney when in the winter of 67 I was authorised as a MRD operator. This being the first engine I was allowed near after leaving...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jul 2015, 10:51
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Shortage of runway

Running out of runway on a strip take off was not new, during our little sojurn in Rhodesia we did something similar in that we were tasked to drop off one person at a strip which had been surveyed...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jun 2015, 15:58
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Noise and vibration

On one trip across the pond we took a bod from the Inst of Aviation Medicine with us to monitor noise levels, he got off in Gander and wouldn't go any further as he considered it a danger to his...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jun 2015, 15:50
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Two frames for the price of one

Your recollection is correct, see my prior entry regarding sticky black plastic numbers and the wrong airframe! We also ended up coming back through the states with the worlds collection of...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jun 2015, 08:46
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Easter Island photo

As Max Boyce used to say " I know because I was there ", the slight repaint was OK but the cutout sticky registration numbers to put on the frames for the trip home were the laugh as one of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2015, 09:01
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Goose Bay

Smudge.
As I was at Goose when we got the news of the crash I must be the other G/E you refer to, as you say a very bad and sad day for all Albert especially as only the weekend before I was having...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2015, 08:52
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

External Tanks

Word at the time was that it was to reduce fuel consumption when bashing the circuit, but it was realised that the performance of the aircraft was so much better, that it could mislead new crews so...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th May 2015, 11:10
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Grand Canyon Arrivals

Back in the days of Buccs at Nellis we were on a support resupply for Wet Rag and Captain says to crew how about we cancel flight plan and go VFR to Nellis ,this followed by round of applause all...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st May 2015, 12:33
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

JACIG

I'm afraid my JACIG wasn't to Hungary so no, I wasn't with you on that one Smudge, however I did fit in one to Moscow, one to Kiev and the best one to Prague where once you were in the military hotel...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Mar 2015, 07:15
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

G/E Det Nassau

Way back in the mists of old times we had a G/E detached to Nassau for a month at a time to help cover the Belize run which initially involved staying in a Hotel with taxis to and from the airport as...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Mar 2015, 06:17
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Master of the Hohourable Company of Air Pilots

Just read in " Pilot " that a certain Sqn Ldr C...s F..d MBE has been invested as the latest Master of the Honourable Company of Air Pilots, could this be the certain occupant of SF for more years...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Mar 2015, 06:02
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Day trip to La Belle France

On a similar experience with trips to French bases I was tasked with a day trip to somewhere in France to pick up a returning Captain who was finishing an exchange posting on the C160. The prep...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Mar 2015, 11:05
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Sleeve Valves

Slightly off thread but with regard to sleeve valves does anybody have or can obtain access to the article in Air Clues that was printed shortly after the demise of the Bev entitled " Bye Bye Bev "...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Mar 2015, 10:59
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Accounts

Did an east about with an accounts officer on board, I still think he wasn't really an accounts officer as everywhere we went he kept pointing out things we hadn't claimed for, water in hot...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2015, 16:00
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Spanish speaking engineer

The quote that they were lucky to have a Spanish speaking engineer on board was slightly wide of the mark, as the engineer was the ground engineer, who could speak Spanish as I think his mother was...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Dec 2014, 12:28
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Sopping on the Cays in Belize

Stopping on the Cays in Belize was not a one off as during a Harrier changeover saga the crew I was on also managed to stay there instead of downtown and the story goes as follows:
Are you sitting...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Oct 2014, 15:34
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

CB in the States

I believe that there were reports in the States at different times of CB sets getting fried because of overload from someone transmitting with far more power than the regs allowed, I wonder who that...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Aug 2014, 09:27
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Interesting Aerodynamic Occasion

It was a dark and stormy night and the Captain said to the Mate, actually it was a quite warm night at a little strip on an island in the east of the Med, later to gain some fame for an incident...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Aug 2014, 08:57
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

ADS Arms

I agree that pre-flight checks required ADS arms to be connected but there was at least one take off that started with the ramp on the floor and that involved some nifty work on the ramp controls to...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Jul 2014, 10:16
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Aerodynamics

Drag
Does anybody know if there was any information available as to the effect on the Herc of flying with the ramp below the horizontal i.e., with the arms removed as if in the ground loading...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jul 2014, 15:26
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Tanker trivia

My apologies for joining the debate on the tanker strakes so late but I have only just seen the thread on the forum. As one of the four G.E,s who were selected to go to Marham to do the HDU course...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jul 2014, 19:44
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Kuwait smoke

I have tucked away somewhere video taken by BBC Bristol and Central South from flights through the smoke on the way into K.C. during GW1. I managed to appear in both but as I wasn't in the UK when...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jul 2014, 19:11
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,566,595
Posted By gopher01

Henry P****e

We lost Henry P****e for three days , beard and all, when we took a power plant out to El Centro for JATE who had broken their frame. They borrowed ours while their engine change was carried out and...
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