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Forum: Rotorheads
20th Dec 2015, 00:20
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

Snoop SAR Wars - episode....?

2495 posts might not be quite enough! ;)
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Dec 2015, 14:19
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

great..........what could possibly go wrong? :E ...

great..........what could possibly go wrong? :E

(It's sar Jim, but not as we know it! :8)
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Dec 2015, 11:23
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

I spent a very happy and satisfying 22 years...

I spent a very happy and satisfying 22 years flying yellow Wessex and Sea Kings (after two tours of green Wessex). Judging from the 'banter' of late I'm glad I retired when I did - the latest cr@p...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Nov 2015, 20:17
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

No MG Dartmouth training and Pusser's...

No MG



Dartmouth training and Pusser's Ego issued! :E:ok:
Forum: Rotorheads
17th Nov 2015, 19:44
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

I'm sure that Crab was merely describing how all...

I'm sure that Crab was merely describing how all we professionals might feel if we had to abort a life saving mission due to a technical fault; especially when equipped with the mighty shining new...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Sep 2015, 21:16
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

Angel ah yes, that was prior to the last round of...

ah yes, that was prior to the last round of improvements! :E
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Sep 2015, 15:57
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

Snoop Only three flights?

Lossie, Leuchars, Boulmer, Leconfield, Coltishall and Manston I seem to recall - and all with a second standby :ok:
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Aug 2015, 14:16
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

Crab says I had the pleasure of 'liaising...

Crab says

I had the pleasure of 'liaising with and advising' our CG brethren on far too many occasions, after computers had replaced that misguided and redundant 'local knowledge' from the sector...
Forum: Rotorheads
25th Jul 2015, 00:17
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

modern winchpersons - bunch of lightweights then?...

modern winchpersons - bunch of lightweights then? ;)
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Jul 2015, 13:11
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

sometimes, don't you just wish there was a 'like'...

sometimes, don't you just wish there was a 'like' button on this miserable forum? :D
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Jul 2015, 09:39
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

thank you Jim, but like you Jocks we still trade...

thank you Jim, but like you Jocks we still trade in sheep down ere bye! Now Rudolph! :E
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Jul 2015, 22:48
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

:ok:Crab only QHI's did that - some...

:ok:Crab



only QHI's did that - some might have received broken fingers! :eek:
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Jul 2015, 21:53
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

Clever Richard - as one who spent roughly half...

Clever Richard - as one who spent roughly half his service doing night ops over the sea with a and then finding it to be having converted to the Sea King I'm not sure to whom you are referring as a...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Jul 2015, 19:44
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

Angel I'll see your Cyprus Mountains Crab - and raise...

I'll see your Cyprus Mountains Crab - and raise you with the Alps! You are of course quite right in so far as I left early, at the very end of last century, I felt 22 years of SAR (after SH) was...
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Jul 2015, 16:36
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

Angel OH DEAR CRAB you are actually...

OH DEAR CRAB



you are actually considered a newbie by the REAL dinosaurs of SAR - the ones who set the standards for you to aspire to; the ones who always maintained second standby, the ones...
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Jun 2015, 18:02
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

Angel pity there isn't a like button on this forum...

pity there isn't a like button on this forum :bored:
Forum: Rotorheads
30th Jun 2015, 15:06
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

Angel You mean - Bristow are doing the NVG training in...

You mean - Bristow are doing the NVG training in exactly the same way as we did it in RAFSAR when we first got goggles? Oh that will never do :}
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Jun 2015, 10:17
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

and help him deal with the trossachs and...

and help him deal with the trossachs and grumpians? ;)
Forum: Rotorheads
1st Jun 2015, 18:32
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

Cryptic clues?

His brawd experience will prevent him from feeling like a duck out of water though TOTD :ok:
Forum: Rotorheads
25th May 2015, 09:27
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

It's an RCC Jim - but not as we know it ;)

It's an RCC Jim - but not as we know it ;)
Forum: Rotorheads
25th May 2015, 08:45
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

I once had to 'explain' to an NRCC controller why...

I once had to 'explain' to an NRCC controller why we couldn't just 'punch out' from low level and divert to Glasgow for a night stop as we approached the fuel dump at Killin, at night in a blizzard ,...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Apr 2015, 14:49
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

35 Year old Grievences

:ugh:

Jerry G, please don't think this is 'inter service banter', rivalry, whatever. The Command & Control of the Fastnet, probably above 'Wings' head even, was a goat f..k!
Properly crewed and...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th Apr 2015, 22:12
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

JerryG it's a pity that the truth re the...

JerryG

it's a pity that the truth re the Fastnet has been suppressed, and you were too junior at the time to know what was going on.
The RN controlled the whole debacle and the professional...
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Jan 2015, 18:20
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

3D that reminded me of a certain elderly...

3D

that reminded me of a certain elderly corporal who, at an annual GDT refresher, when asked what were the signs of a near nuclear strike, replied FOD! :ok:
Forum: Rotorheads
28th Jan 2015, 13:23
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

au contraire SA - we had a Flt Sergeant to do the...

au contraire SA - we had a Flt Sergeant to do the clip board and finger wagging duty whilst we drank tea :ok:
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Jan 2015, 13:03
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

My uncle was on ASR HSL's before helicopters!...

My uncle was on ASR HSL's before helicopters! They weren't so good in the mountains though :rolleyes:
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Jan 2015, 19:16
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

Flounder - I'm not knocking the S92! It looks...

Flounder - I'm not knocking the S92!
It looks lovely (and shiny) and I'd have loved to fly it I'm sure! BTW we didn't fly Wessex 'in manual' like the Whirlwind - THEY had it rough! :ok:
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Jan 2015, 23:45
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

Sounds great Flounder - we used to have pilots to...

Sounds great Flounder - we used to have pilots to do that :}
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Jan 2015, 22:02
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

.......and since whatever it is you are trying to...

.......and since whatever it is you are trying to rescue from the sea is almost certainly moving due to tide, wind, surface current, downdraught or it's own motive power I guess that GPS won't help...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Jan 2015, 17:26
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

16 in a Wessex but I recall more than twenty in a...

16 in a Wessex but I recall more than twenty in a 72 Sqn cab during the Antrim Princess rescue (not my cab). :ok:

My comment re the S92 was more aimed at the MRT 'Expert' who believes that GPS is...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Jan 2015, 15:53
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

'Official Line' ? :confused:

'Official Line' ? :confused:
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Jan 2015, 11:15
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

Good to hear "it's got GPS so it can hover very...

Good to hear "it's got GPS so it can hover very very carefully... and can carry 11 team members". That's nearly as many as a Wessex or Sea King.........but it does have a rear ramp, and is fast and...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Dec 2014, 14:05
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

Just wait 'til the CG/ARCC ops calls are coming...

Just wait 'til the CG/ARCC ops calls are coming to you from 'Keith' or 'Ruth' in Delhi! Savings have to be made after all :E

And Shetlander, have you ever had to go through ambulance control...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Dec 2014, 22:15
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

In spite of or maybe because of my thirty RAF...

In spite of or maybe because of my thirty RAF years, 21 in SAR, I have no objection to 'handing over to civvies'. In fact I'm surprised that it didn't happen over twenty years earlier. What would...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Dec 2014, 20:44
Replies: 2,913
Views: 968,430
Posted By Al-bert

Not everyone/everything is perfect. That's life. ...

Not everyone/everything is perfect. That's life.


That'll be ok then - carry on! :ok: :ugh:
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