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Forum: Military Aviation

26th Feb 2017, 09:26

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Sticky Gaining An R.A.F Pilots Brevet In WW II

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Posted By octavian

Reading JW411's recollections of the ACR7 at RAF...

Reading JW411's recollections of the ACR7 at RAF Salalah (OOSA) brought back memories of my own tour there in 1975. By then 04/22 was a tarmac runway of 6,000' x 100' although 17/35 remained rolled...

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Feb 2017, 06:39

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Sticky Gaining An R.A.F Pilots Brevet In WW II

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Posted By octavian

A somewhat belated welcome back to the crew room...

A somewhat belated welcome back to the crew room Danny, and picking up on the posts about one eyed/armed VSOs, I wonder if anyone else recalls Gp Capt Gerald Pendred, who was Stn Cdr at RAF Cranwell...

Forum: Military Aviation

27th Nov 2015, 09:47

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Sticky Gaining An R.A.F Pilots Brevet In WW II

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Posted By octavian

Hunter 1 in 1

Like MPN11 it is a fair few years since I controlled a Hunter 1in1, and, like him, my recollection is that the gear call came from ATC. The only slight issue with the procedure was that it was based...

Forum: Military Aviation

24th Nov 2015, 20:59

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Sticky Gaining An R.A.F Pilots Brevet In WW II

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Posted By octavian

MPN11: still recognisable to those who...

MPN11: still recognisable to those who know:rolleyes:

Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Oct 2015, 18:56

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Sticky Gaining An R.A.F Pilots Brevet In WW II

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Posted By octavian

Just going back to Ian B-B's post 7521 on p377...

Just going back to Ian B-B's post 7521 on p377 for a moment; my father went through grading school at Shellingford in March-April 1944. He also had just one instructor, Sgt Porter, and went solo on 6...

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