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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jun 2017, 03:52
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

Sure, I took the secondary duty of OIC "Radio...

Sure, I took the secondary duty of OIC "Radio Sharjah" on when I arrived in early '65. My predecessor was the Education Officer, "Jake" Timms(?). We used the spare ATC transmitter to broadcast to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Mar 2013, 22:33
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

I was on 152 Sqn, on Twin Pins, based in Sharjah...

I was on 152 Sqn, on Twin Pins, based in Sharjah from Jan '65 to Mar '66. Never thought it would grow into that!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Feb 2013, 20:26
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

Floggings on the Sharjah cannons were rare but we...

Floggings on the Sharjah cannons were rare but we were warned to stay clear because emotions ran high. Buraimi seemed equally Mediaeval in 1965. We (the Twin Pin crew) got told that 'someone' had...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Feb 2013, 19:50
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

Tarif

Yes Tarif was busy. We didn't go there often, usually only a stop-off en route to Humar. Mirfa was a much more regular stop.

I recall being struck by the range of glossy magazines in their...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Feb 2013, 23:37
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

Mirfa

One thing I recall about Mirfa was the high density of ancient pottery exposed in the scarp behind the coast. There must have been a big settlement there in ancient times. I sent a sample off to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Feb 2013, 21:29
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

Mirfa

Saroskeeterman: John Eeles and I were the crew on that flight........
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Feb 2013, 20:38
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

Hydraulics

Your flap problems remind me of a mod Lionel van Praag made to the ADASTRA Hudsons to 'stop you youngsters killing yourselves'. Yup, a wooden block to prevent the selection of 'full flap'. (but...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Feb 2013, 00:19
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

Twin Pin Formation

Looking at my log book, it wasn't 1965 that we flew the formation, but 16th February 1966.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Feb 2013, 20:25
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

SAROSKEETERMAN, were the Twin Pin formation...

SAROSKEETERMAN, were the Twin Pin formation air-to-air photos from 1965 JD's also? I had them on my walls, but someone 'souvenired' them years ago. The most dramatic was an air-to-air of the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Feb 2013, 19:53
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

Museum

Its nice that they remember the Twin Pins in the Sharjah museum. About a third of the unscheduled trips we did evacuated locals to hospital; burns cases and difficult childbirth mostly.

The...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Feb 2013, 05:20
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

Tayibah

My foggy memory puts the Tayibah strip quite a bit north of Masafi village (as does a mud-map in my logbook). It was quite a nasty strip and didn't seem to have the scope to be expanded as the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Feb 2013, 03:08
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

John Davis' Photos

Laurence, I promised some of John Davis' photos. Here they are. The one with the fort behind it is dated 22-4-65; offloading 2nd para at Seiq is dated 23-4-65; the approach and landing is labelled...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Feb 2013, 02:02
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

That sounds bloody dangerous

Yes, I suspect that we had a bad batch of cartridges at one stage. It was possible to go through the five remaining cartridges, reload, and use all of the next six and still not get going.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Feb 2013, 05:52
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

Hand Starts

It was certainly 'interesting' enough to appear in my log book. On 25th Feb 1966 I've got an Al Khatt run logged with hand starts on both engines.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Feb 2013, 21:46
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

Hand starts

Rather than muck around with the hot cartridge starter, hand starts were a pretty regular thing in 1965. I recall a run-up, jump to grab the prop, drop and swing, and keep on running (not into the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Jan 2013, 22:28
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

Al Khatt

That morning vegetable run was a delight! They used to pick the veg at first light and bring it to the strip before the sun got too hot. I've never tasted better tomatoes.........
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Jan 2013, 21:08
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

Navstar: the photo of a TwinPin landing with...

Navstar: the photo of a TwinPin landing with airport fort at the back in post 100 is one of John's. The others are not.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Jan 2013, 21:02
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

Sure Laurence, give me a couple of days to get to...

Sure Laurence, give me a couple of days to get to a scanner..... its a long weekend here.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Jan 2013, 20:41
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

Masafi?

I recognise Lawrence's photo, but not Saro's. John Davies took a nice sequence of shots of a TwinPin approaching and landing with a hill exactly like that one in the background - which I have in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jan 2013, 01:49
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

Masafi?

Nope, definitely not Seiq. It was much nastier. The strip was quite a bit north of Masafi and we called it Tayibah. Looking at the map, it was on the old Dibba to Kalba inland track. Like the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Jan 2013, 19:50
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

Masafi?

No I recall it being Masafi, but it was 50 years ago! The actual strip was in a narrow rocky valley on a very rocky terrace cut by a meander loop which created the drops at either end. The strip...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Jan 2013, 03:36
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

Passed by a boy on a bike

Yes Brakedwell, I recall glancing out the side of our Twin Pin as we were on a short landing approach to see a boy on a pedal bike passing us on the road beside the runway!

Musafi: we had an...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Oct 2012, 00:58
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

Hi AlisonCC, Good to hear from you. Yup it...

Hi AlisonCC,

Good to hear from you. Yup it was a special place. I didn't realise it at the time, but looking at the development that's taken place since, we were lucky to have been there, then. ...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Oct 2012, 01:52
Replies: 736
Views: 374,976
Posted By leesaranda

152 Squadron B Flight RAF Sharjah

Hi NAVSTAR, it sounds as though you might have been my replacement..... I was there in 1965 and left early in 1966.
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