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Forum: Military Aviation
8th Nov 2019, 17:11
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Posted By harrym

The wrong answer!

Thank you IABB for your kind words! Over the years most of my WW2 reminiscences have appeared on this thread, but now & then someone will post something that triggers a remote corner of my memory -...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Nov 2019, 16:58
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By harrym

The wrong answer!

Seems like I had an experience similar to Danny's, during my end of SFTS course interview with the station commander. On discovering I had attended a Rugby-playing school, I was asked which position...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2019, 16:56
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By harrym

Many thanks Geriaviator for that superb tribute...

Many thanks Geriaviator for that superb tribute to Danny; hard to believe our press did not accept your obit, a fitting tribute to a man who deserved its publication far more than some others which...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Dec 2018, 14:02
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By harrym

No ValMORNA , I was referring to the July 1965...

No ValMORNA , I was referring to the July 1965 accident as quoted in Fareastdriver's # 12658. I had forgotten about TG 602 which anyway appears to have been due to an incorrectly installed mod, for...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Dec 2018, 17:15
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Views: 4,847,950
Posted By harrym

Yes Geriaviator, I would not dispute the...

Yes Geriaviator, I would not dispute the Hastings' rugged build quality and indeed the only in-flight accident due to structural failure I can think of occurred late in its life and was due to...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Dec 2018, 13:35
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Posted By harrym

Yes Roving, looks like it as I see from my log...

Yes Roving, looks like it as I see from my log book that I was indeed flying at Abingdon on that day although a couple of the details look a bit odd. For one thing I quite definitely saw no ground...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Dec 2018, 14:07
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By harrym

Hastings wing failure (?)

Geriaviator-

Re your #12544, I did actually witness occurrence of a Hastings main spar failure, though whether it should be classified as a flying accident is perhaps arguable. One day in the late...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Oct 2017, 18:14
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Posted By harrym

Geriaviator, re your #11457 I have checked back...

Geriaviator, re your #11457 I have checked back on my previous contributions to this estimable thread and much regret that my stock of memoirs (the interesting ones, anyway) is now exhausted, and so...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Oct 2017, 14:26
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By harrym

Bev trivia

Ian B-B, re your 11427 had sometimes wondered how techies working on flying boats coped with the inevitable dropped tool problem – now, after so many years, enlightenment!

Warmtoast, many thanks...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Oct 2017, 16:58
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Posted By harrym

Beverley part2

Thank you Danny, very neatly stated! Here is the second part of some Bev memories:

Sometimes regarded initially with dismay by those assigned to fly it, the Beverley was in general well liked by...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Oct 2017, 14:57
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Posted By harrym

Roving, in your #11418 you refer to the...

Roving, in your #11418 you refer to the Beverley's open rear doors. I presume this refers to the pax doors, rather than those of the clamshell variety? So far as I recall, it was illegal to carry pax...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Oct 2017, 17:04
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By harrym

Beverley

Sounds rather a tight fit Danny (your #11406), but have no idea if it was tried or not.

AncientAviator (#11411), the Centaurus was certainly not the Bev's most reliable piece of kit and arguably...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Oct 2017, 17:30
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Posted By harrym

Beverley capacity

'Fraid I can't answer your query Danny, my Bev experience on route ops was fairly limited as most of my time was on training or examining duties. The freight hold measured 10x10x40 feet, if that's...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Oct 2017, 14:52
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Posted By harrym

Some Beverley blues

This is part one of some musings on that unique, loveable and occasionally exasperating monster the Beverley; part two, with some reflections on its operation, to follow shortly.


"Sure as Hell...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Oct 2017, 17:12
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By harrym

Ian BB & Geriaviator, your kind comments are much...

Ian BB & Geriaviator, your kind comments are much appreciated. Rest assured that further scribblings will appear, but first I must run a check on what has gone before - to repeat oneself once is...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Oct 2017, 14:53
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Posted By harrym

Apology

To all readers - re my recent #11376, checking back on previous posts I find it to be a virtual repeat of one posted early January 2015 and so must crave forgiveness for inflicting boredom on...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Oct 2017, 14:58
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By harrym

Danny (#11364) I later had a demo of an...

Danny (#11364) I later had a demo of an alternative means of engine start, thanks to a failure of the Coffman article............


During a regular TCEU visit to Aden in the...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Oct 2017, 14:51
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Posted By harrym

A BEVERLEY BONUS

Roving - re your #11361, hope the log books contain what you are looking for!



What follows is an account of a day at Boscombe Down in February 1956, originally written for 'MagDrop', the...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Oct 2017, 16:52
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Posted By harrym

Log Book Assessment Summaries

Roving, in answer to your #11352 what you have is a copy of RAF form no. 414 (A), for insertion in log books and measuring 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches. It is headed SUMMARY of FLYING and ASSESSMENTS FOR...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Oct 2017, 17:00
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By harrym

To NZ, part 2

OK Danny, Icare9 et al, here's part 2. Next up will go back a few years in time, with memories of that gentle giant the Beverley.


For the night of the 24th. our crew was lodged with various...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Oct 2017, 17:21
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,847,950
Posted By harrym

New Zealand - opening of Wellington Airport

Fantomzorbin and Roving, as requested here is an account (part 1) of the flight to NZ on which Al Deere was a passenger. Part 2 follows shortly subject to moderators' approval - it is, after all,...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Oct 2017, 17:21
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Posted By harrym

Al Deere - a memory

FantomZorbin – ref your #11248, I hope to get the account of that NZ trip up shortly, although be advised that Al Deere figures in it only briefly.

Thank you Roving for your #11287.
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Sep 2017, 13:51
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By harrym

Thanks Geriaviator, I will endeavour to follow up...

Thanks Geriaviator, I will endeavour to follow up on that NZ story sometime next month.

Cheers - harrym

PS Yoùr Italian is better than mine!
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Sep 2017, 16:18
Replies: 12,908
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Posted By harrym

Sorry FantonZorbin that's all I can provide on Al...

Sorry FantonZorbin that's all I can provide on Al Deere, I could give a fuller account of that NZ trip although it's somewhat OT for this thread.

However having just arrived on holiday in Italy...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Sep 2017, 17:10
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,847,950
Posted By harrym

Al Deere - a memory

Quite aside from his illustrious wartime career, Al Deere was a true gentleman in the real sense of the word – easy to get on with, no 'side' whatever and a great sense of humour; in late 1959 he...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Aug 2017, 14:19
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,847,950
Posted By harrym

Military Vehicle Registration

In the inter-war period I believe military vehicles were customarily registered with the London Count Council and so carried the appropriate plates, and I recall seeing a convoy of army lorries in...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jun 2017, 17:25
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,847,950
Posted By harrym

Yes Chugalug the Hercules/Hastings combination...

Yes Chugalug the Hercules/Hastings combination was eventually very reliable but only after a very troublesome time earlier in its life with the Herc 100 as fitted to the Mk 1, indeed the term...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jun 2017, 14:47
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,847,950
Posted By harrym

Heathrow Vulcan accident

Thank you Danny for that masterly analysis of what was quite likely a major contributory cause of the disaster, although I have always felt that the CinC's presence in the right hand seat was...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th May 2017, 17:21
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,847,950
Posted By harrym

Thrills and (almost) spills with a Beverley

Thanks JW411, Skyways did seem to indulge in a rather unnecessary game of musical chairs – why couldn't the pilots remain in their usual positions, after all the York had a full set of dual controls?...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th May 2017, 16:52
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,847,950
Posted By harrym

Hastings spinners

This was always a bit of a mystery, as throughout the Hastings' life spinners seemed to come and go for no apparent reason. I vaguely recall that in the very early days they carried fans as well,...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th May 2017, 17:24
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,847,950
Posted By harrym

York Throttle position - #10693

Yes JW411, the York's throttle positioning was unusual (though I believe the Catalina's was similar) but was dictated by the aircraft's front end design; for with the pilots being seated high in the...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th May 2017, 17:22
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,847,950
Posted By harrym

Response to #10695, tail wheel a/c and fun with weather

Danny I really have nothing further to say about my York time, and in fact have already given on this thread the story of my post-Canada days up to demob in late '46. I have no further narrative as...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th May 2017, 14:31
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Posted By harrym

York v Lanc

Re #10682 – Sorry Danny, my 800-odd hours on the York during 1949-50 were largely passed in plodding uneventfully between UK, Singapore and (occasionally) Aden so no excitements – which is, after...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd May 2017, 17:27
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,847,950
Posted By harrym

Hail - not always visible!

Geriaviator, ref your #10672 a hazard of hail is its invisibility unless falling fairly heavily, while the size of the stones is not necessarily related to the intensity of the fall; this was brought...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Oct 2016, 14:38
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Views: 4,847,950
Posted By harrym

Gliders in Buram

Thank you Reader 123 for that glider pick-up clip, it brought back many memories of my training at Ibsley in this esoteric art (previously described somewhere way back in this thread).

As for...
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