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Forum: Military Aviation
19th Dec 2016, 23:04
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,333
Posted By 1066

Quite right Ken. Oops! 1066

Quite right Ken. Oops!
1066
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Dec 2016, 18:57
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,333
Posted By 1066

RAF Hercules 60 today

Photo in yesterday's Sunday Telegraph Business section shows the first RAF Hercules handover ceremony at Lockheed Marietta 60 years ago today! Anyone with access to the online ST able to post it...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Oct 2016, 17:42
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,333
Posted By 1066

When I left regular service in 1990, on PVR at...

When I left regular service in 1990, on PVR at age 43, I had 24 years in blue, no ground tours. LXX had been my only officially numbered squadron. 1066, two UAS and 242.
After joining the Reserve...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Oct 2016, 18:48
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,333
Posted By 1066

Memories prompted by the name of Viv Thomas. ...

Memories prompted by the name of Viv Thomas.
The bow and arrow war, can't remember the Op name, but it was Vanatu, New Hebrides.
I was co pilot to Don Thompson, ex Belfasts, iirc. As alleged...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Sep 2016, 13:54
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,333
Posted By 1066

AA62 Thanks for the flat nylon tape info. I do...

AA62
Thanks for the flat nylon tape info. I do remember none of the ALMs being impressed with it!
1066
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Sep 2016, 12:25
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,333
Posted By 1066

So sorry to hear about Coffman. AA62 is quite...

So sorry to hear about Coffman. AA62 is quite right, without him this thread would not have happened. Legacy!
On the subject of mutual co-pilot training I remember when I started flying Hastings at...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Feb 2016, 17:02
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,333
Posted By 1066

Re Dougie's photo, post 4156 There are a few of...

Re Dougie's photo, post 4156
There are a few of us, from the original Reservist Trial, who have operated Albert in the RAF, RAFVR and RAuxAF.

The rightly much admired Stu Vince "held my hand" to...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Dec 2015, 18:53
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,333
Posted By 1066

John Stapp sighted

In true "twitcher" style I am very pleased to report that I bumped into John at Sainsburys Bridgemead Swindon on Thurs 10 Dec. He looks no different from when I last saw him at Hullavington in '93. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Nov 2015, 21:05
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,333
Posted By 1066

Dean and AA62, I had not long been with 3AEF,...

Dean and AA62,
I had not long been with 3AEF, John Stapp finally retired as Boss about the same time, no coincidence I hope, when the Saint Athan fatal happened. The pilot had been guesting at...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Sep 2015, 16:21
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,333
Posted By 1066

Blue/Green/KD/Green/KD

Those with young children in the 80s may remember Mr Ben, the children's TV character.
The 2nd day of a Belize schedule in the late 70s we were all Mr Ben only Albert was our wardrobe. (Mr Ben used...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jul 2015, 18:49
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,333
Posted By 1066

C130 icing tale

Back to the thread.
Op banner inbound to Wunstorf from Belfast. Went through some v heavy rain ice about 30 mins out. Dropped off the troops but as the R & R stops had a guaranteed time in Germany...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jul 2015, 16:28
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,333
Posted By 1066

Aha the MRD

Lindholme, winter 69/70. All 6 co-pilots were on a shift rota to operate the radios in the MRDs. A 3 man operation, a tanker driver, a MRD operator in a little cab between the jet engines and a radio...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jul 2015, 14:20
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,333
Posted By 1066

Rain Ice

R4H
The Redcoat Britannia out of Boston wasn't so lucky. They iced up at around 2000 ft on departure and didn't make it.
Nasty stuff clear ice or rain ice or whatever it's called this year.
Took 2...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jul 2015, 22:25
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,333
Posted By 1066

A different cold wx problem

Belize schedule, Mk3, home bound. Night stop Dulles, springtime because all the cherry blossom was out. Wake up to find over a foot of v heavy wet snow had fallen. Out at Dulles, Page, the handling...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jul 2015, 12:16
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,333
Posted By 1066

C130 WRAF aircrew

Re AA62's WRAF ALMs meeting.
I remember standing by the STS, Goatacre, coffee bar, sometime between 87 and 90 and being asked by a visiting Gp Capt what I thought about WRAF being trained for the...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jun 2015, 08:31
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,333
Posted By 1066

FS0

I think I was told that FS0 was on the wall at Marietta. That was the datum where the jigs were referenced when building the fuselage.
Slight thread drift but may also be folk lore. When the...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jun 2015, 17:47
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,333
Posted By 1066

XV206 recovery

Doug,
Another fine tale!
1066 here still catching up. Story of my life. I'm up to Pg133, March this year so not too far to go. Not all you read in Air Clues is 100% true! Post 2633
When it came to...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th May 2015, 22:14
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,333
Posted By 1066

Vulcan/Hercules AAR

Still catching up! Page 129
I may have got it wrong but I had the impression from the posts re the Vulcan tanker that the Vulcan was not on the scene as early as some indicated.
AAR training, 6...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th May 2015, 22:10
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,333
Posted By 1066

Snatch

Sorry to revisit posts a long time back. I've just got past page 100 before I joined in. Many smiles along the way. Thank you all.
There was a question re what was the "string" used for the snatch?...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th May 2015, 09:39
Replies: 4,774
Views: 1,561,333
Posted By 1066

27 May 1993

Coffman, permission to come aboard?
Albert driver 1978/90, LXX and 242.
XV193 22 years ago today - Scottac
To absent friends. RIP all,
1066 aka HTC
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