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Forum: Military Aviation

10th Apr 2021, 14:59

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Can you help me? RAF 1960s.

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Posted By James Blatch

treadigraph To be fair, that sounds pretty...

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To be fair, that sounds pretty good. :)

Forum: Military Aviation

9th Apr 2021, 22:19

Replies: 116

Can you help me? RAF 1960s.

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Posted By James Blatch

Thank you. Hope you enjoy it :)

Thank you. Hope you enjoy it :)

Forum: Military Aviation

8th Apr 2021, 17:55

Replies: 116

Can you help me? RAF 1960s.

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Posted By James Blatch

Well, it's taken a while, but The Final Flight is...

Well, it's taken a while, but The Final Flight is out. Thank you all for your valuable help. Any authenticity errors are entirely mine.

As a thank you to those above who helped, I can send a link...

Forum: Military Aviation

5th Apr 2019, 17:52

Replies: 116

Can you help me? RAF 1960s.

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Posted By James Blatch

I can well imagine. Thanks.

I can well imagine. Thanks.

Forum: Military Aviation

5th Apr 2019, 13:10

Replies: 116

Can you help me? RAF 1960s.

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Posted By James Blatch

Thank you Langley. Do you think the Family Curry...

Thank you Langley. Do you think the Family Curry and use of uniforms on a Sunday in church were specific to RAFG / overseas and less common in the UK?

Forum: Military Aviation

1st Apr 2019, 14:10

Replies: 116

Can you help me? RAF 1960s.

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Posted By James Blatch

Love this. Cancellation of TSR2 very much in the...

Love this. Cancellation of TSR2 very much in the story - along with rear crew discord at lack of ejection options in V-Bombers.

Forum: Military Aviation

31st Dec 2018, 16:16

Replies: 116

Can you help me? RAF 1960s.

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Posted By James Blatch

Thanks for the additional colour all - very...

Thanks for the additional colour all - very helpful hearing from those who were there at the time.

I was brought up on the tale end of the church going era for many families, hated it at the time,...

Forum: Military Aviation

30th Dec 2018, 16:53

Replies: 116

Can you help me? RAF 1960s.

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Posted By James Blatch

Thank you. As I suspected.

Thank you. As I suspected.

Forum: Military Aviation

21st Dec 2018, 21:38

Replies: 116

Can you help me? RAF 1960s.

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Posted By James Blatch

Always a danger when you decide to thank people...

Always a danger when you decide to thank people individually!

So sorry @tankertrashnav and THANK YOU :)

Had never heard of that tradition. So pleased you mentioned it.

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Dec 2018, 16:22

Replies: 116

Can you help me? RAF 1960s.

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Posted By James Blatch

Q5: Odd one this...would airman and officers have...

Q5: Odd one this...would airman and officers have worn their uniform to church on Sunday?

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Dec 2018, 16:21

Replies: 116

Can you help me? RAF 1960s.

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Posted By James Blatch

FOLLOW UP: The dead man's bar bill appears to...

FOLLOW UP: The dead man's bar bill appears to have been patchy in its tradition. But would there have been a gathering in the bar that night (regardless of this tradition)? Or would people have gone...

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Dec 2018, 16:18

Replies: 116

Can you help me? RAF 1960s.

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Posted By James Blatch

Well, after a 'life event' intervened last week,...

Well, after a 'life event' intervened last week, I have finally had a chance to come back to this thread and it is a veritable gold mine! Thank you all so much.

The little asides (Mrs X wonders...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Dec 2018, 18:07

Replies: 116

Can you help me? RAF 1960s.

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Posted By James Blatch

Q4: Drinking on a dead man’s tab in the...

Q4:

Drinking on a dead man’s tab in the evening of a loss.

Sorry for the unhappy subject.

Does anyone recall if this was a common tradition in the 1960s and earlier? I understand it may...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Dec 2018, 18:07

Replies: 116

Can you help me? RAF 1960s.

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Posted By James Blatch

Q3: Happy Hour. As a BBC reporter in...

Q3:

Happy Hour.

As a BBC reporter in the 90s/00s I had some enjoyable experiences during Happy Hour on a Friday night in officers’ messes.

However, does anyone recall when this tradition...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Dec 2018, 18:06

Replies: 116

Can you help me? RAF 1960s.

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Posted By James Blatch

Q2: (Sorry, they are coming slowly as this...

Q2: (Sorry, they are coming slowly as this account is subject to moderation at the moment).

Line of sight in the Vulcan crew area.

I believe there may have been a curtain or screen put in place...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Dec 2018, 18:05

Replies: 116

Can you help me? RAF 1960s.

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Posted By James Blatch

Q1 The Argosy. Does anyone have any...

Q1

The Argosy.

Does anyone have any experience in the back of an Argosy? Were you a loadmaster? Do you know: how an item such as a ‘gas bomb’ would have been pushed out of the aircraft? I...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Dec 2018, 16:34

Replies: 116

Can you help me? RAF 1960s.

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Posted By James Blatch

Can you help me? RAF 1960s.

Hello,

I’ve been around in these forums for a very long time, but decided to post in my real name for this exercise.

I am in the process of writing a novel set on a fictitious RAF station in...

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