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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Jan 2024, 17:02
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By Timelord

Hmm, sounds a bit dubious. The news of Kennedy’s...

Hmm, sounds a bit dubious. The news of Kennedy’s death came through on a Friday evening so everyone would have been in Happy Hour. If you had an engine fire over Liverpool I’m not sure you’d take it...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Jan 2024, 13:54
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By Timelord

I think this has all been addressed somewhere...

I think this has all been addressed somewhere earlier in this thread but neither of those reports cover two salient issues:
1. There was turbulence from the hangars when the wind was from a certain...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Jan 2024, 07:46
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By Timelord

I was a Nav Rad on a different Squadron at...

I was a Nav Rad on a different Squadron at Waddington at the time and it says much that as my age advances and I have more and more trouble remembering names I have no problem bringing that...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Sep 2023, 12:37
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By Timelord

Many here will be sad to see that Eric Macey’s...

Many here will be sad to see that Eric Macey’s death was announced in today’s Times aged 87. He was my Stn Cdr when I was a first tour Nav Rad at Waddington and despite the fact that I served for ...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
31st Oct 2021, 12:17
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By Timelord

Megan, I think that what YS and I have posted is...

Megan, I think that what YS and I have posted is about all there is to know for sure. .Everything else is speculation, and that is a bad thing where fatalities and families are involved.

Beamr,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Oct 2021, 16:54
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By Timelord

I was a Nav Radar on a Waddington squadron at the...

I was a Nav Radar on a Waddington squadron at the time, and our crew did the Chicago display the next year. I think it is uncontroversial to say that the rules for selecting, training and supervising...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Aug 2020, 15:35
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By Timelord

Good luck. I was never on 35 but happy to help if...

Good luck. I was never on 35 but happy to help if I can. (50 and 44 1974-79)

TL
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
25th Aug 2020, 09:36
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By Timelord

Petet: PN has summarised the ground training...

Petet:

PN has summarised the ground training which included:
Target study,
Intelligence reading and study,
Weapons Standardisation (Nuclear weapon knowledge and procedures both academic quizes,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Aug 2020, 16:45
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By Timelord

PN,all true of course. I was just talking about...

PN,all true of course. I was just talking about flying. Not sure what Petet is interested in. WST was, of course, an absolute joy!
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Aug 2020, 14:51
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By Timelord

In my time (1973-79) the BTR scheme ruled pretty...

In my time (1973-79) the BTR scheme ruled pretty much every trip. I’m trying hard to think of anything we did that wasn’t dictated by ticking BTR boxes but can only think of some dedicated Co-pilot...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Apr 2019, 15:15
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By Timelord

And an 18 inch (?) lip on the end of the runway.

And an 18 inch (?) lip on the end of the runway.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Jul 2018, 09:12
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By Timelord

Thanks PN and Beags. B1 was well before my time....

Thanks PN and Beags. B1 was well before my time. Could it be that I remember the left / right needle from the Hastings T5.
?.
Indeed ‘ go to bomb , advise demand”
”Hard left”
”Oh b***er - go back...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jul 2018, 21:33
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By Timelord

I’m having a recollection problem as well. How...

I’m having a recollection problem as well. How were bomb and HRS steering demands presented to the pilots? I thought I remembered a simple left / right needle but looking at cockpit photos I couldn’t...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Oct 2017, 18:37
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By Timelord

Pretty unlikely that a F540 ( if that is what you...

Pretty unlikely that a F540 ( if that is what you are referring to) has incorrect aircraft serials I would have thought. Aircraft did move around pretty often though.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Oct 2017, 15:49
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By Timelord

I can't speak to your first two questions but...

I can't speak to your first two questions but Vulcans had definitely ceased real QRA by 1975. As discussed previously we still did it on exercises.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Sep 2017, 14:21
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By Timelord

Well, to one sort of officer success in a bomb...

Well, to one sort of officer success in a bomb comp was a good career move, to another sort success meant a jolly to the USA for Giant Voice. That plus professional and crew pride meant that most...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Aug 2017, 14:12
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By Timelord

I think "shape" was a shorthand / slang term for...

I think "shape" was a shorthand / slang term for any form of simulated / training weapon carried that was more properly called a training round. You used to hear of people dropping "shapes" and in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Jun 2007, 13:08
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By Timelord

Wasn't a Type 40 bomb a 1000lb er? I think you...

Wasn't a Type 40 bomb a 1000lb er? I think you wound the FT on manually for 28lb PB.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Mar 2005, 16:48
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By Timelord

Not sure that I like the phrase "old Vulcan...

Not sure that I like the phrase "old Vulcan aircrew from the late 60s", so as slightly younger Vulcan aircrew from the late 70s here goes:
At the time low flying in the UK was confined to a system...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Aug 2004, 15:42
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By Timelord

50+ RAY - Which seat did I sit in? Well, I seem...

50+ RAY - Which seat did I sit in? Well, I seem to remember spending a lot of time in the one by the uckers board, and almost as much in the one by the window in the feeder. As for in the aircraft;...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Aug 2004, 21:20
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,428
Posted By Timelord

Flew in it a lot during summer 1979 with the...

Flew in it a lot during summer 1979 with the Blyth crew on 44 Sqn. A lot of it was displays, including Manchester, Waddo open day and Chicago Lakeshore
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