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Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Sep 2019, 06:37
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

As I once wrote:

As I once wrote:
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Feb 2019, 20:40
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

In Jul 1993 I took a VC10K to the Hradec Kralove...

In Jul 1993 I took a VC10K to the Hradec Kralove air show on static display. On the first day of the show, we noticed a VIP enclosure not far from our jet, in which there were a number of elderly...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jan 2019, 11:32
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

No doubt the top speed of the latter was somewhat...

No doubt the top speed of the latter was somewhat greater than that of the former?
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jan 2019, 07:36
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

A very well-made documentary piece - thanks,...

A very well-made documentary piece - thanks, roving!

In 1970 my first ULAS Summer Camp was at RAF Thorney Island. Those who hadn't already completed circuit consolidation would often go to RAF...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Nov 2018, 06:51
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

My late father served as an officer in the Royal...

My late father served as an officer in the Royal Bombay Sappers and MIners. He once mentioned that the WRNS in Ceylon were very friendly....:E

Rather wasted on Lord Louis though?
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Nov 2018, 15:37
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

Some of the photographic film types of that era...

Some of the photographic film types of that era did not respond evenly to certain colours of the spectrum, giving a false impression of the actual shade.
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Feb 2018, 06:59
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

ricardian wrote: For many years it was...

ricardian wrote:

For many years it was home to large numbers of imported Lada and Moskvich cars, which had been ferried from the USSR to Hull, then transported to Carnaby for UK modifications.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Oct 2017, 21:18
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

The late 'Puddy' Catt, that well-known Hunter...

The late 'Puddy' Catt, that well-known Hunter chap, once told me a story about a flight he'd had in a Bev.

Stooging back from the Middle East in the boom, he was having a snooze when he was woken...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Aug 2017, 06:38
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

PBS America is available on Sky channel 534,...

PBS America is available on Sky channel 534, Virgin Media 276 and Freesat 155.

Thanks for the heads-up - DVR is set!
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jul 2017, 06:46
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

Chugalug 2, I strongly suspect that the documents...

Chugalug 2, I strongly suspect that the documents will refer to the Duke of Windsor. A known racist, he and Wallis (about whom there is also much speculation) were bundled off to Bermuda during WW2...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2017, 22:22
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

Glad to see you back, Danny! Any 'nubile...

Glad to see you back, Danny!

Any 'nubile maiden' nurses in that hospital, of similar pulchritudinous quality to that of a certain Section Officer, to soothe your fevered brow... ;) ?
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jan 2017, 11:55
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

GABARDINE SWINE

Steady on, Danny, the bromide seems to be wearing off! I'd post another piccy of Section Officer Harvey, but wouldn't want your sphygmomanometer to ping off-scale high!

About 25 years ago I...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jan 2017, 13:10
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

The dropping of chocolates to the Berlin children...

The dropping of chocolates to the Berlin children was started by Gail Halvorsen, aka 'Uncle Wiggly Wings' - see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Halvorsen
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Oct 2016, 07:16
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

Back in the 1980s, a bunch of reprobate F-4 chums...

Back in the 1980s, a bunch of reprobate F-4 chums were drinking in a mess bar with their Luftwaffe colleagues. As the evening wore on, someone decided that it would be a good idea to sing 'The flag...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Sep 2016, 21:20
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

Not by me! Time to watch a certain DVD again, I...

Not by me! Time to watch a certain DVD again, I reckon!

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/nw969/SYork03-1.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/nw969/media/SYork03-1.jpg.html)

:ok:
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Aug 2016, 19:50
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

The French Resistance had some clever methods. ...

The French Resistance had some clever methods. Destructive techniques such as mixing carborundum grinding paste with grease for axle boxes (I understand that smearing Vaseline missed with grinding...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jun 2016, 12:36
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

One of the tasks of a QFI was either 'Duty...

One of the tasks of a QFI was either 'Duty Pilot', or going to the Tower to watch your own students during their solo consolidation trips.

I was QFI-ing at Abingdon, but it wasn't much fun in...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2016, 06:42
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

Surely the famous wartime brand was 'Cape to...

Surely the famous wartime brand was 'Cape to Cairo':

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/nw969/CtoC_zpslbgwmlud.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/nw969/media/CtoC_zpslbgwmlud.jpg.html)
...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Feb 2016, 07:20
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

I've never held Haig-Thomas in any esteem ever...

I've never held Haig-Thomas in any esteem ever since he bragged in the Winter 2009 edition of Prop Swing, the Shuttleworth Vintage Aircraft Society's magazine, as follows:


Let me get this right...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jan 2016, 07:17
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

Some trainee directional consultants learning the...

Some trainee directional consultants learning the black art of their craft in a Fokker XVIII:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/nw969/Fokker%20XXXVI_zpstkx7incj.jpg...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Dec 2015, 13:29
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

I still have the kukri given to my late father by...

I still have the kukri given to my late father by his men during his wartime service in Burma with the Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners.

It was made from the leaf spring of one of the trucks his...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Nov 2015, 11:22
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

1-in-1

The Hunter 1:1 was a reasonably straightforward technique. Having settled into the glide clean, you waited until height from touchdown was numerically the same as distance, then on the ATC call...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Oct 2015, 22:21
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

Allow me: ...

Allow me:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/nw969/24936_zpshqjiewof.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/nw969/media/24936_zpshqjiewof.jpg.html)

I suspect that the lower unit is part of a...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jul 2015, 06:52
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

Or, in later years, "Zorbin!".

Or, in later years, "Zorbin!".
Forum: Military Aviation
25th May 2015, 08:09
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

When we deployed a pair of VC10K3s to Hawaii for...

When we deployed a pair of VC10K3s to Hawaii for a certain operation, the DetCo decided that, whilst on duty, we'd wear either flying coveralls (if available for flying) or RAF KD - but with...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th May 2015, 22:48
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

Quite why RAF groundcrew always appeared so...

Quite why RAF groundcrew always appeared so scruffy and unkempt whilst working on aircraft was beyond me - you never saw USAF or other air forces' personnel so badly dressed.
Forum: Military Aviation
20th May 2015, 08:15
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

FantomZorbin wrote: A fine establishment...

FantomZorbin wrote:

A fine establishment indeed! But the last time I rang him ages ago, he said that business was very poor as the RAF had been so decimated, particularly at training bases.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jun 2014, 06:33
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

Danny42C, herewith TMHDOOTIF: ...

Danny42C, herewith TMHDOOTIF:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/nw969/TMHDOOTIRF_zps8c9d8e53.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/nw969/media/TMHDOOTIRF_zps8c9d8e53.jpg.html)

Incidentally,...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th May 2014, 06:33
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

The problem has been caused by the size of the...

The problem has been caused by the size of the large 'log book' image posted by Ormeside28.

Please edit your post, Ormeside28, so that the image is no larger than 800 pixels wide.

That should...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Mar 2014, 23:36
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

Ah, the mysteries of HF comms.... 'twas oft...

Ah, the mysteries of HF comms....

'twas oft said that it was easier to raise the dead than to raise Cyprus Flight Watch - even in 2002!!
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Mar 2014, 12:22
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

Before the access to RAF Leeming was re-designed...

Before the access to RAF Leeming was re-designed when the station flew the F-3, the only (legal) way in was via Gatenby Lane.

Now the farmers of Yorkshire aren't that well known for their...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Feb 2014, 20:48
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

Warmtoast, your tale reminds me of the experience...

Warmtoast, your tale reminds me of the experience I had 30 years ago when returning to the UK through Dover....

I'd been over for a few days visiting Her Loveliness at her flat in Frankfurt and...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Feb 2014, 18:49
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

Danny42C wrote: Yes, I had to do this just...

Danny42C wrote:

Yes, I had to do this just this a few days ago. A light bulb blew upstairs (well, it had been there since 1984...), taking out the circuit fuse as well.

I managed to find a...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jan 2014, 11:42
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

The Catalina cruising speed is variously reported...

The Catalina cruising speed is variously reported as typically 100-120 mph (87-105 kt).....:eek:
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jan 2014, 20:58
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,826,166
Posted By BEagle

Perhaps a Do 27: ...

Perhaps a Do 27:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/nw969/Do27_zpsce424bda.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/nw969/media/Do27_zpsce424bda.jpg.html)
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