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Forum: Military Aviation

26th Jan 2024, 23:09

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RAF Chipmunks

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Posted By BEagle

'G' was possibly an initial for 'Ground/Flight...

'G' was possibly an initial for 'Ground/Flight Switch'?

Forum: Military Aviation

27th May 2016, 16:57

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RAF Chipmunks

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Posted By BEagle

A long time before my time on ULAS! In July 1965...

A long time before my time on ULAS! In July 1965 I was sitting my GCE 'O'-levels, but would far sooner have been Chipumunking!

Any staff member on ULAS in those days would have been posted at...

Forum: Military Aviation

8th Mar 2016, 06:54

Replies: 760

RAF Chipmunks

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Posted By BEagle

Haraka, we still had the old Z-harness up until...

Haraka, we still had the old Z-harness up until the time I left ULAS in 1973. I'm fairly sure that WK518 had the 5-point harness when I did that brief spell of air cadet flying though.

I can't...

Forum: Military Aviation

7th Mar 2016, 18:58

Replies: 760

RAF Chipmunks

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Posted By BEagle

WK518's glareshield was much less cluttered when...

WK518's glareshield was much less cluttered when I first flew the very same aircraft 47 years ago at RAF White Waltham....or again in 1979 when I did a few hours of Space Cadet flying between Vulcan...

Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Jun 2015, 18:58

Replies: 760

RAF Chipmunks

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Posted By BEagle

Wasn't the RAF's 'wire restrained' carb air HOT...

Wasn't the RAF's 'wire restrained' carb air HOT more to do with Gipsy Major cylinder head materials and the RAF Avgas octane rating of the day?

Forum: Military Aviation

9th May 2013, 16:17

Replies: 760

RAF Chipmunks

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Posted By BEagle

Neither feature in my logbook (1969-74). ...

Neither feature in my logbook (1969-74).

Dora-9, yes, WP981 certainly does. I flew it many times in my ULAS time - in fact it's the first RAF aeroplane I ever flew solo. White Waltham, 6 Feb...

Forum: Military Aviation

21st Apr 2010, 07:05

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RAF Chipmunks

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Posted By BEagle

We were taught the pre-taxying 'full rudder and...

We were taught the pre-taxying 'full rudder and count the clicks' technique and the option of setting 'min diff' brakes in flight if there was a crosswind was mentioned. But I don't recall ever...

Forum: Military Aviation

19th Apr 2010, 20:25

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RAF Chipmunks

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Posted By BEagle

You'd probably have a 'trouser moment' if the...

You'd probably have a 'trouser moment' if the starter crew replied down the external i/c with "Breech inserted, cowling secure!".

Best aptitude test in the world is an hour in a Chipmunk plus a...

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Apr 2010, 19:29

Replies: 760

RAF Chipmunks

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Posted By BEagle

Good old '518! I did my second ever ULAS trip in...

Good old '518! I did my second ever ULAS trip in WK518 from White Waltham on 4 Oct 1969; Fg Off Jerry Brown was the QFI. 'Ex 1-6; 12&13' all completed in 0:50, so it must have been a busy trip!
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