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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Jul 2011, 10:11
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

There was an access hatch at the forward end of...

There was an access hatch at the forward end of the doors.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jul 2011, 09:18
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

Vulcan baby, I believe the competition photo you...

Vulcan baby, I believe the competition photo you mention was posted by me from a '60s Air Clues. I still have it and I'll knock up a hi-res copy for you. But first - can anyone see this post. :{
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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Feb 2011, 12:12
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

The things you find! Summary. The Military...

The things you find!

Summary. The Military Flight System Compass installation in the Vulcan B Mk 2 provides a satisfactory gyro-magnetic compass system for navigational use. The Track Control...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Jul 2010, 12:51
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

Lost me. Which one is that?

Lost me. Which one is that?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Jun 2010, 16:12
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Posted By forget

Thanks. Can't argue with that. A Blue Steel...

Thanks. Can't argue with that. A Blue Steel peculiarity I thought - but 655 was never Blue Steel. Perhaps a Tanker Mod? But then I find a photograph of a non Blue Steel aircraft in proper colours,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th May 2010, 20:46
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Posted By forget

Nice one YS, :ok: but we're getting a little...

Nice one YS, :ok: but we're getting a little confused here. It was sooty655 who suggested the dedicated refuelling 28VDC; the jury is still working on Waddo Liney's theories :E

So far as the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th May 2010, 17:59
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

Interesting. Do you have this 28VDC connector on...

Interesting. Do you have this 28VDC connector on XM655? I was ECM/Comms with 655, and others, for seven years in the '60s and I don't remember this connector. If it's there it must be a mod....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th May 2010, 17:21
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

I think you are mixing up your B1As and B2's.:8...

I think you are mixing up your B1As and B2's.:8 The first was mainly DC generators with Inverters for AC, the latter AC alternators with TRUs for DC. 'Blacksheep' knows all about this and will...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th May 2010, 09:31
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

Waddo Liney, welcome but the California sun has...

Waddo Liney, welcome but the California sun has got to you.



http://www.pprune.org/5454535-post1624.html



http://www.pprune.org/5455287-post1626.html
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Apr 2010, 14:58
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

This thread has gone seriously downhill. Running...

This thread has gone seriously downhill. Running ECM as a 'radio check', Tridents that needed 'radar' to land - three posts with pre-historic 'jokes' on Hellerman pliers. Maybe it should be locked.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jan 2010, 09:13
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

flipflop, good to hear from you. I think you've...

flipflop, good to hear from you. I think you've put alisoncc right on his fading memories - too much Oz plonk perchance. I do remember Paloustes on the odd pan but I don't think they were regularly...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jan 2010, 08:31
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Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

Correct. ... and alisoncc, I don't know...

Correct. ... and

alisoncc, I don't know how to break this gently :) - the ILS antennas (G/S, LOC) were in the wing tips. There was an antenna in the fin cap, but not ILS.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Jan 2010, 14:50
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

alisoncc, not important I know, but I give you...

alisoncc, not important I know, but I give you (very) well remembered facts and you keep coming up with your own (wrong) versions. See below, aircraft GPU connectors which, incidentally, are nowhere...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Jan 2010, 09:34
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

With the Vulcans I worked on, for seven years,...

With the Vulcans I worked on, for seven years, Ground Power connectors were well aft and inboard of No 2 engine, and they most definitely angled rearwards - for the purpose previously discussed. No...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Jan 2010, 11:48
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

Sorry to jump in again, but the narrator was...

Sorry to jump in again, but the narrator was correct. That's why the aircraft's ground power sockets were angled rearwards and the GPU cables had some provision for a snatch wire. My memory is that...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Jan 2010, 09:44
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Posted By forget

alisoncc, there's no other way of telling you -...

alisoncc, there's no other way of telling you - your memory's shot. :sad:

All above, bar the HF Comm, were in the nose wheel bay. Apparently red wine helps. :ok:
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Jan 2010, 15:46
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

Welcome BUFF(B-52) Bob, There's some good stuff...

Welcome BUFF(B-52) Bob, There's some good stuff on your query at

http://www.pprune.org/military-aircrew/264069-v-force-dispersal-query.html



During dispersal exercises, code name Mickey...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Aug 2009, 13:32
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

I posted this a couple of years ago but it may be...

I posted this a couple of years ago but it may be worth another look, and also for those who missed it. Tatjana van Vark, runs her own working NBS; in her kitchen apparently. And for BEagle there’s a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Jul 2009, 11:47
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

Ah, the Wheatsheaf. The car park, 24th May 1969...

Ah, the Wheatsheaf. The car park, 24th May 1969 with the Memsahib's honeymoon chariot following artistic enhancement by Vulcan fixers. :hmm:

...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Mar 2009, 12:47
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

See Andy Leitch's excellent site - Vulcans...

See Andy Leitch's excellent site -

Vulcans in Camera - vp Frameset (http://www.avrovulcan.org.uk/tankers/index.htm)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Feb 2009, 12:33
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

They'd be on their way to Charlie's Tailors in...

They'd be on their way to Charlie's Tailors in the village. A couple of Tigers and a Kemo in the Tengah Bar and you'd have a perfect fit KD in the very best of material. Oh, how smart we all looked. ...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Feb 2009, 16:42
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

As did the Vulcan's.

As did the Vulcan's.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Feb 2009, 10:23
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

Stumbled across this, 1964. Interesting read.:ok:...

Stumbled across this, 1964. Interesting read.:ok:

1964 | 0386 | Flight Archive (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1964/1964%20-%200386.html)

PS. Ref top picture - First V-bomber clad...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Dec 2008, 15:43
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

That would have to be your shortest posting ever....

That would have to be your shortest posting ever. 'Coningsby' moved to Cottesmore during October '64. ;)
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Dec 2008, 14:02
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

823's 'TFR' looks to me like a home built add-on....

823's 'TFR' looks to me like a home built add-on. It's far too long for the real thing: see 599's at Barksdale. :8

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/cumpas/tfr.jpg
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Aug 2008, 13:42
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

Go on, take a wild guess, you never know your...

Go on, take a wild guess, you never know your luck. :ok:
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Aug 2008, 11:13
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

More bells ringing? ( But I don't remember this.)...

More bells ringing? ( But I don't remember this.) From the same Sim site HERE (http://www.flightsim.com/cgi/kds?$=main/review/pssvulc/pssvulc.htm)
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Aug 2008, 09:34
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

Ring any bells? From a Sim site, but looks pretty...

Ring any bells? From a Sim site, but looks pretty accurate.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/cumpas/vauto.jpg
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Aug 2008, 15:10
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

I don't know about Barnes Wallis but Donald...

I don't know about Barnes Wallis but Donald Campbell got an unofficial Vulcan fly-by after his accident. Very interesting story below. I was on the line at Cottesmore at the time and I seem to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Aug 2007, 10:33
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

Some detailed photographs here of XM-573 at the...

Some detailed photographs here of XM-573 at the SAC Museum, Omaha, Ne.

Wadpol won't bring this one back to pristine :uhoh:
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Aug 2007, 10:59
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

Must’ve been after my time. Something very Monty...

Must’ve been after my time. Something very Monty Python about this. Let’s see. Quick Reaction Alert, fully armed nuclear bomber, low level camouflaged, Electronic Counter Measures equipped. Take it...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd Aug 2007, 09:39
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

:) The only tow bar in aviation history...

:)

The only tow bar in aviation history where it was easier to leave the tow bar static - and then move the aircraft to fit it. :p
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jul 2007, 15:27
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

This should rattle a few old brain cells....

This should rattle a few old brain cells. Pictures taken from 1968 Bomb/Nav/Comm competition.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b270/cumpas/crewA-1.jpg
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Jun 2007, 12:57
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

The Tempus Publishing book revue is revealing. ...

The Tempus Publishing book revue is revealing.



I now understand why the bomb doors were on the bottom of the aircraft.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Jun 2007, 11:45
Replies: 2,117
Views: 1,199,422
Posted By forget

Brilliant! Brilliant! Posted last month. 9...

Brilliant! Brilliant! Posted last month. 9 minutes of the best Vulcan/Victor footage I've ever seen. :ok::ok::ok:

( No doubt I'm the last in the world to have seen this. :hmm:)
...
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