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Forum: Military Aviation
10th May 2021, 11:20
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

baddowboy, I was also on 310 IOT Course at...

baddowboy,

I was also on 310 IOT Course at Henlow and should have been on 21 Course BFTS. Instead was sent to Honington* on a holding post until 22 Cse, I think for no better reason that my...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Mar 2021, 19:16
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

Thud, I’m afraid I can’t recall anything about...

Thud, I’m afraid I can’t recall anything about your trandem!

JC might have had the final word about the snake, but I think it was a course decision to move it to a new home. The majority were...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Mar 2021, 22:12
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

Thud, the snake stayed on until 22 course. I’m...

Thud, the snake stayed on until 22 course. I’m certain about that because I was designated OIC, as the only person willing to handle it. It eventually went to Knaresborough zoo in my car and an...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Mar 2021, 18:44
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

It was too slow.

It was too slow.
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Mar 2021, 21:06
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

I was lucky enough as a student to fly in the...

I was lucky enough as a student to fly in the “whipper in” aircraft for what (if my memory is correct) was the final practice formation flight for the “25”. Not much whipping in was needed.
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Mar 2021, 20:15
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

Possibly...I think not in my case though.

Possibly...I think not in my case though.
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Mar 2021, 18:17
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

Damned thing nearly killed me one day during my...

Damned thing nearly killed me one day during my BFTS course, but my fault and ham fisted-ness. Stuffed up a stall turn, nose was too low to begin with, so tried to correct it at the point of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Feb 2021, 19:33
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

Ron Dowler’s life was saved by one of the station...

Ron Dowler’s life was saved by one of the station doctors who performed a tracheotomy on him whilst he was still strapped into a live ejection seat in the inverted JP. The seat’s top handle was...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Feb 2021, 20:26
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

Ron Dowler crashed his JP the day before I...

Ron Dowler crashed his JP the day before I arrived to begin the BFTS course. It was still lying inverted on the airfield. Quite a sobering sight.
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Feb 2021, 21:49
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

During the aftermath of a dinner night in the...

During the aftermath of a dinner night in the late 1970s a certain young officer decided for some reason that it would be a good idea to remove all the contents of a certain absent QFI’s bedroom and...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Feb 2021, 22:55
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

Same here. What really made me feel old was when...

Same here. What really made me feel old was when a “new” gate guardian arrived at Odiham and it was one of the Whirlwinds I’d flown. Even worse was when they replaced that!
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Feb 2021, 20:08
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

Lsh, I last flew that airframe in July 1991 but...

Lsh, I last flew that airframe in July 1991 but in a much cooler place. Where did the last thirty years go?
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2021, 18:27
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

I was there 1977-8. There were two F&C students...

I was there 1977-8. There were two F&C students who were brothers; their rooms were just along the corridor from my room in the west wing.

I was married and lived in the Mess during the week but...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2021, 22:41
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

I think it was 2p in the late 1970s but you’d...

I think it was 2p in the late 1970s but you’d need eighty half pennies each way these days!
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jan 2021, 17:50
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

Eaw, thanks for the correction. So 15 course were...

Eaw, thanks for the correction. So 15 course were the first “disappointed” course. :(

I recognise quite a few on that photo. Kev McAuliffe and myself were at OASC at the same time.
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jan 2021, 10:58
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

If it was end of course, it could be 21 course. ...

If it was end of course, it could be 21 course.

IIRC, The last course to be awarded flying badges after BFTS was 15 Cse, guest of honour being Sir Douglas Bader. After that, the “wings” parades...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jan 2021, 16:37
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

So, it will have to be a slow process of...

So, it will have to be a slow process of elimination..... :p
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jan 2021, 09:24
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

57mm, He was definitely not on 22 Cse.

57mm, He was definitely not on 22 Cse.
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jan 2021, 14:52
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

41plus, Is that 17 Course.....it can’t have...

41plus,

Is that 17 Course.....it can’t have been 77. I should have with them because I went through Henlow IOT with most of that bunch! However, I was sent off to hold for some months at the...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jan 2021, 19:23
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

I doubt it, he was supposedly exorcised some...

I doubt it, he was supposedly exorcised some years ago. :cool:

https://youtu.be/EMJ7y4MF7Hk
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Dec 2020, 18:54
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

Maybe there’s scope for a few more military...

Maybe there’s scope for a few more military redundancies.
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Dec 2020, 15:25
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

We no longer need military power. If there’s any...

We no longer need military power. If there’s any trouble with a potential invader we can get a lawyer such as Sir Keir Starmer to send them a snotty letter.
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Dec 2020, 12:13
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

Er, I never actually said they should.

Er, I never actually said they should.
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Dec 2020, 20:51
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

Does anyone at MOD actually care? :(

Does anyone at MOD actually care? :(
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Dec 2020, 19:29
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

Twenty minutes longer up the A1 by road from the...

Twenty minutes longer up the A1 by road from the south, yes but as I mentioned, many students don’t have their own transport. RAF road transport to be provided from Sheffield and Hull? I hope you are...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Dec 2020, 11:58
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

It does if you’re at Sheffield or Hull...

It does if you’re at Sheffield or Hull University. More difficult to get from there for a student who isn’t lucky enough to have access to a private car. My daughter struggled even to get from Leeds...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Dec 2020, 04:36
Replies: 227
Views: 81,983
Posted By ShyTorque

Sad to see another great airfield close. I went...

Sad to see another great airfield close. I went through BFTS there in 77/8 when the dispersal was a sea of red and white Jet Provosts.

My youngest was a member of YUAS only a couple of years ago...
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