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Forum: Military Aviation
10th Mar 2021, 21:59
Replies: 227
Views: 82,023
Posted By idle stop

Ah, ExAscoteer...the Tincano! Yes, a shame it...

Ah, ExAscoteer...the Tincano! Yes, a shame it needed a bigger engine to try to meet the RAF Spec. This in turn caused havoc with the Spin characteristics, and gave a period of busy employment to my...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2021, 18:30
Replies: 227
Views: 82,023
Posted By idle stop

Thanks for putting me right on that, Haraka. I...

Thanks for putting me right on that, Haraka. I seem to remember it was not just the unexpected depth of cloud but also to do with overload of ATC instructions, and having to reach across cockpit to...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Mar 2021, 15:42
Replies: 227
Views: 82,023
Posted By idle stop

Pete Kemp was on ULAS similar time as me. Last...

Pete Kemp was on ULAS similar time as me. Last ran across him at Binbrook, I think about 1988 when I was doing a Chipmunk summer camp there. IIRC he was doing a Sim instructor tour. I think also it...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Feb 2021, 16:06
Replies: 227
Views: 82,023
Posted By idle stop

Speke... How the memory plays tricks! You are...

Speke...
How the memory plays tricks! You are absolutely correct. I thought the accident was whilst I was still there in ‘76. April 1977 I was already at Odiham, just about to start Puma OCU, having...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Feb 2021, 19:19
Replies: 227
Views: 82,023
Posted By idle stop

Audax: yes, I recall Russ Morley and Clive...

Audax: yes, I recall Russ Morley and Clive Roberts. I think our 8 Course was there when Ron Dowler had his accident. If he is still here ( hope so) that is indeed fantastic.

FMM910: Any names on...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Feb 2021, 16:09
Replies: 227
Views: 82,023
Posted By idle stop

Staircase: Hello! Glad to hear that you are still...

Staircase: Hello! Glad to hear that you are still about. Commiserations for those who have moved on. So yes, thanks again! PM me if you wish; identities confidential, of course.
Arclite01: Just...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Feb 2021, 17:38
Replies: 227
Views: 82,023
Posted By idle stop

So another dip into Logbook No 1. It was Jimmy...

So another dip into Logbook No 1.
It was Jimmy Howard who sent me solo at Elvington on 15th October 1975. But Ken Jones was my 'Primary' QFI. Other names...Sqn Ldr Miles (Sqn Boss) then: Holding,...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Feb 2021, 18:25
Replies: 227
Views: 82,023
Posted By idle stop

Ok...back on thread. Saturday Steak Nights in the...

Ok...back on thread. Saturday Steak Nights in the Mess. ABBA days!
(But the Puma with the background Mayan ruins did bring back memories!)
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Feb 2021, 21:28
Replies: 227
Views: 82,023
Posted By idle stop

And on the subject of airframes, a couple of...

And on the subject of airframes, a couple of years ago I sat 2 of my grandchildren in the cockpit of a JP3a fuselage at the RAF Museum in Hendon. Seeing the 1FTS logo, I noted the tail number and...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Feb 2021, 19:09
Replies: 227
Views: 82,023
Posted By idle stop

Sorry, off thread. Never mind the clerics, got a...

Sorry, off thread. Never mind the clerics, got a fair few hours in the precise old bird behind.....! More memories....
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Feb 2021, 13:19
Replies: 227
Views: 82,023
Posted By idle stop

One of the guys on 8 Course was chopped only a...

One of the guys on 8 Course was chopped only a few days before the end of the JP3a phase...and impending Wings Parade. Sad to get that far, but. However, he was lucky...there was a later trawl of...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2021, 18:41
Replies: 227
Views: 82,023
Posted By idle stop

OMQs at Dishforth were obviously tame by...

OMQs at Dishforth were obviously tame by comparison!
My last trip to Linton was to have a go in the Tucano. At the time one of the aspects of my day job was lead-in training for occasional students...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2021, 09:15
Replies: 227
Views: 82,023
Posted By idle stop

Great bit of history, Audax! And saved me a...

Great bit of history, Audax!
And saved me a search. Remember now Boss was Ken Miles. Nice chap too.
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2021, 18:42
Replies: 227
Views: 82,023
Posted By idle stop

Meet and Greet for 8 Course. B**ler espies our...

Meet and Greet for 8 Course. B**ler espies our USAF exchange instructor with a chest full of medal ribbons...’I guess you got a couple of those for instructing, Sir’ he quips. ‘Well, as a matter of...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2021, 20:04
Replies: 227
Views: 82,023
Posted By idle stop

My memories of Linton are all happy ones. Such a...

My memories of Linton are all happy ones. Such a good atmosphere; having only one Officers’ Mess helped...staff and studes in the bar in flying suits in the bar until 1900...the honesty/chits barrel...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2021, 20:44
Replies: 227
Views: 82,023
Posted By idle stop

aeroid...suggest you pm me! proone....for...

aeroid...suggest you pm me!

proone....for interim, read temporary! There was a big pool of holding would-be pilots 75-76 and after some of us had been scattered around various bases and squadrons...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2021, 19:12
Replies: 227
Views: 82,023
Posted By idle stop

Thanks, Threeputt. Very sorry to hear about John....

Thanks, Threeputt. Very sorry to hear about John. RIP indeed.
Aeroid...you may even have been one of the QFIs on our squadron?
Another memory of Linton...the wooden toll bridge I was in OMQ at...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jan 2021, 14:31
Replies: 227
Views: 82,023
Posted By idle stop

Spot-on, TH. Have his contact details. Pete...

Spot-on, TH. Have his contact details. Pete Butler I bumped into a few years back...he had ended up with BA. The rest???
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jan 2021, 12:11
Replies: 227
Views: 82,023
Posted By idle stop

Methinks there may be two Richard Head! I was on...

Methinks there may be two Richard Head! I was on ULAS 69-71 and think that RH was senior to me by a year, and as an APO he would normally have gone straight to Cranditz. So unlikely he would have...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jan 2021, 16:54
Replies: 227
Views: 82,023
Posted By idle stop

Tram... Further research is that was actually...

Tram...
Further research is that was actually our Wings day photo on 30th April 1976, and the RO in the middle was AVM P J Lagesen, CB, DFC, AFC, then the AOC No 1 Gp. I got all the other names...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jan 2021, 10:55
Replies: 227
Views: 82,023
Posted By idle stop

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1361/linton_no_8_course_ibfts_july_1976_d780900bc006eda099c0cb6b501cfa8bacdaa7bf.jpg
Linton No 8 IBFTS July 1976
End of JP5a phase, and off to...
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