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Departed during 2021

Last post by tango15 « Wed Mar 03, 2021 2:53 pm
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by ian16th » Fri Jan 01, 2021 12:30 pm
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Just setting up the thread, so that it is ready.

Anyone up to running a book on who will be the 1st notable/notorious person entered for 2021?...

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Great jazz musician and all-round nice guy by all accounts. One is a big jazz aficionado - rarely listen to anything else and these big names from...
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Wed Mar 03, 2021 2:53 pm
One of the greats

Last post by Pinky the pilot « Mon Jan 11, 2021 3:30 am
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by admin » Mon Jan 11, 2021 1:12 am

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WW2's 'Spitfire Women': Eleanor Wadsworth, one of last female pilots, dies

One of the last surviving Spitfire Women , who ferried aircraft to the...

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RIP Eleanor. You did good.

+1.

I wonder just how many of the ATA Ladies are left now. :-? Knew a couple of them when I was a kid.

Stored away in...

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Last post by Pinky the pilot
Mon Jan 11, 2021 3:30 am
Departed during 2020

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Fri Jan 01, 2021 3:37 pm
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by CharlieOneSix » Sat Jan 04, 2020 11:50 am
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Medium and psychic Derek Acorah has died

Never heard of him but I bet he didn't see that coming...

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One more for Robin Jackman...
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Fri Jan 01, 2021 3:37 pm
OM15

Last post by Boac « Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:33 pm
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by Wodrick » Mon Nov 02, 2020 2:55 pm

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Who hasn't signed in since September.

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He had a tantrum.

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Last post by Boac
Mon Nov 02, 2020 3:33 pm
LaserNigel

Last post by k3k3 « Sun Nov 01, 2020 8:07 pm
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by Wodrick » Sun Nov 01, 2020 5:13 pm

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Whenever I hear of another Typhoon clobbering the Philippines I wonder how Nigel is getting on.
He doesn't know it I don't suppose but him posting...

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Romantic rather than cholesterol if I remember correctly.

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Sun Nov 01, 2020 8:07 pm
Disappeared without trace

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Mon Oct 05, 2020 12:24 pm
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by Pontius Navigator » Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:27 am
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Recently we were worried about the absence of one of our members who was actually alive and well.

I made an enquiry about someone with whom I...

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Working arse off.

Ops normal!

SNAFU...

Don't work too hard. Life may not all be beer and skittles but one deserves some R and R... :)
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Mon Oct 05, 2020 12:24 pm
Shere Hite RIP.

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:37 am

by TheGreenGoblin » Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:37 am

An extraordinary lady! A feminist who taught us more about female sexuality than that nincompoop Freud could ever do. Appeared in Playboy and...

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Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:37 am
Where is Alison?

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Tue Sep 08, 2020 8:18 pm
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by Pontius Navigator » Tue Sep 08, 2020 6:38 pm

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Last post 10 days ago.

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From Admin true but Alison is different

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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Tue Sep 08, 2020 8:18 pm
Peter Green

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Tue Aug 11, 2020 4:06 pm
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by Wodrick » Sat Jul 25, 2020 4:25 pm

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RIP

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In the skies tonight

Superb.

A lot of the stuff he later did (after his noodle started to come right) with his Splinter Group was very good too!

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Tue Aug 11, 2020 4:06 pm
Dan Air News

Last post by Wodrick « Sun May 10, 2020 2:41 pm
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by Wodrick » Fri Feb 09, 2018 1:43 pm

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Just been advised that John O'Regan has passed. B727 at MAN then B737 @ LGW
Neither of us remember him.

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Captain John Harrison 1-11 at MAN died yesterday after a long illness, not 19 related.
We think he might have been 737 for a while then retired on...

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Sun May 10, 2020 2:41 pm
Ronan O’Rahilly. Who??

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Tue Apr 21, 2020 6:17 pm
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by Capetonian » Mon Apr 20, 2020 10:01 pm

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Many will have long forgotten who he was, but in his day he was a controversial and influential figure.

Ronan O’Rahilly, the founder of the...

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I had never heard of Mr Rahilly until today, despite being a fan of Radio Caroline and all its doings and people.. What an interesting character...

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Tue Apr 21, 2020 6:17 pm
Charlie 16 aka C16

Last post by CharlieOneSix « Sun Mar 08, 2020 12:44 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Mar 07, 2020 12:54 am

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A bloody decent man, a legend, and a pilot who has much to tell us lesser folk...

He and FD2 have made a huge impact on my life, even by proxy, and...

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C16, did I give you an update on my hearing aids?

PN - I've replied in the Hearing thread:

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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Sun Mar 08, 2020 12:44 pm
Angels

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Fri Feb 14, 2020 12:04 pm
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by Wodrick » Sun Dec 17, 2017 8:18 am

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It is 11 days since *Angels* posted here and 13 since he posted on TOP anyone know anything ?

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Will do guys but I think he looks in occasionally.

Please RiS 'club secretary' can't think of a worse job in the world apart from an Airline Pilot.

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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Fri Feb 14, 2020 12:04 pm
Judy T Texas

Last post by Slasher « Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:07 pm
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by Slasher » Fri Jan 31, 2020 4:44 am

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Just asking if anyone still stays in contact with her? She used to be a member at TOP.

Also ex-TOP ‘Pilotspal’ should she still be contactable....

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Ok Reds thanks. 👍🏻

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Last post by Slasher
Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:07 pm
Departed during 2019

Last post by Ibbie « Fri Jan 03, 2020 8:06 pm
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by G-CPTN » Sun Dec 29, 2019 10:38 am

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2019’s Notable Deaths .

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Somewhere I have a CD called Gravelands with tracks by artists who are no longer with us.

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Last post by Ibbie
Fri Jan 03, 2020 8:06 pm
Re: Breeding lions - good or bad?

Last post by Capetonian « Sun Dec 29, 2019 1:10 pm
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by Tsetse Fly » Sat Sep 21, 2019 1:00 pm

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Anyone come ever across the elusive Rainboe?

I thought it was impossible to get banned on Ops-Normal, not that I ever heard he had been.

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The whole captive lions trade is utterly despicable. Fuelled by demand from the Far East (mainly China) and the greed and corruption of South...

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Last post by Capetonian
Sun Dec 29, 2019 1:10 pm
RIP Bob Balls MBE

Last post by CharlieOneSix « Thu Dec 12, 2019 10:42 am

by CharlieOneSix » Thu Dec 12, 2019 10:42 am

The Fleet Air Arm Officers' Association has posted that Bob Balls died in September. He was an ex-RN helicopter pilot but it was with Bristow that he...

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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Thu Dec 12, 2019 10:42 am
Vale Dave Tink

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Fri Sep 27, 2019 5:29 am
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by CharlieOneSix » Thu Sep 26, 2019 10:12 am

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Taken from TOP:

Dave Tink’s son, Alun, reported on another site that his father passed away on 24 September 2019.

Dave was the Bristow Chief...

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Wonder what happens when someone pops their clogs and their nearest and dearest don’t flag it to the various sites that they’re on? Presumably, if...

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Fri Sep 27, 2019 5:29 am
RIP

Last post by Boac « Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:01 pm
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by Wodrick » Sun Aug 11, 2019 6:40 pm

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Just been advised Capt Bob Cherry LGW for DAN 1970 - 1992 passed Aug 7th - dementia.

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A familiar figure around the Dan shop.

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Last post by Boac
Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:01 pm
Akrotiri 1959

Last post by ian16th « Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:27 am
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by G~Man » Tue Jul 23, 2019 5:58 am

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Looking for anyone stationed in Akrotiri in 59....

More to follow.....

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Arrived in Oct 62, so I missed anyone whose 30 month tour started before March 1960.

If it is important, I or Ricardian can probably contact someone...

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Last post by ian16th
Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:27 am
Flt. Lt. Fred Jones.

Last post by fareastdriver « Tue Apr 30, 2019 3:06 pm
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by fareastdriver » Sun Apr 28, 2019 1:23 pm

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He used to be my captain on Valiants. Before that he was on Canberras at Honington and Cyprus followed by the simulator at Marham. He flew Valiants...

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There will be a Service of Thanksgiving on Thursday 16 May at 1130 at St Mary the Virgin Church, High Street, Ixworth, Bury St Edmunds Suffolk.

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Last post by fareastdriver
Tue Apr 30, 2019 3:06 pm
Tony Draper.

Last post by limeygal « Mon Apr 22, 2019 11:05 am
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by G-CPTN » Mon Aug 06, 2018 8:12 am
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Members elsewhere are concerned for the health of Tony Draper.
Does anyone have any news?

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Thanks Slash :YMHUG:
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Last post by limeygal
Mon Apr 22, 2019 11:05 am
Ron MacDonald

Last post by Capetonian « Wed Mar 06, 2019 2:21 pm

by Capetonian » Wed Mar 06, 2019 2:21 pm

Captain Ron MacDonald was a well known character at Brooklands Museum, sometimes seen in the left hand seat of the Viscount (G-APIM) or the...

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Last post by Capetonian
Wed Mar 06, 2019 2:21 pm
Airborne Aircrew

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Sun Aug 26, 2018 6:52 pm

by Pontius Navigator » Sun Aug 26, 2018 6:52 pm

Another one missing since January last year. You suddenly realise you haven't seen them around.

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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Sun Aug 26, 2018 6:52 pm
Buggaluggs

Last post by flynverted « Sat Jun 23, 2018 6:27 pm
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by flynverted » Sat Jun 23, 2018 6:22 pm

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Buggaluggs
From TOP, used to talk on pprune chat heaps, he flew 744 in the sand pit. Anyone talk to him or know if he's still around? TOP has gone...

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Oh, and there was KC too, flew in the NZ Airforce...
I think kc is on fb but I don't use fb...

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Sat Jun 23, 2018 6:27 pm

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