Another Navy Wings article...

[Woody]

Membership, Social or just Secretary? Members were warned an interview was coming up. https://www.thegoldfishclub.co.uk/the-g ... -committee

I’ll have to watch it again on iplayer later

[CharlieOneSix]

Membership, Social or just Secretary? Members were warned an interview was coming up. https://www.thegoldfishclub.co.uk/the-g ... -committee

It was Jason Phillips or to give him his full title, Commander Jason Phillips RN OBE

[FD2]

I think he had the very exciting Sea King hydraulics fire and ditching off the coast near Colltishall?

[TheGreenAnger]

Navy Wings is affiliated with the Queen Elizabeth Class carriers and we are delighted to be able to share an update from Captain Ian Feasey, Commanding Officer HMS Queen Elizabeth on the work carried out by his team. The update highlights the diverse and essential tasks that have been delivered by the ship in the last six months.

Click the button below to be able to read and download his report.

https://eml-peur01.app.blackbaud.net/in ... 85BF0EF2/c

[CharlieOneSix]

Just found out that the Type 23 Frigate HMS Montrose is berthed in Montrose this weekend and is open to pre-booked visitors 1000-1530. I thought it would be good to reaquaint myself with the Wildcat helicopter but all visitor slots are taken . HMS Montrose has been in the Gulf for four years and will be scrapped or sold this Spring. Because of her extended time in the Gulf she has a Port and Starboard crew - Port commanded by a male Commander, and Starboard by a female Commander.

[TheGreenAnger]

Just found out that the Type 23 Frigate HMS Montrose is berthed in Montrose this weekend and is open to pre-booked visitors 1000-1530. I thought it would be good to reaquaint myself with the Wildcat helicopter but all visitor slots are taken . HMS Montrose has been in the Gulf for four years and will be scrapped or sold this Spring. Because of her extended time in the Gulf she has a Port and Starboard crew - Port commanded by a male Commander, and Starboard by a female Commander.
HMS Montrose.jpg

You are not just some mere visitor C16, surely you can swing a visit through the old boy's (and girl's) network?

[CharlieOneSix]

You are not just some mere visitor C16, surely you can swing a visit through the old boy's (and girl's) network?

Yes, if I'd known earlier I could have done something but late on a Friday etc etc.....I might just turn up and wave my Navy Wings membership card at the guys on the gangway.

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

Approach from oceanside on a lilo looking like a migrant - they'll take you on board and probably feed you too

[TheGreenAnger]

Approach from oceanside on a lilo looking like a migrant - they'll take you on board and probably feed you too

They probably would because the Royal Navy abides by the rules of the sea, doesn't ignore International law, and inculcates a modicum of morality in its officers.

[CharlieOneSix]

Those were the days - another fine TUGG cartoon...

[CharlieOneSix]

His Majesty The King presents the Royal Navy with new Colours

https://www.fleetairarmoa.org/news/his ... ew-colours

[OneHungLow]

Another evocative shot from the Navy Wings newsletter...

80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic

“The Battle of the Atlantic was the dominating factor all through the war. Never for one moment could we forget that everything happening elsewhere, on land at sea or in the air, depended ultimately on its outcome.” Winston Churchill

The Battle of the Atlantic against the U-boat threat was the hardest fought victory in history and was one in which the Fleet Air Arm played a crucial role. Without the protection provided by the Fleet Air Arm many of the convoys would never have reached the British Isles with their vital supplies – ultimately enabling the Allies to launch the invasion of Europe

https://navywings.org.uk/home/about-us/ ... 42b2958128

[OneHungLow]

Noticed in an e-mail from Navy Wings and wondered if the two FAA stalwarts FD2 and C16 are going to become involved?

FAA voices to be heard. A request for first-hand accounts - 1960 to 1990

As I am sure you are aware, we are working extremely hard to gather all the material we need to complete the first ever film documentary covering the entire history of the Fleet Air Arm from its earliest pre WW1 roots.

Since our last bulletin, we have been very busy organising location shooting with the Royal Navy and interviewing some of our senior veterans. We now have some amazing testimony from as early as 1939 'in the can'.

We will be embarking in one of His Majesty’s ships in June for some sea time and filming in the FAA’s natural habitat. We hope to not only capture the unique working environment of flying at sea but show how that environment develops a special bond among those involved.

Could your personal testimony make a valuable contribution?
We are working through the years in phases and now need to move onto those who served more recently.

If you think you have something to contribute, small or large, and served between 1960 and 1990, please click the link below and complete the simple form.

It is vital that we hear from all branches, Pussers to Pinkies, Bombheads to Badgers, Met to Mech and Handlers to Aircrewmen.

FAA Film Contribution Form
Help us bring the powerful history of the Forgotten Air Arm onto a global stage.

First hand testimony is central to the Fleet Air Arm Story.
Please contribute if you can and circulate this request to your veteran network.

Many thanks for your ongoing support.

https://navywings.us20.list-manage.com/ ... 42b2958128

[CharlieOneSix]

Noticed in an e-mail from Navy Wings and wondered if the two FAA stalwarts FD2 and C16 are going to become involved?

My time in the FAA was truly unremarkable and what little bits of excitement I was involved in have previously been recorded by others who were also there. I did think about what I could contribute but really there is nothing new.

[FD2]

Likewise. I hope there will be plenty of wildly exciting 'Flight Deck Yarns' of the 'Stovie's' "there I was at X,000ft" stories. An account of some much less exciting things that happened to me are in one of them already.

[OneHungLow]

I suspect the two aforementioned posters, decent chaps that they are, are too self-effacing, as both have clearly lived adventurous lives, and all 'stum und drang' aside, it is sometimes that which might seem like the banal details to the cognoscenti, that makes documentaries like this fascinating to the average viewer like me.