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Re: We need more

#421 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:20 am

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#422 Post by Alisoncc » Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:55 am

Thought Bara G was a hospital. Was in my time.
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#423 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Mar 01, 2022 11:25 am

Alisoncc wrote:
Tue Mar 01, 2022 9:55 am
Thought Bara G was a hospital. Was in my time.
Now known as the ChrisHaniBaragwanath Hospital...

https://www.chrishanibaragwanathhospital.co.za/

The airfield and club was extant when I lived in Johannesburg, but the airfield per se is 'non est' today I believe.

https://jlpc.co.za/1988/08/history-of-b ... -the-jlpc/
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#424 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Mar 02, 2022 4:50 pm

Film noir. Orson Welles at his best.

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#425 Post by Undried Plum » Sat Mar 12, 2022 3:13 pm

Very recently sumbdy on another thread in another subset of this forum, brought up the matter of an almost incomparable, almost unique, pilot.

Now, here's one who fits the description.



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#426 Post by Boac » Sat Mar 12, 2022 6:46 pm

The word 'icon' is much over-used, except....

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#427 Post by Wodrick » Sat Mar 12, 2022 7:32 pm

I always feel privileged to have seen him display that aircraft.
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#428 Post by bob2s » Sat Mar 12, 2022 11:37 pm

An aviation pioneer of the first order.

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#429 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Mar 14, 2022 1:40 am

Old Pilots Plane Tales.JPG

RAF Form 414 Volume 13
About this episode - Another installment of tales from my RAF logbook. I’m about halfway through my 4 year sentence at RAF Valley instructing those RAF pilots destined for the fast jet world. The first couple of years had been far from without incident and I should probably mention that I nearly lost my greatest friend to an accident but someone was watching over him that day and he survived.
With many other tales too.
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#430 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Mar 14, 2022 4:48 pm

Though you remain
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Your destination remains
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#431 Post by Karearea » Thu Mar 24, 2022 9:52 pm

Documentary Of Marble Quarries Based In Greece (Marble Extraction And Processing) runs 7:45

And with the morn, those angel faces smile...

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#432 Post by G-CPTN » Thu Mar 24, 2022 10:32 pm

Fascinating video - many thanks.

In 1979 I participated in a convoy of test commercial vehicles from top to bottom of Italy (and return).

The trucks were loaded with cast concrete blocks which had a smooth white surface finish.

The Customs officers were suspicious as to why we were importing marble into Italy . . .

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#433 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Mar 27, 2022 8:32 pm

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Your destination remains
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#434 Post by Alisoncc » Sun Mar 27, 2022 11:45 pm

Sorry TGG, but feel Vulcans with nipples look very effete. My Vulcans had a big black NBS radome up front, looking like JAWS about to take a chunk out of anyone who gets in the way.
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#435 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Mar 27, 2022 11:48 pm

Alisoncc wrote:
Sun Mar 27, 2022 11:45 pm
Sorry TGG, but feel Vulcans with nipples look very effete. My Vulcans had a big black NBS radome up front, looking like JAWS about to take a chunk out of anyone who gets in the way.
Tell us more Alisoncc... :)
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#436 Post by Alisoncc » Mon Mar 28, 2022 12:04 am

Vulcan B2 Finningley.jpg
XH534 at Finningly. With NBS radome and extended tail for ECM - jaws at front and sting in tail!! Little blister above roundel housed five crew. Possibly my signature in archived F700.
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#437 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Mon Mar 28, 2022 12:09 am

Tis was, and still is, a thing of utter beauty...
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#438 Post by Pinky the pilot » Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:58 am

Indeed a lovely looking A/C. :-bd

And you once fell off the wing of one Alison? :-ss Bloody lucky you didn't do yourself some serious harm!
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#439 Post by Alisoncc » Mon Mar 28, 2022 5:46 am

Pinky the pilot wrote:
Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:58 am
Indeed a lovely looking A/C. :-bd

And you once fell off the wing of one Alison? :-ss Bloody lucky you didn't do yourself some serious harm!
When I was playing with them they were the absolute cutting-edge of avionics technology. Straight from school to three years of college - RAF Locking, thence to RAF Finningly. Imagine 19 yr old wandering out to a Vulcan on the line, hooking up Houchin (115 volt 400Hz) and battery cart (28v). Unlocking the hatch, dropping the ladder and climbing in. And getting to play with all the yummy stuff. HF call to Goose Bay for radio check. Check VHF and UHF with tower. Jamming all the TV signals for 50 mile radius running ECM (Electronic Counter Measures). Yeh they were good times. Even de-icing, spraying hot glycol mix in the middle of Winter, whilst trying not to slide off the wing to a decent drop. Happy daze.
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Re: We need more

#440 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Sun Apr 10, 2022 3:58 pm

Though you remain
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Your destination remains
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