Josip Vrandecic -Mes Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 The real Stealth Fighter ! Edited By Josip Vrandecic -Mes on 21/10/2014 18:45:24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hopkin Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Aviation related ish and a true story.... The big counter-insurgency warfare exercise at Sandhurst - 90 Officer Cadets and their Platoon and Company Staff (all NCO's from the Brigade of Guards) en-route to Cyprus for 10 days of sleep deprivation and sangar building, scheduled for a Hercules flight out of Brize Norton (well before it went all posh!) at silly-o-clock in the morning, weather is biblically bad, rain that needed a knife and fork to walk through.... convoy of Landies and 4 tonners arrive at Brize Main Gate and screech to a halt Exhibit A - A Royal Air Force Oik on guard duty, clad in heavy waterproof greatcoat and cheesecutter hat, the rain forming a little waterfall from his peak hands thrust deep in his pockets Exhibit B - A Captain from the 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards (Company Commander of Alamein Company Exhibit C - a Company Sergeant Major of the Scot Guards (He who reminded me, that as an office cadet, he calls me Sir because he has to, I call him Sir because I ******* Mean it) Exhibits B & C approach Exhibit A, Halt in front of him, Exhibit A eyes them with suspicion Exhibit C Takes a deep breath and screams "Don't you salute Captains in the RAF?" Exhibit A - Simply says "We don't have Captains in the RAF" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Vrandecic -Mes Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John Privett Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Posted by Josip Vrandecic -Mes on 21/10/2014 18:44:43: The real Stealth Fighter ! Edited By Josip Vrandecic -Mes on 21/10/2014 18:45:24 I think I've posted this one somewhere on here before (though not in this thread) as I uploaded it to my album precisely one year ago. (Well, one year and 28 minutes ago actually...) This is a Stealth Airliner, pictured (or not) at Newcastle Airport... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 A few funny anecdotes, apologies if you already know them. Edited By cymaz on 02/11/2014 20:39:22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinegar Dave Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Again apologies if you have heard this one but WW1 pilots were told on take off that if their engine was to fail 'Don't Turn back'. If you bank to the left you will burn and if you bank to the right you will crash so go straight on and you might crash or burn but you have a chance! Average life consistancy of a pilot was 12 days to be shot down and a 1 in 3 in that is excluding a chance of being killed in take off or landing... and they wanted to get out of the trenches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff2wings Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J D 8 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 And if you lasted a fortnight and got your eye in so to speak,you might last three months! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denis parkinson Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Posted by cymaz on 02/11/2014 20:38:38: A few funny anecdotes, apologies if you already know them. Awsome Cymaz, never seen those before Edited By cymaz on 02/11/2014 20:39:22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinegar Dave Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Posted by John Privett on 01/11/2014 21:22:50: Posted by Josip Vrandecic -Mes on 21/10/2014 18:44:43: The real Stealth Fighter ! Edited By Josip Vrandecic -Mes on 21/10/2014 18:45:24 I think I've posted this one somewhere on here before (though not in this thread) as I uploaded it to my album precisely one year ago. (Well, one year and 28 minutes ago actually...) This is a Stealth Airliner, pictured (or not) at Newcastle Airport... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinegar Dave Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 That's it! It's flight MH 322... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Hargreaves - Moderator Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Posted by Vinegar Dave on 10/01/2015 15:03:52: Again apologies if you have heard this one but WW1 pilots were told on take off that if their engine was to fail 'Don't Turn back'. If you bank to the left you will burn and if you bank to the right you will crash so go straight on and you might crash or burn but you have a chance! Average life consistancy of a pilot was 12 days to be shot down and a 1 in 3 in that is excluding a chance of being killed in take off or landing... and they wanted to get out of the trenches? What was even more scary was the number of training accidents in one book I read they reckoned it was around 1/3rd of all pilots killed were killed in training.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Plains Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Posted by John Privett on 01/11/2014 21:22:50: Was that taken at the Jet Wash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinegar Dave Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Posted by Steve Hargreaves - Moderator on 11/01/2015 11:42:55: Posted by Vinegar Dave on 10/01/2015 15:03:52: Again apologies if you have heard this one but WW1 pilots were told on take off that if their engine was to fail 'Don't Turn back'. If you bank to the left you will burn and if you bank to the right you will crash so go straight on and you might crash or burn but you have a chance! Average life consistancy of a pilot was 12 days to be shot down and a 1 in 3 in that is excluding a chance of being killed in take off or landing... and they wanted to get out of the trenches? What was even more scary was the number of training accidents in one book I read they reckoned it was around 1/3rd of all pilots killed were killed in training.... It was similar with the 109 in WW2 ( although not quite 1in 3 but still a lot) many crashed the thing in landng in training Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Guardian newspaper has supplied us with the correct phrase for the next airframe write-off. Following the failed landing of a reusable rocket first stage over the pond, the explosive aftermath was described as a RUD. Stands for Rapid unscheduled disassembly. Much better than 2 carrier bag job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve T Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 RUD awesome......wish I had thought of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR 71 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Thats how a wiff of superglue affects me for a couple of days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Cooper 3 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Beware Props ! - True story apparently. In the Fleet Air Arm, Fairey Gannets had the Bristol Siddeley "Double Mamba" engine fitted with twin co-axial (contra-rotating) propellers. During engine run-up, and under certain light conditions, there was a sort of 'stroboscopic' effect. If you stood looking directly at the aircraft head-on this could have a somewhat mesmerising effect on some people. One day, a rating whilst marshalling a Gannet forwards, got so affected and walked straight forward into the props. I'm not sure if the pilot ever flew again....glad I wasn't there to witness it. Dave C (ex-849 Sqdn, RNAS Brawdy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Messy... Back to the funnies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiKid Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 When you can't rely on airport security. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiKid Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Decisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Romeo Whisky Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 My albums contain some cartoons I did for our Club Newsletter. Here's one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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