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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

2nd Apr 2023, 07:37

Replies: 42

BEA; the privilege

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Posted By blind pew

Loved the humour…and sarcasm..whilst I did 6...

Loved the humour…and sarcasm..whilst I did 6 years I probably didn’t do that much more than you what with P3 and the blokes who were too scared to let me fly with the excuse “I’ve been in the office...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

1st Apr 2023, 07:37

Replies: 42

BEA; the privilege

Views: 7,330

Posted By blind pew

Gordonmac nothing like our generation of social...

Gordonmac nothing like our generation of social revolution and questioning the bull…
we had a few including a jock who would have a glass of wine with his RE2, fill his hip flask from the first...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

31st Mar 2023, 07:29

Replies: 42

BEA; the privilege

Views: 7,330

Posted By blind pew

Jhieminga..yes liked that bit…sometimes I make...

Jhieminga..yes liked that bit…sometimes I make myself a tit too…flew off Bray head a few years ago ..soared for around an hour then getting bored flew the length of the promenade and back only slowly...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

29th Mar 2023, 16:29

Replies: 42

BEA; the privilege

Views: 7,330

Posted By blind pew

1700 ft for gain programming…3,000ft when I first...

1700 ft for gain programming…3,000ft when I first started especially with Wee Hugh who selected gear down even further out..then land flap on G/S interception (at 3 grand).
180 to the marker when...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

29th Mar 2023, 07:26

Replies: 42

BEA; the privilege

Views: 7,330

Posted By blind pew

Got a reference for his book Meikleour please. ...

Got a reference for his book Meikleour please.
Tugged in a Rally at a special french site..landing up slope down wind with lots of power (thermal shock engine shock protection and specific rpm as...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

28th Mar 2023, 07:24

Replies: 42

BEA; the privilege

Views: 7,330

Posted By blind pew

Happy days ..there was a little skipper ex hamble...

Happy days ..there was a little skipper ex hamble who would put in a boot of rudder just to mess up a good landing. Never flew the gripper doing my own power although I did do one or two calling the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

24th Mar 2023, 06:45

Replies: 42

BEA; the privilege

Views: 7,330

Posted By blind pew

India 4 2 you are welcome, his books are worth...

India 4 2 you are welcome, his books are worth reading although I doubt whether you will get a copy of his Concorde stick and rudder book (bit specialised). He changed Concorde procedures as he...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

23rd Mar 2023, 07:54

Replies: 42

BEA; the privilege

Views: 7,330

Posted By blind pew

Condor presume Mr Wu was North East, seem to...

Condor presume Mr Wu was North East, seem to remember visiting a strange cockpit on a trip to Newcastle where my parents had a few businesses?
Mate scraped the tail with a skipper who was comatose...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

22nd Feb 2023, 10:13

Replies: 42

BEA; the privilege

Views: 7,330

Posted By blind pew

There were great times and opportunities Gordomac...

There were great times and opportunities Gordomac for those that were adventurous…I shied away from CX and sultan of Oman as I didn’t want to be a real Johnny Foreigner, an early command on 146 at...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

21st Feb 2023, 08:28

Replies: 42

BEA; the privilege

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Posted By blind pew

It was one of my group from BEA on his first line...

It was one of my group from BEA on his first line trip as I was..at the time I was way on the backside of the learning curve as although 6 years on the gripper command decisions weren’t up to me....

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

19th Feb 2023, 22:21

Replies: 42

BEA; the privilege

Views: 7,330

Posted By blind pew

Gordanmac; thanks likewise..had one of your guys...

Gordanmac; thanks likewise..had one of your guys on my 10 course who was great fun to wind up along with one of our T1/2 group who steadfastly defended the old BEA monitored approach where Pm did the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

16th Feb 2023, 08:34

Replies: 42

BEA; the privilege

Views: 7,330

Posted By blind pew

Condor you are correct..a story recounted about a...

Condor you are correct..a story recounted about a visit from gill grey at briefing a couple of weeks into April..Graham we’ve had a couple of letters requesting supersonic certificates..what have you...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

30th Jan 2023, 11:31

Replies: 42

BEA; the privilege

Views: 7,330

Posted By blind pew

BEA; the privilege

https://youtu.be/lhujXlunAoI
Interesting mix of crew.
The captain was master of the guild, big cheese cheese in training but didn't appear at the lane inquiry and took early retirement (as did the...

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