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by dfarrow
06 Jul 2022, 19:34
Forum: CBFS Forum
Topic: DH Rapide braking and nosing over
Replies: 8
Views: 1014

Re: DH Rapide braking and nosing over

Seems to be the case on the real one . We had a Rapide doing joy rides a few years ago at Compton A . On about day 3 she taxiied in after landing , and the duty boss [ a non flyer , but all her life at CA ] remarked ... Should the prop tips be like that .... Go faster style , bent back ? Both props ...
by dfarrow
06 Jul 2022, 19:28
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Solstice Sadness
Replies: 32
Views: 1727

Re: Solstice Sadness

Tom , Hev yew gotta loight Bor ? Rumour had it back then that Alan was from Suffolk ...
No one at school owned up to being Molly Windley , 'tho they might have smoked like a 'chimbley' .

rgds dave f.
by dfarrow
06 Jul 2022, 18:35
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Return of the Mac.
Replies: 165
Views: 11601

Re: Return of the Mac.

Paul , thank you very much for the geography , travelogue , and history imputs . They bring your journey alive , and although I've flown over much of this route in the later part of my working life . Anything east of 'Chaos Korner' [ Aleppo ] was always at night ; thus I've not seen any of the geogr...
by dfarrow
06 Jul 2022, 17:51
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Solstice Sadness
Replies: 32
Views: 1727

Re: Solstice Sadness

When I were a 'Boi , our dentist was around there . Didn't know about estate agents , but us out of towners [ Caistor St Edmunds ] referred to the area as the ' Gin 'n Scampi ' belt of ' Norridge ' . Being 5 miles South of the city [ in the county ] we couldn't go to city big schools ,so went 16 mil...
by dfarrow
31 Mar 2022, 08:22
Forum: Escorts and Stewards
Topic: Buffalo Airways has bought a jet!
Replies: 8
Views: 755

Re: Buffalo Airways has bought a jet!

Gents , it's not that long ago that the US fire service lost a C130 with wing failure on waterbombing mission .

rgds dave f.
by dfarrow
31 Mar 2022, 07:58
Forum: Gallery
Topic: More Hunter
Replies: 13
Views: 1455

Re: More Hunter

Lovely a/c , thamks for the shots .

rgds dave f.
by dfarrow
31 Mar 2022, 07:52
Forum: Gallery
Topic: Return of the Mac.
Replies: 165
Views: 11601

Re: Return of the Mac.

Paul , thanks for these , '' thar bootful Bor '' . In real life if you dial up a Tacan freq. on a VOR/DME or DME box , the DME part will work normally .

rgds dave f.
by dfarrow
21 Feb 2022, 10:12
Forum: Gallery
Topic: New Addition.
Replies: 18
Views: 2295

Re: New Addition.

Ben , that would be right , to clear a back log or Christmas ; 3 T1 loads in 1 a/c . Amazing really when she came into service in '74 , she was bigger than the school I attended 3 yrs previously or our local cinema . Was privileged to fly her 25 yrs laters when she was in her dottage , but a very ca...
by dfarrow
20 Feb 2022, 17:01
Forum: Gallery
Topic: New Addition.
Replies: 18
Views: 2295

Re: New Addition.

Chrisp , That'd be Shuttle .. When Shuttle 1st started [ 12Jan '75 ] front line a/c were T3s , with T1s as back up ... If frontline was full , then us 'back up 'Bois' [ Parker Knoll sqdn. ] rattled off with the overflow 10 mins later . In time Ts went , 75s [ 1st flt 40 yrs ago yesterday ! ] took ov...
by dfarrow
02 Feb 2022, 20:16
Forum: Gallery
Topic: New Addition.
Replies: 18
Views: 2295

Re: New Addition.

Keith , good to hear from you . I've just started to wake up from hibernating in these recent dull and dark days .. Early 737-100s and 200s had flight sys. that Nigel has . -100s were only a few , Lufty and United ,-200s up to about 1980 , as Nigels . The -200 ADVs or Ba called 'em Super 73 , had an...