Classic British Flight Sim

There is a review on page 29 of the August issue of Flypast concerning the old cinema short film series 'Look at Life'. The review covers 2 recently released DVDs 'Look at Life in the 60s - Military Aviation' and Look at Life in the 60s - Civil Aviation'. The Look at Life series were short informati...

Rich I was RAOC (Rob All Our Comrades) attached to the RCT Squadron in the guise of Combat Supplies/Support. Being 18, super fit and incredibly daft I 'volunteered' for everything that came up and got myself up to Habilayn, as a spare bod,where I ended up trudging around with 45 RM on their patrols ...

Rich You got it, it was my first flight although BUA were still doing the Air Trooping with Britannias at the time. That was my second treat, to come home the slow way (18 hours) on a Britannia via Sharjha and Nicosia. 23 hours before landing in Aden I was at Ascot guarding the regimental silver! Th...

Hardly seems 40 years since my first flight in a '10. Air trooping to Aden with BUA. First ever flight and still remembered with great affection. Subsequent flights in RAF VC 10s included Cyprus and Gutesloh. The last flight of my Army career was in a '10 on a round 48 hour TDY to Gutersloh. Then I ...

Migman Having a house at about centreline at Leeming had its benefits when it came to airshows and displays. We were on the 'other side' of the show line and had fantastic close ups of the aircraft. We used to have a garden party for smilar noise lovers and it was very popular. XH558 did one o her l...

Garry, You mention the hammering of the chest that you got with the older jets. It is a feeling I know well having lived, until recently, with the runway of RAF Leeming at the end of my garden. An F3 pairs take off in the right weather conditions could almost turn the insides to jelly! I lived there...