Hawker Hunter Trainers for FSX - thanks (movie)

[Arni]

Peter, thankyou for the comment on my video.
I visited your web site, some fascinating info and stories there.
I presume you went onto Hunters after the Vampires? Would you mind saying in brief where and when you flew them? ...just for my own curiosity.
The Hunter was my favourite aircraft that I worked on (with the Bucc' as a close second). I often wished I had tried pilot instead of engineering.
At least I can use my imagination and a flight simulator to try and compensate

Some of the jobs that I disliked on Hunters:
Refuelling - the mainwheel locating spike in the U/C bay is right above your head when you offer the nozzle up to the coupling. It was very easy to go too high and get a nasty bump.
Fitting the T7 brakechute - the bloody doors never closed properly.
T7 starter cartridges - I have long arms so was able to reach them, but ones head is right next to the fuel vent - and if refuelling is in progress, you can get a face full of AVTUR.
Reading the fatigue meter using an inspection mirror - whose idea was it to mount the meter in that orientation?

I had to Google the Russell Fijord. Found it! ...sounds like a good idea, I may go look after typing this.

[petermcleland]

Peter, thankyou for the comment on my video.
I visited your web site, some fascinating info and stories there.
I presume you went onto Hunters after the Vampires? Would you mind saying in brief where and when you flew them? ...just for my own curiosity.
The Hunter was my favourite aircraft that I worked on (with the Bucc' as a close second). I often wished I had tried pilot instead of engineering.
At least I can use my imagination and a flight simulator to try and compensate

Some of the jobs that I disliked on Hunters:
Refuelling - the mainwheel locating spike in the U/C bay is right above your head when you offer the nozzle up to the coupling. It was very easy to go too high and get a nasty bump.
Fitting the T7 brakechute - the bloody doors never closed properly.
T7 starter cartridges - I have long arms so was able to reach them, but ones head is right next to the fuel vent - and if refuelling is in progress, you can get a face full of AVTUR.
Reading the fatigue meter using an inspection mirror - whose idea was it to mount the meter in that orientation?

I had to Google the Russell Fijord. Found it! ...sounds like a good idea, I may go look after typing this.

Make sure you have installed the Freeware Glacier Bay version 2 before you go boring around the Russell Fjord

I flew F1s at Pembrey, FGA9s in Arabian Peninsula based at Nairobi, Kenya and F6s while I was a Lightning Simulator instructor at Leconfield...I once helped all night with an FGA9 engine change in the BOAC nose hangar at Nairobi Airport before flying it off the next day with the squadron to Khormaksar.

Here is the online version of my PowerPoint show about the Squadron in Kenya:-

http://www.petermcleland.com/powerpoint ... _Kenya.pps

When you click the above URL, you will probably be asked whether you want to OPEN it or SAVE it...Choose "Open" and it should open it with PowerPoint and you should get the music...If you just let it run, each picture displays for 10 seconds and the sound tracks start after each other.

[Arni]

Thankyou for sharing that Peter. Fascinating stuff.
The transparencies have converted really well.
My wife's late father was an Armourer on Vampies and Venoms, his name was "Ricky" Munro. I'll have to ask her where he served.