Grandalf Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Retired airline pilot. Now a carer for my wife. Also, when I can get there, fox controller and shoot captain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Retired airline pilot. Now a carer for my wife. Also, when I can get there, fox controller and shoot captain. Very swanky job Grandalf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laird Lugton Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Very swanky job Grandalf. Current Airline Captain (not of the swanky variety ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 So, which one of you chaps has any long haul upgrade clout then? Whose getting the Christmas card then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Current Airline Captain (not of the swanky variety ) Definitely not swanky. So, which one of you chaps has any long haul upgrade clout then? Got 10% travel rights with KLM but don't use it as wife needs me more than they do. Never use it - Never go on holiday. Holiday is a fowling trip in my world. Beats sitting around an airport wondering if you will get a standby seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poacher13 Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 Aircrew paramedic for the best air ambulance service in the country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holliday Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 30 years as a plumber and heating engineer. I don't really get invloved with installation work per se as I prefer fault finding/dianostic work. Have been self employed since 19. Oh! And I have a part time job at weekends at the local peanut factory farting in to the bags of dry roasted nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 30 years as a plumber and heating engineer. I don't really get invloved with installation work per se as I prefer fault finding/dianostic work. Have been self employed since 19. Oh! And I have a part time job at weekends at the local peanut factory farting in to the bags of dry roasted nuts. ah that explains the Doc part, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 30 years as a plumber and heating engineer. I don't really get invloved with installation work per se as I prefer fault finding/dianostic work. Have been self employed since 19. Oh! And I have a part time job at weekends at the local peanut factory farting in to the bags of dry roasted nuts. Id often wondered how they got that smell into the bags , you learn some proper interesting stuff on pw.:-). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano0404 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Electrical engineering rewinding electric motors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Just finished at RAF Marham and off to Cranwell now. Did about 18 months at Lossiemouth which was beautiful!! Is the station shooting syndicate still in existence? Must have taken hundreds of rabbit from Milltown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Aircrew paramedic for the best air ambulance service in the country Yorkshire Air Ambulance? Definitely not swanky. Got 10% travel rights with KLM but don't use it as wife needs me more than they do. Never use it - Never go on holiday. Holiday is a fowling trip in my world. Beats sitting around an airport wondering if you will get a standby seat. What type did you used to fly Grandalf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 (edited) I was the Senior Training Captain of the F27 Fleet then ditto when they changed us to the ATR 72. Left them at 60 and went to Suckling Airways doing the same job on Dornier 328. Before KLM the Shorts Belfast with Heavylift. Before that ..... lots of things over 42 years. Originally Auster IX and DeHavilland Beaver with Army Air Corps. Edited November 2, 2016 by Grandalf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Blimey Grandalf that was a bit of a jump from an Auster to a Belfast! Wish you would post some pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Blimey Grandalf that was a bit of a jump from an Auster to a Belfast! Wish you would post some pictures. Damned things! While playing with one of those in Aden I thought for a couple of seconds my RAF career was all over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Bb Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Damned things! While playing with one of those in Aden I thought for a couple of seconds my RAF career was all over. Getting a Sea King to land on the flight deck of an RFA tanker has its moments............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 I was the Senior Training Captain of the F27 Fleet then ditto when they changed us to the ATR 72. Left them at 60 and went to Suckling Airways doing the same job on Dornier 328. Before KLM the Shorts Belfast with Heavylift. Before that ..... lots of things over 42 years. Originally Auster IX and DeHavilland Beaver with Army Air Corps. The Fokker F27- One of the first aeroplanes i ever flew in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Damned things! While playing with one of those in Aden I thought for a couple of seconds my RAF career was all over. They had there oddities. One of our flight engineers managed to inject himself with hydraulic fluid at 4000psi. That didn't do his arm much good. The Fokker F27- One of the first aeroplanes i ever flew in. And one of the nicest that I ever flew. Loved the beast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poacher13 Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Yorkshire Air Ambulance? What type did you used to fly Grandalf? Great North Air Ambulance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Blimey Grandalf that was a bit of a jump from an Auster to a Belfast! Wish you would post some pictures. I have some but I will need to downsize them. When I have time I will see what I can do. I went by way of the Piper range of twins then the Canadair CL44 - A stretched Brittania - then the Skymonster Guppy. That was a CL44 with a guppy conversion. They only ever built, converted, one of them. Happy memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 They had there oddities. One of our flight engineers managed to inject himself with hydraulic fluid at 4000psi. That didn't do his arm much good. And one of the nicest that I ever flew. Loved the beast. Riggers' blood. Was opening the ramp and door when there was an almighty bang closely followed by screaming and troopers' language. Thought for a second or two it was a 'left right left, clang' job until I realised the system was idiot proof which suited me. Went out to see a sooty and sparky absolutely covered in the stuff and a wall of red running down the fuselage. Turned out someone up in Bahrain had topped up the reservoir to the wrong level for the door/ramp configuration. Not content with doing it once when the aircraft got back to Bahrain he did it again but this time instead of relieving, it blew the reservoir apart. Memory is losing it now, but am I right in thinking that they were designed to carry one of our armoured vehicles but they had to strengthen the floor which raised it and then you couldn't get the vehicle in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 I have some but I will need to downsize them. When I have time I will see what I can do. I went by way of the Piper range of twins then the Canadair CL44 - A stretched Brittania - then the Skymonster Guppy. That was a CL44 with a guppy conversion. They only ever built, converted, one of them. Happy memories. I'd love to see pics too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Any ex-RAF personnel here ever based at Khormaskar? If so can they let me know. I have a question to ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Any ex-RAF personnel here ever based at Khormaskar? If so can they let me know. I have a question to ask. Visiting AIrcraft Servicing Flight 1966 to the bitter end in '67. Ask away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Visiting AIrcraft Servicing Flight 1966 to the bitter end in '67. Ask away. Thanks, right era too perhaps. Do you recall either a mess or maybe some base accommodation known as Merifield House/Hotel/Mess, or similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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