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18:27

RAF Form 414, Vol. 15

Plane Tales ·

2022/05/05

The Royal Air Force’s Pilots Flying Logbook is a sturdy publication, cloth bound in blue with gold printing on the cover, on the inside of which are the instructions for use. Para 1, sub para (a) it states that the Book is an official document and is the property of Her Majesty’s Government… well, good luck trying to get this one back! The star of the Top Gun movie The much admired RAF Phantom QWI badge The island of Cyprus was famous for its rough red Kokinelli wine The 20mm SUU23A

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18:43

Don’t Upset the Jet 2

Plane Tales ·

2022/04/11

Last week we chatted about historic incidents that led to aircraft upsets. This week we talk to a newly qualified airline pilot who is undergoing advanced Upset and Recovery Training at a British training school. We also speak to the school's chief pilot and one of the instructors, an ex Mig 29 pilot. Basem undergoing upset training at BAA in a Grob One of the BAA's Extras Basem off to be turned upside down! Adrian... Basem's ex Mig 29 instructor Images under Creative

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20:38

Don’t Upset the Jet 1

Plane Tales ·

2022/04/07

With the arrival of jet powered airliners, commercial pilots entered a new world of high altitude flying in large swept wing aircraft at velocities approaching the speed of sound. They were often unprepared for the challenge and before long unexpected and unexplained loss of control events began to worry the world of aviation. These events initially occurred when an aircraft was upset from its normal benign straight and level environment and ended up in a high speed dive, something that was rare in

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21:13

Giants of Ukraine

Plane Tales ·

2022/03/17

In the world of Slavic folk tales there are giants in Ukraine but as aviators the ones we are interested are the giants that the fabled aircraft designer Oleg Antonov designed. This is his story. The OKA1 glider Antonov at the Leningrad Polytechnic The OKA38 Stork The An-2 The An-12 Cub The An-24 Coke The vast An-22 Cock The huge An-124 Condor The flight deck of the An-124 The mighty Mryia, An-225, carrying a Buran project space shuttle The destruction of a

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20:32

RAF Form 414, Vol 14

Plane Tales ·

2022/03/06

It’s logbook time again and you may recall that I was as freshly a minted A1 QFI as there could be and I had just left the training world to return to the front line on my old Squadron, the Fighting Cocks. I had been in Wales for over 4 years and in that time the faces I knew on 43 Sqn had almost all gone... it was like I was joining a unit of strangers. The Q Shed Additional armed aircraft ready to go onto QRA The F4 tank limiting speeds A Soviet Badger trying to sneak past at low

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20:04

Friedrich Karl von Koenig-Warthausen and the Crazy...

Plane Tales ·

2022/02/21

It was a grand sight to see another German aircraft there, a Junkers W33 with its distinctive corrugated metal skin and stylish enclosed cockpit, a far cry from his own flimsy machine. The German pilots greeted each other and marvelled at how, in 1928, they should have met in such a remote place… some 3,300 miles, 5,300 km, from the Fatherland. It is doubtful that the Junkers pilot knew much about the young 22 year old airman with his flimsy little aircraft, but the gaunt and weathered Baron was

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19:32

The Life Saving Bombers

Plane Tales ·

2022/02/15

Instead of a cargo of bored business men and excited holiday makers, this aged DC-10 was carrying 12,000 gallons, thats 45,000 ltrs of bright red liquid in a huge tank attached to the centre of the fuselage. This is the story of the fire fighting water bombers. A vast DC10 converted to flying tanker operations A forest fire Mixing fire retardant A fire lookout The Morton Lake hotshots The dangers of a wildfire are considerable, even during an evacuation The dangers of

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17:59

Rhumbas and Quarrels

Plane Tales ·

2022/01/26

On the last tale, Sidewinders and Sparrows we talked a little about the history of rockets and missiles but it’s a big subject so this week I thought I’d expand on the theme a little and as I'm going to mention lots of rattlesnakes and sparrows, I should probably use the correct collective nouns… rhumbas and quarrels! Rules of Engagement JTIDS The result of a Blue on Blue engagement An AIM 54 Phoenix launch An AIM7 Sparrow in flight The APG63 radar Radar

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19:44

Sidewinders and Sparrows

Plane Tales ·

2022/01/18

Despite their obvious differences, Sidewinders and Sparrows often went together because they aren’t just the names of flying creatures and slithering serpents… they are weapons of war. The Sidewinder House Sparrows The Rapier missile system Chinese Fire Arrows The Tipu Sultan's artillery rockets The RS-28 rockets fired by the Polikarpov I-16 The German R4M unguided air to air rocket The nuclear AIR-2 Genie missile A Genie launch The AIM9 Sidewinder The

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19:35

Flight 574 and the Banning of Indonesia

Plane Tales ·

2022/01/06

It was New Year’s Day, 2007 and the 96 passengers booked on Adam Air Flight 574 from Java to Sulawesi boarded their Boeing 737-4Q8 for their 2 hour trip. The Indonesian government had adopted a policy of deregulation in the country’s aviation industry which had resulted in a boom of start-up airlines, many of which were low cost carriers. This decision wasn’t matched with an equivalent ramp up of government supervision and control… the result was fierce commercial competition amongst the new

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19:15

RAF Form 414, Volume 13

Plane Tales ·

2021/12/30

Another installment of tales from my RAF logbook. I’m about halfway through my 4 year sentence at RAF Valley instructing those RAF pilots destined for the fast jet world. The first couple of years had been far from without incident and I should probably mention that I nearly lost my greatest friend to an accident but someone was watching over him that day and he survived. Our great friend, Glen, a USAF exchange pilot. Flying in the Hawk The laying on of hands by Central Flying

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16:25

How it Starts

Plane Tales ·

2021/12/21

How do you get a pilot going? Well, in the old days it started with a hand crank! The Hucks Starter ... Cowboy Land! The Coffman Starter A cartridge starter on the RB-57A The DHC1 Chipmunk The Arnold Benz Velo The cycle of a jet engine RN Seahawks simultaneous use of their cartridge starters RAF Lightnings of No56 "Chicken in the Basket" Sqn at RAF Akrotiri The SR71 Blackbird The Riedelanlasser starter for German BMW 003 and Jumo 004 turbojet

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20:12

Flying Over Christmas

Plane Tales ·

2021/12/16

Waiting for the arrival of the December flying roster was always a tense time. Those with big family gatherings are anxious to ensure they are at home with their loved ones whilst the more carefree crew, with fewer ties, might want to be down route somewhere exotic knowing that a bevy of party goers would be flying with them. I know of one crew who flew over Christmas with great excitement… at least I believe so! Their names were Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders, the crew of the Apollo

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18:32

500 Show PT

Plane Tales ·

2021/12/03

And so Plane Tales was born with the story of the mixologist Joe Gilmore… well, kind of. There had been a few bits in the Show pre the Farnborough special but it hadn’t become part of APG like it is now. The number of Tales will never catch Jeff’s impressive half millennium but they have now passed the 300 mark and these are a few of the memorable ones. The mixologist, Joe Gilmore Tumble Down Dick The flight under Tower Bridge Parliament Capt Ogg ditching the Sovereign of the

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18:45

The Five Hundredth

Plane Tales ·

2021/11/24

In the United States the Coast Guard is a fully paid up branch of the military. Its men and women have served with valour in many conflicts and I’m going to tell you about one such event, the rescue of Misty 11. The badge of the US Coast Guard An F100 Fast FAC Misty crew An OV10 Bronco Spads escorting a Jolly Green Giant The jungle penetrator. Landing in difficult terrain 500 saves The approach into the valley The rescue Technical Sergeant Donald G

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19:12

RAF Form 414, Vol 12

Plane Tales ·

2021/11/19

Year two of Porridge… that’s an old term used by prisoners to describe their time inside jail but was very apt as many of my fellow flying instructors and I had not volunteered for this particular job and it was a long one. As I leaf through the pages of my log book I recall memories from my flying career. Flying with the Air Officer Commanding The badge of No 4 Flying Training School, palm tree and all! Lining up for breaks to the right when someone decided to go LEFT instead! The

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22:01

Operation Tarnegol

Plane Tales ·

2021/11/11

Suddenly the black of the night that surrounded them was split open by bright tracer cannon fire that streaked by the windows with loud cracks and then came the shock and thud as some struck the aircraft. The lights were all extinguished… so in the dark, tense and alarmed, everyone waited to see what would happen next. It was the 24th of October 1956, and the first shots in a war over the Suez Canal had just been fired! Ferdinand de Lesseps, the Father of the Suez Canal The opening of the

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19:03

How the Poppy Grew

Plane Tales ·

2021/11/03

About this time of the year, I like to do a tale that turns our minds to those who gave their lives for their countries in the many conflicts that have plagued the world. In the past in tales such as, “In Flanders Fields and Lest We Forget” I’ve talked about the poppy, used as a symbol of remembrance in many countries, and the poem penned by the Canadian doctor, Lt Col John McCrae. There was a gap in my story, however, that I would now like to close. The gap that transformed the sad words of John

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18:21

Speedlight Bravo

Plane Tales ·

2021/10/29

Within a few days of detonating their first nuclear bomb, to the dismay of the Soviets, President Truman announced that they had the evidence to prove that within recent weeks an atomic explosion had occurred in the USSR. How the United States had obtained that knowledge was highly classified but we now know the story of the secret snoopers who sniffed the stratosphere and their spooky sorties! The Castle Bravo test blast The Tsar Bomba American concerns over nuclear fallout The

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17:31

The Mike Wildeman Story – Part 3

Plane Tales ·

2021/10/22

This is the concluding part of my interview with Mike Wildman, an amputee pilot who has had a fascinating career in aviation. The first part covered Mike’s life in the Royal Air Force flying, the second concerned his life changing decision to have part of his left leg removed and his fight to lead the world’s first disabled formation display team. In this final section Mike tells us about creating Team Phoenix Air and flying the stunning Yak 50. Mike leading the Bader Bus Company team The

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