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- Mon Aug 05, 2024 11:56 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Electricity meter certificate expired
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8243
Re: Electricity meter certificate expired
Another point on 'smart' meters - a couple of years back there was an item in "Private Eye" explaining that they can be hacked! I have yet to read that this has been rectified.
- Sat May 15, 2021 3:20 pm
- Forum: Old Serial tie up area
- Topic: Chateaudun 050693
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1685
Re: Chateaudun 050693
A couple of comments from my log: Mirage IIIE "514 or 574" was 514 (574 was marked '13-QF' and probably inside at that time - it went to GI at Rochefort). CM.170 "219" was actually 209 (219 was current with GE-315 as '315-QG' at the time). Elsewhere on the field was Mirage IIIR 304, though I cannot ...
- Thu Nov 26, 2020 6:45 pm
- Forum: Old Serial tie up area
- Topic: French Army Alouettes, early 1980s
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1189
Re: French Army Alouettes, early 1980s
The only one for sure is AOZ which was Alouette II 1335.
Cheers, ZF.
Cheers, ZF.
- Wed Sep 23, 2020 1:34 pm
- Forum: Old Serial tie up area
- Topic: CAF CF-104 104847 @ Mildenhall
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1211
Re: CAF CF-104 104847 @ Mildenhall
The only date I found in my notes/log is 15.8.74 when it visited Upper Heyford with 104747/104751/104880.
Cheers, ZF.
Cheers, ZF.
- Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:45 am
- Forum: Old Serial tie up area
- Topic: USS Eisenhower in Stokes Bay, 02-June-1984
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2369
Re: USS Eisenhower in Stokes Bay, 02-June-1984
A-7E AG-310 was 158663.
ZF.
ZF.
- Thu Apr 16, 2020 2:35 pm
- Forum: Current Military Photography
- Topic: MCAS Yuma Oct 2019
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7575
Re: MCAS Yuma Oct 2019
Very nice set, thanks for sharing. Couple of typos I suspect: FA-18 CE-01 is 165684 (165864 is an F/A-18E) and we logged CH-53 164859 as YK-859 (not YN-).
Cheers, ZF.
Cheers, ZF.
- Thu Apr 02, 2020 6:34 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Cryptic clue
- Replies: 646
- Views: 127210
Re: Cryptic clue
Well done Alf for getting the GP clue. Took me a while to get many years back - damn Times crossword.......
Cheers, FZ.
Cheers, FZ.
- Thu Apr 02, 2020 2:37 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Cryptic clue
- Replies: 646
- Views: 127210
Re: Cryptic clue
Not aviation-related, but one of the best cryptic crossword clues I have come across was simply: GP (5)
[ie the answer is five letters long]
Enjoy!
ZF
[ie the answer is five letters long]
Enjoy!
ZF
- Fri Nov 15, 2019 2:02 pm
- Forum: United States of America
- Topic: Davies Monthan
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4607
Re: Davies Monthan
We used Double Eagle in September. Did a couple of circuits of AMARG/Pima etc and then two approaches at Marana/Pinal for the US Army choppers. Cost $375.
Cheers, ZF.
Cheers, ZF.
- Sat Jul 27, 2019 12:26 pm
- Forum: Old Serial tie up area
- Topic: REQ: Dax open day 18may2002
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2460
Re: REQ: Dax open day 18may2002
Additional notes from my log: ABF was 1193, in the Museum storage hangar. BBK was probably a mis-log of BDK in the farside hangars; 1388 from the base list, confirmed May-04. BCK = 1077 in Hangar H. BDB - there were two: one was 1129 in Hangar H, the other was 1675 in the Museum storage hangar. BDN ...
- Sat Jul 27, 2019 8:52 am
- Forum: Warbirds, Replicas and Nostalgic Photography
- Topic: A real mixed bag of old 'frames
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3960
Re: A real mixed bag of old 'frames
Love the 'Stars, but all cracking nostalgia. I first saw the Turk in it's former guise as 25+45 with JbG-34 at the Landsberg show Sept-1987..... Happy days. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, ZF.
Cheers, ZF.
- Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:26 pm
- Forum: Old Serial tie up area
- Topic: SARO Seater - Dusseldorf Airport
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1736
Re: SARO Seater - Dusseldorf Airport
It went to Schwenningen museum by 1988 and was still there Apr-16. Various editions of EW&R/EMOOS have no i/d other than it is c/n S2/6920 (and is "not XL762").
Cheers, ZF.
Cheers, ZF.
- Fri May 24, 2019 12:13 pm
- Forum: European Airshows
- Topic: Cazaux airshow 29/30 June
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3567
Re: Cazaux airshow 29/30 June
There were 7 at the 2014 show - two more were visible in their hangar.
- Mon Jan 28, 2019 9:09 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: TU 22 crash
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7699
Re: TU 22 crash
Not wishing to appear churlish but the a/c involved is reported to be RF-94159/35 red.
A tragic event in terrible conditions.
A tragic event in terrible conditions.
- Thu Nov 22, 2018 7:06 pm
- Forum: Old Serial tie up area
- Topic: Serial Queries April 1984
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1674
Re: Serial Queries April 1984
16560 would be 66- fiscal, almost certainly 22 AvnDet from Pirmasens.
No idea on the F-16 though - perhaps 80-0574 from Hahn?
Cheers, ZF.
No idea on the F-16 though - perhaps 80-0574 from Hahn?
Cheers, ZF.
- Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:16 am
- Forum: Old Serial tie up area
- Topic: Honington - 27-5-1995
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2938
Re: Honington - 27-5-1995
F-15C 166 may be in brackets because you weren't able to positively i/d the serial - 86-0166 was marked up as "48th OG" at that time.
Cheers, ZF.
Cheers, ZF.
- Sun Jul 01, 2018 10:27 am
- Forum: Belgium
- Topic: F-84's on Pampa Range, Helchtern, Belgium
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8886
Re: F-84's on Pampa Range, Helchtern, Belgium
Courtesy of the latest edition of the excellent "EMOOS", the two are FU63/"BA56" and FU183/"BA06". The cockpit section of FU181/"BA02" went to Helvoirt/Vught [NL] by May 1999 and the rest of the a/c is thought to have long gone from Helchteren.
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:35 am
- Forum: Old Serial tie up area
- Topic: Mildenhall April 1971
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6395
Re: Mildenhall April 1971
Bearing in mind the serial presentation, a simple case of mis-poled FY there then: 37793 = 21793 and 37851 = 21851. I logged both on 21.3.71 and 25.4.71. Afraid I wasn't there on 10 April.
Cheers, ZF.
Cheers, ZF.
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 8:14 am
- Forum: Old Serial tie up area
- Topic: RAF Woodbridge December 1977.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3311
Re: RAF Woodbridge December 1977.
74-1626 HR no colour was recorded by BAR on 20.10.77 and it was seen there by me 11/12.11.77. No other contenders found in the time period.
Cheers,
ZF.
Cheers,
ZF.
- Thu Mar 22, 2018 1:40 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What made you laugh today?
- Replies: 247
- Views: 78126
Re: What made you laugh today?
I had seen a photo before but while on the road in rural Somerset I actually came up behind one of those slurry/septic tank clearance tankers marked "Stool Bus" which made I chuckle. Had to stop while he reversed into someone's driveway and noted the front of the vehicle was marked "The Only Way Is ...