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Hands To Flying Stations

Started by Weaver, July 08, 2015, 01:53:29 PM

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Weaver

July 08, 2015, 01:53:29 PM
Interesting RN/FAA training film from the 1970s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cALccuPShQc

Looks like the rest of that channel is good too.
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PR19_Kit

#1
July 08, 2015, 02:31:19 PM
Excellent stuff there!  :thumbsup:

Very exciting on that deck but VERY dangerous!  :o

The tanker Buccs had an interesting loadout, one of their big tanks on the port wing, a hose reel pod on the starboard wing and a 'winder outboard on the starboard side too.
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Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

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The Rat

#2
July 08, 2015, 07:46:01 PM
Ripping!
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Librarian

#3
July 09, 2015, 12:45:42 AM
I can watch videos like that for hours, to the gentle rumbles of a snoring wife. One of these days I'm going to chuck some serious cash into getting a commission done of a 1/72 carrier deck with Buccs, Phantoms, Gannets etc....all available now. Maybe I should get some of the Sword kits just in case.

zenrat

#4
July 09, 2015, 02:19:16 AM
Fascinating.  A health & safety nightmare (i'm sure if I was out there i'd be petrified about walking into a prop) and what a lot of beards.
I'm pleased to see Jumbo the crane which caused my father so much trouble when he was at GEC designing carrier lifts for the MOD.  I've sent him the link so he can enjoy the sight himself.

Thanks H.

Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

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Captain Canada

#5
July 09, 2015, 11:08:20 AM
Great vid. Love that Phantom 'burner !

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Weaver

#6
July 09, 2015, 05:50:58 PM
Quote from: zenrat on July 09, 2015, 02:19:16 AM
Fascinating.  A health & safety nightmare (i'm sure if I was out there i'd be petrified about walking into a prop) and what a lot of beards.
I'm pleased to see Jumbo the crane which caused my father so much trouble when he was at GEC designing carrier lifts for the MOD.  I've sent him the link so he can enjoy the sight himself.

Thanks H.



The Gannet, with one prop turning invisibly and the other stationary and giving you a subconscious "safe" cue struck me as particularly dangerous.

I think I'm right in saying that the beards have to come off if war's imminent so that gas masks fit properly. However I know that in the Falklands, many captains turned a blind eye to that one...
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

zenrat

#7
July 09, 2015, 09:55:26 PM
Yeah, it was the Gannet running on one Mamba with the ground crew moving it around that had me worried.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

PR19_Kit

#8
July 10, 2015, 04:34:06 AM
Quote from: Weaver on July 09, 2015, 05:50:58 PM
I think I'm right in saying that the beards have to come off if war's imminent so that gas masks fit properly. However I know that in the Falklands, many captains turned a blind eye to that one...

One of my Field Engineers was Crew Chief on the Lynx aboard HMS Alacrity and he said his time 'Down South' was the ONLY time he ever sported a beard because they had no time to shave at all!
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

NARSES2

#9
July 10, 2015, 06:51:41 AM
They also had a beard growing competition on the way down. Had to be a full set though
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rickshaw

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July 10, 2015, 06:33:04 PM
Quote from: NARSES2 on July 10, 2015, 06:51:41 AM
They also had a beard growing competition on the way down. Had to be a full set though

I say, the deck landing officer in this one has a full set growing!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsE9oCdSEEI
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