Palouste starter unit.

Interesting piccie of the Palouste Starter unit. Our Royal Navy Palouste’s had a drop down exhaust panel ie. Sea Vixen, no doubt still in use ? We mounted ours ( 892 Sqdn. ) on carrier deck tugs, for multi starting of A/C on deck.

Swordfish flights.

I was a LAM A/E at Heron from 1961-1963 serving with 700Y, 892 ( twice ) and 899 Sqns ( excluding sea time with 892 ). Whilst with 700Y I flew in the Hunter T7 with Lt/Cdr. Mike Mc Cook-Weir. Also flew in the Swordfish during this time, flying from Yeovilton to Portland, to participate in Portland Navy Days. Once in the centre cockpit, and once in the rear cockpit. Great low level flying, simulating torpedo runs and machine gunning the crowds there. 😀 I can’t remember the Commander’s name who flew it, but, surly his name would appear in the A700 for this period ? If the A700 is original ? Happy days. 🙂 Glad to hear the A/C is still flying 🙂 I retired in 2000 as a LAME Supervisor on 747’s here on OZ.

Enstone Anson ?

Few years ago there was a complete Anson in one of the hangars. Don’t know what happened to it. A friend of mine has a plane there.

Airworks-OMAN 1967-71.

I have many photos from my time in OMAN. A/C were Piston Provost, DH Beaver,
Strikemaster, DC 3, DH Caribou, Bell Helo’s, Viscount. Names that spring to mind from that era :- Hugh Heptinstall, Ron Perkins, Keith Cawley, Geoff Painter, ” Taffy ” Jones, R F Philpot, Paul Lewis, Tony Newby, Colin Wilson, Sqdr. Ldr. Alan Bridges RAF. Anyone out there from my era ? Also spent a short time at Hurn on Seahawks and Meteors. I visited OMAN last year. They have roads now 😉 And the curries are still great 🙂

RNAS Bramcote. ( Nuneaton ).

Remember the 1833 and 1834 Squadrons there during my training. Remember too the A/C we trained on, Seafire, Firebrand ( where are they now ) Firefly and Fury ?
Nice to see piccies of Gamecock, think it is a prison now ? Happy days 🙂 cya