Air Training Corps - which aircraft did you fly in?
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I was in the ATC from 1991-1996 and had flights in the following:
Chipmunk:
Valiant? Got my BGT (1 solo flight after training at RAF Catterick):
HS125 'Royal Flight' in Northolt (ferried some fast jet pilots up to Scotland) then had a return flight with just me and a fellow cadet.
Sea King:
And best of all a VC-10 refuelling aircraft - even saw first hand it refuelling a couple of Tornados. The crew just let us walk into the rear where the central fuel tank was and we peered out of the windows as they refuelled!. Incredible experience!
Chipmunk:
Valiant? Got my BGT (1 solo flight after training at RAF Catterick):
HS125 'Royal Flight' in Northolt (ferried some fast jet pilots up to Scotland) then had a return flight with just me and a fellow cadet.
Sea King:
And best of all a VC-10 refuelling aircraft - even saw first hand it refuelling a couple of Tornados. The crew just let us walk into the rear where the central fuel tank was and we peered out of the windows as they refuelled!. Incredible experience!
Nowhere near as much as a cadet in the sixties but;
Chippy -many flights RAF Shawbury and two at RAF Driffold. Could have been RAF Dishforth, I forget. We were not able to fly from camp at RAF Linton-on-Ouse. JP time was restricted to the RAF chappies.
Just checked Wikiwonderful, looks as if it was RAF Dishforth after all, as it was a satellite station for RAF L-O-O. 60MU were based there in the sixties and when we offloaded from the coach there were lines and lines of dH Vampire T11s lined up for disposal.
Hastings -two flights at RAF Colerne including an overfly of RAF Lyneham, 1hr25 and 1hr35 total flying time. Discovered the white box on these trips.
T21 Sedbergh about half a dozen launches RAF Colerne (behind a V8 Ford Pilot, oh boy the ground trips in that were immense recovering cable to launch)
And RAF Cosford with winch launching and a venerable Landy for cable recovery.
T31 Cadet at Cosford a single launch..
All my Cadet time was abandoned because Cadet Perdu discovered girls, silly young git as I was (am now too but old...)
Had many other flights as a CI years later, mostly RAF Shawbury at 8AEF and others including RAF Wattisham.
A planned Lightning two seater blag aborted as the a/c went u/s. Never mind eh?
Chippy -many flights RAF Shawbury and two at RAF Driffold. Could have been RAF Dishforth, I forget. We were not able to fly from camp at RAF Linton-on-Ouse. JP time was restricted to the RAF chappies.
Just checked Wikiwonderful, looks as if it was RAF Dishforth after all, as it was a satellite station for RAF L-O-O. 60MU were based there in the sixties and when we offloaded from the coach there were lines and lines of dH Vampire T11s lined up for disposal.
Hastings -two flights at RAF Colerne including an overfly of RAF Lyneham, 1hr25 and 1hr35 total flying time. Discovered the white box on these trips.
T21 Sedbergh about half a dozen launches RAF Colerne (behind a V8 Ford Pilot, oh boy the ground trips in that were immense recovering cable to launch)
And RAF Cosford with winch launching and a venerable Landy for cable recovery.
T31 Cadet at Cosford a single launch..
All my Cadet time was abandoned because Cadet Perdu discovered girls, silly young git as I was (am now too but old...)
Had many other flights as a CI years later, mostly RAF Shawbury at 8AEF and others including RAF Wattisham.
A planned Lightning two seater blag aborted as the a/c went u/s. Never mind eh?
Edited by perdu on Sunday 5th January 23:04
Edited by perdu on Sunday 5th January 23:12
Apart from the usual stuff I had about 8 or 9 Nimrod trips which were great fun apart from the s
tty food.
I did a 30 hr scholarship on a Cessna 152.
I also spent a day and flew on the Shackleton with 8 Sqn as a sort of reward for winning a trophy. The boss of the squadron, Stephen Roncoroni, made me feel very welcome. I sat in on the briefings and was shown around the aircraft before the trip. He was also the Captain on my flight, sadly he was killed a few months later in the crash on Harris.
This is the one I flew in.
tty food.I did a 30 hr scholarship on a Cessna 152.
I also spent a day and flew on the Shackleton with 8 Sqn as a sort of reward for winning a trophy. The boss of the squadron, Stephen Roncoroni, made me feel very welcome. I sat in on the briefings and was shown around the aircraft before the trip. He was also the Captain on my flight, sadly he was killed a few months later in the crash on Harris.
This is the one I flew in.
Hilts said:
Apart from the usual stuff I had about 8 or 9 Nimrod trips which were great fun apart from the stty food.
I did a 30 hr scholarship on a Cessna 152.
I also spent a day and flew on the Shackleton with 8 Sqn as a sort of reward for winning a trophy. The boss of the squadron, Stephen Roncoroni, made me feel very welcome. I sat in on the briefings and was shown around the aircraft before the trip. He was also the Captain on my flight, sadly he was killed a few months later in the crash on Harris.
This is the one I flew in.
Yuptty food.I did a 30 hr scholarship on a Cessna 152.
I also spent a day and flew on the Shackleton with 8 Sqn as a sort of reward for winning a trophy. The boss of the squadron, Stephen Roncoroni, made me feel very welcome. I sat in on the briefings and was shown around the aircraft before the trip. He was also the Captain on my flight, sadly he was killed a few months later in the crash on Harris.
This is the one I flew in.
You win
colour me jealous...
Supernova190188 said:
Just the chipmunk and the glider for me, would have loved to have had the chance to go in a proper aircraft!
Same. Although at farnborough in 1992?? I sat in a mig 23, mig29, f15, plus shared some italian chocolate in their transport aircaraft. 8 of us, girls and boys getting changed in the back of a sherpa minibus was quite exciting too!!Best experience was in 1990. The surviving BoB pilots had a big event for the 50th anniversary, and I met a lot of them, served them dinner and helped with the day. I was very proud
Chipmonks, open fronted gliders (one where balance weight was slotted in like a torpedo). VC10, part configured for freight and the pilot did a comet comet on us. Some luck so and so in summer camp in Germany got a ride in a Lightning trainer. We nearly got a ride on Concorde one year when they were training at Brize.... arse. Some Dominies were at Gibralter but my name was not pulled out the hat. Damn. Went to the top of the rock and watched some Jaguars belt up and down the runway.
Pilot to me. How many flights?
Me, 6 or 7 sir.
Pilot. You have control.
He had just lined up at Filton for take off.
Oh well. Good times.
Pilot to me. How many flights?
Me, 6 or 7 sir.
Pilot. You have control.
He had just lined up at Filton for take off.
Oh well. Good times.
Over the course of being a cadet, and then as an Adult Warrant Officer, I flew in:
Chipmunk x 5
Vigilant x 5
Tutor x 7
Hercules
Jetstream x 2
Tristar x 2
Wessesx
Sea King x 4 (RAF x 2, RN x 2)
Puma x 2
Gazzelle x 3
Chinook x 2
Loved every one of them! Highlights included having the 'Reds' formate alongside us over RAF Cranwell on one of the Jetstream flights, being winched in/out of RAF Sea Kings, flying under the national grid power lines on a Puma flight and sitting on the rear ramp of a Chinook flying down the heli-lanes in Central London.
Stuff that money can't buy.
Chipmunk x 5
Vigilant x 5
Tutor x 7
Hercules
Jetstream x 2
Tristar x 2
Wessesx
Sea King x 4 (RAF x 2, RN x 2)
Puma x 2
Gazzelle x 3
Chinook x 2
Loved every one of them! Highlights included having the 'Reds' formate alongside us over RAF Cranwell on one of the Jetstream flights, being winched in/out of RAF Sea Kings, flying under the national grid power lines on a Puma flight and sitting on the rear ramp of a Chinook flying down the heli-lanes in Central London.
Stuff that money can't buy.
chipmunk
Sedbergh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingsby_T.21
Kirby Cadet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingsby_Kirby_Cadet
Hercules
sea king
Chinook ( lifting 105mm guns for the army )
whilst not flying , I did represent the ATC in the RAF recce comp one year ( positioned 4th )
Sedbergh http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingsby_T.21
Kirby Cadet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slingsby_Kirby_Cadet
Hercules
sea king
Chinook ( lifting 105mm guns for the army )
whilst not flying , I did represent the ATC in the RAF recce comp one year ( positioned 4th )
Edited by tight5 on Monday 6th January 10:39
As a cadet:
Vigilant, Instructor
Viking, Instructor
Janus,
Valiant, Single seater - Awesome machine.
Chipmunk,
Bulldog, Pilot/Nav course. (cadet)
Sea King,
VC10 to Cyprus and return.
Whilst in the RAF:
Mostly Chinook,
Herc, Falklands,
VC10, Falklands - refuelling,
Tristar, Various Afghan dets,
C17, As above.
(747 Airbridge to Falklands).
Had a random trip in a Dakota from Inverness airport whilst on the ACPNTS, and also a trip in a Tiger Moth from near the end of Lossiemouth runway. Very random, but cool.
Vigilant, Instructor
Viking, Instructor
Janus,
Valiant, Single seater - Awesome machine.
Chipmunk,
Bulldog, Pilot/Nav course. (cadet)
Sea King,
VC10 to Cyprus and return.
Whilst in the RAF:
Mostly Chinook,
Herc, Falklands,
VC10, Falklands - refuelling,
Tristar, Various Afghan dets,
C17, As above.
(747 Airbridge to Falklands).
Had a random trip in a Dakota from Inverness airport whilst on the ACPNTS, and also a trip in a Tiger Moth from near the end of Lossiemouth runway. Very random, but cool.
Edited by RB5Bird on Monday 6th January 15:34
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