Falklands 25 on BBC

[FOMz]

I am led to believe that the Herc was crewed by some of the actual guys who operated them down there during the conflict.

 

[Mrs_Monobrow]

Did anyone notice the fact that Prince Andrew & some other high ranking officer could not carry out the basic movement of being able to march in step?

It must be hard to do that by yourself without a servant/aide de camp to help!!!

I was laughing my head off at that! Andrew wasnt too far out but the officer guy next to him was watching andrews feet and doing that sort of quick step to try and get in sync. I thought it was hilarious! DT_Xtremez_30:

 

[ZebrasKneecaps]

Well, I stood up and cheered when I saw the aircraft I had seen off this morning in the flypast.
Glad to see it made it all the way up to Londoncestershire. Now why cant they fly em for that long on a normal day without breaking it?!!DT_Xtremez_28:

And yes, the commentator seemed to be a book expert only..............
Not much mention of 1 (F) Sqn or Odihams chinooks, but then, I was flicking over channels now and again! I could have missed it.
I suppose as usual the RAF Harriers are Navy and the Chinooks are Army. It would appear the RAF doesnt really exist anymore!

Nice to see Maggie there but a great disappointment to see Des Browne there. Fecking idiot could take a few tips from Maggie about how to sort out the forces!

There was a Chinook that he commented on for about 30 seconds, but i think he said that it wasnt a veteran of the war.

I seem to remember that even though most of them went down on the Atlantic Conveyer, one or two were still used during the war.

 

[secretstacker]

Sea harrier

Sea harrier

What was all that gumpf about the Sea Harrier the commentator was spouting? "The reason the Sea Harrier isn't taking part in todays fly past is it is a single engined aircraft & therefore unreliable, they don't want one crashing over London" or words to that effect................Where on earth do they get these people & facts?

I think the reason no SHAR were flying had a lot to do with them being scrapped, during one of B liar's penny pinching steps towards his dream of matching Luxembourgs armed forces spending budget.

 

[MAINJAFAD]

There was a Chinook that he commented on for about 30 seconds, but i think he said that it wasnt a veteran of the war.

I seem to remember that even though most of them went down on the Atlantic Conveyer, one or two were still used during the war.

ZA718 'Bravo November' was the Chinook that survived the sinking of the Atlantic Conveyer, and its still in service and doing the business in the Stan today (No Opsec on this one as its in all of the spotter magazines and was on Sky News a couple of days back). 3 were sunk and 1 stayed at Asi, until it got to the Falklands just as the war finished with some other Wokkas onboard the 'Contender Bezant' (which is now RFA Argus, the Royal Navy's aviation training ship).

 

[wgaf]

Yep, SHAR's got canned in March 2006, The reason for no Harriers in the flypast is to do with the aircraft glide angle in the case of an engine failure as far as I can make out, Not an expert on the facts and figures on glide angles on a Hawk or a Harrier, but the Hawk is most likely a better glider than a Harrier. VC-10 was in the Falklands Operation (10 Sqn), 101 Sqn was involved in the war (Vulcan), and the VC-10 took over the AAR Role from the Victor, hence thats the link (that if the VC-10 was from 101 Sqn, I've not kept up to date on the happenings at BZN on the tanker front).

Hawk will glide reasonably well. There was at least one occassion at Boscombe Down, that I'm aware of, when one glided in from miles out. Harrier, of any mark, -engine=brick.

 

[MAINJAFAD]

Hawk will glide reasonably well. There was at least one occassion at Boscombe Down, that I'm aware of, when one glided in from miles out. Harrier, of any mark, -engine=brick.

Cheers Wagf, I thought that was the case.

 

[wgaf]

MAINJAFAD, just been watching one of the Falklands programmes. Question for you. Six of the Marine garrison were told to go into the hills and conduct a guerilla war, what happened to them?

 

[Weebl]

MAINJAFAD, just been watching one of the Falklands programmes. Question for you. Six of the Marine garrison were told to go into the hills and conduct a guerilla war, what happened to them?

I am unsure if any section was actually ordered to withdraw and conduct guerilla operations, but a section of Marines initially posted at Camber peninsula to observe Stanley harbour did end up withdrawing and remained at large until the 4th. The section, commanded by Cpl Yorke surrendered fearing civilian casualties.

 

[MAINJAFAD]

MAINJAFAD, just been watching one of the Falklands programmes. Question for you. Six of the Marine garrison were told to go into the hills and conduct a guerilla war, what happened to them?

I do remember this from the time, They run out of rations and gave themselves up about a week after the invasion if memory serves.

Edit:- only 2 days, less time then I thought (I knew 6 guys had got out of Stanley on the 2nd). To be honest, though my main interest in the war is in the Air / Sea operations of the time, I've never had a good look into the land battles, but for the part played by air / naval assests in them.

 

[wgaf]

Cheers Weebl and MJ. They did indeed surrender to reduce the risk of civvy casualties. Just been on telly.

 

[Ex-Stacker]

The VC10 was indeed from 101 Sqn, as they are the only VC10 Sqn left, after they ruthlessly & shamelessly absorbed & destroyed the mighty 10 Sqn.....can anyone guess which sqn I had the dubious honour of being on?DT_Xtremez_30:

 

[MAINJAFAD]

The VC10 was indeed from 101 Sqn, as they are the only VC10 Sqn left, after they ruthlessly & shamelessly absorbed & destroyed the mighty 10 Sqn.....can anyone guess which sqn I had the dubious honour of being on?DT_Xtremez_30:

Not 101 Sqn from the looks of it.DT_Xtremez_42:

 

[Scaley brat]

There was a Chinook that he commented on for about 30 seconds, but i think he said that it wasnt a veteran of the war.

I seem to remember that even though most of them went down on the Atlantic Conveyer, one or two were still used during the war.

Filched from Pprune here
Two of the 4 Chinooks, (ZA706 and ZA718) were being prepared to be flown off. Only the first aircraft, ZA718, had been completed and was airborne on a resupply flight to other nearby ships when the attack happened.

The other 2 aircraft were also on deck, but all three were destroyed in the subsequent fire. These were ZA716 and ZA719 on the forward deck and ZA706 on the rear deck.
Cheers Orac.

 

[stacker1195]

The VC10 was indeed from 101 Sqn, as they are the only VC10 Sqn left, after they ruthlessly & shamelessly absorbed & destroyed the mighty 10 Sqn.....can anyone guess which sqn I had the dubious honour of being on?DT_Xtremez_30:

Supply Sqn, attached to 10

 

[Ex-Stacker]

Supply Sqn, attached to 10

Off Topic Firstly, it was supply wing, not sqn, and secondly, seeing that I never went to any supply functions but all the 10 Sqn ones that my shift allowed, could go on a skiing exped with 10, but supply couldn't provide a person to cover one day of my shift to enable me to go on a supply exped and I represented 10 Sqn & BZN at Rugby but couldn't play for supply in the CO's cup, led me to feel more loyalty to 10 than supply. And the Wing Wobbly hated me for getting on with his niece (my Cpl) and I played rugby but not poofball!!Off Topic

 

[stacker1195]

Sorry, the opportunity was there so I took it. Tell you what though, your avatar is very appropriate DT_Xtremez_30:

 

[roverboy]

The VC10 was indeed from 101 Sqn, as they are the only VC10 Sqn left, after they ruthlessly & shamelessly absorbed & destroyed the mighty 10 Sqn.....can anyone guess which sqn I had the dubious honour of being on?DT_Xtremez_30:

I do believe they both became known as 10101 sqn, or Binary Sqn to those at Brize at the time, much to the annoyance of management.

 

[Ex-Stacker]

I do believe they both became known as 10101 sqn, or Binary Sqn to those at Brize at the time, much to the annoyance of management.

You are indeed correct, but 10 Sqn no longer exists and the sqn is now known as 101. During the initial amalgamation, there was a lot of hostility with both sides trying to retain their own identity, even down to the stackers answering the phone as 10 or 101 stores, dependent on which sqn they were initially on. 101 were always going to be the winners as we'd moved from one side of the airfield to their more smellyside!!!!
But as both flew during the Falklands campaign, I suppose I shouldn't be too bothered!!!

 

[barnaby]

Apart from my intro a few weeks ago this is my first post but there's something that's been bugging me for years and this is the chance to get it off my chest. That grotesque headgear that the Central Band wear, urrgghhhh

Looks like something out of a Marx Brothers 1930's Ruritanian comedy.

Whoever changed it from the smart, white topped, peaked cap that they had when I was in (joined '58) ?

Not a grumpy old man...........honest!