[1948]

i was drafted in 1969 and was a medic so i flew plenty in hueys.no fun

[b24man]

Originally Posted by Elmer

Hey Kyle... what crew / unit is that in your avatar pic?

I had a chance to ride in "The Dragon and His Tail" but I looked in the eyes of my wife when she very timidly said, "ok" to the price. Dang it! I wish I hadn't looked in her eyes (we were kind of poor then also)!

My dad had just arrived at Pantanella, Italy in Feb 45 - 465BG, 780BS. The pic is of him with the crew he flew over with and the aircraft is called Easy Maid. This was not the aircraft they flew over in though. Shortly after getting to Pantanella all the crew members broke up and I'm pretty sure they then flew as replacements crews.

[smartd]

Any updates folks?

[Cruver Collecter]

Lets see,,, here is my list.

C-141 Couple of times form Hawaii to Kwajelien

Douglas C-54 Skymast & DHC-4 Caribou KMR aircraft on Kwajalien a quite a few times

UH-1 a few times when I was in the Ohio Army National Guard.

KC-135A and R models incentive flights while active duty Air Force

KC-10 incentive flights while active duty Air Force

B-52 orientation flight active duty Air Force

C-5A several flights for overseas PCS and and a couple of deployments.

C-130 from Ramstien to Incirlik Turkey-- Real fun flight

C-9 From Rhein mein to Incirlik Turkey--Much nicer than the C-130 flight

HH-60 a couple of times to points east in Turkey

C-12 from Incirlik to Synop and back once or twice.

Thats about it.

[sniperUK]

In the RUC ,Wessex and Lynx probably around 50 flights in each operationaly
With the Cadets ,Wessex ,Puma ,Nimrod,Vigilant ,Grob Tutor,E3 Sentry.
Warbird flight,Catalina.

[leeG]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away.........
(My miss-spent youth as a Civil Air Patrol cadet)

C-97
C-119
C-121

[Graham]

Many years ago as a member of 14F Sqn (Northolt) Air Training Corp (UK Air Cadets) I used to get the oppotunity to fly in aircraft from RAF Northolt and other bases.
I flew from RAF Northolt to RAF Wycombe (Strike Command) in Westland Whirlwind (XR486) and the HS Andover (XS794) both pictured above, also a Beagle Basset (XS777)
doing the same thing as in the picture, escorting a Spitfire of the BBMF from
it's base at RAF Coltishall to RAF Little Rissington (10 Sept 71) and 3 other flights in other Bassets.
Pembroke (XL929) to RAE Bedford, we also used to fly DHC Chipmunks with the University Air Sqn at White Waltham (Berks).
Whilst at annual camp at RAF Oakington (16 July 70) I flew in a Vickers Varsity (WL642) and from RAF Lynham a C130 Herc (XV204) while on camp at Hullavington.
I flew in other C130's from Northolt a couple of times and another Whirlwind also.

[flyXwire]

Welcome to the forum, Graham.

[smartd]

Here is my list:

RAF Hercules
RAF Nimrod
CAF Hercules
CAF Sea King
CAF Buffalo
CAF Polaris
USN C2 Greyhound
US Army F-27
CWH Avenger
CWH B-25
CWH Tiger Moth
CWH C-47
CWH Expeditor
CWH T-6 Texan
CWH Anson
Optica Scout
Jet Ranger

[Shawn 507]

Originally Posted by smartd

Here is my list:

RAF Hercules

CAF Hercules

Do the two differ being different sides of the pond?