Recent content by Flash MacTavish

Respect...Titanium is bloody hard to work.

The Connie was just about the prettiest propdriven transport built, proof positive of the "If it looks right, it is right" school of thought.

We did keep them shiny, any airman who found himself (or airwoman for that matter) on the bad side of the Base Warrant Officer was given a T-Bird (or if you were a very bad boy/girl a Dakota) to polish over the weekend. The practice also added a few knots airspeed to the aircraft so treated.

Guaranteed free from anthrax??? Shaving was an adventure back then...

I've flown in the Dakota, albeit the bastardised version flown by the RCAF as the Starfighter radar trainer. I also flew in the T-33 shown in the photo, as well as in the DHC1 Chipmunk, Tiger Moth, and the CF-104 Starfighter. Great days back then.

Myna Loy, class has a name.

Ok let's see if this works.

Hmmm....not certain how to upload a picture here, it seems that I can only upload from a website, not from my computer.

Just found this forum again after a few years. Having got fed up with the price of blades, I've gone full retro and have bought a couple of straight razors from ebay, haven't lost too much blood yet...