Toms webpage

[shakysen]

 Hi Tom .Last night my brother in law and my self was on your webpage. My bro in law was very impressed with it. He's X fleet arm with a couple of years with
9 rec flight in Germany.He was a Artificer  on Scimitars and seahawks.http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/Scimitar.htm. The events on the 7th feb.and the one on9th dec was his pilot. interesting thing .Tom was the problems with the ejector seats then.Grounded the Scimitars for a couple weeks

                                                                                           Billko

[viking9]

Billko,

That's very interesting. When was he with 9 Flt? When I trained as an aircraft technician all the instructors were RN or RAF and I was on a number of AAC units that had FAA personnel as part of the maintenance crew. I did a stint on the Inter Service Hovercraft Trials Unit at HMS Daedalus and a few stints at sea on board the Ark, Hermes and Bulwark, so I have an affinity with the FAA.  I even did the underwater aircrew escape training in the tower at HMS Vernon. Your bro-in-law might like to know there is a website exclusively for those who have served or are serving with Army Aviation. He might meet up with someone he knew on there. It's at : http://www.contact.armyaviation.co.uk/

Tom

[viking9]

Billko,

I remember the Scimitar that went into the bay at Khormaksar on 22 May 63.  I was just across the bay when it happened. A couple of months earlier on 23 March an Armstrong Whitworth Argosy C.1, XP413, of 105 Squadron, ditched in Aden harbour whilst on finals to the same runway at Khormaksar, when, during crew training, the number four (starboard outer) engine was shut down for practice. Due to confusion in the cockpit, the crew managed to shut down both starboard engines without feathering either and the Argosy came down with remarkably little damage, settling on its undercarriage in about 5 feet of water. The following day, a party of Royal Marines from 42 Commando, wearing frogman gear, had a photo taken sitting in the cabin seats with water up to their chests.

[shakysen]

 Hi Tom The bro in law was  9 flight Detmould? Germany.  from  63 to 65,then went to someplace near Hamburg called  folouhoff??.After that He served in Londonderry
for a year. 61 TO 63 Spent on the ARK. The youngest brother in law who is 70 years young. Spent most of his service On The Ark, Hermes,Vic, He was on the Vic Has a buffer  in the War between Isreal and  The arabs  .65 He had some interesting footage on 35mm from then. And a plane You won't have seen flying ( Ford Popular) off the flight deck on Vic

                                                                             Billko