RAF Application - Page 3 - Aircraft of World War II

rochie · 03-09-2009, 04:12 PM

good luck Gnomey

Patrick1974 · 03-10-2009, 11:21 AM

Good luck to you Gnomey.Military life is great and i hope you get what you want.

evangilder · 03-10-2009, 11:54 AM

Great news, Hugh! Are you going for the pilot position?

Gnomey · 03-10-2009, 12:07 PM

Yeah pilot is my first choice and will be what I am aiming at. The other two are my backups in the case I need them.

evangilder · 03-10-2009, 12:09 PM

Personally, I don't think you'll need them. Make us proud, mate! Just don't ask any of us to call you "Sir".

Gnomey · 03-10-2009, 12:18 PM

Thanks, I will certainly try my best. I'll make sure that I do

Downwind.Maddl-Land · 03-14-2009, 02:54 PM

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Week before last I phoned up Cranwell to arrange a visit down to continue where I left off. Wherein the promptly said that because I had left I had left and had failed the aptitude tests. At which point I corrected them and told them what the review officer had said and gave them my reference number. At which point they went "oh" and started arranging things for me to return.

Get used to this sort of thing Gnomey, it happens - A LOT!

And why not Air Traffic Control as a second string, pray tell???

Remember Pilots are responsible for 1 aeroplane - Air Traffickers are responsible for LOTS! (usually in the same piece of sky where I was concerned!

)

Gnomey · 03-14-2009, 04:05 PM

Never really fancied ATC - seems too stressful

. I can always change my options just what I thought about at the time.

They phoned me again this week, date of my board has changed because they got it wrong. I was in for a 6th Form Scholarship Board with 15 year olds

. Sorted that now and am going down the following week (12th July) for the rest of my board. Still really looking forward to it. Now to get my fitness improved to above standard.

Glider · 03-14-2009, 09:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gnomey

Never really fancied ATC - seems too stressful

. I can always change my options just what I thought about at the time.

They phoned me again this week, date of my board has changed because they got it wrong. I was in for a 6th Form Scholarship Board with 15 year olds

. Sorted that now and am going down the following week (12th July) for the rest of my board. Still really looking forward to it. Now to get my fitness improved to above standard.

It could be worse, when I went for my medical for the RN it was on a Wrens day, I was the only male for a medical and being only 15 at the time was more than a little embarrased.

pbfoot · 03-14-2009, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Downwind.Maddl-Land

Get used to this sort of thing Gnomey, it happens - A LOT!

And why not Air Traffic Control as a second string, pray tell???

Remember Pilots are responsible for 1 aeroplane - Air Traffickers are responsible for LOTS! (usualy in the same piece of sky where I was concerned!

)

I concur its a lot of fun and the best thing is you can question pilots ancestary and tell them where to go

Gnomey · 03-16-2009, 03:26 PM

Well surprise surprise they phoned me again today. They had f*cked up again, 12th is also a 6th scholarship board, it seems they are determined to make me do this with 15 year olds, I'm 22 ffs not 15 (however I may act

). Anyway now it is the following week the 19th, hopefully this one isn't 15 year olds as well

RabidAlien · 03-17-2009, 08:16 AM

Gotta love military efficiency! Good luck, Gnomey!

evangilder · 03-17-2009, 09:22 AM

Get used to hurry up and wait.

Gnomey · 03-17-2009, 09:27 AM

Yeah, it doesn't really bother me as I am working everything else around this (so it doesn't matter when it is) but it is a little annoying.

109ROAMING · 03-18-2009, 06:40 AM

Good luck with it all mate! hope there's as little bullsht as possible for you

03-09-2009, 04:12 PM	#31
rochie Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: billingham nr middlesbrough uk Posts: 3,106	good luck Gnomey __________________ "We're not easily frightened. Also we know how hard it is for an army to cross the Channel — the last little corporal to try it came a cropper. So don't threaten or dictate to us until you're marching up Whitehall! ...and even then we won't listen!" quote from B.O.B movie

03-10-2009, 11:21 AM	#32
Patrick1974 Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Enschede,Holland Posts: 43	Good luck to you Gnomey.Military life is great and i hope you get what you want. __________________ The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure. Winston Churchill

03-10-2009, 11:54 AM	#33
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,807	Great news, Hugh! Are you going for the pilot position? __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

03-10-2009, 12:07 PM	#34
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,218	Yeah pilot is my first choice and will be what I am aiming at. The other two are my backups in the case I need them. __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

03-10-2009, 12:09 PM	#35
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,807	Personally, I don't think you'll need them. Make us proud, mate! Just don't ask any of us to call you "Sir". __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

03-10-2009, 12:18 PM	#36
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,218	Thanks, I will certainly try my best. I'll make sure that I do __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

03-14-2009, 04:05 PM	#38
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,218	Never really fancied ATC - seems too stressful . I can always change my options just what I thought about at the time. They phoned me again this week, date of my board has changed because they got it wrong. I was in for a 6th Form Scholarship Board with 15 year olds . Sorted that now and am going down the following week (12th July) for the rest of my board. Still really looking forward to it. Now to get my fitness improved to above standard. __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

03-16-2009, 03:26 PM	#41
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,218	Well surprise surprise they phoned me again today. They had fcked up again, 12th is also a 6th scholarship board, it seems they are determined to make me do this with 15 year olds, I'm 22 ffs not 15 (however I may act ). Anyway now it is the following week the 19th, hopefully this one isn't 15 year olds as well __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts"* Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr Last edited by Gnomey; 03-16-2009 at 03:30 PM.

03-17-2009, 08:16 AM	#42
RabidAlien Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hurst, Texas Posts: 2,823	Gotta love military efficiency! Good luck, Gnomey! __________________ Pillage, then burn. Argue not with dragons, for thou art crunchy and go well on toast.

03-17-2009, 09:22 AM	#43
evangilder "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 14,807	Get used to hurry up and wait. __________________ http://www.vg-photo.com For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return. Leonardo Da Vinci

03-17-2009, 09:27 AM	#44
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,218	Yeah, it doesn't really bother me as I am working everything else around this (so it doesn't matter when it is) but it is a little annoying. __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

03-18-2009, 06:40 AM	#45
109ROAMING Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 4,994	Good luck with it all mate! hope there's as little bullsht as possible for you __________________ "When all else fails read the manual"

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