Was in Ground Radio @ Waddo , 1990-93. There were basic computer systems in places by then ( obviously state of the art then), I recognised a lot of the of the offices and buildings, strange to see the place as it was nearly 20 years before my time ( all pen and paper then) - especially Air traffic, where I spent a lot of time
I was a 'cabbage mech' from 82 to 92 starting at Swinderby/Hereford & then all over , I still have several of those heavy old metal stores bins in my workshop today liberated from RAF Barnham 😂 great memories of a cold war air force 😊 The Vulcan howl never gets old 😎
I loved the refueling scenes with the AEC Mammoth Major. That was me. MT Driver from 84 to 93. My first days at RAF Wattisham 84 to 87 were just like that. RAF little changed since the 50s 60s and 70s
I was there...the cut glass accents could very quickly descend into building site exchanges..in the hangars the air was permanently blue, with the common yell," for F...'. sake!!" echoing round and round. The RAF then was a great place to be and the world was your oyster......now?
Totally agree, the only thing that might not have changed (depending on how woke the RAF is these days) would be the F…..G and Blinding, even in 2003 when I demobbed after 24 years service the woke brigade (although it was not called that back then, it was being “politically correct”, even at beer calls), not that the lads ever took any notice of the change in how they were supposed to treat the “Lumpy Jumpers” (WRAF for those that don’t understand it), and they didn’t listen to us old crumblies sat in the corner talking shop even though the hanger doors were supposed to be closed, but tbh we probably got more admin done at beer calls than in the shed. We really did have an RAF back then and we actually got respect from the junior ranks, but they didn’t do anything that we didn’t do or say when we were junior ranks, and did treat the WRAF they worked alongside a little bit better than us oldies ever did, perhaps not out being PC but because they were teammates, but mostly, I suspect, it was more to do with getting their leg over, not that we oldies did anything like that as juniors, but only because there were a lot less WRAFs doing techie trades compared to the amount that did when I left. The good old days, so much less complicated than now. Lest We Forget, Per Ardua ad Astra.
It is easy to see just how many savings, in manpower alone, have been achieved by computerisation and other technological advances, since this film was made.
5:04 she's a doll! I really enjoy these programs, seeing how things used to be. The Officer's Mess was pretty amazing to me; was it really like that, being served? Is it still like that? It does show how much work and coordination is necessary for all Air Force's flights; it's not just jump in and go.
@@bertiewooster3326 I’ve left seven years and the traditional idea of the Mess, both Officer’s and the WO/Sergeant’s Mess died at least 15 years before that. Various reasons but quality for what you paid for was one reason. Family life first was probably the greatest reason in the majority of cases.
Much of the work is now done on computers, but we still used the analogue systems alongside for redundancy. An EMP could disable a computer network, but the plastic brain on the wall with all the chinagraph writing will still be able to provide you with the information required.
Was in Ground Radio @ Waddo , 1990-93. There were basic computer systems in places by then ( obviously state of the art then), I recognised a lot of the of the offices and buildings, strange to see the place as it was nearly 20 years before my time ( all pen and paper then) - especially Air traffic, where I spent a lot of time
@@richstrasz6653 I was in the tower then too.
I was a 'cabbage mech' from 82 to 92 starting at Swinderby/Hereford & then all over , I still have several of those heavy old metal stores bins in my workshop today liberated from RAF Barnham 😂 great memories of a cold war air force 😊 The Vulcan howl never gets old 😎
At 18:12 took me back to when i was in communications back in 1971-1987 and my first posting was RAF Boddington where we had that type of equipment.
It was good to see the pilot was FL LT Harding. If the film was made in 73 he done well as he was my Groupy at Honington in 1980 just before i left.
I loved the refueling scenes with the AEC Mammoth Major. That was me. MT Driver from 84 to 93. My first days at RAF Wattisham 84 to 87 were just like that. RAF little changed since the 50s 60s and 70s
I was there...the cut glass accents could very quickly descend into building site exchanges..in the hangars the air was permanently blue, with the common yell," for F...'. sake!!" echoing round and round. The RAF then was a great place to be and the world was your oyster......now?
Totally agree, the only thing that might not have changed (depending on how woke the RAF is these days) would be the F…..G and Blinding, even in 2003 when I demobbed after 24 years service the woke brigade (although it was not called that back then, it was being “politically correct”, even at beer calls), not that the lads ever took any notice of the change in how they were supposed to treat the “Lumpy Jumpers” (WRAF for those that don’t understand it), and they didn’t listen to us old crumblies sat in the corner talking shop even though the hanger doors were supposed to be closed, but tbh we probably got more admin done at beer calls than in the shed.
We really did have an RAF back then and we actually got respect from the junior ranks, but they didn’t do anything that we didn’t do or say when we were junior ranks, and did treat the WRAF they worked alongside a little bit better than us oldies ever did, perhaps not out being PC but because they were teammates, but mostly, I suspect, it was more to do with getting their leg over, not that we oldies did anything like that as juniors, but only because there were a lot less WRAFs doing techie trades compared to the amount that did when I left.
The good old days, so much less complicated than now. Lest We Forget, Per Ardua ad Astra.
I love the accent, the reality was very different on an RAF base lots of effin and jeffin as I recall.
It is easy to see just how many savings, in manpower alone, have been achieved by computerisation and other technological advances, since this film was made.
5:04 she's a doll!
I really enjoy these programs, seeing how things used to be. The Officer's Mess was pretty amazing to me; was it really like that, being served? Is it still like that?
It does show how much work and coordination is necessary for all Air Force's flights; it's not just jump in and go.
Yes the officer's mess was like that throughout the world can't speak for today they use deliveroo today or KFC probably.
@@bertiewooster3326 I’ve left seven years and the traditional idea of the Mess, both Officer’s and the WO/Sergeant’s Mess died at least 15 years before that.
Various reasons but quality for what you paid for was one reason.
Family life first was probably the greatest reason in the majority of cases.
Another great video, blast from the past👍🏼
Glad you enjoyed it
@@Hants_Prints 😊 Thanks
Love these old military films. 👍
The Lancaster is PA474 that moved and Joined the BBMF at RAF Coltishall in Novemeber 1973
656! amazing
👍 Excellent
Thanks.
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food looks just as gash for the zobs as the grunts! LOL
Rodneys and erks 🤣😂🤣😂lol
Too many berets being worn airfield.
chick at 9.10 is a beauty!
I can't imagine too many people being inspired to join so they could sit by a hatch and carry a flight plan across the room.
How many of the people in this film have been replaced by a computer? Half of them? More than that?
Yes but I've got a lovely fat pension!!
Much of the work is now done on computers, but we still used the analogue systems alongside for redundancy. An EMP could disable a computer network, but the plastic brain on the wall with all the chinagraph writing will still be able to provide you with the information required.
So many funny voices 🤣 It was another world
rag spanner it!
How quaint and labour intensive it all was 🤣
Amazing how we were doing Before the Labour government and the middle East. We should never have been there our country would have been more powerful.