I was a flight line armourer on 31 Squadron at Bruggen ‘74 - ‘76 where we had two other squadrons 14 and 17 operating Phantoms (nuclear QRA with Phantoms) and Jaguars and Tornadoes were just coming in as I was finishing my tour. However, being a ‘plumber’ the narrator got it wrong on two counts. Both plumber and rigger (airframes) date back to WWI and the days of the RFC. Riggers fitted and were responsible for the maintenance of the cables connecting the biplane’s wings and the cabling for controlling the aircraft. Aircraft were known as kites. Armourers became known as plumbers as they fitted and were responsible for the through the propeller firing machine guns and the hydraulic lines that synced to the engine so that the guns could only fire between the prop blades so they didn’t shred them. Before that major upgrade was made, they fitted metal deflectors to the blades to stop them being destroyed. It must’ve been extremely sketchy as the bullets would bounce off unpredictably when they tried it. The narrator also called ejection seats ‘ejector seats’ (that’s James Bond). Martin-Baker call them ejection seats and warning triangle signs just below aircraft cockpits say ejection seats.
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I was there in 1989 Jan to Jan what a beautiful place, hoping to go back there soon
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