Royal Review 1977
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"How to extract that nine minutes from the other two hours of home movies on the same disc. I have access to Mac and PC."
You need some video editing software, as opposed to just a video player like Quicktime.
Depending on the quality and what format it is is will determine what you should use or whether just hand it over to someone to do it and maybe put a header at the front so if you burn it to DVD multiple times to give to people, they will know what it is.
HTH
"How to extract that nine minutes from the other two hours of home movies on the same disc. I have access to Mac and PC."
You need some video editing software, as opposed to just a video player like Quicktime.
Depending on the quality and what format it is is will determine what you should use or whether just hand it over to someone to do it and maybe put a header at the front so if you burn it to DVD multiple times to give to people, they will know what it is.
HTH
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If I recall, there was a song about this event, the final line of the first verse being:
"It takes more than the Air Force to wake up Sleepy F..d!"
I was on Loan Service to SOAF at the time, so missed it.
"It takes more than the Air Force to wake up Sleepy F..d!"
I was on Loan Service to SOAF at the time, so missed it.
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I covered the Royal review as a Photographer wearing a "Press Hat".
I was there for a week and have loads of slide films including all the flying displays.
Still a bit sensitive perhaps but I blagged my way out with the TV Crew on the Airfield right in front the Royal box during the main Royal display!!!!.
The best views are loads of Air to Ground views of the static layout taken on trips I did in the Press Helicopter over the Airfield during the week .
Including an aborted trip during the lunch break for the Royal party, cut short due to the complaint the noise was disturbing the Royal lunch!!!!!!
Much to the annoyance of us photographers on board not getting a full crack at more air to ground pics.
Thats the up side of what I have, but, at the moment I do not have a scanner to scan the slides for downloading etc.
I am looking at buying a Nikon Coolscan V scanner but am a bit wary about buying via e-bay which is the biggest outlet for second hand scanners.
If any Ppruner has a Nikon Coolscan V for sale I would be more than pleased to chat about a deal. (Nikon Colscan V recommendeed for Kodak slides, I have 60,000 plus aircraft slides taken on Kodak film by me 1975-2005, so I do need a good scanner!!!)
I can only suggest you PM me with personal contact details and I will keep you informed of my progress in obtaining a scanner.
As and when I do I can certainly cover your request .
OPF
PS I have sent you a PM re. contacting me direct if it might help.
I was there for a week and have loads of slide films including all the flying displays.
Still a bit sensitive perhaps but I blagged my way out with the TV Crew on the Airfield right in front the Royal box during the main Royal display!!!!.
The best views are loads of Air to Ground views of the static layout taken on trips I did in the Press Helicopter over the Airfield during the week .
Including an aborted trip during the lunch break for the Royal party, cut short due to the complaint the noise was disturbing the Royal lunch!!!!!!
Much to the annoyance of us photographers on board not getting a full crack at more air to ground pics.
Thats the up side of what I have, but, at the moment I do not have a scanner to scan the slides for downloading etc.
I am looking at buying a Nikon Coolscan V scanner but am a bit wary about buying via e-bay which is the biggest outlet for second hand scanners.
If any Ppruner has a Nikon Coolscan V for sale I would be more than pleased to chat about a deal. (Nikon Colscan V recommendeed for Kodak slides, I have 60,000 plus aircraft slides taken on Kodak film by me 1975-2005, so I do need a good scanner!!!)
I can only suggest you PM me with personal contact details and I will keep you informed of my progress in obtaining a scanner.
As and when I do I can certainly cover your request .
OPF
PS I have sent you a PM re. contacting me direct if it might help.
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What a pleasant thread.
Lingo Dan, I was posted from Salalah (where I was the RAF U Eng O) to Finningley, in early '76; so we might have been there at the same time (Salalah that is)?
BEags, we may have overlapped at RAF Robin Hood but I never spotted you in the bar! Why was that? Do you have a reasonable excuse?
I was posted from Finningley to Leuchars just before the Royal Review and at the time I thought to myself " thank god that I don't have to go through all that buxxeration".
I drove my buxxered MGB slowly up to Scotland (it got better later (the MGB) thanks to a friendly and impecunious MT Tech at Leuchars).
Now, of course, with all those years behind me I kind of wish I had been there for the review.
P.S. the Rockape who received the Royal Colour (or was it a Standard? My memory fades) at the Finningley ceremony, and who appears kneeling in a well known oil painting, which you may have seen in many messes, when we had many messes, was an ex 99 entry cadet from the College of Knowledge, also know as Sleaford Tech (the college not the rockape).
Which reminds me of a young lady from Carre's Grammar School with whom I went on a blind date on my grad ball from Cranners - we were desperately in love for a while but when she went to university, after about a month, I found a "dear john" letter in my pigeon hole in the Studes Mess reception.
It was tough but I got over her, with some help from her older sister. Then eventually I got engaged to a first year student from Bishop Big Bxlls.
I wonder whatever happened to her?
Just got carried away - SOS
Lingo Dan, I was posted from Salalah (where I was the RAF U Eng O) to Finningley, in early '76; so we might have been there at the same time (Salalah that is)?
BEags, we may have overlapped at RAF Robin Hood but I never spotted you in the bar! Why was that? Do you have a reasonable excuse?
I was posted from Finningley to Leuchars just before the Royal Review and at the time I thought to myself " thank god that I don't have to go through all that buxxeration".
I drove my buxxered MGB slowly up to Scotland (it got better later (the MGB) thanks to a friendly and impecunious MT Tech at Leuchars).
Now, of course, with all those years behind me I kind of wish I had been there for the review.
P.S. the Rockape who received the Royal Colour (or was it a Standard? My memory fades) at the Finningley ceremony, and who appears kneeling in a well known oil painting, which you may have seen in many messes, when we had many messes, was an ex 99 entry cadet from the College of Knowledge, also know as Sleaford Tech (the college not the rockape).
Which reminds me of a young lady from Carre's Grammar School with whom I went on a blind date on my grad ball from Cranners - we were desperately in love for a while but when she went to university, after about a month, I found a "dear john" letter in my pigeon hole in the Studes Mess reception.
It was tough but I got over her, with some help from her older sister. Then eventually I got engaged to a first year student from Bishop Big Bxlls.
I wonder whatever happened to her?
Just got carried away - SOS
Last edited by SOSL; 11th Dec 2011 at 12:52. Reason: To make sense
Does anyone remember, on the practice day (when Mrs CAS was doing the Queen stand-in inspection bit), a Colour Sqn oik chundering on the shoes of the chap behind him? Mrs CAS had to do some pretty fancy footwork to avoid an embarrassing skid.
All great fun!
All great fun!
Hands up all those ex cadets who were going out with, engaged to or married students from the Bishop's place in Lincoln. Did a couple of plays with them and have a photo of me and a future CAS dancing round a wheel chair on stage (Ring Round the Moon). There was one girls (64/65 time of whom it was reckoned if you went out with her you got chopped from flying - ISTR there was high correlation; maybe she sapped a chap's energy!
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As a young Pilot Officer trainee pilot (wearing No 1 uniform on the day) I was interested in the Safety Equipment Section display. On entering the marquee, I was invited to demonstrate the high strength of the new clear visor for aircrew helmets and was passed a mallet. One hit from me broke the visor in half. Another was placed on the rig. Another hit snapped that one too. Cue a round of applause from assembled public, a very dirty look from the Squipper and an embarrassed grin and an exit from yours truly.
SOSL, I was at RAF Finningley from 29 Jun 77 - 11 Jul 77. We had 9 simulator exercises totalling 30 hrs in that period; however, I most assuredly WAS in the OM bar at various times throughout the period.
But usually after the baby navigators had gone back to that kindergarten known as Filton Block....
But usually after the baby navigators had gone back to that kindergarten known as Filton Block....
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Knowing how to contact the BBC archives may get you somewhere; their recent love of the Army yielded their Silver Jubilee review on iPlayer: BBC iPlayer - Silver Jubilee: Review of the British Army
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rename the *vob files as *,mpg and they should play as standard mpg files
If that still wont work, try *.mp2 instead (depends on the software on your machine)
VOB is simply a catalogued mp2 stream sorted for DVD
rename the *vob files as *,mpg and they should play as standard mpg files
If that still wont work, try *.mp2 instead (depends on the software on your machine)
VOB is simply a catalogued mp2 stream sorted for DVD
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We lived and flew in a RAF that was magnificent and demanding in its various ways. But that's history, and I hope that those serving today are enjoying an equally good time. It's your day. 
I took a lot of piccies on the public day, most of them lost now, but similar shots can be found all over the place. I do have somewhere, an old VHS tape "Finningley Finale" which contains footage of past airshows at Finningley, included of course, is some footage of the Silver Jubilee show.
But the rarest stuff is a Vulcan Scramble, 92 sqn Lightnings and the Dutch Team Whisky Four, all from 1963!
FB
But the rarest stuff is a Vulcan Scramble, 92 sqn Lightnings and the Dutch Team Whisky Four, all from 1963!
FB
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Old Duffer: Ahhhhhhhhh Good old Fred Mulley having a zizz. Had he been a serviceman, he could have been charged with sleeping on duty.
The dias used on that day is still in use at Cranwell. If you ask nicely and the carpet is rolled back, there is a brass plaque which states: 'Fred Mulley Slept Here'.
The dias used on that day is still in use at Cranwell. If you ask nicely and the carpet is rolled back, there is a brass plaque which states: 'Fred Mulley Slept Here'.
When the Joint Chiefs were denied their démarche in 1978 (would either happen now??) over Jim Callaghan's reluctance to implement AFPRB suggestions, he fought the corner well but lost 1% of the increase due to a high level leak about the subsequent huge PVR rates and discontent. There is a Mac cartoon showing Mulley supervising the Joint Chiefs going about their jankers.
edit: View zoomable cartoon item: 32080 - The British Cartoon Archive - University of Kent
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VC 10 Participation
Does anyone have a picture of the VC 10 in the flypast that could be released for use, with due credit, on the 10 Sqn Association website? If so, I'd be happy to have it for passing on to the webmaster.
As a footnote, despite being one of the larger units in STC in 1977 and for reasons that were never clear, 10 Sqn was not included in the original Oporder for the flypast, and a first rehearsal had taken place before we heard what was afoot. Representations were then made and we joined the game from then on, tacked on to a 4-Herc flight.
As a footnote, despite being one of the larger units in STC in 1977 and for reasons that were never clear, 10 Sqn was not included in the original Oporder for the flypast, and a first rehearsal had taken place before we heard what was afoot. Representations were then made and we joined the game from then on, tacked on to a 4-Herc flight.
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I'm sorry, I have spent hours wrestling with this and tried all the suggestions above. I just cannot make it work.
You need Any Video Converter to convert your .VOB file. Change it to .wmv (there are other formats) using AVC, and when that is done, open Windows Movie Maker/Video editing software, and import the new file.
You can then chop off the bits you don't need.
There is a free version and a professional one. The free one is absolutely fine.
I hope that those serving today are enjoying an equally good time. It's your day. 
