Other titles:RAF STRIKE COMMAND, HIGH WYCOMBE, VIDEOCASSETTE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: RAF flight safety video magazine, introduced by Air Commodore P T Squire DFC AFC, and containing four items introduced by various Flight Safety Officers.
Description: I. Wing Commander P B Atkins CFSO reports from Hong Kong, "home of 28 Squadron", on how humidity places demands on aircraft and personnel.
II. Squadron Leader M H Dobson reports from the Royal Norwegian Air Force base at Bardufoss in Norway about the opposite extreme - cold - and how personnel can protect themselves against its effects. Flight Lieutenant Rob Lee describes conditions for No 1 Harrier Squadron based there, Flight Sergeant Dave Ellis discusses problems for ground crews, and Junior Technician Barney Miles demonstrates protective clothing.
III. Squadron Leader C R Pitt discusses the hazards of helicopter downwash; the downwash of Harriers and the wake of jet aircraft is also mentioned, as is the suction power of jet intakes. Visit to BAe Hatfield; some of the hazards are shown in reconstructions of actual incidents.
IV. The importance of the correct use of IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) radar - Air UK Training Captain A Dodd describes procedures which sometimes have to be carried out by civilian pilots who have to fly through military air space. Squadron Leader B Coombs, Air Traffic Control Officer, stresses "Make sure your IFF is on"; Board of Inquiry Adviser Squadron Leader T Kerss discusses the use of the "emergency squawk" to announce an aircraft's presence.
Alternative Title:RAF STRIKE COMMAND, HIGH WYCOMBE, VIDEOCASSETTE COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:BFE 291
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:
Featured Period:1990-2000
Production Date:1990-01
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production sponsor)
Headquarters Strike Command Flight Safety Unit (Production company)
SSVC (Production company)
Headquarters Strike Command Photographic Section (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords:
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: U-matic
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Running time: 25 mins (ca)
