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No6_OTU needs more fresh and new blood...
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- Tigertooo
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No6_OTU needs more fresh and new blood...
Hear you thinking: we know, we need new trainees....got you again :))
No6_OTU at Sutton Bridge also needs a new CO.
I indeed resignated as Senior Training Officer and Top Brass has accepted.
Reason? Simple: I have done this for a bit more than 10 years now and with the new devellopements in Flight Sims, i feel the time has come to leave it to younger chaps, with new and fresh ideas on how to approach OTU with the new upcoming simulators ( BoS,DCS).
I am still a bit too old fashioned and want to stick with what was OTU ( and TP) for me: Il2 1946 Sturmovik.
I do realise there is no way back though, hence my resignation.A part of my Virtual and Real Life has ended.
I can assure you that those 10 years OTU were the very best in my Virtual life and i want to thank all of you for giving a Bloody Belgian the opportunity to lead an English OTU for the best online Wing there exist.
Surely i was helped with many others: BB, Tom,Cheese,Mothy,Hatter,Nummy & others. Big thank you to them.
As a nostalgic touch, i added a list of those chaps who contacted OTU in those 10 years. Makes me smile when seeing very strange nick names and names of forgotten TP pilots who passed OTU but quit anyhow.
Any volounteer to take the job, please send your application to Top Brass. I will of course provide the lucky one with the needed documents to approach a new trainee.
So my successor: give Mabel my regards
From me, a last time from No6_OTU at Sutton Bridge:
That is all, carry on
PS:
No6_OTU at Sutton Bridge also needs a new CO.
I indeed resignated as Senior Training Officer and Top Brass has accepted.
Reason? Simple: I have done this for a bit more than 10 years now and with the new devellopements in Flight Sims, i feel the time has come to leave it to younger chaps, with new and fresh ideas on how to approach OTU with the new upcoming simulators ( BoS,DCS).
I am still a bit too old fashioned and want to stick with what was OTU ( and TP) for me: Il2 1946 Sturmovik.
I do realise there is no way back though, hence my resignation.A part of my Virtual and Real Life has ended.
I can assure you that those 10 years OTU were the very best in my Virtual life and i want to thank all of you for giving a Bloody Belgian the opportunity to lead an English OTU for the best online Wing there exist.
Surely i was helped with many others: BB, Tom,Cheese,Mothy,Hatter,Nummy & others. Big thank you to them.
As a nostalgic touch, i added a list of those chaps who contacted OTU in those 10 years. Makes me smile when seeing very strange nick names and names of forgotten TP pilots who passed OTU but quit anyhow.
Any volounteer to take the job, please send your application to Top Brass. I will of course provide the lucky one with the needed documents to approach a new trainee.
So my successor: give Mabel my regards
From me, a last time from No6_OTU at Sutton Bridge:
That is all, carry on
PS:
Mirror,mirror on the wall,
Who is the best TP of them all?
"Thou are not Tiger, there's no doubt."
Euhh, well...roger that mirror,over and out.
"The Belgian Windbag"
Who is the best TP of them all?
"Thou are not Tiger, there's no doubt."
Euhh, well...roger that mirror,over and out.
"The Belgian Windbag"
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Re: No6_OTU needs more fresh and new blood...
Thank you for a guiding light in the process of joining TP.
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Only dead fish swim with the stream.
Only dead fish swim with the stream.
Re: No6_OTU needs more fresh and new blood...
Gosh that is a big list well done Tiger. :thumbup:
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Re: No6_OTU needs more fresh and new blood...
Without doubt,it is you Tiger that moulded every member that went through OTU.You where there first contact with this group and there fore showed them the right attitude and the right TP spirit.I still remember having sweaty hands and listening to every word that you said not knowing what was coming next.
A big thank you Tiger,you deserve a "special" medal for services to TP.
S!
A big thank you Tiger,you deserve a "special" medal for services to TP.
S!
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Re: No6_OTU needs more fresh and new blood...
The order of the golden sandal with knee sock? :DCheese wrote:Without doubt,it is you Tiger that moulded every member that went through OTU.You where there first contact with this group and there fore showed them the right attitude and the right TP spirit.I still remember having sweaty hands and listening to every word that you said not knowing what was coming next.
A big thank you Tiger,you deserve a "special" medal for services to TP.
S!
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Reckon we could get a chain so he could wear this as a medal?Cheese wrote: A big thank you Tiger,you deserve a "special" medal for services to TP.
In selecting the motto... 'all for one and one for all'... I have done so because it expresses what should be the creed to every Fighter Pilot. Never forget that you are an essential cog in the wheel, and if you break or fail it will let down your brother pilots, and the grimness of war allows for no such weakness.
Air Vice Marshal Saul in the foreword to 13 Group's 'Forget-Me-Nots for Fighters'
"They fly Hurricanes, isn't it? Them's shit planes for remtards on free dinners..."
Armstrong & Miller Show
Air Vice Marshal Saul in the foreword to 13 Group's 'Forget-Me-Nots for Fighters'
"They fly Hurricanes, isn't it? Them's shit planes for remtards on free dinners..."
Armstrong & Miller Show
Re: No6_OTU needs more fresh and new blood...
Well done Tiger. I completely understand your decision as ten years is an eternity in the virtual world. OTU is a special place in Tangmere and sets us apart as a group having standards that must be met before one can join. I still fondly remember the OTU missions that I took as a trainee with Malc. I also did a stint as C/O OTU myself for a while. Great fun. I'm sure out of this fine bunch we'll find a chap of the correct caliber to take up the reigns. I'm very keen that the OTU ethos remains however. Perhaps we can have a couple of 'train the trainer' sessions? The sieve that is OTU is key to allowing the right sort of folks into our group.
Once again, good show Tiger :-bd
Edit: typo
Once again, good show Tiger :-bd
Edit: typo
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Re: No6_OTU needs more fresh and new blood...
Hear hear BB.
I have one chap lined up. If anyone else wants to be an instructor please say.
@ Tiger - I omitted thanks for all the hard work you've done. Over the last 3 years especially the frustrations have grown as there have not been many new recruits and many who were not appropriate. I give thanks for Spartan (despite him buggering off at Duxford and, even worse, being a ManUre supporter) and Dickie (despite him being a real life pilot with a SpitSim etc).
I have one chap lined up. If anyone else wants to be an instructor please say.
@ Tiger - I omitted thanks for all the hard work you've done. Over the last 3 years especially the frustrations have grown as there have not been many new recruits and many who were not appropriate. I give thanks for Spartan (despite him buggering off at Duxford and, even worse, being a ManUre supporter) and Dickie (despite him being a real life pilot with a SpitSim etc).
In selecting the motto... 'all for one and one for all'... I have done so because it expresses what should be the creed to every Fighter Pilot. Never forget that you are an essential cog in the wheel, and if you break or fail it will let down your brother pilots, and the grimness of war allows for no such weakness.
Air Vice Marshal Saul in the foreword to 13 Group's 'Forget-Me-Nots for Fighters'
"They fly Hurricanes, isn't it? Them's shit planes for remtards on free dinners..."
Armstrong & Miller Show
Air Vice Marshal Saul in the foreword to 13 Group's 'Forget-Me-Nots for Fighters'
"They fly Hurricanes, isn't it? Them's shit planes for remtards on free dinners..."
Armstrong & Miller Show
- Reggie
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Re: No6_OTU needs more fresh and new blood...
Well done Tiger, I also still remember the tense stress of OTU when I was taken by the original Ginger and Punch back in the day. The feeling of passing was great and felt like a real achievement.
You have been a huge help to me as well with developing the new site as far as quality checking the Pilot Manual and Training Manuals and so on, so to echo every else, thank you for so many years dedicated service to TP and OTU, you are a fine example.
:thumbup:
You have been a huge help to me as well with developing the new site as far as quality checking the Pilot Manual and Training Manuals and so on, so to echo every else, thank you for so many years dedicated service to TP and OTU, you are a fine example.
:thumbup:
Haha, I notice you say you "have one lined up" rather than someone has volunteered - so I guess this is someone you have earmarked then, rather than someone who has approached you with interest. . . .we all know who ;)Tom wrote:Hear hear BB.
I have one chap lined up. If anyone else wants to be an instructor please say.
Reggie - website and forum dude.
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Reggie wrote: Haha, I notice you say you "have one lined up" rather than someone has volunteered - so I guess this is someone you have earmarked then, rather than someone who has approached you with interest. . . .
A combination of the two.
:)
In selecting the motto... 'all for one and one for all'... I have done so because it expresses what should be the creed to every Fighter Pilot. Never forget that you are an essential cog in the wheel, and if you break or fail it will let down your brother pilots, and the grimness of war allows for no such weakness.
Air Vice Marshal Saul in the foreword to 13 Group's 'Forget-Me-Nots for Fighters'
"They fly Hurricanes, isn't it? Them's shit planes for remtards on free dinners..."
Armstrong & Miller Show
Air Vice Marshal Saul in the foreword to 13 Group's 'Forget-Me-Nots for Fighters'
"They fly Hurricanes, isn't it? Them's shit planes for remtards on free dinners..."
Armstrong & Miller Show
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Thanks Tiger for your dedication to te OTU and TP in general. I remember you taking me up for the last flight back in late 2007. Not sure I understood a word you said due to the accent but I think you were generous enough to let me through into this quite amazing experience of TP and will always appreciate you as a person as well.
Dank u mijn vriend
Dank u mijn vriend
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VVS Rank: Starshina of the 32nd IAD Fighter Aviation Regiment.
RAF Rank: F/Lt Jacko No1 Squadron (JX-J) & No1 Sqd Press Officer
LW Rank: Feldwebel
"Use speed get close, get closer and make every bullet count "
"The only proper defense is offense"
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https://www.tangmere-museum.org.uk/
Re: No6_OTU needs more fresh and new blood...
Tiger, as one of the last of the many (did you see what I did there :) ), I would like to say thank you for persevering with my rather basic skills at OTU (those were nervous, sweaty palm flights), and helping me to make my progression to 145.
Very much appreciated.
Very much appreciated.
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And as the second to last of one of the last of the many, I'd also like to thank you for your years of service at the OTU. <S>
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