Fantastic interview I worked on the Bucc on 237 ocu in the 80s at Raf Lossiemouth. I’m now 60 and my latest venture is to turn a real Bucc into a vr simulator for the general public in Scotland. Regards Dave from Fife
Love that gentleman he was the reason I joined the RAF I never got the chance to be aircrew I was a fireman and proud of my trade I knew if they were in difficulties we would get them out safely I wish I had the chance to meet and talk to them on a one to one conversation
It would be a bit of a shift in direction BUT the fire crews and rescue bods and others generally keeping things flying and dealing with the consequences of '💩 happening' on aerodromes could be an interesting background to the 'main event' of flying?
Thanks for an excellent video and interview. I admire and love this man's attitude about his aircraft the "Buccaneer" and his frank and just pride in a lifetime as RAF aircrew.
Wonderful interview I especially liked the American cruiser fly by (or more correctly across story) .I love listening to Buccaneer crews. Such an underrated platform. Keep up the good work guys,loving your work
Hello! You can hardly call the Buccaneer a beauty but she has lots of character. Hopefully Airfix will catch some of it in their soon to be released kit. Thank you for another good story!
While at Macrihanish, we had a Buccaneer land with the canopy smashed to bits with a bird strike, the problem was the top ejector handle face blind was tangled up in the canopy ,if the pilot had opened the canopy the seat had a good chance of going off as I marshalled it in stopped him and pointed to the pilot to look over his head, he looked and went white, we got an armourer from the bomb dump two gantrys one either side me and another guy held his legs while we lowered him head first into the cockpit to put the rocket pack pin in, only then did we untangle the ejector handle and open the canopy, the handle was only an inch from activating the seat, Crash and smash repaired the plane new seat, and canopy . Pilot was very happy to get out so was the navigator.
A proper all British aircraft nothing to touch it and built in East Yorkshire NATO should have got these, thanks for another great interview anyone that wants to see these beasts close up and running go to Brunty or York’s air museum when they run and taxi them👍
NATO had them for years. You do know the UK is part of NATO? There's no NATO Airforce outside of those of the member nations, so they couldn't be more NATO than they were.
An F16 pilot once said to take out a buccaneer at 580 knots and 100 feet was relatively simple..but when the buccaneers dropped to 10 or 20 feet the had 2 second to get a lock as at 4 they would hit the ground..
hello nice video , but i have to inform that skrydstrup and ålborg is denmark and NOT germany as mr herriot says in the video, between 1940 and 1945 u could call it germany .
A really intersting bloke but hell's teeth ..... the background sound intrusions when David H is sitting in the cockpit of 'Sky Pirates' is a right dip in the usual quality ☹
Get your sound fixed. This is terrible. Filming while someone is demolishing the hangar doors or whatever? I have both his books but this is ridicilous. Shape Up!
Fantastic interview
I worked on the Bucc on 237 ocu in the 80s at Raf Lossiemouth.
I’m now 60 and my latest venture is to turn a real Bucc into a vr simulator for the general public in Scotland.
Regards
Dave from Fife
What amazing stories … an amazing man … and an amazing aircraft.
I love these interviews. Thanks.
Cheers
Love that gentleman he was the reason I joined the RAF I never got the chance to be aircrew I was a fireman and proud of my trade I knew if they were in difficulties we would get them out safely I wish I had the chance to meet and talk to them on a one to one conversation
It would be a bit of a shift in direction BUT the fire crews and rescue bods and others generally keeping things flying and dealing with the consequences of '💩 happening' on aerodromes could be an interesting background to the 'main event' of flying?
Punctuation?
Thanks for sharing and thanks to Mr Herriot for his service to our country.
Great interview! The Buccaneer is clearly the jet equivalent of the Mosquito. Cockpit surprisingly small for such a big machine though.
+thefrecklepuny Cheers, yes i was suprised also!
Thanks for an excellent video and interview. I admire and love this man's attitude about his aircraft the "Buccaneer" and his frank and just pride in a lifetime as RAF aircrew.
I was on 237 OCU at Honington and Lossiemouth, they were the best aircraft to work on loved it
Another excellent video! Love the buccaneer, great to hear some stories about it
+lab rat Thanks again :)
Hi David,. Skidstrop in Denmark.. I was 12 sqdn. Ground crew on that detachment. Best wishes
I really enjoy these interviews. Utterly thought provoking.
Thanks Max.
Again a wonderful interview giving great insight , keep it up.
+david watson Thanks again David.
Wonderful interview I especially liked the American cruiser fly by (or more correctly across story) .I love listening to Buccaneer crews. Such an underrated platform. Keep up the good work guys,loving your work
Cheers Philip.
What an excellent interview
Yet another interesting interview I've not seen a bad one yet.
Keep up the good work gents 👍
Cheers!
Very good again. Keep 'em coming!
+Peter Clark Thanks Peter
Hello!
You can hardly call the Buccaneer a beauty but she has lots of character. Hopefully Airfix will catch some of it in their soon to be released kit. Thank you for another good story!
Soon to be released? 🙄
I had an Airfix Buc when I was a kid 🤪
While at Macrihanish, we had a Buccaneer land with the canopy smashed to bits with a bird strike, the problem was the top ejector handle face blind was tangled up in the canopy ,if the pilot had opened the canopy the seat had a good chance of going off as I marshalled it in stopped him and pointed to the pilot to look over his head, he looked and went white, we got an armourer from the bomb dump two gantrys one either side me and another guy held his legs while we lowered him head first into the cockpit to put the rocket pack pin in, only then did we untangle the ejector handle and open the canopy, the handle was only an inch from activating the seat, Crash and smash repaired the plane new seat, and canopy . Pilot was very happy to get out so was the navigator.
Great interview. Very interesting.
cageordie thanks very much.
Excellent interview !
Cheers!
Wonderful interview, "no bollocking received" would be a good inappropriate title for a memoir. So many interesting points.
Thanks Martin. Indeed it would!
Great interview, again! Skrydstrup and Aalborg are both in Denmark though :-)
Jeroen Jansen Cheers Jerome. Thanks for the spot :)
A proper all British aircraft nothing to touch it and built in East Yorkshire NATO should have got these, thanks for another great interview anyone that wants to see these beasts close up and running go to Brunty or York’s air museum when they run and taxi them👍
NATO had them for years. You do know the UK is part of NATO? There's no NATO Airforce outside of those of the member nations, so they couldn't be more NATO than they were.
@@cageordie U meant that other NATO nation's should have purchased them
An F16 pilot once said to take out a buccaneer at 580 knots and 100 feet was relatively simple..but when the buccaneers dropped to 10 or 20 feet the had 2 second to get a lock as at 4 they would hit the ground..
RIP David!
The sound might had been improved with a small mic on the guys jacket.. The backround noise is a bit annoying
Hi John. Yes, this was an early interview but we now have lapel mics to improve audio.
hello nice video , but i have to inform that skrydstrup and ålborg is denmark and NOT germany as mr herriot says in the video, between 1940 and 1945 u could call it germany .
DON'T MENTION THE WAR!!!!
What is "QWI"?
Qualified Weapon Instructor
I'm not sure this really is Dave Herriot. Dave has lots more hair. Mind you, forty years... JF
Ha ha ha! Thanks, Jules!
@@Foldingwings Aha! I did wonder where the connection was with this: ruclips.net/video/AuYwOEF5xag/видео.html
Take it easier with that super loud intro musjc please
A really intersting bloke
but hell's teeth ..... the background sound intrusions when David H is sitting in the cockpit of 'Sky Pirates' is a right dip in the usual quality ☹
This was recorded 7 years ago but for the upgraded mics.
@@Aircrewinterview Fair enough Mike ... You clearly learned from that experience cos its not a 'feature' on today's stuff.
Where are your buccaneers on your buckin head😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Buccaneer built from solid titanium blocks, F104G built from Bacofoil.....go figure...
Get your sound fixed. This is terrible. Filming while someone is demolishing the hangar doors or whatever? I have both his books but this is ridicilous. Shape Up!
@@Pallejrgenchristense check how long ago this was recorded. Things have improved a lot since then. Cheers