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Welcome to my YouTube video channel launched to co-incide with the 35th anniversary

of the attack on the USS Stark on 17 May 1987.

Most of the videos are about my experiences as an air traffic controller in Bahrain in the 1980's.

In the fulness of time I will post more videos covering other incidents related to the Iran / Iraq war, hijacks and aircraft crashes, along with some lighter incidents.  There will also be some other aviation-related videos of a more general nature. I hope you find them interesting.

You can play the videos by clicking on them below or by going to YouTube.

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ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKE-OFF
13:04
Peter Cromarty

ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKE-OFF

I had an engine failure after take-off in a single-engined aircraft, at night, at an unfamiliar aerodrome. Here’s what happened...
I BOUGHT A KIT AIRCRAFT - THIS IS HOW I CHOSE IT
23:44
Peter Cromarty

I BOUGHT A KIT AIRCRAFT - THIS IS HOW I CHOSE IT

I describe the process I went through to select a home-built kit aircraft. Covers: Number of seats, Speed, Endurance, Altitude, Engine/fuel, Material, High/low wing, Folding wings, Tricycle/tailwheel, Convert tailwheel to floats, Amphibian, Avionics, Availability, Costs. Trent Palmer's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TrentPalmer1 Experimental Aircraft Association: https://www.eaa.org/eaa Kitplanes website: https://www.kitplanes.com/ Sport Aircraft Association of Australia: https://saaa.asn.au/ Global Aviation Products (Pty) Ltd: https://www.gap.aero/ FlightChops: https://www.youtube.com/user/FlightChops/featured
Indian Airlines A300 Hijacked to Dubai 25 August 1984
26:04
Peter Cromarty

Indian Airlines A300 Hijacked to Dubai 25 August 1984

This video describes my involvement with the hijack of an Indian Airlines Airbus A300 on 25 August 1984 when I was an air traffic controller at Bahrain Air Traffic Control Centre.
Crashes of Gulf Air Boeing 737 GF771 & US Navy UH-3H Sea King Angel 740
34:33
Peter Cromarty

Crashes of Gulf Air Boeing 737 GF771 & US Navy UH-3H Sea King Angel 740

Gulf Air GF 771, a Boeing 737, was flying from Karachi to Abu Dhabi on the night of Friday, 23 September 1983 when it was blown up and crashed near Jebel Ali, UAE with the loss of 112 people. Angel 740, a US Navy UH-3H Sea King, crashed near the USS La Salle in the Arabian Gulf on the evening of Thursday 3 July 1987. In this video I describe my recollections of these two events when I was on duty as an air traffic controller at the Bahrain Air Traffic Control Centre.
USS Stark Hit By Iraqi Exocets 17/18 May 1987
50:59
Peter Cromarty

USS Stark Hit By Iraqi Exocets 17/18 May 1987

On the night of Sunday/Monday 17th/18th May 1987 the USS Stark, an American warship, was sailing in the Arabian Gulf northeast of Bahrain. At around 10 pm it was hit by 2 Exocet missiles fired from an Iraqi aircraft. Thirty seven seamen died and twenty one were Injured. In this video I tell the story from my perspective as an air traffic controller on duty at the time in the Bahrain Air Traffic Control Centre.
Drone Delivery
01:06
Peter Cromarty

Drone Delivery

Drone delivery of Mexican food to house in Royalla
Mines, Victims, And Clearance: Interview With Peter Cromarty
02:38
Jon Witsell

Mines, Victims, And Clearance: Interview With Peter Cromarty

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