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18-1139: Holcroft is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bert Holcroft (born 1935), English rugby player, coach and writer Charles Holcroft (disambiguation) , several people Fanny Margaretta Holcroft (1780–1844), writer Francis Holcroft (1629?–1693), English minister George Holcroft (1856–1951), English mine owner and baronet Harold Holcroft (1882–1973), English railway engineer Holcroft valve gear Henry Holcroft (1586–1650), English politician John Holcroft (disambiguation) , several people M. H. Holcroft (1902-1993), New Zealand essayist and novelist Patrick Holcroft (born 1948), English soldier and banker Peter Holcroft (1931-2009), 3rd baronet Rosemary Charlotte Holcroft (1942-2000), South African botanical illustrator Sam Holcroft , British playwright Thomas Holcroft (disambiguation) , several people Holcroft Blood ( c.  1660 – 1707), Anglo-Irish soldier Phoebe Holcroft Watson (1898-1980), British tennis player Fictional characters [ edit ] Mudie Holcroft,

36-412: A "seelonce mayday" is MAYDAY, All Stations x3 or [Interfering station] x3, this is [controlling station], SEELONCE MAYDAY. "Seelonce feenee" (from French silence fini , 'silence finished') means that the emergency situation has been concluded and the channel may now be used normally. "Distress traffic ended" is the aeronautical equivalent of "seelonce feenee". The format for the "seelonce feenee"

54-548: A false distress call is a criminal offense in many countries, punishable by a fine, restitution, and possible imprisonment. " Pan-pan " (from the French: panne , 'a breakdown') indicates an urgent situation, such as a mechanical failure or a medical problem, of a lower order than a "grave and imminent threat requiring immediate assistance". The suffix "medico" originally was to be added by vessels in British waters to indicate

72-457: A fictional character from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer See also [ edit ] Holcroft baronets Mount Holcroft , Canada The Holcroft Covenant , a 1978 novel by Robert Ludlum The Holcroft Covenant (film) , a 1985 thriller All pages with titles containing Holcroft [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Holcroft . If an internal link intending to refer to

90-548: A medical problem ("pan-pan medico", repeated three times), or by aircraft declaring a non-life-threatening medical emergency of a passenger in flight, or those operating as protected medical transport in accordance with the Geneva Conventions . "Pan-pan medico" is no longer in official use. Sometimes the phrase "declaring emergency" is used in aviation, as an alternative to calling "mayday". For example, in 1998 Swissair Flight 111 radioed "Swissair one-eleven heavy

108-442: A series of books for rugby and football. Holcroft died on August 17, 2021. Mayday Mayday is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice-procedure radio communications . It is used to signal a life-threatening emergency primarily by aviators and mariners, but in some countries local organizations such as firefighters , police forces, and transportation organizations also use

126-444: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Holcroft&oldid=1109030120 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Bert Holcroft Bert Holcroft joined

144-416: A weak side at the time, having won just five matches in the two preceding seasons under Dick Dunn and fellow Englishman Nat Silcock Jr. . Under Holcroft they only won three games of 36 contested in the two seasons he was in charge; in 1966 Easts became the most recent (as of 2022 ) premiership team not to win a game during a season. Over the years Holcroft developed his training and fitness techniques into

162-545: Is declaring emergency" after their situation had worsened, upgrading from the "pan-pan" which was declared earlier. However, the International Civil Aviation Organization recommends the use of the standard "pan-pan" and "mayday" calls instead of "declaring an emergency". Cases of pilots using phrases other than "pan-pan" and "mayday" have caused confusion and errors in aircraft handling. "Seelonce mayday" (using an approximation of

180-658: The 1960s Holcroft and his wife, Bridget, moved to Australia where he coached junior side Murwillumbah Brothers to successive premierships in the Tweed Rugby League in 1961 and 1962. Holcroft also coached the Bundaberg representative team where he introduced new training techniques relating to diet and weight training. Holcroft was appointed as coach of Eastern Suburbs in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership in 1965. Easts were

198-590: The French pronunciation of silence ) is a demand that the channel only be used by the vessel/s and authorities involved with the distress. The channel may not be used for normal working traffic until "seelonce feenee" is broadcast. "Seelonce mayday" and "seelonce feenee" may only be sent by the controlling station in charge of the distress. The expression "stop transmitting – mayday" is an aeronautical equivalent of "seelonce mayday". "Seelonce distress" and "prudonce" are no longer in use since ITU WRC-07. The format for

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216-529: The Royal Navy at aged 18 and was 20 when he served aboard the Flower-class corvette HMS Petunia . On 6 June 1944, HMS Petunia was among the naval force that took part in the invasion of Normandy, and on D-Day . HMS Petunia was an escort vessel for one of the assault convoys. During the assault the ship received a " mayday " from an American tank landing ship that had struck a mine . Holcroft

234-624: The SOS radiotelegraph (Morse code) signal. If a mayday call cannot be sent because a radio is not available, a variety of other distress signals and calls for help can be used. Additionally, a mayday call can be sent on behalf of one vessel by another; this is known as a mayday relay. Civilian aircraft making a mayday call in United States airspace are encouraged by the Federal Aviation Administration to use

252-466: The air traffic at the time was between Croydon and Le Bourget Airport in Paris, he proposed the term "mayday", the phonetic equivalent of the French m'aidez ("help me") or m'aider (a short form of venez m'aider , "come [and] help me"). (M'aidez is non-standard French; the phrase Aidez moi is standard.) The term is unrelated to the holiday May Day . Following tests, the new procedure word

270-540: The following format, omitting any portions as necessary for expediency or where they are irrelevant (capitalization as in the original source): Mayday, Mayday, Mayday; (Name of station addressed); Aircraft call sign and type; Nature of emergency; Weather; Pilot's intentions and/or requests; Present position and heading, or if lost then last known position and heading and time when aircraft was at that position; Altitude or Flight level ; Fuel remaining in minutes; Number of people on board; Any other useful information. Making

288-470: The term. Convention requires the word be repeated three times in a row during the initial emergency declaration ("Mayday mayday mayday"). The "mayday" procedure word was conceived as a distress call in the early 1920s by Frederick Stanley Mockford, officer-in-charge of radio at Croydon Airport , England. He had been asked to think of a word that would indicate distress and would easily be understood by all pilots and ground staff in an emergency. Since much of

306-465: Was among those who saved 60 of the soldiers from the tank landing ship. In 2016 Holcroft was decorated with the Legion d'Honneur by the French government - an award Holcroft dedicated to the men saved on D-Day. After the war Bert Holcroft played rugby league for amateur team Wigan Road Working Men's RLFC as well as the reserve team of Leigh . He also coached the B and Colts junior teams for Leigh. In

324-623: Was introduced for cross-Channel flights in February 1923. The previous distress call had been the Morse code signal SOS , but this was not considered suitable for voice communication, "[o]wing to the difficulty of distinguishing the letter 'S' by telephone". In 1927, the International Radiotelegraph Convention of Washington adopted the voice call "mayday" as the radiotelephone distress call in addition to

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