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For Sale
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ricardian » Tue Dec 22, 2020 11:28 am
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Potential sale of aircraft for dismantling to harvest reusable parts.
The aircraft available are as follows:
5 x Sentinel Aircraft & a...
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Went in there the other day and still only four departure desks and two immigration arrival desks. It would take hours to get a large pax load....
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Last post by G-CPTN
Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:26 am
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Solar Winds, defence and the meaning of life
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Boac » Tue Dec 15, 2020 9:11 am
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Placed here rather than in the idle waters of 'Computing' since the implications are far-reaching.
It would appear that Russian hackers may have...
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A former FBI deputy has alleged that President Trump has been diverting money from cybersecurity resources to build a wall at a time when the “nation...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:45 pm
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RAF in 21st century?
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ricardian » Fri Dec 11, 2020 8:16 pm
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Thank goodness I was demobbed in 1973!
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Where is this video 4ma? Somehow it seems to have passed me by - is it because I is old?
The Ancient Mariner
It's on Fill Your Boots...
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Sun Dec 13, 2020 4:49 pm
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Fri Dec 11, 2020 9:49 am
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HMS Prince of Wales in difficulties
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ricardian » Tue Dec 08, 2020 9:23 am
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HMS Prince of Wales - flooded!
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a flood on a ship? Isn't it called sinking?
=))
A ship is always in a slow but perpetual state of sinking. Switch the pumps off and they will...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Tue Dec 08, 2020 12:40 pm
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B52s in RAF Fairford
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Boac » Mon Aug 24, 2020 7:30 am
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I hope they are wearing masks.....
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Their missions can be very very long, so yes, perhaps they still had a silly amount of fuel for a landing, even after a round trip from Fairford to...
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Fri Dec 04, 2020 6:18 am
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Strafing question
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Opsboi » Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:19 am
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Rather an interesting bit of whimsy in one of the other chatrooms I occasionally take a quick half in - main topic Welsh rugby, but that's by the by...
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If you look carefully the films show exactly what I am talking about. There are what you could call point targets and area targets. Point targets...
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Last post by boing
Mon Nov 30, 2020 4:40 pm
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US Air Force conducts successful supersonic nuclear test
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PHXPhlyer » Thu Nov 26, 2020 10:22 pm
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US Air Force conducts successful supersonic nuclear test
US Air Force conducts successful supersonic nuclear test
A US Air Force F-35 jet...
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UP, Iran has some ideas, but a fellow on a blog I am reading, makes a reference to the meeting between Israeli PM a Kingdom's High official and the...
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Last post by Rwy in Sight
Sat Nov 28, 2020 3:58 pm
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Not quite an all-weather aircraft
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ricardian » Thu Nov 12, 2020 8:06 pm
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F-35A Joint Strike Fighters Banned from Flying Near Lightning over Explosion Concerns
Lockheed Martin Corp. recently paused F-35 Joint Strike...
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an internal gas issue that could cause the stealth fighter to explode if struck by lightning .
Sounds like a good evening in the North Luffenham...
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Last post by barkingmad
Thu Nov 19, 2020 5:07 pm
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Boris Force One
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4mastacker » Wed Jun 17, 2020 9:37 am
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There are reports circulating that a Voyager aircraft currently undergoing pre-planned work at Cambridge is going to emerge with a nice red, white...
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Funny though that the old lingo persisted - scrubbed as for chalk rather than wiped.
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Wed Nov 18, 2020 11:17 am
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The Jobs Exchange Officers Get.
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ian16th » Sun Nov 08, 2020 1:25 pm
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Did a USAF Exchange Officer ever get to drive a VC10 with HMQ on Board?
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And while we are pulling the journos apart:-
The VC-25s, a military variant of the Boeing 747
Lovely picture of a well-modified 747 - they've...
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Last post by unifoxos
Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:49 am
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The Ellis twins
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izod tester » Sun Nov 08, 2020 9:11 pm
In the churchyard at Newnham on Severn there is a memorial to The Ellis twins.
Plt Off Baxter Ellis was killed when a Harvard hit the Airspeed...
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Last post by izod tester
Sun Nov 08, 2020 9:11 pm
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Churchill's Traitors...
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TheGreenGoblin » Wed Nov 04, 2020 4:48 pm
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William Forbes Sempill
Rutland of Jutland
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Japanese Officer killed during the Battle of Jutland.JPG
Commander Shimomura of the Imperial Japanese Navy lost on the British Battle Cruiser HMS...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Wed Nov 04, 2020 5:21 pm
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This explains it all
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Boac » Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:08 am
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Sub.jpg
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Don't mention the Chump..............
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Last post by Boac
Wed Oct 21, 2020 12:48 pm
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Amazing SU-57 pilot?
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FD2 » Sun Oct 11, 2020 9:31 pm
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Putin has released footage of a pilot flying '1,300 mph Su-57' without the cockpit canopy! The ever-gullible UK media picked it up and made it look...
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Was 500 kts a standard sort of 'Vne no canopy' test? I don't know, but I can tell you would not have found me there without a canopy...
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Last post by Boac
Mon Oct 12, 2020 7:29 pm
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Whoops
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Boac » Wed Sep 30, 2020 7:53 am
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Whoops.jpg
When I said 'cleared for contact' I meant to take on fuel!
This will be interesting ! KC130 and F35 ignoring the 6ft rule :)) Just hope...
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Faint whispers beginning to emerge that the F35 was not 'tanking' at the time but 'on the wing' with another plugged in. Should get interesting!
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Last post by Boac
Mon Oct 12, 2020 9:37 am
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Tue Oct 06, 2020 5:40 pm
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Russians give US forces a real headache...
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TheGreenGoblin » Wed Aug 26, 2020 6:43 pm
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A Russian armored vehicle rammed into an American patrol vehicle in eastern Syria on Monday
Pentagon declined to comment as Politico reported that...
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Harrier pilots, to a man, shouted
Good job it was a pussy cat
Whereas the Jaguar pilot must have been a very pissed off cat! Excuse the hippy...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Fri Sep 25, 2020 7:33 am
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Plan to transform the Royal Air Force by 2040
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ricardian » Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:21 pm
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Transforming the RAF .
He admits that some of our personnel systems are in need of significant improvement: “We need to move into personnel...
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I got away for several years by 'lying' about a pass at both the 'C' and ISS.:))
Got the 'C second time around I think. Knew an engineering...
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:24 pm
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I miss our 'Pigs'
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EA01 » Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:07 am
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Remember feeling the heat as they flew past...awesome stuff....they are all chopped up now and buried deep in landfill near Ipswich, disposal papers...
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'Pigs'...as in nose down in the grass foraging...a reference to terrain following radar....
This is a fascinating site....the crash site photos from...
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Last post by EA01
Wed Sep 09, 2020 9:35 am
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Climate change in the Far East.
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Boac » Fri Sep 04, 2020 9:33 am
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Things are definitely warming up around Taiwan. There appears to be some confusion over the report but it does not bode well.
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The source was Indian. The aircraft crash was 1000 km from Taiwan.
And a long way from India.
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Last post by G-CPTN
Fri Sep 04, 2020 4:08 pm
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Voyager Captain arrested for over the limit
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Ex-Ascot » Sun Aug 30, 2020 5:30 am
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A bit of a knees up at Akrotiri (can't believe that) followed by an early morning start and a fellow officer ratted on him. Seems as if it was...
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If it was a pax fit surely No 1s or 6s :)
I read that the fleet spare available for civil use is not required by the industry so AT are considering...
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:24 pm
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Last post by 4mastacker
Wed Sep 02, 2020 7:47 am
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New weaponry
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ricardian » Tue Feb 18, 2020 12:39 pm
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Artificial intelligence and UAV, rather scary video .
I do wonder how they cope with directed pulses of very high EMF?
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Gutless generals, seeing which way the wind is blowing, protecting their pensions.
The British Army could be cut by more than a quarter under...
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Wed Aug 26, 2020 1:09 pm
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VC10 ZA150 restoration?
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ricardian » Tue Aug 25, 2020 11:50 am
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Restore VC10 ZA150?
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Quite a history to the a/c
It certainly 'earned its spurs' operationally.
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Last post by Boac
Tue Aug 25, 2020 6:08 pm
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