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An interesting move.........

#1 Post by ian16th » Wed Feb 27, 2019 3:12 pm

.........by a US company.

Developing an asset with no US content so that it can be sold world wide, bypassing US government approvals.
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#2 Post by Cacophonix » Thu Feb 28, 2019 6:35 pm

UAV's, the future of air combat I guess!



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#3 Post by Boac » Thu Feb 28, 2019 7:17 pm

Can they get a nine-ship together? :))

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#4 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Thu Feb 28, 2019 7:49 pm

If they can get a three ship together with the right spacing, they will be doing better than 31 Sqn last week

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#5 Post by Boac » Thu Feb 28, 2019 8:36 pm

There has to be a story in there!

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#6 Post by Cacophonix » Thu Feb 28, 2019 11:05 pm

Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote:
Thu Feb 28, 2019 7:49 pm
If they can get a three ship together with the right spacing, they will be doing better than 31 Sqn last week

What wa's the story with their last, or one of their last, flypasts?


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#7 Post by G-CPTN » Thu Feb 28, 2019 11:10 pm

Boac wrote:
Thu Feb 28, 2019 8:36 pm
There has to be a story in there!
Yes, I want to know why there was a 'no show' as I waited for an hour for the flight to return from Spadeadam to Leeming.
Usual route is over my house (A68 - A1).

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#8 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Fri Mar 01, 2019 1:15 am

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#9 Post by Boac » Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:44 am

As a former 'No 2' I recommend NOT letting the back-seater fly the formation slot =))

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#10 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Fri Mar 01, 2019 11:32 am

We used to give any nav going to sandy parts some stick time, in case the native driver decided to do their 'letting go of the stick and reciting "Insh'allah" continuously' trick, as some were wont to do in moments of crisis. I believe the F3 navs always flew in twin stick aircraft out there for this reason. I certainly didn't let them attempt formation....

..and indeed, nor is this one ;)))

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#11 Post by Boac » Fri Mar 01, 2019 1:12 pm

Known as 'same way, same day'.

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#12 Post by Cacophonix » Fri Mar 01, 2019 1:50 pm

Wasn't this squadron the first in the RAF to have a "girly" Commander?

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