F-35 Cancelled, then what ?
WE Branch:
Well said, sir!
All of the blue shirts and purple shirts (et al) are critical cogs in the great big wheel.
Well said, sir!
All of the blue shirts and purple shirts (et al) are critical cogs in the great big wheel.
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This will cost him a weeks pay, won't it?
one of our f-111 flattened all the market garden glass houses and that cost him a few days pay
Typhoon Jet Skims People's Heads. " Lowest Approach Ever ".?? - YouTube
one of our f-111 flattened all the market garden glass houses and that cost him a few days pay
Typhoon Jet Skims People's Heads. " Lowest Approach Ever ".?? - YouTube
This will cost him a weeks pay, won't it?
I'm not sure why you posted this in a thread on F35 either.....
WEBF - Correct, and the Navy deserves credit for sticking to its guns and retaining deck-handling and integration with the carrier's local air control as key parts of the demonstration. It would have been much easier to demo cat-and-trap with the local airspace cleared and a tug to move the vehicle on deck, but not operationally relevant. UCAS-D should have materially reduced the risk in UCLASS.
At first I though it was the approach to Northolt, but it looks like the approach to 20 at Waddo. As it's only 140 metres from the road to brick one, that's not really that low - I refer you to the conversation about landing on the piano keys last year.
that's not really that low
So it's the normal landing procedure at Waddington to approach the runway at an altitude whereby you would hit any vehicle that happened to be on the road just prior to you crossing the threshold
Still not sure what a Typhoon landing on a MOB has to do with F35.....
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And which is why if you have a close look on Google Earth (clicky) you can make out the solid white lines across the road which indicate where to stop when the red flashing lights (also just about visible on the road edge) that warn of an approaching aircraft are lit (even easier to see on Street View....the lights and warning signs that is, not the approaching aircraft!). Of course there are moron's who believe these lights are advisory....
It does seem like an odd set-up though having no physical barrier beyond some painted lines on the road and a set of traffic lights (if only for the safety of the pilot - never mind the numpty who decides to run the light in his HGV)
It's absolutely a fast jet pilot's prerogative to stick the jet on the numbers; it's the airfield's responsibility to ensure it's safe to do so. Never been convinced that the setup at Waddington is especially safe, to my mind needing either proper barriers across the road, a bend away from the runway a la Scampton, or an inset threshold. That fence has been smashed up a couple of times; not good.
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How Low Can you Go at OHAKEA
Does my bum look low in this photo (no not 'me' silly): 
Miracle Landing... 
Miracle Landing... 
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As has already been mentioned, what has all this Typhoon 'low approach' jiggery pokery got to do with the Joint ****e Fighter?
-RP
another cold, frosty one? don't mind if i do...
-RP
another cold, frosty one? don't mind if i do...
After reading the thread for a while, it seems this is where people come to talk ****e
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Originally Posted by Wrathmonk
I guess then that it is pure co-incidence that of your last 200 posts (or so) on PPRuNe all except one have been on this thread......
-RP
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