RAF Northolt & Typhoon
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Mathias Rust recounts being intercepted.
Eight page article at following link.
The Notorious Flight of Mathias Rust | History of Flight | Air & Space Magazine
Eight page article at following link.
The Notorious Flight of Mathias Rust | History of Flight | Air & Space Magazine
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Couple of shots which demonstrate runway length clearly isn't an issue!
Typhoons @ Northolt • FighterControl • Military Aviation Forum
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Kinda unfriendly over at FighterControl!
Hmmm, tried to look at the photos to be met with the message that I am permanently banned from the FighterControl website! As this was my first venture there I am slightly bemused!
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I wonder how long till the novelty factor wears off on the locals..
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Ha, didn't take long, did it, but in the tradition of all RAF exercises, TACEVALS etc, surely they should launch them about 5 am...
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Post mentioning the installation of a temporary RHAG also mentions temp Hangars.
I wonder how long till the novelty factor wears off on the locals..
Asking if they might consider making this a permanent detachment
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but there comes a time when we have to say enough is enough!!
I know, why don`t we have those cool barrage balloons that they used to have in WWII over London, much cheaper.
Still, either way, it is better to be safe than sorry. My Latin is most rusty, if not non-existent but are there words along the lines of `se vis pacem preparam bellum`?
By the way, will Mathies Rust be attending the Olympics then? . . . and, surely the HARRIER would have been a better option to the, most excellent, Typhoon, for just, precisely, this sort of mission?
Also, if we covered the whole of London with a net about 200 feet high, it could collect any frag of a freshly squeezed bogie.
Anyway, its not our fault, blame the bloody terrorists, not the tax accountants.
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Military Aviation >> Exercise Olympic Guardian at RAF Northolt - Global Aviation Resource
Typhoon fighter planes stationed at RAF Northolt in Olympics military build-up | Mail Online
I am surprised there is enough hangar space for Typhoons .....
Military Aviation >> Exercise Olympic Guardian at RAF Northolt - Global Aviation Resource
Typhoon fighter planes stationed at RAF Northolt in Olympics military build-up | Mail Online
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G5 is as noisy as a Typhoon
Not quite sure about that...my reheat facility is only in the microwave oven...
Perhaps NetJets and RAF can have a head to head with a noise meter..
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Perhaps NetJets and RAF can have a head to head with a noise meter..
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I think you will find that the Arresting Gear System temporarily installed is not a RHAG but a MAAS. This is a mobile version of the American BAK 12 which can be installed pretty quickly depending on where it's fitted. On pre prepared plinths less than an hour or if staked into the ground with 31 5 ft long aluminium stakes per side a good team can do it under 12 hours.