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Forum: Military Aviation

8th Jun 2023, 15:58

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10/17 number includes those alongside, returning...

10/17 number includes those alongside, returning for maintenance or repair, preparing to sail or just about to undergo a knee-trembling feasibility assessment to see if they will ever sail again etc....

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Jun 2023, 15:42

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RN never seems to have a consistent message...

RN never seems to have a consistent message regarding fixed-wing aviation....

Other than attacking the RAF of course.

Forum: Military Aviation

1st Feb 2023, 12:38

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Can you not move past comments like this?

Can you not move past comments like this?

Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Jan 2023, 11:20

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Forward engine prop-shafts are out-of-line; need...

Forward engine prop-shafts are out-of-line; need to watch that.

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Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Jan 2020, 06:15

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Which enemy is that Aux - NAO? Thales? LockMart?

Which enemy is that Aux - NAO? Thales? LockMart?

Forum: Military Aviation

25th May 2019, 12:12

Replies: 7,470

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Looks like the MoD needs to sort out its service...

Looks like the MoD needs to sort out its service vehicle policy and do so rather quickly. This event and a few significant others have caused confusion and consternation. There are many service...

Forum: Military Aviation

29th Nov 2018, 18:30

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Engines, I agree; when the weather is rather warm...

Engines, I agree; when the weather is rather warm 4 Merlins do indeed equate to about 1 Chinook.

Forum: Military Aviation

29th Nov 2018, 12:14

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Seems weird to see an ex-RAF Merlin with a...

Seems weird to see an ex-RAF Merlin with a folding tail. Must take a kilo or two away from its realistic payload.

Forum: Military Aviation

26th Oct 2018, 06:58

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I may have nodded-off in the odd lecture but...

I may have nodded-off in the odd lecture but doesn't every supersonic engine require one to get the gases flowing above M1?

Forum: Military Aviation

30th Jun 2018, 21:14

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Are you seriously suggesting that the F-35's role...

Are you seriously suggesting that the F-35's role is to provide CAPs for a task force?

Short legs, no AAR, limited AEW and low aircraft numbers make an uncomfortable 24 hour defensive capability...

Forum: Military Aviation

29th Mar 2018, 09:25

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The SHar's bring-back was awful, so I doubt that...

The SHar's bring-back was awful, so I doubt that was the reason. If the mission required ECM & chaff and external tanks then carrying anything meaningful was a challenge. Small wing, hopeless...

Forum: Military Aviation

28th Dec 2017, 17:57

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The rub is that the small number frigates and...

The rub is that the small number frigates and destroyers have always been needed for other tasks. When a carrier deploys then either these tasks are actually not needed or the carrier sails on its...

Forum: Military Aviation

28th Dec 2017, 17:05

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It says quite a lot when we have to compare it to...

It says quite a lot when we have to compare it to a vessel ordered during WWII. Originally fitted with AA guns (around 50) befitting of the times. In later life the guns had gone but she was fitted...

Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Dec 2017, 13:20

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Apart from tensions across NATO boarders...

Apart from tensions across NATO boarders including the Baltic and the gap, the shooting wars on the eastern Med, tensions and dust-up in the Middle East and standing commitments et al.

If not now...

Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Dec 2017, 08:17

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On these words, chiselled into stone by HM...

On these words, chiselled into stone by HM Treasury, the Royal Navy died.

I do take issue with your requirements claim regarding OPVs though. Taking the FI as an example the requirements call for...

Forum: Military Aviation

29th Jun 2017, 18:17

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Why use something so dramatic given the almost...

Why use something so dramatic given the almost total absence of self-defence fitted to the UK carrier?

This high value target relies on others for protection, so we must hope that this works out...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Apr 2017, 19:31

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You have linked high speed with a precision...

You have linked high speed with a precision problem, when the reverse can be true. You also introduced a premise that the target position would only be known at launch and then lost over many...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Apr 2017, 13:25

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Aside from the imagination, anti-ship ballistic...

Aside from the imagination, anti-ship ballistic missiles are recognised as a credible threat. The sensor/targeting systems tend to be multispectral these days to provide both all-weather capability...

Forum: Military Aviation

5th Apr 2017, 20:00

Replies: 7,470

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The F-35 uses the same liquid coolant as the...

The F-35 uses the same liquid coolant as the Space Shuttle, U-2, Rivet Joint, B-2 and Sentinel, amongst others.

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Apr 2017, 18:57

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A handy consumable cooling medium is used on...

A handy consumable cooling medium is used on Tornado. We called it fuel.

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Apr 2017, 14:46

Replies: 7,470

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Glad things are better regarding the externals...

Glad things are better regarding the externals than during my time. Back then all the internal plumbing was being deleted from the B as part of the weight reduction and minor structural changes. I...

Forum: Military Aviation

1st Apr 2017, 16:54

Replies: 7,470

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Indeed, this is all about joint power projection...

Indeed, this is all about joint power projection and nothing akin to US carrier groups. The RN is simply incapable of putting together its own self-supporting carrier group. The cuts have been too...

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Jan 2017, 09:23

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Even the USN depend on land-based AAR to project...

Even the USN depend on land-based AAR to project strike packages so it will be no different for the F-35B/QE.

Using the QE class for amphib / littoral / helicopter carry will present the biggest...

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Jan 2017, 08:33

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Regarding self-defence I think he is referring to...

Regarding self-defence I think he is referring to the absence of any fitted to them aside from CIWS. First time this absence-of-defence has been tried on a major warship so everyone is wondering how...

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Jan 2017, 20:05

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Yeah, right - the important and wise thing is to...

Yeah, right - the important and wise thing is to keep 2 squadrons of F-35 on one carrier, before moving them to the other carrier before another quick rinse & repeat. Meanwhile... back in reality....

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Nov 2013, 12:26

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You seem to be quite bitter about the RAF glojo. ...

You seem to be quite bitter about the RAF glojo.

Anyway, the MoD is in the driving seat with the Treasury holding the fuel card and the map. The RAF do not have the ability to make the decisions...

Forum: Military Aviation

25th Jul 2011, 06:04

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Elmo: It kinda looks like you are arguing...

Elmo:

It kinda looks like you are arguing against a bunch of Harrier dudes who rarely take their eye off the alpha indication in the HUD during a ski-jump assisted departure...

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