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Forum: Military Aviation

13th Feb 2018, 15:12

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Posted By [email protected]

so the RN are happy to be referred to as 'she'...

so the RN are happy to be referred to as 'she' and you make exceptions that crabs and some WAFUs are 'he' - seems fair to me for a force that says 'It doesn't count after more than 2 days at sea'...

Forum: Military Aviation

26th Nov 2017, 17:37

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It's OK, the Navy have so much spare manpower...

It's OK, the Navy have so much spare manpower they can afford to send them to London for a month to train up to do the changing of the guard!

Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Nov 2017, 16:15

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Let's just hope they don't let the Navy fly their...

Let's just hope they don't let the Navy fly their Wildcats from the new boats - strange that trying to get airborne in accessory drive leads to a broken aircraft lashed to the deck................

Forum: Military Aviation

5th Nov 2017, 17:01

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Posted By [email protected]

why, because the two grey funnel liners have to...

why, because the two grey funnel liners have to be sped up (no audio is also a clue) to look exciting and the fisheads on the bridge seem to criticise the Merlin pilot for following the FDOs...

Forum: Military Aviation

25th Aug 2017, 16:45

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Posted By [email protected]

Until they mention embarking the Wildcat as part...

Until they mention embarking the Wildcat as part of its helicopter force - it has poor range, poor lift capability and no weapons save a .50 Browning - not sure what it will do as part of the LitM...

Forum: Military Aviation

24th Aug 2017, 12:48

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Posted By [email protected]

Let's just hope that the RN is better at steering...

Let's just hope that the RN is better at steering its ships and keeping them from being rammed than the USN:ok:

Forum: Military Aviation

20th Aug 2017, 17:57

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Posted By [email protected]

Lovely media spin as it isn't actually performing...

Lovely media spin as it isn't actually performing any of those functions apart from maybe 'being in the right place at the right time'.

As a statement of intent it says 'We've built it and it...

Forum: Military Aviation

20th Aug 2017, 15:43

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Posted By [email protected]

But you can't hold a decent cocktail party on a...

But you can't hold a decent cocktail party on a submarine.......

Forum: Military Aviation

16th Aug 2017, 08:36

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Posted By [email protected]

All looks very impressive - shame Harriet Baldwin...

All looks very impressive - shame Harriet Baldwin couldn't give the real answer as to when the ship would be fully operational and deployable with its F35s on TV this morning.

Forum: Military Aviation

15th Aug 2017, 13:45

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Posted By [email protected]

Sorry Bing - I thought you were jumping on the...

Sorry Bing - I thought you were jumping on the normal crab-bashing bandwagon:O

Forum: Military Aviation

15th Aug 2017, 11:25

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Posted By [email protected]

No, they were queuing up to get where I was. In...

No, they were queuing up to get where I was. In the 3 years I was on the staff at CFS(H) at Shawbury, we had probably 10 QHI courses come through, each with 2 to 4 Navy pilots on, all looking for...

Forum: Military Aviation

15th Aug 2017, 07:54

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Posted By [email protected]

Rotarywise - perhaps you would like to detail all...

Rotarywise - perhaps you would like to detail all the great seaborne experience of someone joining the RN in the last 20 years and going straight in as a pilot, FW or rotary.

So, an academic...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Aug 2017, 18:30

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Posted By [email protected]

Is there another Sir Walter Raleigh then? The one...

Is there another Sir Walter Raleigh then? The one I think of certainly wasn't around in 1922;)

I love the idea that someone thinks all the Naval Aviators have spent long years at sea before they...

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Aug 2017, 15:59

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Posted By [email protected]

if you are trying to link the history of sniping...

if you are trying to link the history of sniping with RN tradition then, yes, the irony does escape me - please explain.

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Aug 2017, 09:43

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Posted By [email protected]

The attitudes and opinions - almost completely...

The attitudes and opinions - almost completely derogatory - about RAF FJ crews are half the reason we have no cogent defence policy.

Old buggers who can't get past the loss of the Sea Harrier,...

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