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Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jul 2015, 08:41
Replies: 1,628
Views: 482,768
Posted By Martin the Martian

BBadanov Fair point, but I never mentioned...

BBadanov

Fair point, but I never mentioned building our own aircraft.
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jul 2015, 11:24
Replies: 1,628
Views: 482,768
Posted By Martin the Martian

I have a question. Just because the world...

I have a question.

Just because the world and his wife uses a particular brand why is there the automatic assumption that we have to?

When the world was flying Neptunes the RAF had Shackletons....
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jul 2015, 21:02
Replies: 1,628
Views: 482,768
Posted By Martin the Martian

I think I'm fairly sure in saying that while the...

I think I'm fairly sure in saying that while the Atlantic was a good political option, the RAF were set completely against it as it only had two engines.

And as for whether or not we'd currently...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jul 2015, 10:22
Replies: 1,628
Views: 482,768
Posted By Martin the Martian

You can just see the beancounters' thought...

You can just see the beancounters' thought process:

P-8=737 airframe... lots of older 737s stored around the world... I know! We'll save money by buying them up and fitting the electronics stuff....
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jul 2015, 11:53
Replies: 1,628
Views: 482,768
Posted By Martin the Martian

Rumours abounding that the Japanese may be...

Rumours abounding that the Japanese may be sending two P-1s to RIAT this year. Nothing officially announced as yet. If so, it would seem a serious intent to show them off to the MoD.
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jun 2015, 11:33
Replies: 1,628
Views: 482,768
Posted By Martin the Martian

The US Coast Guard have used C-130s for long...

The US Coast Guard have used C-130s for long range ops for decades, so there is a precedent, and one or two other nations have also undertaken MR/SAR duties. I think Indonesia and Brazil have.

As...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2015, 11:52
Replies: 1,628
Views: 482,768
Posted By Martin the Martian

I would certainly say so, as a four engined...

I would certainly say so, as a four engined aircraft designed from the outset specifically for MR/ASW, but the beancounters would probably have a fit unfortunately.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Feb 2015, 12:26
Replies: 1,628
Views: 482,768
Posted By Martin the Martian

I actually find it incomprehensible that any...

I actually find it incomprehensible that any defence correspondent for any publication, as Mark Nicol is for the Mail, can write that sentence and not consider that there is something ever so...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2015, 13:12
Replies: 1,628
Views: 482,768
Posted By Martin the Martian

The French will be looking for an Atlantique...

The French will be looking for an Atlantique replacement at some point. They may have bought Boeing in the past (C-135F, E-3F), but I find it hard to swallow that they'll placidly get on the phone to...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th May 2014, 13:11
Replies: 1,628
Views: 482,768
Posted By Martin the Martian

Kawasaki P-1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...

Kawasaki P-1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_P-1)

Four engines, designed from the outset for MPA/ASW etc. What's not to like? And the Japanese have now...
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