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Forum: Military Aviation

6th Mar 2015, 16:16

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Posted By Tankertrashnav

True, but then if said aircraft are accompanied...

True, but then if said aircraft are accompanied by a couple of Typhoons (or whatever) which are themselves squawking, as I assume would be the case, then the mid-air collision risk is greatly...

Forum: Military Aviation

6th Mar 2015, 09:00

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Posted By Tankertrashnav

For purposes of clarity then, Dikastes, perhaps...

For purposes of clarity then, Dikastes, perhaps you could explain exactly why my statements are wrong. I'd be most grateful, as I've always thought it's never too late to learn.

Anybody else who...

Forum: Military Aviation

5th Mar 2015, 14:26

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Posted By Tankertrashnav

Twice in the 70s I have been on a crew tasked to...

Twice in the 70s I have been on a crew tasked to transit Turkish airspace heading for points east, once on a much looked forward to FEAF ranger to Singapore. On those occasions we got no further...

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Mar 2015, 15:14

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Posted By Tankertrashnav

Using terms like "British Airspace" is unhelpful....

Using terms like "British Airspace" is unhelpful.

Have the Bears flown within the UK FIR? Certainly, there is nothing to stop them doing so, and they have been doing that for 40+ years.

Have...

Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Feb 2015, 10:04

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Posted By Tankertrashnav

Danny - Yes that occurred to me as well. Mind...

Danny - Yes that occurred to me as well. Mind you, we dont know how many of those Bears in the photo are serviceable . It might be a bit like Akrotiri in the 70s when we used to tease the blokes on...

Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Feb 2015, 23:12

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Posted By Tankertrashnav

Just been having a squint at Engels on google...

Just been having a squint at Engels on google earth (photo dated May 2014) Around 16 or so Bears along the main hardstanding and a sprinkling of Blackjacks and other types elsewhere on the...

Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Feb 2015, 14:54

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Posted By Tankertrashnav

cows getting bigger Quite so And dont...

cows getting bigger

Quite so

And dont forget that in the same period we've gone from Valiant to Victor K1 to Victor K2 to VC10 to Tristar to Voyager to keep the aforementioned in the air!

Forum: Military Aviation

19th Feb 2015, 22:05

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Posted By Tankertrashnav

TEEEJ - Thanks for that - I had assumed these...

TEEEJ - Thanks for that - I had assumed these were updated original airframes, not new ones. However the principle still applies. You can buy a brand new Royal Enfield motorcycle straight off the...

Forum: Military Aviation

19th Feb 2015, 14:28

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Posted By Tankertrashnav

Re leather helmets and gloves, zetec - they go...

Re leather helmets and gloves, zetec - they go nicely with 55 year old airframes. In this country we p**s our defence budget away scrapping perfectly good kit and spending a fortune replacing it...

Forum: Military Aviation

19th Feb 2015, 09:18

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Posted By Tankertrashnav

Mrs TTN rushed in to tell me that. Checked it on...

Mrs TTN rushed in to tell me that. Checked it on News 24 and apparently it was yesterday - and in international airspace (as always).

Dont the Russians know our FJ blokes are restricted on flying...

Forum: Military Aviation

19th Feb 2015, 08:27

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Posted By Tankertrashnav

Thanks jetslut, and yes, background noise, the...

Thanks jetslut, and yes, background noise, the commentary also refers to F16s earlier on.

salad dodger - when I was a kid I used to think the wagon wheels in old westerns on TV used to turn...

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Feb 2015, 22:30

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Posted By Tankertrashnav

That rear crew station looks oddly familiar! ...

That rear crew station looks oddly familiar! Also the guy in the back looks pleased they are about to land after a doubtless long flight. Some things cross all borders!

My Russian is a bit rusty...

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