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Forum: Military Aviation

24th May 2019, 18:32

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Posted By Brain Potter

Inevitable, but still amusing.... ...

Inevitable, but still amusing....

http://www.captiongenerator.com/1395902/Hitler-Reacts-to-QE-Skipper-Sacking

Forum: Military Aviation

10th Oct 2010, 12:54

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Posted By Brain Potter

Is there any evidence that this decision has been...

Is there any evidence that this decision has been taken, other than speculation by defence correspondents.

It would be a criminal waste of taxpayers money to let contracts relating to SRVLs if a...

Forum: Military Aviation

10th Oct 2010, 07:09

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Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Posted By Brain Potter

Has it really?.... Lockheed gets funds for...

Has it really?....

Lockheed gets funds for UK F-35 landing modification (http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/10/08/348294/lockheed-gets-funds-for-uk-f-35-landing-modification.html)

Forum: Military Aviation

28th Jul 2007, 11:48

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Posted By Brain Potter

At the risk of going over old ground - why was...

At the risk of going over old ground - why was the FA2 developed from the FRS1? It seems so obvious that it should have been based on a Harrier II platform. Was it cost, risk or an RN desire to take...

Forum: Military Aviation

26th Jul 2007, 07:56

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Posted By Brain Potter

Perhaps the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth...

Perhaps the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth combination will upset our German friends as they often accuse us of being stuck in WW2 nostalgia.

So we perhaps ought to go with names of great...

Forum: Military Aviation

26th Jul 2007, 07:44

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Posted By Brain Potter

PN, I suppose it ought to be HMS QE2, but the...

PN,
I suppose it ought to be HMS QE2, but the cruise liner banter would be too much.
These names must be a least partly chosen for modern royals - too much of a co-incidence to claim that they are...

Forum: Military Aviation

26th Jul 2007, 07:06

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Posted By Brain Potter

Are the ships' names intended to be resurrections...

Are the ships' names intended to be resurrections of the old battleship names or are they named for HM The Queen and Prince Charles?

Whilst it is perfectly fitting to name a ship after HM, it does...

Forum: Military Aviation

22nd Aug 2006, 23:33

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Posted By Brain Potter

I think that the French had more aircraft than...

I think that the French had more aircraft than the Germans.

And the Vietnamese.

And the Algerians.

Didn't make much difference though.

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