I don't disagree with any of that, o Green one. I merely posted Mr W's words as yet another example of the fairly widespread anti-Dave feeling, including in some quite influential places.
I suppose that a new F-5A would at least be rather prettier than poor old Dave.
Also, I still like that phrase "the jet that ate the Pentagon". And perhaps that's not so far from becoming conceivable.....
On a brighter note the UK MoD has issued a release
Pilots prepare for landing on Royal Navy's new carriers
Published 8 January 2013
Pilots have been using a simulator in Lancashire to help prepare them for landing on the Royal Navy's new Queen Elizabeth Class carriers.
If you want to see the whole thing, it's at
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/p...s-new-carriers
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