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AP3003 A Brief History of the Royal Air Force

Old 30th Apr 2005, 11:28
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Does anyone know who edited this, and how old he/she was at the time.

I wonder too if anyone has any thoughts on how much this must have cost, > £250,000 perhaps ?

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Old 30th Apr 2005, 18:57
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yeah well like we once had some cool planes. n we did some stuf like wotever in the second war. then got jets which woz cool like. n then did something in the falkall islands like. then in suadi arabia in the gulf war of 199? when we bombed sadam bin ladin. n after then its all doin me ed in an me m8s so i dunno like blah blah wotever
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Carefull now Beags, they may come after you for breach of copyright

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nahh - yeah loike thass so unfairr so doin' me ed in
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Does anyone have a link?

It might be quite a hoot!

I am wary of "official" histories as they tend to take a conservative perspective and not admit the normal disputes that exist in history. For example, it is my opinion that "Bomber" Harris should have been dismissed by CAS Portal for repeated insubordination - I suspect you won't find that in an AP!

I found OS a waste of time as it was remembering facts parrot-fashion rather than analysing them and employing judgement.
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Cool

Makes an Excellent Door Wedge............ Beagle, I haven't 'laffed' so much in ages.... thanks

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Does it run to more than 1 side of paper then? (Perhaps it uses a large font)

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Yes, I know the editor. The estimate of cost was not far out. Her opinion of the reviewers here, if they are aircrew, was 'what would you expect of a bunch of aircrew?'

Now if we want to talk analysis, who set out the requirement for Hardened Aircraft Shelters?

Which allied commander, by post, thought they were not a good idea?

Was he right?
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There's a similar CD as well isn't there? - must check the office on Tues.

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CD? yeah like so uncoll me an me m8s wanna DVD ov lotsa cool jets droppin' boms an' $hit. like wotever - wanna see things go boom yeah
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Beags I thinks there is a job for you in RAF Corporate Communications
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C130 techie, RAF Corporate what?

Sorry no such animal.

RAF Media and Communications as of last Monday.

There was a CD with no scene lasting more that 5 seconds and noteworthy for the poor sap in the opening credits with a sceptic spot nose dead-centre.

7 year old niece "Why has that man got a spot on his nose?" Retire niece bored.
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"Beags I thinks there is a job for you in RAF Corporate Communications"

yeah like cool wotever.
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beags, you're not eligble. It's a home a home for dead wg cdrs and gp capts.

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thass SO unfair it duz me ed in

i mean like yeah blah blah wotever
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When they were delivered we noticed that our box was one of 4000. In each box there were 14 of the quality products so that makes 56000 of the damned things floating around wedging open doors and providing great amusement throughout the crewrooms of the worlds airforces.

Cost? Well we reckon they are probably worth about a £5 to make so that adds up to £280,000. No doubt the Company that made them is owned by a Ret'd Air Cdr or AVM so he probably added on another £100,000 to top up his pension
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So who is going to send me one?
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Jacko, try e-bay, they crop up regularly.
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So thats a concise History of the RAF (x amount of £'s)
"Gucci" Typhoon trainers. (more £'s)
RAF daysacks....(even more £'s)
FAA arm badges (oh even more money)


Sounds like the best way of getting value for your / my money?
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When were these fine books distributed?

Also, were they sent out-of-area as well?!?
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