Fleet Air Arm 6 Part Tv Series
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Fleet Air Arm 6 Part Tv Series
New documentary starts tonight on ITV1 titled 'Fleet Air Arm' an insight into the RN Airborne Squadrons. Will watch with interest. Any ideas on which part they are covering.
If this prog displays any of the accurate research that the British media prides itself on when reporting on HM Forces.... then we can expect lots of footage of GR7s and AAC Lynx.
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Series eavesdropping on everyday life in the Fleet Air Arm, a fighting force that has over 150 aircraft and operates from the flight decks of more than 40 Royal Navy warships. Featuring Yeovilton's Sea Harriers on a training exercise aboard aircraft carrier HMS Invincible, and what it's like for a pilot who has to eject from a stricken aircraft.
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This series has been running on Meridien Mon nights at 2300 for the past 3 weeks, 3 more to go. 1st week was the SHARs, 2nd the Junglies. Good fly on the wall stuff with interviews with current young aircrews.
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If you have Sky and the programme's not on in your own ITV region, you can tune to another (sounds like ITV West and ITV London are showing the series start tonight) as follows:
On your Sky remote press 'SERVICES" then press " SYSTEM SETUP'(4) then press 'ADD CHANNELS" (4).
Where 'FREQUENCY" is highlighted (in yellow):
Type in: 10906 (using remote control)
Then cursor down with green button until you highlight:
POLARISATION and change to read 'V'.
Now go to 'MBAUD' and choose '22'
Now go to 'FEC' and choose '5/6'
Now highlight 'FIND CHANNELS' and press 'SELECT'
When the channels are shown, TICK (select) the ones that you want.
Now press 'BACKUP' and select 'OTHER CHANNELS' to present a range of ITV Regions to select from.
Next, repeat the above procedure using the parameters
10832 - H - 22 - 5/6
10891 - H - 22 - 5/6
To return to 'Normal' SKY channels, multi- press backup until picture re-appears...
Note: You will NOT be able to select ALL these other channels from the normal 'All Channels" menu, so you may have to keep accessing these new regions by using 'Other Channels" (press SERVICE and 6).
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On your Sky remote press 'SERVICES" then press " SYSTEM SETUP'(4) then press 'ADD CHANNELS" (4).
Where 'FREQUENCY" is highlighted (in yellow):
Type in: 10906 (using remote control)
Then cursor down with green button until you highlight:
POLARISATION and change to read 'V'.
Now go to 'MBAUD' and choose '22'
Now go to 'FEC' and choose '5/6'
Now highlight 'FIND CHANNELS' and press 'SELECT'
When the channels are shown, TICK (select) the ones that you want.
Now press 'BACKUP' and select 'OTHER CHANNELS' to present a range of ITV Regions to select from.
Next, repeat the above procedure using the parameters
10832 - H - 22 - 5/6
10891 - H - 22 - 5/6
To return to 'Normal' SKY channels, multi- press backup until picture re-appears...
Note: You will NOT be able to select ALL these other channels from the normal 'All Channels" menu, so you may have to keep accessing these new regions by using 'Other Channels" (press SERVICE and 6).
TOG
I've been watching it on Meridian too. Seems to be pretty well put together. The last one was following a Lynx Flight on a T42. It was all accurate stuff although obviously aimed at the enthusiast/joe public rather than most of the contributors to these forums.
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A couple of quick questions from a non flyer. 'The FA2, the best Air Defence ac in the UK and probably the best in Europe', is that a true comment. Secondly how easy is the transition from the FA2 to the GR9, are they the same basic ac doing a slightly different job or are they completely different beasts.
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Kpax: No, its not true, not by a long way. The FA2 has some good points (the ability to launch AIM120 being the main one) but its bad points outweigh them (covered in tedious depth on other threads). Oh and I did fly them for 10 years-I loved it but I am a realist.
