Typhoon in the states
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Does anyone know if the statement from an unnamed USAF official that the the Typhoons and F/A-22s were never in the air at the same time is true.
I'm getting several distinctly differing answers!!, including F-16 fuel tank tests etc etc....
PM me if your erm.... shy ;-).
Ta
I'm getting several distinctly differing answers!!, including F-16 fuel tank tests etc etc....
PM me if your erm.... shy ;-).
Ta
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I remember reading of a NG 'flying wing' stealthbomber approaching Farnborough air field eight or so years ago presenting a sore-thumb target to Rapier FSC's I/R tracker unit at 18kms.
Similar excuse given by NG at the time. Made the BBC news and front page of the Daily Mail. Headline paraphrased as 'Steathy my ar$e!' or similar.
'They don't like it up 'em Captain Mainwaring'
Reminds me of Mr Invisible in the Mysterymen a la, 'I only become invisible if you shut your eyes - otherwise it doesn't work!
Similar excuse given by NG at the time. Made the BBC news and front page of the Daily Mail. Headline paraphrased as 'Steathy my ar$e!' or similar.
'They don't like it up 'em Captain Mainwaring'
Reminds me of Mr Invisible in the Mysterymen a la, 'I only become invisible if you shut your eyes - otherwise it doesn't work!
I also have seen the B2 on radar. Said fact was himhawed to them on freq. Said crew understood the inference and them, poof there was nothing to be seen. The aircraft was part of a flyby for an airshow. I talked to the crew later that day for the next days flyby. I asked them about it and was told it was for ATC purposes, should the TXPONDERs fail they still want the ability to be controlled via primary radar. I'm just a helo guy, so take it with a grain of salt.
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Fact: F-15s escort the B-2 bomber in (at least) UK airspace in order to mask any signature recording (radar or IR) by the British boffins in white coats. This followed claims by "us" after the bomber appeared at its first Farnborough (1994?) and was observed. What-was-DERA have a lovely IR camera (this is UNCLAS) as the footage of MiG-29s, etc., have appeared on Discovery on the Yanks were not happy that some foreigners can record such things, even at a public event...
Fact: whilst at Khamis Mushayt during Gulf War 1, dead/stunned bats were found on the hangar floors around the F-117s as their sonar was always deflected by the F-117's "hopeless diamond" design.
Cheers
Rudolph
Fact: whilst at Khamis Mushayt during Gulf War 1, dead/stunned bats were found on the hangar floors around the F-117s as their sonar was always deflected by the F-117's "hopeless diamond" design.
Cheers
Rudolph
Am I missing something? Have some posts been removed? If not what are you alluding to Systemessage?
BTW anyone else have difficulty getting into page 1 of this thread?
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BTW anyone else have difficulty getting into page 1 of this thread?
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Slightly off topic but with all this talk of tracking sparrows, I’m going to tell the tale anyway.
Local dignitaries were visiting the hole at Patrington just before it closed c 1971 (I think then commanded by “Ginger” Lacey, who certainly was OC during the closure).
Scope dope (sorry RAF controller
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Local dignitaries were visiting the hole at Patrington just before it closed c 1971 (I think then commanded by “Ginger” Lacey, who certainly was OC during the closure).
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S-m,
It wasn't a huge surprise (well, for some); if you take one slow, the results are fairly predictable. And it wasn't on the receiving end of all the 'surprises' either now was it (albeit a different recipient)?!
Ray ;-)
It wasn't a huge surprise (well, for some); if you take one slow, the results are fairly predictable. And it wasn't on the receiving end of all the 'surprises' either now was it (albeit a different recipient)?!
Ray ;-)
Local dignitaries were visiting the hole at Patrington just before it closed c 1971 (I think then commanded by “Ginger” Lacey, who certainly was OC during the closure).
