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Appologies if this has been posted before....a quick search didn't reveal anything.
Anyway...made me chuckle!
The Royal Air Force - ARRSEpedia
Rgds to all....
J_J
Anyway...made me chuckle!
The Royal Air Force - ARRSEpedia
Rgds to all....
J_J
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Hardly a reputable source though is it?
You'll be checking E-Goat for 'facts' on the Pongo's and Cocktail shakers next!
Still, I suppose when the senior service has been progressively shown to be an irrelevence in the modern world by the power and reach of airpower (assisted of course by moving Australia) you'd have to turn to the other, less threatening service for comfort.
You'll be checking E-Goat for 'facts' on the Pongo's and Cocktail shakers next!
Still, I suppose when the senior service has been progressively shown to be an irrelevence in the modern world by the power and reach of airpower (assisted of course by moving Australia) you'd have to turn to the other, less threatening service for comfort.
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That's the best read I've had in a while. Brilliant! Best bit for me - on the subject of the Tonka's radar:
"Because of some delays to the radar, some development aircraft flew with a concrete weight in place of the radar assembly. In a nod to some other radar names of the day (Blue Parrot, Blue Fox) this was nicknamed Blue Circle..."
"Because of some delays to the radar, some development aircraft flew with a concrete weight in place of the radar assembly. In a nod to some other radar names of the day (Blue Parrot, Blue Fox) this was nicknamed Blue Circle..."
