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Old 2nd Mar 2009, 07:46
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Way better than the one in Clarkson's lawn...





Bastard. Just..............Lucky Bastard.

In all seriousness, fair play to 'im!
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As you said, lucky,fortunate b*****d, thanks for the post, well worth watching.
regards, Den.
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I don't like the colour....

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Why do those old Harriers have such big noses? Do they have anything useful in them?

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No history with the Harrier (or any other aircraft for that matter) but as the Sea harrier was an AD asset I imagine that the big nose is where they kept the Radar.
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Do they have radars in the Harriers they didn't get rid of then?
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The only UK Harriers with radar were the Sea Harriers. The GR7/9 series don't - they are pretty limited as air defence aircraft, but then they were not built for that.....................
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Ah, I see.

So what do the RN use for air defence these days then?
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Missiles....... Americans.......... dunno!
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He posts here..
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-histo...39-n94422.html
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Not quite the bites you were looking for then?!
Just wait til WEBF or Tourist reads it.
I can barely contain my excitement!
BV
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I'm not sure what you mean Mr Viking.
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THS

Maybe Bob is right, but either way I bet your wrists ache from al that fishing. I suppose you also had an innocent grin as you typed (to try to look convincing)
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As an AD asset the SHAR was pretty useless. Poor Radar performance, limited range and as slow as a tortoise.
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And we're not rising to that one either !
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He has successfully dead sticked a Harrier, so it's not just luck.
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I would imagine that whatever it had in it's service days has now been upgraded to the full Blue Circle spec
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