Is RAF grounded as well ?

[TEEEJ]

Typhoons back up as of 0800 local this morning. Kicked off with a blistering Typhoon practice display and was repeated at 1300 local. The Typhoon was also practicing with Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire Mk LFIXe as a synchro pair. Routine flying noted by the squadrons.

TJ

[Trim Stab]

Kicked off with a blistering Typhoon practice display and was repeated at 1300 local. The Typhoon was also practicing with Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire Mk LFIXe as a synchro pair.

All very well trying to convince us that the Typhoon is the modern Spitfire, essential to save us against invasion, but I would have thought that given the alleged shortage of resources for our QRA force, the RAF would have better things to do with their alloted budget?

http://www.pprune.org/military-aircr...ado-crash.html

Just wondering - after all there is an overseas war on and the country has record deficits.

[sunburst]

Saw my 1st C130 for over a week coming towards Lyneham this evening, though still looks very quiet at the base. Seems strange that the fleet seems effectively grounded, leaving our forces unable to get home, while getting civilians back from holiday seems a priority.

[622]

ref the above, there is an election coming up..

[Trim Stab]

ref the above, there is an election coming up..

Huh? Last I knew military had one vote each, just like civilians.

[sunburst]

622, good but scary point. I'm sure it's saving a lot of money, but what about the needs of our servicemen / women? They have the right to vote too.

On a personal level, it's affecting my sleep as I'm used to having the Hercs flying over my house for the last 40 years, always been quite assuring. When I was a kid, i always thought Dad'll be home soon .

[Double Hush]

And still the saga continues! It would seem that a fast jet training establishment in Wales launched their first flying yesterday since the no-fly ban last week. After the first wave, they were all grounded again! Ash had been found on and in a number of airframes/engines during the subsequent turnround servicing. Are the civvies just ignoring this?

[Peter Carter]

So what happened to that post - it was there then it wasn't.....

[Chris Kebab]

..I removed mine Peter as curiously the previous two post have now gone and it was made rather irrelevant!

[Trim Stab]

Ash had been found on and in a number of airframes/engines during the subsequent turnround servicing. Are the civvies just ignoring this?

Maybe the ash is settling to the lower layers? We were one of the first aircraft airborne after the ban was lifted for a return flight to Cannes. No visible traces anywhere after either leg. But we were up at 450 for most of the flight.

what happened to that post?

Were you talking about the post that I briefly made? I have been getting a few unpleasant pms from somebody - I briefly posted one on the forum, but then thought it better to invite him to post it himself. Anyway, he has declined to do so and has suddenly gone quiet.

Update: He has just pm'd me again to inform me that I am now on his ignore list - thank you Kitwe, I won't have to receive any more of your bile in my inbox.

Update: Kitwe has since continued sending me puerile PMs, so clearly he has not really put me on his ignore list. Kitwe, you claim to be an RAF officer with 39 years service - if this is true, perhaps you could uphold the standards expected of an RAF officer and refrain from sending me gratuitous insults? I find it ironic that you complained to the moderators about me when I considered posting one of your PMs here. If you are too ashamed of what you are sending me to countenance seeing them published, then please just desist.