The A330's "official" new name
Guys, what about the obvious KC Anthe Sunshineband you could then sing "na, na, na, na, na, nana, na, baby get it up, get it, baby get it up" to the Jet Jocks.
Or there's KC Kasem the man who did the voice of Shaggy in the original Scooby Doo (a great Pub Quiz question that one).
Has anyone seen my coat?
LJ
Or there's KC Kasem the man who did the voice of Shaggy in the original Scooby Doo (a great Pub Quiz question that one).
Has anyone seen my coat?
LJ
LJ: Guys, what about the obvious KC Anthe Sunshineband you could then sing "na, na, na, na, na, nana, na, baby get it up, get it, baby get it up"
And I always though it was "give it up" - what a sheltered life I have led
And I always though it was "give it up" - what a sheltered life I have led
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Snippy said "At a briefing at the top secret Oxfordshire airbase yesterday we were told that the Future Tanker A330 was now going to be known as the KC30!" If there is really to be a tanker, why not just call it "The Tanker"?
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I still think that maintaining the RAF tradition of naming "commodity movers" after towns would be the path to follow. It is the persistance of a tradition that marks it as a tradition rather than some passing fad or habit. Keeping Manufacturer's Type Nos or Government requirement Nos is all well and good (and a gift from the Heavens to spotters keen to demonstrate their wealth of knowledge) but it is totally souless.
When did we stop giving aircraft real identities? the '60s? Interstingly, at the time, the AVRO 748 (and 780) was entering service as the Andover while the Vickers VC10 was entering as the, err, VC10. Was it because the Vickers Ventnor lacked a certain appeal?
The Navy is strong on tradition and it is a source of cohesion when things aren't going well. Is the Air Force really that keen to be simply fashionable? Have the marketing people really taken over?
How about the Airbus Axminster KC MK 1? Would that upset the neighbours in Witney, though?
When did we stop giving aircraft real identities? the '60s? Interstingly, at the time, the AVRO 748 (and 780) was entering service as the Andover while the Vickers VC10 was entering as the, err, VC10. Was it because the Vickers Ventnor lacked a certain appeal?
The Navy is strong on tradition and it is a source of cohesion when things aren't going well. Is the Air Force really that keen to be simply fashionable? Have the marketing people really taken over?
How about the Airbus Axminster KC MK 1? Would that upset the neighbours in Witney, though?
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What about 'A30 drive thru'
A place to drop by for a high calorific top up, the folk inside are on high calorific staff food thats the same day on day and its a place where you go to gain worth while experience for life on the outside!
A place to drop by for a high calorific top up, the folk inside are on high calorific staff food thats the same day on day and its a place where you go to gain worth while experience for life on the outside!
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Twatt
Hi, Willard.
Ref your post #14: Twatt is actually on the Mainland of the Shetland Isles; not Orkney. Interestingly it used to be a Royal Naval Air Station!
Rgds SOS
Hang on, it's just ocurred to me there might be 2 Twatts
Ref your post #14: Twatt is actually on the Mainland of the Shetland Isles; not Orkney. Interestingly it used to be a Royal Naval Air Station!
Rgds SOS
Hang on, it's just ocurred to me there might be 2 Twatts
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KC30 KCMk1 would be a bit daft.....
In any case, KC-30 isn't an official US DoD designation, it's an Airbus invention. The A330 KC-X proposal got the official designation KC-45A before it was canned.
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SOSL, I just googled a search of rude place names and posted one up. Since it was a legit photo I didn't bother checking for accuracy of location, it hardly matters after all.
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As no one seems to have like my 'KC Jones'. then how about it has one name for home service, and another for trips to the U.S.?
For U.S. trips, how about the 'Airbus look at what you could have 1'
For U.S. trips, how about the 'Airbus look at what you could have 1'
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As no one seems to have liked my 'KC Jones'. then how about it has one name for home service, and another for trips to the U.S.?
For U.S. trips, how about the 'Airbus look at what you could have 1'
For U.S. trips, how about the 'Airbus look at what you could have 1'
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Bearing in mind the terms of it's aquisition, I always thought the Nevernever KCmk1 .
Does also raise the point as to what we will call the Rivet Joint - surely not Rivet Joint Rmk1?
Does also raise the point as to what we will call the Rivet Joint - surely not Rivet Joint Rmk1?
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RNAS Twatt Airfield otherwise known as HMS Tern is in the Orkenys and was closed in 1949 and disposed of in 1957.
Its near the Kitchener Cairn.
All thats left now is a the tower which is ontop of a bunker type thing which looks a bit like an ammo dump.
Its near the Kitchener Cairn.
All thats left now is a the tower which is ontop of a bunker type thing which looks a bit like an ammo dump.
Inseminator for the probe version and Dutch Cap for the drogue? 
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Maybe it's time to resurrect the "Scruggs Wonderjet"
1967 | 1372 | Flight Archive
Plus ça change, mes amis........
1967 | 1372 | Flight Archive
Plus ça change, mes amis........