Tornado Down Part 2
From the Daily Telegraph:
Tornado Crash Landing
RAF Tornado crashes two weeks after another jet landed in the sea.
Close, but no cigar!
Tornado Crash Landing
RAF Tornado crashes two weeks after another jet landed in the sea.
Close, but no cigar!
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Set command eject to "FRONT" and break the knob off (knob does not = backseater, honest!).
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As this is a 'rumour' forum, might I suggest NWS fault? XV571 did a similar thing at Leuchars circa 77? Metal in the follow up potentiometer I believe, and I think the future 43 sqn boss was in the back?
Anyway, good decision to jump chaps, going cross country with all that concrete about and I'd have gone. Get well soon, we need you back.
FF
Anyway, good decision to jump chaps, going cross country with all that concrete about and I'd have gone. Get well soon, we need you back.
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I seem to remember that the crash switch is also designed to move under impact. (Sort of like the one in modern cars that cuts off the fuel pump and activates the hazard lights.)
Welll, yer see, they coulda stayed with it, bloomin aircrew nowadays... anything to get a free tie!
One can only imagine the banter they'll suffer on their return.
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Are there some Sarboy sympathisers on the GR1 fleet? Something along the lines of justifying an ongoing core military capability requirement? Nothing like doing it on your own doorstep though!
Nothing like doing it on your own doorstep though!
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From BBC on the latest mishap:
and from January:
What do the locals want? Base, or no base...
Aviation writer Jim Ferguson said the lack of information about the latest incident was creating anxiety among some in the Lossiemouth community...
"Was it birds, was it possibly mechanical, because it is concerning local residents."
"Was it birds, was it possibly mechanical, because it is concerning local residents."
A petition with more than 30,000 signatures aimed at saving RAF Lossiemouth was delivered to 10 Downing Street earlier this month
What do the locals want? Base, or no base...
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Well considering Moray has a population of about 90,000 and a third of those have signed the Moray-wide petition to keep RAF Lossiemouth open then for there to be a feeling of "anxiety among some in the Lossiemouth community" is no great surprise 
No matter how much the RAF bring to Moray there will always be some of those SNP supporting racists that you sometimes have the misfortune to meet in the area wanting rid of the RAF - for some reason they seem to think that all in the RAF are English (well, the one or 2 that are capable of thought
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No matter how much the RAF bring to Moray there will always be some of those SNP supporting racists that you sometimes have the misfortune to meet in the area wanting rid of the RAF - for some reason they seem to think that all in the RAF are English (well, the one or 2 that are capable of thought
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Without speculating on the 2 incidents that have happened last few weeks, if its down to Engineering issues, I wonder if the uncertainty of the base closure/move is having an effect on morale and people are not thinking 100% on the ball. Just a question for thought as we have been discussing it today. Human Factors and all the good stuff.
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Originally Posted by TorqueoftheDevil
... best wishes to the crew - who will be the first ejectees to be picked up by the Lossie SAR crew in 15 years.
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Was that the one when he punched out and the Nimrod in the area flew underneath him while he was floating down to the sea, im sure he wrote a good story on that in Airclues
Was that the one when he punched out and the Nimrod in the area flew underneath him while he was floating down to the sea, im sure he wrote a good story on that in Airclues
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The Nimrod that flew underneath the Lossie Staish was being flown by the Kinloss Staish - they were homing to the PLB, incorrectly assuming that the 'survivor' was in the water. The jet also had the RCDS onboard!
I believe that the Lossie Staish was 'impressed by the noise of 4 Speys in action quite close to his ears!
Duncs
I believe that the Lossie Staish was 'impressed by the noise of 4 Speys in action quite close to his ears!
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@Rumpunch; Morale on that particular Sqn is - despite the 2 recent incidents and the uncertainty regarding the future, higher than it has been for many a year. 4 bang-outs, 4 guys who will have a great story for the grandkids. Happy days.
For the armchair experts out there, yesterday's aircraft had landed and travelled about 6000 feet along the runway before something caused it to depart the centreline. Now it's up to the BoI to determine the cause. Leave it to them and stop speculating.
For the armchair experts out there, yesterday's aircraft had landed and travelled about 6000 feet along the runway before something caused it to depart the centreline. Now it's up to the BoI to determine the cause. Leave it to them and stop speculating.