No cats and flaps ...... back to F35B?
Thanks, hval. So, we're talking the original MRCA concept? Thank God they made it into two different aircraft. (See, aviation topic on an aviation thread).
Thanks.
So, Mike, what's typical?
Thanks.
So, Mike, what's typical?
I spent two months a couple of years ago being an Apple technical support type.
iPhones, etc are great if you are a busy exec type and have lots of contacts.
Ask yourself.
Do I need email on the go more often than weekly?
Do I have contact lists on several different platforms at the moment?
Do I need at least 5 major apps which I will use often?
Am I tech competent (i.e. I may not know how to fix things, but I can find a forum online and do what it says)?
If you don't need the above, then you don't need a smartphone.
As an example, people who have them might include estate agents, people running small businesses who aren't always in the office, doctors, etc.
iPhones, etc are great if you are a busy exec type and have lots of contacts.
Ask yourself.
Do I need email on the go more often than weekly?
Do I have contact lists on several different platforms at the moment?
Do I need at least 5 major apps which I will use often?
Am I tech competent (i.e. I may not know how to fix things, but I can find a forum online and do what it says)?
If you don't need the above, then you don't need a smartphone.
As an example, people who have them might include estate agents, people running small businesses who aren't always in the office, doctors, etc.
Breaking vow of silence to say: confusion works best. Take people into a snazzy shop and show them a Galaxy Note (huge screen) A Galaxy S3 (fast), a Nexus 7 tablet etc. I used to work on the N8 a bit indirectly so it galls me to say this but the newest Nokia Windows phone has probably got the best interface even though I personally will kill myself before buying one.
She's suffering from the terrific impression made by the gadget and the way that it seems alone on its pedestal. Once other goodies are seen I usually notice that the ardour cools a bit. However, you are probably screwed.
She's suffering from the terrific impression made by the gadget and the way that it seems alone on its pedestal. Once other goodies are seen I usually notice that the ardour cools a bit. However, you are probably screwed.
A great, well informed answer. So what do I tell Mrs C? Logic?
iToys seem to be the latest 'must have' for the 'I want it now, I don't care how' brigade. Beware that even 3G coverage is poor, GPRS is slow and data charges are high....
I stick with a good laptop and my trusty Nokia 6310i!
Rushing new software, such as iOS 6 onto the market which simply doesn't work correctly is a crazy way to do business - particularly when the manufacturer hasn't provided a way of reverting to an earlier OS.
One hopes that the 'B' in F-35B doesn't stand for 'beta'....
Actually, the F-35 mission systems run iOS 6. On a recent CATBird run, aimed at going downtown against a peer adversary, they nailed the hell out of the target.
Shacked! A JDAM within 2 metres of the deep-fryer. It was counted as a 100 per cent success and a progress payment was issued accordingly.
Shacked! A JDAM within 2 metres of the deep-fryer. It was counted as a 100 per cent success and a progress payment was issued accordingly.
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Originally Posted by Not a Boffin
More likely Merlin HM1 frames that are not part of the current CSP. From memory there are something like 40/41 of the original 44 frame buy still on the MAR.
Won't allow "Role-on, roll-off"(???) whatever that is, but I doubt that is as "simple" as being portrayed.
Won't allow "Role-on, roll-off"(???) whatever that is, but I doubt that is as "simple" as being portrayed.
Have you seen this snippet
I was always expecting a gap but will there? Will the Merlin be operational before the first carrier is commissioned?
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Political time runs pretty quickly, real time moves a bit slower, then there's geological time, and galactic time, but nothing runs slower than aircraft carrier assembly time.
Just think, Boris, of Boris Island fame, could come and go before the flat-tops are completed.
Just think, Boris, of Boris Island fame, could come and go before the flat-tops are completed.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
F-35 put through refueling paces
Some of the first Marine Corps F-35B pilots are getting practice in a routine but important task in the new plane: midair refueling. Maj. Ty Bachmann, a test pilot, and Maj. Paul Holst, who is preparing to be an F-35 instructor, had a train-the-trainer day at Eglin Air Force Base Tuesday to run the first midair test of the aerial refueling systems on the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter, which is expected to make its first appearance at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma later this year.
The pilots each took off in an F-35 from the coastal Florida Air Force base and flew about 50 to 75 miles off-shore before meeting up with a C-130 tanker out of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., to replenish their fuel in the sky over the Gulf of Mexico. The 300 gallons of fuel they took on wasn't much for a plane, but enough to show that the systems were solid and the training was effective.
Holst, an experienced pilot with about 1,800 hours in the F-18, said it was an overall similar refueling technique “The airplane and the tanker worked as advertised, and everything went really smoothly.”
Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 assists Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 in an aerial refueling on F-35B Lighting II aircrafts Tuesday. This was the first aerial refueling training flight to be performed on F-35B aircrafts.
Some of the first Marine Corps F-35B pilots are getting practice in a routine but important task in the new plane: midair refueling. Maj. Ty Bachmann, a test pilot, and Maj. Paul Holst, who is preparing to be an F-35 instructor, had a train-the-trainer day at Eglin Air Force Base Tuesday to run the first midair test of the aerial refueling systems on the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter, which is expected to make its first appearance at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma later this year.
The pilots each took off in an F-35 from the coastal Florida Air Force base and flew about 50 to 75 miles off-shore before meeting up with a C-130 tanker out of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., to replenish their fuel in the sky over the Gulf of Mexico. The 300 gallons of fuel they took on wasn't much for a plane, but enough to show that the systems were solid and the training was effective.
Holst, an experienced pilot with about 1,800 hours in the F-18, said it was an overall similar refueling technique “The airplane and the tanker worked as advertised, and everything went really smoothly.”
Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 assists Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 in an aerial refueling on F-35B Lighting II aircrafts Tuesday. This was the first aerial refueling training flight to be performed on F-35B aircrafts.
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MCAS Yuma will eventually be home to 88 F-35Bs — five squadrons each with 16 aircraft, and one operational test and evaluation squadron of eight aircraft — with the first aircraft arriving later this year.
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Vigilance control system set to be tested on Merlin helicopter | News | The Engineer
Gives timescales for delivery too - No tendering on this one?
Gives timescales for delivery too - No tendering on this one?
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Please accept my apologies for the thread drift, but a bit of advice for Courtney re his phone question...
show her this phone app, and then tell her that it comes on Androids, and that they're cheaper
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...vibrator&hl=en
show her this phone app, and then tell her that it comes on Androids, and that they're cheaper
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...vibrator&hl=en
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defence.professionals | defpro.com don't think any of our friends in light blue,will be volunteering to join the Wafus as flight deck ground crew onboard the flat tops. Any time soon
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Speaking of 45,000 ton flat tops.....
Navy’s Newest Assault Ship Moonlights as Pint-Sized Aircraft Carrier
America-class amphibious assault ship
Navy’s Newest Assault Ship Moonlights as Pint-Sized Aircraft Carrier
America-class amphibious assault ship
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That's a San Antonio class amphibious dock/ship thing, DP, like the one that bumped into a submarine in the Strait of Hormuz a couple of years back. Pretty impressive IMHO. I'll hazard a guess at USS Arlington?
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