Rubbish Names!
As from 1st April 2010 Helix will be known as Airseeker
Drop the 'Air' and it would fit in with other types based at RAF Waddington.
Sentry
Shadow
Sentinel
Seeker
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Back in the 60s (or was it the 70s?) the RN had a piece of kit with the official nickname "Shy Talk". I wonder how they got that past the censors?
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Originally Posted by RedhillPhil
Imagine serving on Gay Cavalier and having that on your cap band.........
It will still be called Rivet Joint. The project is called Project Airseeker
Costing £1000,000,000 each. Capable of tracking 300 targets at one time and engaging 30 of them with surface to air missiles. And they call one of the new Type 45 Destroyers: DUNCAN
I'm not fond of the designation Lightning 2
This is a Lightning 2:
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I'm not fond of the designation Lightning 2 particularly - hence on this site at least Dave is popular. For an aircraft that hovers, sticking to a bird of prey is good but all the hovering ones (Kestrel, Harrier and Osprey) have already been used.
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I'm not fond of the designation Lightning 2
Nor me - that p****s me and a few others off!
This is a Lightning 2:
I'm not fond of the designation Lightning 2
Nor me - that p****s me and a few others off!
This is a Lightning 2:
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We did operate the p38.... But typically procurment made a horlicks by asking the yanks to remove the turbo chargers and fitting left and right handed props to avoid torque issues that were really non existent.
So rather than a lightining it became a low voltage energy efficent bulb...and we gave them back where they became trainers
So rather than a lightining it became a low voltage energy efficent bulb...and we gave them back where they became trainers
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melmothw,
Absolutely obvious, as is the fact that the first UK F-35 was ZM135, compared to the first Lightning F1 XM135.
I still don't particularly like it, but haven't heard it called anything much else yet. BEagle, your point is noted!
Absolutely obvious, as is the fact that the first UK F-35 was ZM135, compared to the first Lightning F1 XM135.
I still don't particularly like it, but haven't heard it called anything much else yet. BEagle, your point is noted!
I was told some time back by LM officials that Mustang 2 and Spitfire 2 were both considered (although the latter wouldn't really have worked from a US perspective), but both these names were eventually deemed sacrosanct and placed off-limits.
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You'd probably have to pay Ford to use Mustang these days....
I am not a fan of re-using any name and sticking a 2 after it, but original names seem to be running out, hence the plethora of rubbish names on this thread!
I am not a fan of re-using any name and sticking a 2 after it, but original names seem to be running out, hence the plethora of rubbish names on this thread!
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Originally Posted by X275
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It will still be called Rivet Joint. The project is called Project Airseeker
Oh dear, and there was I thinking they'd changed the name to stop me calling it Loose Rivet.
It will still be called Rivet Joint. The project is called Project Airseeker
Oh dear, and there was I thinking they'd changed the name to stop me calling it Loose Rivet.
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Techie - I'm sure AOC 2 Grp would be most upset at the suggestion of sending his newest old toy to sea! Seeker would fit with the other S models at Waddo as noted above.
No-one adds the 2 to Typhoon so I expect the 2 to drop off Lightning when it gets to Marham.
No-one adds the 2 to Typhoon so I expect the 2 to drop off Lightning when it gets to Marham.
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No-one adds the 2 to Typhoon so I expect the 2 to drop off Lightning when it
gets to Marham.
gets to Marham.
Having said that, will be interesting to see how the Japanese take to the Lightning 2 moniker....(although I guess they can say they're following the English Electric name-lineage).
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The Germans, Italians, Spanish and French all operated the Me Bf 108 Taifun in the 1940s, so Typhoon 2 would have fitted nicely, though the role is slightly different. The RAF had a slack handful as well, apparently.
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The Germans, Italians, Spanish and French all operated the Me Bf 108 Taifun
in the 1940s, so Typhoon 2 would have fitted nicely, though the role is slightly
different. The RAF had a slack handful as well, apparently.