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Now where the heck did I put that MPA?

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Old 15th Dec 2014, 18:54
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The French Breguet Atlantique are excellent MPA aircraft, made especially for submarine hunting. In fact they have been, for long, the only dedicated airfram built and designed from scratch for that purpose.
Agreed. However, the P-2 Neptune was "designed from scratch" as a patrol bomber and I understand (but cannot confirm) that Argentina still operated one until very recently. The S-3 Viking is a more modern "designed from scratch" sub hunter and was used in front line service by USN until fairly recently.
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a couple is small problems with your cunning plan

1. After 18 there are no established posts, they all become unfunded.
2. No of personnel on a Sentinel crew v no of personnel on any chosen MPA crew.
3. All of the personnel on 5 are already pencilled into the aircrew and groundcrew posting plots so keep them and you cause a hole elsewhere!
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Old 15th Dec 2014, 21:20
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Cunning plan

Ah but a cunning plan is all that's needed to interest a politician keen to make a name for himself/herself.
It's one of the better cunning plans out there, apart from a few details.
1. The gap between SDSR in 2015 and 2018 gives time for thought re the number of posts to remain funded.
2. The numbers needed will be boosted by the Seedcorn returnees, enough to re-start the capability.
3. I'm sure that a number of those 5 Sqn slots are already pencilled in with "MMA" (in very light pencil admittedly)


(Wasn't Roland a Hun Kite?)


Cheer up chaps.
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Old 16th Dec 2014, 00:48
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Originally Posted by HAS59
(Wasn't Roland a Hun Kite?)
No, he was military governor of the Breton March, responsible for defending Francia's frontier against the Bretons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland
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Old 16th Dec 2014, 15:28
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Thanks GreenKnight (was he a distant relative?)


The Roland to which I was referring was of course the LFG Roland C.ll biplane of 1916 (as manufactured by Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft G.m.b.H.)


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Geardown, can I remind you of the forum rules, Re Heathrow Harry!
"Do not 'out' (reveal or attempt to reveal) the identity of another poster"
Everyone is entitled to their opinions and anonymity if they so desire.
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