RAF Poseidon - Not too long to wait?
Best wishes and good luck to everyone on the Poseidon definitely the best job in the RAF! ( or it was on the Nimrod ! )
Just wondered if long debriefs are still held in the scruffs bar ?
In the old days all the best lessons were learnt there!
(In the old MCT (simulator ) every time we killed a sub our crew used to stand up and sing ‘rule Britannia ‘ - not universally approved as we received criticism for ‘not taking it seriously ‘! )
SLAMs don’t sound very good news!
Is discussion on operating at medium altitudes still discouraged ?To me it’s not really fun if you are not racking the aircraft round at 200ft, MAD traps at night in bad weather was interesting !( I know that you don’t have MAD ! )
One point on operating at medium level to avoid weather - I always thought that it was a lot more comfortable flying ‘below’ the weather - which can be very nasty and turbulent around the UK ( and the med in the winter and changing seasons) at medium level?
Just wondered if long debriefs are still held in the scruffs bar ?
In the old days all the best lessons were learnt there!
(In the old MCT (simulator ) every time we killed a sub our crew used to stand up and sing ‘rule Britannia ‘ - not universally approved as we received criticism for ‘not taking it seriously ‘! )
SLAMs don’t sound very good news!
Is discussion on operating at medium altitudes still discouraged ?To me it’s not really fun if you are not racking the aircraft round at 200ft, MAD traps at night in bad weather was interesting !( I know that you don’t have MAD ! )
One point on operating at medium level to avoid weather - I always thought that it was a lot more comfortable flying ‘below’ the weather - which can be very nasty and turbulent around the UK ( and the med in the winter and changing seasons) at medium level?
It makes sense for the UK to keep it common. It will work out cheaper in the long run.
Last edited by golder; 12th Feb 2023 at 06:34.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
same thing that’s happened with Abrams, F-16, F-18 etc etc…
SCOOP: Boeing is quietly asking lawmakers to buy P-8A Poseidon spy planes in FY-24 that the Navy has not asked for so that the manufacturing line remains primed for future foreign military sales.
https://t.co/yyN7CKgMeS
SCOOP: Boeing is quietly asking lawmakers to buy P-8A Poseidon spy planes in FY-24 that the Navy has not asked for so that the manufacturing line remains primed for future foreign military sales.
https://t.co/yyN7CKgMeS
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It makes sense for the UK to keep it common. It will work out cheaper in the long run.
Shall we resurrect old discussions about Chinook procurements?
Something to practice against:
Argentina in talks with Naval Group, ThyssenKrupp for three submarines
https://www.defensenews.com/naval/20...mpaign=dfn-dnr
Argentina in talks with Naval Group, ThyssenKrupp for three submarines
https://www.defensenews.com/naval/20...mpaign=dfn-dnr
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Haven’t seen this mentioned here - 9th of September.
A great day out to College Hall Cranwell for the reactivation ceremony of the 42(TB) Sqn Standard.
A great day out to College Hall Cranwell for the reactivation ceremony of the 42(TB) Sqn Standard.
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RAF P-8A to be capable of carrying Sting Ray Mod 1 as well as US Mk 54 torpedo
RAF chooses UK manufactured Sting Ray Torpedo for Poseidon fleet | Royal Air Force (mod.uk)
RAF chooses UK manufactured Sting Ray Torpedo for Poseidon fleet | Royal Air Force (mod.uk)
RAF P-8A to be capable of carrying Sting Ray Mod 1 as well as US Mk 54 torpedo
RAF chooses UK manufactured Sting Ray Torpedo for Poseidon fleet | Royal Air Force (mod.uk)
RAF chooses UK manufactured Sting Ray Torpedo for Poseidon fleet | Royal Air Force (mod.uk)
Small historical note about the length of time kit stays in service. One of a young VP959's first jobs was FIAM development and carriage and release trials for NASR 7511, which became Sting Ray. That was in 1976 . . .
It'll be low level. Near-impossible to drop them from anything above a couple of thousand feet and still get an accurate prediction of the splash point from the release point (due to the vagaries in measuring the wind speed and direction profile). I can't remember how high we went during release trials, my (somewhat fading) memory suggests the max was 1,500ft ASL. Best accuracy was lower, 400ft sticks in my memory (and I could well be wrong). The parachute opens very quickly (about 0.8s after release) and so the thing slows quickly to TV, and TV is relatively slow (hence the problem with drift from higher release height).
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US navy, UK, Australia will test AI system to help crews track chinese submarines in the Pacific
The three powers said they would deploy advanced artificial intelligence algorithms on multiple systems, including the P-8A Poseidon aircraft to process data from each nation’s sonobuoys, underwater detection devices.
Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/world/u...acific-2793879
The three powers said they would deploy advanced artificial intelligence algorithms on multiple systems, including the P-8A Poseidon aircraft to process data from each nation’s sonobuoys, underwater detection devices.
Read more at: https://www.deccanherald.com/world/u...acific-2793879
