A400M det to Coastal Command?

[MAN777]

Fixed wing

I believe BN have the ex Manchester Police Defender sat at Lee on Solent with the Mx15 camera still on it.

I know 1/2 a dozen ex observers who would man it tomorrow if asked ! 😄👍

[NutLoose]

If this is the RAF helping out, I would suggest trying further out

https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-...r-kent-4425867

[LastStandards]

Originally Posted by POBJOY

Never underestimate the penetration power of an old Pasty delivered at 100mph from 6 feet.

Ooooh, a fast Islander

[chevvron]

Originally Posted by NutLoose

If this is the RAF helping out, I would suggest trying further out

https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-...r-kent-4425867

Quote from above:
'The UK low flying system covers the open airspace of the whole of the UK and surrounding sea areas from 2,000ft above ground level'.

Is that upwards or downwards? Or maybe it should read 'up to' instead of 'from'?

[Davef68]

Doesn't the A400 do maritime surveillance from the Falklands?

[NutLoose]

They’ll need some seriously strong binos to see Folkestone from down there and it’s a hell of a sortie, Stanley to Folkestone and back...

[icemanalgeria]

Watchdog AN

Originally Posted by Radley

Would have thought that this would be suitable employment for the WATCHDOG brigade.

I remember flying the odd sortie “Watchdog Alf November” in the good old days searching for fishing boats ( guess these are going to be busy soon )

[NutLoose]

I still wonder how that’s going to work, one of the reasons you get a lot of foreign boats was the U.K. fleet in a typical get rich quick idea sold their rights and quotas to foreign boats, post brexit surely they still own the rights and part of the UK’s quota?