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A400 Atlas
Can anyone explain why the Air Bridge provided to Operation Barkhane in Mali is so poor? Night stop in GIB out and back! Schedules running days late. Landing slots unavailable in Brize! Have the serviceability problems we read about a while back been resolved?
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So. I'm guessing you are not an aircrew, or related, person?
Any more direct operational questions you might like to ask?
You do know, don't you, that 'I Wonder..................'? isn't, honestly, actually, a question that anyone wants to answer?
Try, 'The Beano, Biffo says' for an answer that might please you.
Perhaps.
Maybe.
Who cares.
Any more direct operational questions you might like to ask?
You do know, don't you, that 'I Wonder..................'? isn't, honestly, actually, a question that anyone wants to answer?
Try, 'The Beano, Biffo says' for an answer that might please you.
Perhaps.
Maybe.
Who cares.
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The stop in Gib might also be a "flag stop" to assert continued British sovereignty post-Brexit. As it's conveniently on the route, it would save mounting occasional exercises or detachments for the same purpose.
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Nothing to do with the single runway MPN11, it’s most probably due to a lack of capacity with the Movers, being ‘MOGed’* was a regular occurrence when I was at Brize.
But not having Lyneham has definitely reduced the RAF’s AT capacity. Who’d have thought that in 2011?
(* MOG = Movements on Ground)
But not having Lyneham has definitely reduced the RAF’s AT capacity. Who’d have thought that in 2011?
(* MOG = Movements on Ground)
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Try sixty + airframes.
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Herod
66 were purchased. I believe one of the first ( XV 177 or was it 178? ) went to Boscombe and stayed there for years.
By the time I left at my 8year option in late '73, one had been lost at Fairford in '69, another at Pisa in '71 and IIRC one was written off on landing at Tromso, '72 ?. I guess it was another 20 years before the next loss.
Snoopy ,208, had originally been one of the 12 at Changi with 48Sqn ( 198-209 ) and conversion commenced in 72/3.
66 were purchased. I believe one of the first ( XV 177 or was it 178? ) went to Boscombe and stayed there for years.
By the time I left at my 8year option in late '73, one had been lost at Fairford in '69, another at Pisa in '71 and IIRC one was written off on landing at Tromso, '72 ?. I guess it was another 20 years before the next loss.
Snoopy ,208, had originally been one of the 12 at Changi with 48Sqn ( 198-209 ) and conversion commenced in 72/3.
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Originally Posted by Brian 48nav
Herod
66 were purchased. I believe one of the first ( XV 177 or was it 178? ) went to Boscombe and stayed there for years.
By the time I left at my 8year option in late '73, one had been lost at Fairford in '69, another at Pisa in '71 and IIRC one was written off on landing at Tromso, '72 ?. I guess it was another 20 years before the next loss.
Snoopy ,208, had originally been one of the 12 at Changi with 48Sqn ( 198-209 ) and conversion commenced in 72/3.
66 were purchased. I believe one of the first ( XV 177 or was it 178? ) went to Boscombe and stayed there for years.
By the time I left at my 8year option in late '73, one had been lost at Fairford in '69, another at Pisa in '71 and IIRC one was written off on landing at Tromso, '72 ?. I guess it was another 20 years before the next loss.
Snoopy ,208, had originally been one of the 12 at Changi with 48Sqn ( 198-209 ) and conversion commenced in 72/3.
Arron.
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AARON Yes you're right! I'd forgotten the Colerne one - pretty sure it was September '73, the day I was having my final medical at Lyneham. The skipper was Tony Barrett a Flt Cdr on 48, who had been on 30 before an exchange tour with the Yanks I think.
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Originally Posted by ExAscoteer2
When I got to Lyneham there were 61 airframes. Four had been lost: Fairford (XV180), Pisa (XV216), Tromsø (XV194), and Colerne (XV198).
Snoopy (XV208) was at Farnborough.
Snoopy (XV208) was at Farnborough.
