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IIRC [with a nod to Mogwi] it facilitated the zip=fastener installation?
An ex-SAR mate showed me a lacing technique for the boots, whereby one pull on the loose ends tightened the whole lacing for a speedy booting process.
An ex-SAR mate showed me a lacing technique for the boots, whereby one pull on the loose ends tightened the whole lacing for a speedy booting process.
As I recall it the Harrier folks had their flying boots modified with a flap to stop the bootlaces being damaged/cut by cockpit furniture in the event of a high speed exit...
The cause of the rotting was soon identified. As is well-known, all Harrier pilots have very small willies and as a result would often widdle over their boot laces, due to dimensional limitations.
So a flap was provided to protect the laces henceforth and the problem was resolved....
Priceless.
As an aside, I have just finished Pook's account of the GR3s in the campaign. A very good counterblast to that of the bearded wonder's sniping.
As an aside, I have just finished Pook's account of the GR3s in the campaign. A very good counterblast to that of the bearded wonder's sniping.
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No, I doubt it, it was restored to taxying only, but if you want a flyer see..
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Way more than he paid for it. Of course the aircraft has all the avionics replaced by modern systems and the seat is not standard SHAR fit. There is the project at St Athan with SHARs going for PtF with the CAA. They are having a Major maintenance with insistence with the CAA and the complex aircraft rules are having robust work arounds agreed on the OEM provisions. Time will tell.
Mog
The BBC documentary on the Falklands war was riveting. For once the BBC put aside woke posturing and allowed the veterans to talk with astonishing and direct honesty. Truly poignant and revealing; those that have experienced warfare are changed for ever. The warmongers among the politicos who sabre rattle have no concept of the reality. From a 19 year old officer bayoneting an opponent to other brutal revelations of the horrors. I enjoyed the laconic para commander who was asked whether he felt sorry for the defeated and captured Argentinians. ‘Not really...pause...actually I thought they were just f/wits!’ A friend of a very good friend of mine was a Falklands SH pilot (not the correspondent here). He said that he refused to go to a reception with Thatcher on return as he was exhausted and did not enjoy the juxtaposition of the jingoism compared to the reality. One of the best and searingly honest documentaries I have seen in a long time.
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In case you haven’t seen this, one pilot is still serving.
Youngest pilot during the Falkland's conflict continues to serve in the Royal Navy
Youngest pilot during the Falkland's conflict continues to serve in the Royal Navy
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Dated December 17th 2023, Fundacion Malvinas confirms that HMS Invincible was absolutely sunk and the crew evacuated to Hermes, as Illustrious supposedly pretended to be Invincible... More insanity from the Argentoons 😂
https://www.fundacionmalvinas.org/re...nto-britanico/
https://www.fundacionmalvinas.org/re...nto-britanico/
"It is likely that the presence of the Illustrious came to complete the British farce, to replace the absence of the sunken HMS Invincible, since there are no images of it after the war, all the images are previous to the war and those that survived were taken during the war, before being attacked. After May 30 there is not a single one, the HMS Invincible was never heard from again."
Hysterical!!!!
Hysterical!!!!
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There was a large (c40cm) weld in the hull of Invincible, just aft of the starboard, after gangway. When asked about the Argentine story, we just used to sigh and cast our eyes up towards the weld. This produced a number of “Zut alors” from the Super E pilots on Foch and much mirth from us.
Mog
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I know several Argentine defence correspondents and they're all educated, well informed, and reasonable people. However, to a man they are all convinced Invincible (and sometimes Hermes) were attacked and hit, and no amount of evidence to the contrary will persuade them otherwise. It's perplexing.
So, the rest of the world still respects the UK to a phenomenal extent after the Sheffield incident. There’s no video that I can find to authenticate it, but is there anyone who can confirm that a bunch of you studs actually stood around at whatever the Naval Equivalent of parade rest is, around the rail, singing a Monty Python song while your ship was on fire (having been sold to them by us, I think) there was nothing else you were being asked to do, any you were pretty much likely to exit stage left fairly soon…
The story about Invincible sunk is followed by people who believe in flat earth, lizards in power and so on.
Those people are around all the globe (or all around the table), not only in Argentina.
Those people are around all the globe (or all around the table), not only in Argentina.
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So, the rest of the world still respects the UK to a phenomenal extent after the Sheffield incident. There’s no video that I can find to authenticate it, but is there anyone who can confirm that a bunch of you studs actually stood around at whatever the Naval Equivalent of parade rest is, around the rail, singing a Monty Python song while your ship was on fire (having been sold to them by us, I think) there was nothing else you were being asked to do, any you were pretty much likely to exit stage left fairly soon…
Mog
On a technical note: Sheffield's burning was a factor in the USN deciding to make the superstructures of the Arleigh Burke class DDs out of steel, rather than the aluminum that Spruance / Ticonderoga DDs / CGs, and Perry FFs, were made from.
It's an ill wind...................
New Government make s moves to tone down the more extreme views
https://en.mercopress.com/2024/01/04...n-with-britain
"The third of January has been an iconic date for Argentina's claim over the Falkland Islands, since on that day but in 1833, the “United Kingdom forcibly occupied the Malvinas Islands over which ”a recently independent Argentine Nation was exercising sovereignty, given her condition of heir to such possessions of Spain in South America.”That is the heading of the 2024 official release, a ritual in the Argentine Malvinas calendar, but this time under a new administration and foreign minister Diana Mondino there have been some significant changes compared to the previous backlashes from former governments.
In effect the release recognizes or announces that bilateral negotiations, “taking into account the interests of the Islanders” is a factor in the equation. Likewise, it reiterates the willingness of Argentina for the immediate resumption of negotiations on the Falklands sovereignty, “wishing to maintain a mature relation with the United Kingdom, contemplating a substantial and constructive dialogue on all those issues of common interest looking to create a confidence climate propitious for the resumption of negotiations”.
A difference from previous releases when Falkland Islanders were not even recognized as a people, and Britain was described as an usurper'. Follows the Argentine foreign ministry release.
https://en.mercopress.com/2024/01/04...n-with-britain
"The third of January has been an iconic date for Argentina's claim over the Falkland Islands, since on that day but in 1833, the “United Kingdom forcibly occupied the Malvinas Islands over which ”a recently independent Argentine Nation was exercising sovereignty, given her condition of heir to such possessions of Spain in South America.”That is the heading of the 2024 official release, a ritual in the Argentine Malvinas calendar, but this time under a new administration and foreign minister Diana Mondino there have been some significant changes compared to the previous backlashes from former governments.
In effect the release recognizes or announces that bilateral negotiations, “taking into account the interests of the Islanders” is a factor in the equation. Likewise, it reiterates the willingness of Argentina for the immediate resumption of negotiations on the Falklands sovereignty, “wishing to maintain a mature relation with the United Kingdom, contemplating a substantial and constructive dialogue on all those issues of common interest looking to create a confidence climate propitious for the resumption of negotiations”.
A difference from previous releases when Falkland Islanders were not even recognized as a people, and Britain was described as an usurper'. Follows the Argentine foreign ministry release.
Dated December 17th 2023, Fundacion Malvinas confirms that HMS Invincible was absolutely sunk and the crew evacuated to Hermes, as Illustrious supposedly pretended to be Invincible... More insanity from the Argentoons 😂
https://www.fundacionmalvinas.org/re...nto-britanico/
https://www.fundacionmalvinas.org/re...nto-britanico/
