If it were a Clancy novel the Western economies would be in crisis, maybe the outlandish notion of a major currency failing would be central to the plot.

So much for the terminal velocity idea:rolleyes:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ed6_1323361691

Is it just me, or have the wings come off it?

I think it glided down and the wings snapped off during a hard landing not on a runway. They seem to be stuck on with stickytape a bit squiffy.

I think thats why it is supported along the length rather than at the middle







Caveat:

I have no idea what I am talking about.:)

They haven't twigged it's actually still ticking away somewhere inside...

Got It!

It's made of rubber.

Who makes the best tin foil? Baco, Waitrose, Sainsbury's? Not sure I'd trust ASDA right now.

Would a colander be better?

http://images.inmagine.com/img/aspir.../ngs067340.jpg

Can anyone translate what the writing on the flags / banners says ?

I guess it will be something along the lines of iran crowing over downing an imperialist plane.


Please note SAM - A 170 Drone does not constitute a Big Blu.

Death to America?

1. This is a military aircrew plus important others forum. Please don't post any pictures of ugly spods, even if it is to illustrate a point.

2. Collinder won't work, it has holes in it that let the psychotronic waves through. Fancy not knowing that!

3. If it wasn't sticky tape, what was holding the wings on in the first place?

4. So there are only 2 working F-14s.

Questions?

Courtney

Is this more your style of tin foil hat ? Even managed a flying related one :O

http://hotspur1337.files.wordpress.c...-foil-hat1.jpg

http://files.abovetopsecret.com/file...hw4ed44424.jpg

http://files.abovetopsecret.com/file...hw4ed44424.jpg

heres one to scare you
https://riverdaughter.files.wordpres...pg?w=257&h=300
https://encrypted.google.com/imgres?...p75idBA&zoom=1

So wrong, yet, so right.

Courtney,

The majority of part one is footage showing the history of the Iranian Tomcats. See videos at You Tube source for info.

A brief look at IRIAF F-14 Tomcat history in Iran.

In the second part the uploader is highlighting the serials in the updated footage.

This footage was first shown on IRIB1 on 16 Jan 2011...so its very recent footage.
It shows a TV reporter having fun with IRIAF F14 crew.
It shows these Tomcats:
3-6016 Recently overhauled
3-6058
3-6045
3-6057 (They're all standing on her back)
3-6052 under overhaul
3-6035 recently overhauled after 13 years in storage
3-60?? an empty tomcat frame

Capt Fallah performs a FCF on a tomcat
Capt Shafee' flies a Tomcat from TFB6 Bushehr to TFB8 Esfahan

How many F-14s are actually operational is anyone's guess?

Five up on parade during 2011

Photos: Grumman F-14A Tomcat Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net

12 visible to me bringing up the rear in this parade image from 2008

Photos: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29UB (9-51) Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net

Google "Israel Iran News" today & search. The underlying current is that Israel is looking at an air-strike on Iran on Christmas Day. That makes utter sense to me. I would do the same if I was religious - which I'm not.

That makes sense to me as well because Jews celebrate Christmas right...no wait a minute its because Shi'ites celebrate the birth of baby Jesus...no that still doesn't sound right...how about the air forces of Saudi, Syria or Turkey....? I can't think of any reason why an attack by Israel on Christmas day would make sense any more than an attack on any other day of the year unless of course they want Obama to choke on his Xmas morning cornflakes.

Welcome to the Twilight Zone SD69. Just bask in the warped logic and random changes of argument; marvel at the sheer volume of in-depth geo-political and military information and insightful anal ysis by a master of the art of obfuscation.

We now have just over 6 days to SAM's predicted meltdown in the middle east (and the subsequent global backlash as all the other states he has roped in start whooshing their rockets at their long standing enemies).

Hope I'm not revealing your plot for the book M2.;)

500N

Did you say you were going to Northern Territories for a bit of peace and quite and R&R? I was there just before Christmas......1974 with a 4 Vulcan detachment (Exercise Sunflower - the last one I believe); we spent 3 weeks at Darwin before going on to Singapore for another 3 week exercise, getting out of town about a week before Tracy let rip. Now that place must have looked like Armageddon afterwards - I think one of the few structures left standing was the (brick/concrete built) Territorian Hotel.

Gawd I feel old...:sad:

HTB

Yes, that's correct, and the person I stay with was in Darwin on the night Tracy hit, has some interesting stories to tell. He wasn't evacuated as he had a Bulldozer and worked for the Gov't. Some of his photos are amazing, Tracy certainly did a more thorough job than the Japs and the Japs did a pretty good job anyway.

I've been lucky, in 10 years of going up in Dec / Jan I have dodge all the cyclones and only NEARLY got stuck once by flooding stopping me getting back to Darwin. 2 weeks after I left the River was 9 miles wide, nothing moved for weeks and months in the outer regions :O

It would have been very hot for you guys if you were from the UK, how did you survive the Wet Season build up (apart from drinking copius amounts of beer :O).

Ooh Ooh Me sir, me - I'll have double - yes double against the next 12 months of a Major (i.e. more than the Osirak one saga ) bun fight.

Something that actually makes MSM and has people worried.
I will let the old farts of Prune - Beags, Tuc, Pop and Wholi etc referee....

I bet you £100 to the charidee of mil choice there is not a serious war in the mid-east before Dec 31st 2012.

Note - I might have to standing order that one - I would do 3 blats of £35, so bet is £105 if I cant pay in a oner.

You Up for it Sam??????/

You're full of seasonal cheer aren't you SAM?

Why isn't the USA threatening Turkey this week?

Perhaps they're taking a break from Turkey in between Thanksgiving and Christmas?

Anyway, I feel a song coming on:

Get up in the morning, in my bomb proof shack
I wear a tin foil suit on my front and back
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......
.....The Isrealites

etc

SAM may have won his bet!
Earthquake 4.5 Richter in southern Iran today Fars News Agency :: Quake Hits Southern Iran

Well -it IS an earthquake bomb. While the Iranians were chasing fake drones they missed the big B-2 overhead

Or at least thats one theory

Aha, I see that the earthquake is reported to be in Area 53.1. Is that a typo and they really meant Area 51... :suspect:

Cut that out you two - you'll only encourage SAM.

Three more days, plus the remains of today...no more earthquake stories, please.

500N - hope you had a good weekend up their with the slatwater crocs. I don't recall the weather being too oppressive when I was there in '74(although Singapore was a bit more humid and sticky), and we didn't need an excuse for drinking. Does my memory serve me well - was there a policy about proximity to the bar once a drink had been served (in schooners and ponies?), and was there an early closing policy that caused an unseemely rush at about 6-o-clock?

Mister B