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Originally Posted by BEagle
(Post 10630819)
Intercepting 'rogue' airliners needs to be conducted expeditiously.
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I hadn't thought about that. Back in the days long before 9/11 QRA was invariably there to react to Soviet aircraft in the vicinity of UK airspace (as it still is for Russian aircraft). We normally had good intelligence on the likelihood of a Bear coming close enough to need intercepting, and our Dragonfly (later Tansor) tanker crews only held 3 hours readiness (I could be at home in Kings Lynn as long as I was on the end of a phone) . If a threat was imminent we came up to one hour, and occasionally less. I assume the Brize tankers are now on something like 15 minutes readiness to be able to react so quickly.
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NEED TO KNOW ALERT!!
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Originally Posted by malanda
(Post 10630335)
I did a TinEye search to find where that original image came from, and the only match was
https://www.businessinsider.com/nato...19-7?r=US&IR=T Given the caption on that picture, it's an understandable mistake. (If you think the Russians do press releases when they are intercepted) |
Originally Posted by Auxtank
(Post 10630436)
Come on guys - let's not turn this thread in to a rather under-entertaining Troll's Tea Party.
Back under your respective bridges in the woods immediately, please... Here's a lovely pic of the aircraft (Cor Blimey, I wish my missus had a heat bloom like that....) https://i.postimg.cc/K8DLgrQ8/typhoonjet.jpg |
Originally Posted by Pontius Navigator
(Post 10631893)
Handy if you wanted to bomb it out of the sky😀
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/that...r-guided-bomb/ |
The Independent takes woefully bad and inaccurate reporting to a whole new level with the following information about the Spitfire which recently returned from a round the World tour:
But a team of engineers at Boultbee Flight Academy, in Chichester, spent two years restoring the original jet to its former glory, focusing on repairing rather than replacing parts. |
From the true masters of journalistic accuracy
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Chipmunk's what?
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The dreaded greengrocers' apostrophe. I see the Apostrophe Society is closing down; they seem to be fighting a losing battle.
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