"It'll polish out, Chiefie!"

bloody hell that was confusing going to that other forum.

I got lost for a little while there. Couldn't tell which was which :8

Anyone got a piccy that works?

From the UKAR thread...

http://www.ukar.co.uk/board/ikonboar...;t=10742;st=20

Dont see what all the fuss is over on Key.

The 'fuss' over on Key is down to couple of guys, Fonk and NungesserC are the main culprits, trolls of the very worst kind thay are. One of them used to post here under the name Gegene(sp?), you only need to check his posts to see what I mean.

Regards, RP

More to the point there's a working Groves 422 Crane lifting it! Wretched crane can only lift 20 tonnes really close in. Bring back the Coles 315M, a mans crane!!

remember the iron fairy?....now thats a name for a crane!

Pontius,

Inbox cleared!

Ref bannings. Some Frenchie referred to the Brits as 'Mr Beans' and harped on about our national inadequacies, and was then upset when I referred to the French as soap-dodging, ugly bird molesting surrender merchants.....

Ah, I see. Most of it had been edited out by the time I looked in...

Both using WWI french aces for handles, too? :yuk:

I do wish Jacko would say what he really means about the French - he's far too nice to them.

You should have mentioned cheese somewhere in there. Always pleases the froggies if you mention cheese.....

Jacko, well said. That Typhoon doesn't look that badly damaged. I know a good panel beater that could take the dents out. Anyone know for sure if its a write off?

Orac,

I didn't want to offend anyone.......

(And I find that disparaging their hairy-pitted, stained toothed womenfolk, and their lack of personal hygiene to be every bit as effective as talking of cheese.....) ;)

Navaleye...

Not sure about the exact details, but one of the major snags with typhoon is the level of composite use in the airframe, not quite as simple as taking a hammer to it;) Most of the structure is load-bearing iirc

Maybe they could fit rubbing strips on the underside of the nose for the remaining fleet? Seems a bid sad to be talking about writing off a £50m piece of kit before its even entered operational service. :confused:

"Maybe they could fit rubbing strips on the underside of the nose for the remaining fleet"

Or strap on a couple of Jackos abrasive mates :)

retard

Having had a quick look around the jet at Coningsby recently, with the radome and radar removed, it certainly doesn't look all that bad at all, and the gingers seem pretty confident that it would be repairable. Certainly looked in a lot better shape than several Tornados I have seen after a wheels up landing.
Although Composite materials hide a lot of damage, and can be in quite a state whilst looking outwardly fine, it seems that the radome, radar assy and canards took most of the hit, all replaceable items

Although perhaps a certain Mr El***t won't be too happy to have his jet dead for such a long time:p :ok:

Mr E's feelings toward "his" jet aside, I wonder if the Typhoon spares situation has improved somewhat recently? :hmm:

Do we take it that Mr E was at the controls?

Jacko,

Maybe it was just the one with his name on the side????

sw