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4th Mar 2024, 12:09
Replies: 94
Views: 13,925
Posted By Union Jack

Sighted my all-time US favourite when heading to...

Sighted my all-time US favourite when heading to my daughter's beach house in the Hamptons - a blue metallic Jaguar convertible with the top down in the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane of the Long...
22nd Feb 2024, 15:16
Replies: 62
Views: 10,948
Posted By Union Jack

No, not really, Stacks, especially when complete...

No, not really, Stacks, especially when complete with the emoji concerned, and Asturias doesn't seem to be too bothered. I might also add that I write as someone who was in the control room of an...
19th Feb 2024, 14:51
Replies: 93
Views: 24,594
Posted By Union Jack

And here's a very relevant letter under the...

And here's a very relevant letter under the heading "Army Exodus" in today's DT (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2024/02/19/letters-wont-just-be-tories-who-express-despair-at-election/) from the...
10th Feb 2024, 13:57
Replies: 50
Views: 10,874
Posted By Union Jack

Will this make them all Diamond geezers?:hmm: ...

Will this make them all Diamond geezers?:hmm:

Jack
10th Feb 2024, 13:54
Replies: 46
Views: 5,856
Posted By Union Jack

Without wishing to appear, err, pedantic, perhaps...

Without wishing to appear, err, pedantic, perhaps you should bring that to Merriam-Webster's...
2nd Jan 2024, 15:55
Replies: 63
Views: 6,113
Posted By Union Jack

That was because it was the personal aircraft of,...

That was because it was the personal aircraft of, as Dave Reid correctly says, Flag Officer Naval Air Command, an appointment which until about the late 1970s was regarded as that of a Royal Navy...
23rd Nov 2023, 13:07
Replies: 66
Views: 13,976
Posted By Union Jack

Both fascinating and amusing stuff for a dark...

Both fascinating and amusing stuff for a dark blue reader who has never been asked to undergo a March In or a March Out in any Navy, or indeed one Army, OMQ. :ok:

Jack
3rd Nov 2023, 18:30
Replies: 12,904
Views: 4,794,680
Posted By Union Jack

Well done, I B-B - great photographs of...

Well done, I B-B - great photographs of interesting aircraft and a fine-looking body of men and women. Danny would have been delighted by both, and your post is very timely since it would have been...
21st Oct 2023, 13:53
Replies: 41
Views: 11,209
Posted By Union Jack

There's many a slip twixt the cup...

There's many a slip twixt the cup (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Jennings#/media/File:Women_of_the_Year_RAF2_(cropped).jpg) and the lip....:=

Jack
4th Oct 2023, 12:15
Replies: 68
Views: 18,774
Posted By Union Jack

You just will not believe this, the Mighty Belfast may return

The mighty BELFAST has already returned (https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2021/july/07/20210707-belfast-opens) :D

Jack
26th Sep 2023, 21:53
Replies: 284
Views: 82,671
Posted By Union Jack

..... although it was in fact an RAF station from...

..... although it was in fact an RAF station from its opening on 1 May 39 before becoming HMS FULMAR RNAS Lossiemouth on 2 Jul 46.

The RN officer was of course there to add some extra tone!:D
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6th Jul 2023, 13:37
Replies: 82
Views: 17,055
Posted By Union Jack

The following quotation from today's Daily...

The following quotation from today's Daily Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/07/05/ben-wallace-nato-chief-joe-biden-ukraine-f16/) sheds further light on the above, namely

"Mrs...
2nd Jun 2023, 13:42
Replies: 592
Views: 191,388
Posted By Union Jack

An interesting quotation - it would be very...

An interesting quotation - it would be very useful to know how your comments relate to your own service?

Jack
13th Apr 2023, 23:03
Replies: 106
Views: 34,948
Posted By Union Jack

No comment to make on the overall thrust of the...

No comment to make on the overall thrust of the post, but If I may (and with a nod to SLXOwft) I should like to put the brief reference to Admiral Fieldhouse and his preparedness to be CINCFLEET in a...
6th Apr 2023, 12:32
Replies: 88
Views: 12,589
Posted By Union Jack

Ahem...."Swing the lamp!":= Jack

Ahem...."Swing the lamp!":=

Jack
27th Feb 2023, 21:10
Replies: 164
Views: 64,919
Posted By Union Jack

[/b][/i][/u] Hear! Hear! Jack

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Hear! Hear!

Jack
23rd Feb 2023, 21:30
Replies: 17
Views: 3,110
Posted By Union Jack

....of BRNC!:ok: Jack

....of BRNC!:ok:

Jack
24th Jan 2023, 21:50
Replies: 164
Views: 64,919
Posted By Union Jack

Good point, although I would like to think that...

Good point, although I would like to think that Captain Angus Essenhigh (son of a former First Sea Lord) will make some appearances. One Captain, namely Captain James Blackmore, a former Sea Harrier...
12th Jan 2023, 10:24
Replies: 34
Views: 8,664
Posted By Union Jack

An intriguing question for British...

An intriguing question for British posters....:rolleyes:

Jack
14th Sep 2022, 20:24
Replies: 11
Views: 1,140
Posted By Union Jack

It may be worth mentioning in this context that,...

It may be worth mentioning in this context that, whilst an existing EHIC remains valid until the expiry date indicated, that its replacement, the UK Global Health Insurance Card (EHIC) is worth...
17th Dec 2019, 19:47
Replies: 118
Views: 44,210
Posted By Union Jack

"Blasphemy! He said it again!"👍🏻😁 ...

"Blasphemy! He said it again!"👍🏻😁

Jack
14th Dec 2019, 23:40
Replies: 118
Views: 44,210
Posted By Union Jack

She did indeed, as chronicled here...

She did indeed, as chronicled here https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1967/nov/16/hms-victorious-fire but in reality, despite the sad loss of life of one senior rating, the...
30th Mar 2007, 19:28
Replies: 34
Views: 11,406
Posted By Union Jack

Groundloop and Archimedes are indeed correct -...

Groundloop and Archimedes are indeed correct - the aim of the exercise was to try to diminish the prospect of ecological damage by setting the fuel on fire, coupled of course with the opportunity to...
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