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Forum: Military Aviation

29th Feb 2024, 07:48

Replies: 7,469

Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Posted By idle bystander

Ah, the much loved deadload trials. I remember an...

Ah, the much loved deadload trials. I remember an item in Ark Royal's daily orders "Deadload driver volunteers wanted; applicants should be in possession of an Admiralty driving licence, and be good...

Forum: Military Aviation

18th Jan 2024, 21:46

Replies: 1,144

Shoreham Airshow Crash Trial

Views: 616,812

Posted By idle bystander

You may very well be right that the aircraft was...

You may very well be right that the aircraft was unsserviceable, but that has nothing to do with the accident. No-one has made any claims that the aircraft failed the pilot in any way. The failure...

Forum: Military Aviation

26th Aug 2023, 12:18

Replies: 454

UK F-35B Lost

Views: 219,640

Posted By idle bystander

Whatever gave you that idea? As the report...

Whatever gave you that idea?
As the report makes clear, naval aviation is an order of magnitude more complex than operating from a land base, and nothing like "just flying from a mobile airfield"....

Forum: Military Aviation

13th Aug 2023, 17:00

Replies: 454

UK F-35B Lost

Views: 219,640

Posted By idle bystander

True to some extent. The ship's Air Engineering...

True to some extent. The ship's Air Engineering Department seems to have had many faults, and if I had been the Cdr AE I would have expected to be sacked if not court martialled.
But the...

Forum: Military Aviation

25th Jun 2023, 13:32

Replies: 20

Merlin engine issues - take 2?

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Posted By idle bystander

As a general rule with petrol engines, if the...

As a general rule with petrol engines, if the first thing you suspect is the carburettor, look at the ignition; and vice versa. Never fails with lawn mowers!

Forum: Military Aviation

11th Jan 2023, 13:33

Replies: 7,469

Future Carrier (Including Costs)

Views: 2,414,541

Posted By idle bystander

Please don't. You may not have realised that this...

Please don't. You may not have realised that this was a joke ...

Forum: Military Aviation

31st Jul 2021, 07:54

Replies: 109

A Failure of Values

Views: 40,177

Posted By idle bystander

What has changed is that women have realised that...

What has changed is that women have realised that they don't have to pretend they are entertained by the sort of boorish behaviour epitomised by the carved penis incident you describe, and the rest...

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