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Forum: Military Aviation

12th Feb 2024, 16:41

Replies: 365

NATO vs Russia

Views: 84,881

Posted By BANANASBANANAS

What his personal motives may be do not concern...

What his personal motives may be do not concern me one iota. I just asked myself whether or not he raised a valid point - albeit in a bad way, and my answer was and is, Yes.

This is the NATO V...

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Feb 2024, 10:16

Replies: 365

NATO vs Russia

Views: 84,881

Posted By BANANASBANANAS

I think we all know that it is best to win the...

I think we all know that it is best to win the war with Russia in Ukraine, rather than have to fight it in the Baltic states, Poland, Romania, Moldova etc, ourselves. My view is very simple. If you...

Forum: Military Aviation

12th Feb 2024, 06:25

Replies: 365

NATO vs Russia

Views: 84,881

Posted By BANANASBANANAS

You obviously didn’t read my reply properly. I...

You obviously didn’t read my reply properly. I believe that Trump is simply trying to get other NATO countries to pay their fair share - and that is fair enough. The way he is going about doing that...

Forum: Military Aviation

5th Feb 2024, 05:30

Replies: 10,579

Ukraine War Thread Part 2

Views: 4,729,023

Posted By BANANASBANANAS

No, it does not. The pilots you refer to were...

No, it does not. The pilots you refer to were invariably captured and, consequently, 'hors de combat' for the duration. These pilots were, no doubt, about to embark on further missions, raining death...

Forum: Military Aviation

4th Feb 2024, 03:38

Replies: 10,579

Ukraine War Thread Part 2

Views: 4,729,023

Posted By BANANASBANANAS

He was not randomly assassinated. He is a...

He was not randomly assassinated. He is a legitimate military target. By removing a pilot from the scene, that is a Russian bomber that is no longer available to kill innocent civilians.

Forum: Military Aviation

25th Jan 2024, 13:37

Replies: 760

RAF Chipmunks

Views: 375,616

Posted By BANANASBANANAS

Pilot: ...

Pilot: Fuel On Brakes On Throttle Closed Switches Off.
Groundcrew: Breech Inserted Cowling Secure Rear Switches On Clear To Start...

Forum: Military Aviation

26th Nov 2023, 06:35

Replies: 38

Buccs in red flag.

Views: 10,491

Posted By BANANASBANANAS

This vid, admittedly of Buccs over the sea, gives...

This vid, admittedly of Buccs over the sea, gives some idea of how low you can go! Music is pretty good too.

The 'low' stuff starts at about the 2:15 mark.

https://youtu.be/lteL18wd15Y

Forum: Military Aviation

16th Jun 2023, 14:51

Replies: 10,579

Ukraine War Thread Part 2

Views: 4,729,023

Posted By BANANASBANANAS

We had a '5 minute early' rule for all briefings....

We had a '5 minute early' rule for all briefings. I was once given a rollocking for being 2 minutes late for being 5 minutes early!

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Jun 2023, 06:43

Replies: 310

‘Stop choosing useless white male pilots’, RAF told

Views: 101,547

Posted By BANANASBANANAS

Similar story. I was a VYWM (18) when I started...

Similar story. I was a VYWM (18) when I started at Cranwell but I had still managed (and indeed, had needed) to have a myriad of mundane weekend and holiday jobs since the age of 12 - most of which...

Forum: Military Aviation

16th Apr 2023, 07:05

Replies: 16,445

Is Ukraine about to have a war?

Views: 18,145,087

Posted By BANANASBANANAS

https://youtu.be/y9o_nu6WWEg

https://youtu.be/y9o_nu6WWEg

Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific

2nd Feb 2023, 06:14

Replies: 39

Jetstar excess Fuel YBBN.

Views: 10,424

Posted By BANANASBANANAS

Not normally possible according to most airline...

Not normally possible according to most airline SOPs for the simple reason that, once defuelled, that fuel is classed as 'contaminated' and it is not worth the time, effort or money to do the checks...

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