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Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Apr 2024, 21:04
Replies: 7
Views: 2,007
Posted By langleybaston

Only in the northern hemisphere surely?

Only in the northern hemisphere surely?
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Apr 2024, 10:46
Replies: 117
Views: 39,379
Posted By Chugalug2

When he was your Boss he was a commander. Ditto...

When he was your Boss he was a commander. Ditto when he commanded a Station, but outside of that is a bureaucracy and managers with grandiose titles. So he became a manager and thus participated in...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Mar 2024, 20:36
Replies: 20
Views: 4,303
Posted By DuncanDoenitz

In 28 years at least one Air Force will have...

In 28 years at least one Air Force will have outsourced drone-piloting to the Ser-Cock consortium, who will turn sub-contract the operation to a call centre in Mumbai.
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Mar 2024, 19:20
Replies: 224
Views: 45,726
Posted By MrBernoulli

You don't need to know how to fablon a map, ST! ...

You don't need to know how to fablon a map, ST!

Why? Experience shows us that merely carrying some fablon and a map could be very handy in a survival situation. Imagine you find yourself alone, in...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Feb 2024, 19:45
Replies: 224
Views: 45,726
Posted By ShyTorque

My reserve commitment finally expired at the age...

My reserve commitment finally expired at the age of 60, as I understand most do. These days I can’t even fablon a map, honest guv.
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Feb 2024, 15:56
Replies: 224
Views: 45,726
Posted By Mogwi

They’d have to be pretty desperate if they wanted...

They’d have to be pretty desperate if they wanted me to dust off my No 5s!

Mog
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Feb 2024, 15:11
Replies: 224
Views: 45,726
Posted By Low average

I'm getting really tired of people saying these...

I'm getting really tired of people saying these cards are useless and a waste of money. They can be used for a multitude of things - Golf ball marker, scraping ice from the windshield (thanks...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2024, 13:19
Replies: 117
Views: 39,379
Posted By Flipster130

Maybe we should all leave sealed instructions to...

Maybe we should all leave sealed instructions to our descendants (grand-children and hopefully great-grand-children) to seek the MoD papers in June 2094 and to use Tuc's excellent publications to...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Dec 2023, 08:19
Replies: 76
Views: 16,226
Posted By charliegolf

You forgot the Weber BBQ. Rookie oversight.:ok: ...

You forgot the Weber BBQ. Rookie oversight.:ok:

CG
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Nov 2023, 11:09
Replies: 37
Views: 8,516
Posted By Ken Scott

Lucifer Morningstar, you must know that a...

Lucifer Morningstar, you must know that a sensible and reasoned argument backed up by first-hand knowledge is against the rules and ethos of pprune…!
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Nov 2023, 17:16
Replies: 37
Views: 8,516
Posted By chevvron

As I recall, the 145 is about half the size of a...

As I recall, the 145 is about half the size of a Puma; it would be OK for the '212 and its predecessor the Wessex and would be perfect for replacing the A109 but a Puma it ain't.
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Nov 2023, 16:17
Replies: 37
Views: 8,516
Posted By Marly Lite

Next headline: MoD buys helicopters for...

Next headline:

MoD buys helicopters for Cyprus and Brunei that are unsuitable for the role.

The ****(insert platform) is not capable of hovering on one engine in the climate involved; cannot...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Nov 2023, 16:51
Replies: 8
Views: 2,864
Posted By NorthSouth

Well said crab. As a well known (now no longer...

Well said crab. As a well known (now no longer with us) Jewish MP once said in the Commons, "the murder of my grandmother in Auschwitz does not justify the murder of Palestinian grandmothers in...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st May 2023, 16:32
Replies: 310
Views: 101,338
Posted By Sue Vêtements

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1000x750/si_91_1471h_7f74e72095f7ae929cb9171d3f683560e0053277.jpg
A bunch of female pilots
Forum: Military Aviation
31st May 2023, 14:54
Replies: 310
Views: 101,338
Posted By Ken Scott

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/800x585/img_4392_e8fffe012cf5a680315ddbf2b8595474f60b6a83.jpeg
A bunch of ‘useless white male pilots’ waiting to scramble against the Luftwaffe,...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th May 2023, 01:06
Replies: 52
Views: 13,011
Posted By SASless

History is what it was and what it...

History is what it was and what it is.....sometimes not liked for any number of reasons some of which are quite unfathomable.

The use of a Dog's Name today seems to get some folks knickers in a...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Apr 2023, 16:54
Replies: 58
Views: 5,811
Posted By ShyTorque

Over the years I decided that the safest thing...

Over the years I decided that the safest thing was to fly solely twin engined aircraft.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2023, 01:36
Replies: 16
Views: 3,932
Posted By NutLoose

I agree, I found the programme and the presenter...

I agree, I found the programme and the presenter very good, I remember seeing the photo with the Ukraine U.K. flag on the liberator and thought he must be one we trained. Didn’t we provide full kit...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Feb 2023, 20:50
Replies: 291
Views: 110,167
Posted By Ascend Charlie

​​​​​​​Musk's Tesla falling back from space?

​​​​​​​Musk's Tesla falling back from space?
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2023, 08:25
Replies: 103
Views: 22,029
Posted By Ninthace

All to do with the Treasury thinking that the...

All to do with the Treasury thinking that the Peace Dividend after the fall of the Berlin Wall was an annual saving to be taken, rather than a one off.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2023, 07:28
Replies: 103
Views: 22,029
Posted By NutLoose

Errrr, not just the Army. But tell me something...

Errrr, not just the Army.
But tell me something we didn’t already know, The Governments of this Country have been driving our capabilities to defend ourselves into the ground for years, you look at...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jan 2023, 09:51
Replies: 132
Views: 49,532
Posted By falcon900

Plus ca change…….. The age old problem. If it...

Plus ca change……..
The age old problem. If it is any consolation, the same situation applies in the civilian world. Even where the consultants aren’t employing your former staff, the first thing...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jan 2023, 08:46
Replies: 132
Views: 49,532
Posted By Bob Viking

Easy money

The RAF have paid £480,000 to a US consultancy firm to tell them how they can fix the problem. I could have given them a few nuggets for a lot less. In fact, instead of doing what the MOD always do...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jan 2023, 19:55
Replies: 19
Views: 4,888
Posted By pax britanica

Max Hastings is one of Britains most...

Max Hastings is one of Britains most distinguished journalists and editors. He is also a staunch and respected member of the Conservative party. He was 100% right about Boris Johnson being unfit to...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Dec 2017, 17:51
Replies: 44
Views: 28,502
Posted By ShyTorque

Q-SKI, very long time no see! I was brought...

Q-SKI, very long time no see!

I was brought in off leave to replace the pilot, aka "The flying vicar"!
You were damned lucky you hadn't picked up the usl because otherwise I reckon you'd have...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Apr 2006, 13:51
Replies: 94
Views: 20,645
Posted By G-CPTN

Left hand down a bit. (Navy Lark,...

Left hand down a bit.

(Navy Lark, Sub-Lieutenant Phillips)
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jun 2001, 03:39
Replies: 39
Views: 4,329
Posted By Skycop

Post Do what an ex-colleague of mine did when the RAF...

Do what an ex-colleague of mine did when the RAF plods aimed their speed gun at him in NI on the Aldergrove southern peri track.

He sped up, went straight to the guardroom and told them that there...
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