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Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jan 2024, 12:27
Replies: 10,271
Views: 4,579,792
Posted By NutLoose

Aviation content: Whoa, that's low. ...

Aviation content:

Whoa, that's low.



https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1745589005503328379
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jan 2024, 07:58
Replies: 8
Views: 2,476
Posted By skua

Take her through Effects of Controls - Part I, I...

Take her through Effects of Controls - Part I, I presume?
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jan 2024, 17:27
Replies: 8
Views: 2,476
Posted By nevillestyke

As good as a mile.

I do hope that her gunnery is more accurate than the title conferred on her would suggest.
Forum: Rotorheads
16th Jan 2024, 14:23
Replies: 35
Views: 10,335
Posted By Wide Mouth Frog

Crab, I wouldn't dream of criticising you for...

Crab, I wouldn't dream of criticising you for that incident any more than I would criticise the gentleman from Welshpool. From a practical point of view any accident during an instructional flight is...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Jan 2024, 16:30
Replies: 9
Views: 2,005
Posted By malabo

A few of us were in Somalia 30 years ago, on 212...

A few of us were in Somalia 30 years ago, on 212 and 412. SASless? If you went down you'd holler for help on the HF and if you were lucky the cavalry (Australian Special Forces) would hop in another...
Forum: Rotorheads
5th Jan 2024, 20:49
Replies: 14
Views: 4,445
Posted By helispotter

But an expensive repair, even if it didn't roll...

But an expensive repair, even if it didn't roll on its side. I was surprised to see the tie-down points on the Apache are so low down on the fuselage, one on the underside of tail boom, others...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Jan 2024, 16:42
Replies: 14
Views: 4,445
Posted By Squat switch

Attempting to fly on 2nd Jan when a high...

Attempting to fly on 2nd Jan when a high wind/storm warning for the majority of UK has been issued-someone was desperate to fly, why? Or is the course that far behind?
It'll be interesting to hear...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Dec 2023, 18:05
Replies: 28
Views: 8,236
Posted By Big Pistons Forever

Flt Lt Gomez has ruined his life. With no job, a...

Flt Lt Gomez has ruined his life. With no job, a criminal record, and skills that will be useless in the civil aviation world, it is hard to see much of a future for this person. He is obviously...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Dec 2023, 16:19
Replies: 28
Views: 8,236
Posted By langleybaston

Strange ............. some unasked or unanswered...

Strange ............. some unasked or unanswered questions.

Was it a service firearm, was it issued to him, was he ordered to go tooled up "just in case".

Did he get as far as putting the...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Dec 2023, 08:02
Replies: 28
Views: 8,236
Posted By Mogwi

When I was serving in Norn Iron some 50(!) years...

When I was serving in Norn Iron some 50(!) years ago, I used to pack a “personal protector” Colt .38 auto in a shoulder holster under my jacket. One evening, in the mess at Aldergrove, we had a fine...
Forum: Rotorheads
11th Sep 2023, 12:22
Replies: 190
Views: 51,535
Posted By SASless

True.....but the discussion is useful even if not...

True.....but the discussion is useful even if not applicable to the accident aircraft assuming the aircraft did in fact have no fire bottle)s) installed.

The discussion does raise questions that...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Sep 2023, 13:38
Replies: 25
Views: 6,537
Posted By ORAC

Iran was a member of CENTO up to its demise in as...

Iran was a member of CENTO up to its demise in as a consequence of the Iranian revolution and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

(I was in Cyprus in 76-78 (when we were ordered to destroy all our...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2023, 14:02
Replies: 39
Views: 11,704
Posted By ORAC

The UK hasn’t envisaged needing industrial scale...

The UK hasn’t envisaged needing industrial scale munition production since the Korean War.

Even during the Cold War the expectation was that, if it went hot, it would be a fighting retreat to the...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2023, 07:22
Replies: 39
Views: 11,704
Posted By Mr Mac

Mj89 Heavy industry in the UK , where ? Ship...

Mj89
Heavy industry in the UK , where ? Ship sailed sometime ago on that, indeed ship probably broken up on Bangladeshi beaches now.

The German defence spending has indeed been mismanaged, but it...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jan 2023, 18:42
Replies: 39
Views: 11,704
Posted By _Agrajag_

Very much this. The combination of a great...

Very much this.

The combination of a great deal of technical expertise and a strong view from within the Federal Government that re-armament was likely to cause offence to Germany's allies...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jan 2023, 18:38
Replies: 39
Views: 11,704
Posted By henra

This also completely puzzles me. In an interview...

This also completely puzzles me. In an interview last year she said she was well aware that Putin is a dangerous man. But it was exactly under her control that the German Armed Forces were demolished...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jan 2023, 09:56
Replies: 1,409
Views: 467,225
Posted By tucumseh

This is the best line in the article. ...

This is the best line in the article.

Instead of the inflation rate, we used to get the Department of Trade and Industry Index for (e.g.) 'aviation' or 'avionics'. Historically, each would run at...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jan 2023, 01:03
Replies: 132
Views: 49,337
Posted By Bob Viking

Full disclosure

LJ, haven’t you previously, proudly, told us that your wife earns more than you? Does that have anything to do with why you’re not so bothered about how much the RAF pays you?

Sorry to be blunt...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jan 2023, 19:57
Replies: 132
Views: 49,337
Posted By Baldeep Inminj

I joined the RAF just over 30 years ago and I...

I joined the RAF just over 30 years ago and I have seen recruting ebb and flow since that time - the pipeline has been turned on and off more times than I care to remember due to various reviews,...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jan 2023, 07:18
Replies: 481
Views: 354,434
Posted By iRaven

Timelord - idiocy, yes, but actually now that...

Timelord - idiocy, yes, but actually now that buying fewer engines than airframes has actually paid dividends. It means that there are a pair of engines that are so new that the problem hasn’t...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jan 2023, 12:34
Replies: 132
Views: 49,337
Posted By minigundiplomat

Do we think the recent policy of making 29.5% of...

Do we think the recent policy of making 29.5% of the population, the segment from which the RAF traditionally recruited, feel unwelcome and unvalued may have contributed to this issue? Or is it a...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jan 2023, 20:51
Replies: 132
Views: 49,337
Posted By Phil_R

I am aware of one young person who spent most of...

I am aware of one young person who spent most of her youth hankering after a career flying for the RAF and as far as I am aware had got through the first stage of doing that.

She's neither male...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jan 2023, 10:55
Replies: 132
Views: 49,337
Posted By EESDL

....and let's sub out those flying roles which...

....and let's sub out those flying roles which might have provided some respite for hard-pressed crews whom are/were remaining.
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jan 2023, 17:48
Replies: 132
Views: 49,337
Posted By punkalouver

Hey RAF recruiters, I have a bunch of flying...

Hey RAF recruiters,

I have a bunch of flying time mostly on freighters from small twin turboprops to heavy four engine turboprops and the heaviest of jets.

My great grandpapa came from England...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Dec 2022, 00:36
Replies: 34
Views: 11,460
Posted By megan

A liquid in and of itself does not burn, it has...

A liquid in and of itself does not burn, it has to be heated to the point where it vapourises and it is that which burns. That's why you can stand in a pool of Jet A and drop lit matches to your...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Dec 2022, 18:20
Replies: 34
Views: 11,460
Posted By Nigerian Expat Outlaw

I was aged 9 when it happened. My Dad and I used...

I was aged 9 when it happened. My Dad and I used to fish off the beach at Pagham, near Bognor Regis. We couldn't fail. Plaice, sole, etc in abundance. The local professional boat fishermen used to...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Dec 2022, 08:06
Replies: 34
Views: 11,460
Posted By Asturias56

Tankers can be tough to sink - lots of...

Tankers can be tough to sink - lots of subdivided spaces - think of the "Ohio" in Operation Pedestal
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Mar 2007, 19:28
Replies: 34
Views: 11,460
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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