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Forum: Military Aviation
17th Oct 2005, 22:44
Replies: 32
Views: 5,885
Posted By uncivilservant

Just to clarify the different marks of .303...

Just to clarify the different marks of .303 ammunition. PA28 is correct, Mk VII and Mk VIIz were interchangeable, the difference between them was that the former was loaded with cordite as a...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jul 2005, 21:24
Replies: 6
Views: 1,622
Posted By uncivilservant

Of course this was short lived as I quickly...

Of course this was short lived as I quickly realised this was addressed to the civil service!!!
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Any joy would have been even shorter lved...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd May 2005, 23:00
Replies: 25
Views: 3,723
Posted By uncivilservant

"Don't take the wrong way, because I really don't...

"Don't take the wrong way, because I really don't mean it like that, but it seems a little odd that to consider it an achievement to destroy a huge, slow moving bag of hydrogen."...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
2nd May 2005, 23:31
Replies: 6
Views: 1,685
Posted By uncivilservant

I once read that she was believed to have been...

I once read that she was believed to have been shot down by the Naval escorts of a convoy that she inadvertantly flew over in bad weather, when it was being attacked by the Luftwaffe ... but of...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd May 2005, 23:24
Replies: 2
Views: 1,377
Posted By uncivilservant

Hmm, let me guess. Reduce fleet flying...

Hmm, let me guess.

Reduce fleet flying hours, but increase tasking. Yet another attempt by the light blue to insist that Apache should be flown by them, not the Army. When will Future Lynx...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2005, 22:50
Replies: 144
Views: 28,997
Posted By uncivilservant

"But only after it had been stabbed in the back...

"But only after it had been stabbed in the back by the efforts of the Earl Mountbottom who had wrecked its chances by advocating naval air power from vulnerable aircraft carriers instead....."...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2005, 22:32
Replies: 10
Views: 2,461
Posted By uncivilservant

Back in the good/bad (you choose) old days before...

Back in the good/bad (you choose) old days before DLO, there used to be good inter-service cooperation in the DHSA ... and not just when ganging up on civil servants! Mind you, that might have been...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2005, 22:22
Replies: 30
Views: 5,656
Posted By uncivilservant

Cut 3,500 jobs in the DLO to save money (thanks,...

Cut 3,500 jobs in the DLO to save money (thanks, Mr Brown - or is Gordon a Moron?). Hire in 7,000 "external assistance" personnel at 20 times the cost of 3,500 civil servants.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Apr 2005, 22:20
Replies: 27
Views: 5,764
Posted By uncivilservant

RNHF Sea Fury was in the air at Yeovilton...

RNHF Sea Fury was in the air at Yeovilton yesterday, performing gentle manoevres. Wonderful sight and sound. Only spoilt by by the sad thought that the Firefly is no longer around. RIP.
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Apr 2005, 23:13
Replies: 530
Views: 176,602
Posted By uncivilservant

The old favourite at home time: "Time to Foxtrot...

The old favourite at home time: "Time to Foxtrot Oscar"

People (often in IPTs) described as "a few rounds short of a full magazine", or "a few aircraft short of a fleet".

Or my old Flight...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Apr 2005, 23:05
Replies: 32
Views: 4,020
Posted By uncivilservant

"Why do we need tanks? ..." Apache is why we...

"Why do we need tanks? ..."

Apache is why we need tanks! Late, unreliable and too few. Challenger 2 is far more effective - as well as in service and cheaper.

... and I'm not Cavalry (neither...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Apr 2005, 00:04
Replies: 36
Views: 8,718
Posted By uncivilservant

Not involved with Typhoon (silly name, maybe?),...

Not involved with Typhoon (silly name, maybe?), but there is an old maxim - "if it looks right, it is right" - and Typhoon seriously looks the biz. Saw it at a couple of Farnboroughs, the first it...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Apr 2005, 23:31
Replies: 17
Views: 2,678
Posted By uncivilservant

Ah yes, SKIOS. Place one contract with...

Ah yes, SKIOS. Place one contract with Westlands, who will subcontract the work previously contracted direct by MoD, and add a fat mark up. A step in the PFI direction, more political than...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Mar 2005, 22:49
Replies: 1
Views: 832
Posted By uncivilservant

The Fleet Air Arm

ITV West was scheduled to show the first in a six part series about FAA squadrons from Yeovilton tonight, but binned it without explanation. Anybody know why? Or does the light blue mafia have the...
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