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28th Feb 2019, 20:45
Replies: 398
Views: 265,005
Posted By Kitbag

Me too. I first touched one as a newly qualified...

Me too. I first touched one as a newly qualified jelly tot in 1982. The old girl has done this nation proud, she had a difficult birth as the RAF came to terms with modern technology, those...
8th Aug 2018, 07:33
Replies: 45
Views: 8,235
Posted By Kitbag

I think IX(B) would disagree with you Ken ...

I think IX(B) would disagree with you Ken

Second longest sorties by RAF aircraft.
30th Mar 2017, 20:12
Replies: 38
Views: 12,512
Posted By Kitbag

Apologies XR219, now, where's Alber?

Apologies XR219, now, where's Alber?
30th Mar 2017, 18:06
Replies: 38
Views: 12,512
Posted By Kitbag

XR219, I have to pull you up on Tornado being...

XR219, I have to pull you up on Tornado being conceived and in service before 1972, first flight of P01 was August 1974, so conceived and probably metal being cut, but not in service.
Id have to go...
21st Feb 2017, 21:12
Replies: 65
Views: 25,782
Posted By Kitbag

Thanks all, I had discounted optical cameras...

Thanks all, I had discounted optical cameras because the circular portions appear to be quite opaque now, whether through degradation (are they glass?) or just the dust of decades of storage.
21st Feb 2017, 12:21
Replies: 65
Views: 25,782
Posted By Kitbag

Having just visited Duxford for the first time in...

Having just visited Duxford for the first time in many years I noted that the MR3 in the Restoration Hangar has been turned round revealing these odd boxy, turrety things under the rear fuselage in...
18th Jan 2017, 12:05
Replies: 41
Views: 11,410
Posted By Kitbag

To be fair, a Tornado squadron at Lossie did just...

To be fair, a Tornado squadron at Lossie did just that two or three years ago, its in Air Clues somewhere.
27th Nov 2016, 13:55
Replies: 126
Views: 41,725
Posted By Kitbag

Showing a bunch of enthusiasts and their ladies...

Showing a bunch of enthusiasts and their ladies around Tornado several decades ago I was struck by the words of one very well spoken woman who said when we walked into HAS 55 which had been prepared...
23rd Nov 2016, 18:10
Replies: 10
Views: 2,238
Posted By Kitbag

TBH I thought at first that it was one of those...

TBH I thought at first that it was one of those flight sim recordings as the image was so clear. Having watched it all the way through it is obviously a beautifully maintained and photographed...
4th Oct 2016, 17:10
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,592,572
Posted By Kitbag

Is Sharky still alive then?

Is Sharky still alive then?
14th Sep 2016, 17:43
Replies: 22
Views: 7,226
Posted By Kitbag

I don't know why, but I've always been fascinated...

I don't know why, but I've always been fascinated by the De Havilland twin boom jets
5th Sep 2016, 18:48
Replies: 18
Views: 6,208
Posted By Kitbag

TEEEJ, you are right, I took my cue from...

TEEEJ, you are right, I took my cue from Nutloose's post, however I think the point still stands, indeed looking at your link (http://www.swafhf.se/flygplanen-01.html) they have a very nice historic...
3rd Sep 2016, 21:35
Replies: 18
Views: 6,208
Posted By Kitbag

LL, be fair, it looks like the Draken got off the...

LL, be fair, it looks like the Draken got off the ground without lighting the afterburner.

TBH I was surprised that an air force as small as Austria is able to maintain and operate such a large...
23rd Aug 2016, 22:13
Replies: 10
Views: 2,709
Posted By Kitbag

Duxford Victor Appeal

Saw on Look East today this appeal (http://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/iwm-duxford-funding-campaign-handley-page-victor/) to raise money for restoration of XH648 which is looking rather tatty....
30th Jul 2016, 17:53
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,592,572
Posted By Kitbag

Typhoon is the UK mainstay, F-35 is not a fighter...

Typhoon is the UK mainstay, F-35 is not a fighter in those terms, so your point would be..?
22nd Jul 2016, 15:04
Replies: 9
Views: 2,042
Posted By Kitbag

How much money do you want to spend?

How much money do you want to spend?
22nd Jul 2016, 15:02
Replies: 154
Views: 63,672
Posted By Kitbag

HH why take any notice of random cars as they...

HH why take any notice of random cars as they pass, unless they're flying that black rag of a flag I would imagine that it was just part of the normal background mass of traffic that an airbase...
21st Jul 2016, 16:07
Replies: 154
Views: 63,672
Posted By Kitbag

And those linking it in their own posts as well

And those linking it in their own posts as well
21st Jul 2016, 15:54
Replies: 25
Views: 5,878
Posted By Kitbag

There's a Mk21 (I think) at Duxford getting...

There's a Mk21 (I think) at Duxford getting slowly rebuilt, speak to the guys there, they'll have a lot more system knowledge than Pilots Notes.
21st Jul 2016, 15:27
Replies: 154
Views: 63,672
Posted By Kitbag

Wearing of uniform in public

I like to see the uniform on display outside the wire, reminds the public the Armed Forces exist. You all know they exist because you frequent this website, but, given the attention span of the...
16th Jul 2016, 13:12
Replies: 34
Views: 9,266
Posted By Kitbag

Superb proframme that has whetted my appetite for...

Superb proframme that has whetted my appetite for more, so if I were to go to Big River books what would you recommend?
30th Jun 2016, 17:35
Replies: 28
Views: 16,152
Posted By Kitbag

Buster, I'm not so sure the RAF 'seemingly cannot...

Buster, I'm not so sure the RAF 'seemingly cannot wait to scrap it and its un-doubted capabilities in favour of the new 5th Generation toy' More likely the RAF have flown the ar$e$ off their...
22nd Jun 2016, 22:42
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,592,572
Posted By Kitbag

Looks like the RAF will have to rely on US repair...

Looks like the RAF will have to rely on US repair contracts for some avionics systems...
18th Jun 2016, 16:12
Replies: 20
Views: 8,808
Posted By Kitbag

I was surprised to see the weights of the dinghy,...

I was surprised to see the weights of the dinghy, radio set and Decca set quoted in at a time when most things were in pounds
12th Jun 2016, 09:38
Replies: 41
Views: 10,731
Posted By Kitbag

True, but maybe the person with the football goes...

True, but maybe the person with the football goes and finds a better team to play with. It's our football after all...
11th Jun 2016, 19:07
Replies: 21
Views: 6,914
Posted By Kitbag

Service numbers used to be batched, I'm an ex...

Service numbers used to be batched, I'm an ex Technician Apprentice and all of us (unless we remustered) were '815's from the early 70's until the scheme ceased in the 90's. It used to be possible...
4th Jun 2016, 16:58
Replies: 124
Views: 52,477
Posted By Kitbag

Only cosmetically

Only cosmetically
24th May 2016, 16:30
Replies: 13
Views: 6,186
Posted By Kitbag

I think any small deflections of control surfaces...

I think any small deflections of control surfaces you see on a modern fly by wire ac will be almost certainly the computers keeping the ac going where the pilot wants it to, not that the pilot has...
7th May 2016, 16:03
Replies: 27
Views: 8,092
Posted By Kitbag

Tryed itt wunce, I ketp havving th erge too...

Tryed itt wunce, I ketp havving th erge too kerrect th speling
29th Apr 2016, 11:58
Replies: 81
Views: 14,529
Posted By Kitbag

Dunno, I'm a techie, not an engineer. Best...

Dunno, I'm a techie, not an engineer. Best person to ask is that bloke with a brain the size of a planet; Julian Young, I think he was the driving force behind it (may not be though)
29th Apr 2016, 11:48
Replies: 81
Views: 14,529
Posted By Kitbag

The Engineer Branch has this: ...

The Engineer Branch has this:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A8YPaLpCcAA8ERi.jpg
27th Apr 2016, 19:15
Replies: 32
Views: 10,197
Posted By Kitbag

True enough, but reading between the lines this...

True enough, but reading between the lines this is the first time in a generation, ie the last combat use was before many current crews had ever strapped in to a jet
26th Apr 2016, 18:19
Replies: 56
Views: 24,891
Posted By Kitbag

Don't believe any IR AIM 9 until very recently...

Don't believe any IR AIM 9 until very recently could be aided by a radar system (except the 9C).
4th Apr 2016, 17:23
Replies: 68
Views: 36,606
Posted By Kitbag

Sure the story wasn't meant to be published on 1...

Sure the story wasn't meant to be published on 1 April?
15th Mar 2016, 18:44
Replies: 3
Views: 2,789
Posted By Kitbag

Sadly the link isn't But this may be better...

Sadly the link isn't

But this may be better to copy and paste into your browser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGzq_ESN44M
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