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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Jul 2011, 16:29
Replies: 55
Views: 18,921
Posted By Double Zero

Pop & co, if you are going to close ranks and...

Pop & co, if you are going to close ranks and refuse to admit anyone knows anything but you, you can do without me.

It seems discussion is beyond you, cheap insults are all you can manage...
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Jul 2011, 07:43
Replies: 55
Views: 18,921
Posted By Double Zero

Flying Lawyer, It may amaze you but my...

Flying Lawyer,

It may amaze you but my previous work has not been restricted to taking pretty PR pictures.

When with BAe ( where I first trained as a fitter ) my main work was in photographing...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Jul 2011, 22:49
Replies: 55
Views: 18,921
Posted By Double Zero

Photographer yes, from a flight test background. ...

Photographer yes, from a flight test background.

So you think selecting flap is a good idea with a wing in that state, when IF it went asymmetric you'd be rolling into a rather reduced wing & no...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Jul 2011, 19:33
Replies: 55
Views: 18,921
Posted By Double Zero

JW411, Get off your horse. I haven't been...

JW411, Get off your horse. I haven't been involved in a mid-air between warbirds, no, but I know what asymmetric flap does...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Jul 2011, 17:04
Replies: 55
Views: 18,921
Posted By Double Zero

Looking at the shot of the Skyraider coming in to...

Looking at the shot of the Skyraider coming in to land sans wing portion, was it a terribly good idea to select flaps ?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Jun 2011, 11:24
Replies: 13
Views: 3,730
Posted By Double Zero

Doering, excellent, thanks are due to you at...

Doering,

excellent, thanks are due to you at many levels.

I grew up and later worked at Dunsfold, a 1942 'field.

In about 2001, long after I then BAe left, the new owners ( property...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jun 2011, 23:01
Replies: 49
Views: 8,317
Posted By Double Zero

Sounds like a VC to me ! More to the point,...

Sounds like a VC to me !

More to the point, are he and his comrades going to be allowed to live in UK; if we can fund Wayne & Stacey 'avin a fag' on the dole lining up for burgers we can surely...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st May 2011, 15:33
Replies: 178
Views: 169,901
Posted By Double Zero

I always thought they were revealed when they...

I always thought they were revealed when they were superceded.

Never mind the B-2, how about the SR-71 ?! Aurora indeed...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd May 2011, 00:15
Replies: 30
Views: 5,657
Posted By Double Zero

Could be worth trying Bristol, I understand...

Could be worth trying Bristol, I understand there's a sizable Polish Club there. Good Luck, if the rest are like my friend there ( whose late Dad was involved ) I wouldn't want to be on their...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th May 2011, 21:08
Replies: 63
Views: 20,275
Posted By Double Zero

"Well as long as bankers ( which includes this...

"Well as long as bankers ( which includes this miserable excuse for a UK government ) and their chums on the golf course are OK, while our 'can do' services mistakenly keep on struggling, this will...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th May 2011, 15:29
Replies: 63
Views: 20,275
Posted By Double Zero

Well as long as bankers ( which includes this...

Well as long as bankers ( which includes this miserable excuse for a UK government ) and their chums on the golf course are OK, while our 'can do' services mistakenly keep on struggling, this will go...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2011, 21:39
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,693
Posted By Double Zero

Much as I admire the A-10, and after seeing them...

Much as I admire the A-10, and after seeing them ( and more to the point, their pilots' skills ) at West Freugh I certainly do, I would reckon the chances of embarking on a Naval version development...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th May 2011, 10:34
Replies: 102
Views: 25,892
Posted By Double Zero

When I last visited Duxford a few years ago they...

When I last visited Duxford a few years ago they had an Upkeep; maybe it's been moved then ?
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2011, 08:44
Replies: 22
Views: 8,332
Posted By Double Zero

Squirrel 41, I photographed the development...

Squirrel 41,

I photographed the development and test firing of the 25mm Aden planned for the Harrier GR5 ( instead of the AV-8B's GAU-12 ).

This was at a time, remember, when BAe had become...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Apr 2011, 16:34
Replies: 8
Views: 3,182
Posted By Double Zero

Control authority or what ?! Whatever the...

Control authority or what ?!

Whatever the thing costs, it's worth it - now build a useful number.
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Apr 2011, 14:12
Replies: 1,831
Views: 393,770
Posted By Double Zero

uffington, thanks for that; never thught I'd...

uffington,

thanks for that; never thught I'd be agreeing with the Sun !

Slightly surprised to see the tanks left on, I suppose it's as good a place as any to keep them.

Couldn't see any sign...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Apr 2011, 09:34
Replies: 1,831
Views: 393,770
Posted By Double Zero

Well I'm not RAF or RN, but I do read history,...

Well I'm not RAF or RN, but I do read history, and the FAA has traditionally been in the sights of the RAF, equally traditionally meeting the challenge when things hit the fan.

Wether that was the...
Forum: Flight Testing
18th Apr 2011, 08:55
Replies: 8
Views: 2,448
Posted By Double Zero

There was the project of a small, inflatable wing...

There was the project of a small, inflatable wing aircraft ( precursor to Microlights ) in I think the 1950's, for the use of 'spies in the field'.

It was flown, the Test Pilot ( Boscombe ? Can't...
Forum: Flight Testing
16th Apr 2011, 16:29
Replies: 8
Views: 2,448
Posted By Double Zero

Can you still get the doors open without a...

Can you still get the doors open without a penknife ? :)
Forum: Flight Testing
9th Apr 2011, 14:48
Replies: 3
Views: 3,692
Posted By Double Zero

Some Flight Test aircraft - say the Concorde...

Some Flight Test aircraft - say the Concorde prototypes, had an escape system consisting of a lowerable chute to allow bailing out, rather hopefully below the intakes.

A lot of good people have...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Mar 2011, 15:18
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,611,129
Posted By Double Zero

Re Harrier losses, I believe it has been...

Re Harrier losses, I believe it has been commented that the early Harrier 1 accident rate - particularly in the case of the U.S.Marines - was due to pilots being trained on helicopters ' because the...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Mar 2011, 15:25
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,611,129
Posted By Double Zero

LO, I appreciate what you're saying (...

LO,

I appreciate what you're saying ( though the phrase 'troll' springs to mind ! ) but the Harrier is / was rather good at A/A, and the accident rate - while 1 crash is a tragedy let alone more...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Mar 2011, 09:44
Replies: 1,209
Views: 302,463
Posted By Double Zero

But....we do need to brag a bit so that trumps...

But....we do need to brag a bit so that trumps OPSEC does it?

Got it in one ! Sadly the Harrier PR was more opsec, so the wander-bomber, ( deliberate spelling ) as it had each 2 shouty occupants...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Mar 2011, 19:01
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,611,129
Posted By Double Zero

sort of STOVL Gripen, low observable, how...

sort of STOVL Gripen,

low observable, how does that work then ?!I appreciate the spirit of what you're saying, but as regards air-to-air stuff the Sea Harrier had AMRAAM and even the GR7/9 had...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Mar 2011, 07:41
Replies: 32
Views: 7,628
Posted By Double Zero

Invincible deserves a salute in the form of a...

Invincible deserves a salute in the form of a flypast.

No Sea Harrier in the Historic Flight ? Can't be the Admiralty embarassed about stupid decisions while sitting on fat pensions, surely ?
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Mar 2011, 07:34
Replies: 12,075
Views: 3,611,129
Posted By Double Zero

As previously mentioned, the F-35 has come a very...

As previously mentioned, the F-35 has come a very long way from the 'cheap, affordable F-16 low part of the High /low philosophy'

I realise technology has to be a continuing research subject, but...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Mar 2011, 07:22
Replies: 32
Views: 7,628
Posted By Double Zero

Didn't have much to do with the aviation side. We...

Didn't have much to do with the aviation side. We were shifting dry stores, mostly bog roll and beans!

Well, according to some froggy upstart 'an army marches on its' stomach' :it seems the...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Mar 2011, 21:46
Replies: 23
Views: 5,552
Posted By Double Zero

I also think that 20 years from now showing up to...

I also think that 20 years from now showing up to the fight with nothing more advanced than an F-18 because the F-35 went a bit over-budget and got scrapped, when the bad guys are flying J-20 or...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Mar 2011, 10:27
Replies: 16
Views: 6,415
Posted By Double Zero

I have heard plenty of mention of float planes /...

I have heard plenty of mention of float planes / flying boats requiring wave action to get aloft; I believe Francis Chichester ( before he was knighted ) mentions it in his book 'The Lonely Sea And...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
24th Mar 2011, 10:21
Replies: 112
Views: 42,287
Posted By Double Zero

Would the wonder-bomber's fin even fit through...

Would the wonder-bomber's fin even fit through the gap ?! :E
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Mar 2011, 22:55
Replies: 32
Views: 7,628
Posted By Double Zero

Take any CVS...

" Captain, we've just received orders to return to port for decomissioning "---

Ist Officer; " if I were human, Captain, my response might be...'Go To Hell' - if I were human...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Mar 2011, 22:48
Replies: 132
Views: 36,129
Posted By Double Zero

If he's not already here in some guise, try...

If he's not already here in some guise, try reading Jerry Pook's book on Hunter / Harrier days ( not the Falklands one for these purposes, sadly I forget the title but a good book, remarkable...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Mar 2011, 16:58
Replies: 40
Views: 7,290
Posted By Double Zero

If he was talking FA2, then yes -normally...

If he was talking FA2, then yes

-normally I'd be jumping up & down and agreeing, the loss of the FA2 ( and not even going for Harrier 2+ which with the great benefit of 20/20 hindsight would have...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Mar 2011, 09:32
Replies: 4
Views: 2,682
Posted By Double Zero

Cameron ought to have the entire script tattoed...

Cameron ought to have the entire script tattoed on his forehead, with certain words underlined...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2011, 08:45
Replies: 49
Views: 9,709
Posted By Double Zero

Bisley is nothing

That story of the bloke 'who was having his first day with the AA gun with one out of 2 barrels working ,and downed the Sukhoi as it went past', had a distinct aroma of aged Halibut...am I alone in...
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