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Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2008, 11:50
Replies: 22
Views: 5,278
Posted By Gen.Thomas Power

Lots of chat here about F3 and its ability to...

Lots of chat here about F3 and its ability to turn, or not, at high level. What about Typhoon? Couldn't it turn with a U2 at 60'k? Even for a little while?

There was talk a few years ago about...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Nov 2007, 22:25
Replies: 38
Views: 7,029
Posted By Gen.Thomas Power

GBZ, First autonomous drop by Typhoon...

GBZ,

First autonomous drop by Typhoon actually occurred a while ago when BT005 self-designated a PWII:

http://defence-data.com/current/page38635.htm

First drop by a frontline RAF sqn was...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Aug 2007, 22:48
Replies: 36
Views: 8,819
Posted By Gen.Thomas Power

LJ You weren't, by any chance, an F3...

LJ

You weren't, by any chance, an F3 navigator at RAF Coningsby at the time of the Tattershall Castle debacle were you? It's just that your comments appear to be lashed with all the venom of an...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th May 2006, 23:30
Replies: 143
Views: 24,059
Posted By Gen.Thomas Power

RonO

Chill out mon brave. You are right about a great many things, but don't let a few misinformed dick-wads get you down or otherwise distract you from the certainty that depite the fact that your...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th May 2006, 21:14
Replies: 15
Views: 2,745
Posted By Gen.Thomas Power

Q. G'day, name's Bruce - how'd I get to...

Q. G'day, name's Bruce - how'd I get to Scotland?
A. 9W
Forum: Military Aviation
16th May 2006, 18:45
Replies: 5
Views: 1,875
Posted By Gen.Thomas Power

RAB?

Jackonicko - I don't suppose you're a victim of RAB (adopted by HMG with effect from 2004/2005 I think) or approvals based on Through Life Cost? For example, one of the prices quoted for Tranche 2...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th May 2006, 23:58
Replies: 19
Views: 2,206
Posted By Gen.Thomas Power

I always had my doubts about Le May - goddamn...

I always had my doubts about Le May - goddamn bleeding heart lightweight commie sympathiser. If we hadn't whacked Kennedy . . .
Forum: Military Aviation
9th May 2006, 20:07
Replies: 19
Views: 2,206
Posted By Gen.Thomas Power

Roadster280 I am not a constitutional...

Roadster280

I am not a constitutional expert and I do not have a copy of MAFL or the Air Force Act to hand but . . . we all work for the Queen who is our Commander in Chief. CDS' contract with...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2006, 00:52
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,088
Posted By Gen.Thomas Power

Navaleye / Not a Boffin - thanks for gen on CVF....

Navaleye / Not a Boffin - thanks for gen on CVF. Nice ship. :ok:

WEBF / Jackonicko - of course STOVL JSF was the 'preferred' option that was why we bought it. But who preferred it and why. I can...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd May 2006, 20:05
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,088
Posted By Gen.Thomas Power

Navaleye - will CVF have through deck lifts? I...

Navaleye - will CVF have through deck lifts? I was told that if you go for cats and traps, and if you want to conduct concurrent launch and recovery operations, you need to have a canted off launch...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd May 2006, 18:37
Replies: 14
Views: 3,084
Posted By Gen.Thomas Power

FF "Typhoon needs Meteor because its not...

FF

"Typhoon needs Meteor because its not stealthy" etc. (quoting self).

The point I was trying to make about stealth was not in the air-to-ground role. A stealthy aircraft also has a major...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st May 2006, 21:15
Replies: 14
Views: 3,084
Posted By Gen.Thomas Power

If you want a 'capability' reason (instead of a...

If you want a 'capability' reason (instead of a political or industrial one) we're buying Meteor because Typhoon isn't stealthy, and because those pesky Russians will be flogging a ramjet around the...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st May 2006, 19:44
Replies: 47
Views: 5,922
Posted By Gen.Thomas Power

Spawney if you're the real deal and not just a...

Spawney if you're the real deal and not just a wind-up merchant, get on with it and join, man. One of two things will happen: you'll either get chopped so fast (probably for attitude) that you'll...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st May 2006, 13:07
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,088
Posted By Gen.Thomas Power

Clarkson claims JSF has less boot space than Vauxhall Astra

WEBF - copy all ref MASC (I do mean FJ). . . however, JSF STOVL has about the same range and payload as a Golf GTi. When you start looking at anything more than BAI against a littoral opponent in the...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2006, 12:19
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,406,088
Posted By Gen.Thomas Power

West Side Boys procure IADS?

Surely the 'lack of HNS' argument being used to underpin the purchase of CVF is flawed? Unless the carriers are equipped with awacs, aar etc, those aircraft will have to be based somewhere. The...
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