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Forum: Military Aviation
11th Sep 2021, 21:04
Replies: 15
Views: 8,936
Posted By GlosMikeP

I am truly sorry and not just a little shocked to...

I am truly sorry and not just a little shocked to read of Mark's death. Very sad indeed. We were on the same Flying Scholarship at Sywell aerodrome, near Northampton, in 1972 and occasionally bumped...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Aug 2018, 08:17
Replies: 12
Views: 3,242
Posted By GlosMikeP

That was another result from an RSRE product from...

That was another result from an RSRE product from the 80s. Two radar types were trialled; one from a field in Welcombe, a bit south of Hartland Point; the other from a place near Dungeness B (no me...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Aug 2018, 17:26
Replies: 12
Views: 3,242
Posted By GlosMikeP

You'll need an engineer's slide rule if you...

You'll need an engineer's slide rule if you do....I must hunt mine down.
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Aug 2018, 16:46
Replies: 12
Views: 3,242
Posted By GlosMikeP

You're thinking terrestrial surveillance radars...

You're thinking terrestrial surveillance radars only, I reckon. Even so, the produced picture is good.

It's feasible to do airborne bistatics (or indeed, multi-static) and isn't limited to L and S...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Aug 2018, 16:59
Replies: 12
Views: 3,242
Posted By GlosMikeP

No it isn't. Read M R B Dunsmore's section in the...

No it isn't. Read M R B Dunsmore's section in the IEE document and all will be revealed. No need to get absorbed in the hard sums; the implications stand out pretty well.
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Aug 2018, 10:31
Replies: 12
Views: 3,242
Posted By GlosMikeP

With bistatic radar, it doesn't matter PN: the...

With bistatic radar, it doesn't matter PN: the aircraft shaping, used to deflect return energy to monostatic radars, in fact helps detection. Then the RAM etc is irrelevant.

All that happens is...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Aug 2018, 08:43
Replies: 51
Views: 12,765
Posted By GlosMikeP

And they may well have been 'investigating' them,...

And they may well have been 'investigating' them, too. They didn't file flight plans.
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Aug 2018, 08:35
Replies: 12
Views: 3,242
Posted By GlosMikeP

Radar stealth was a busted flush - proved so in...

Radar stealth was a busted flush - proved so in the 1980s with bistatic radar.

See IEE publication 1993, Advanced Radar Techniques and Systems edited by Gaspare Galati, Chapter 11 by M R B...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Aug 2018, 21:35
Replies: 51
Views: 12,765
Posted By GlosMikeP

There were instances of Soviet long-range ac...

There were instances of Soviet long-range ac popping up in the southern North Sea in the 80s, in the Neatishead sector. It appeared they'd been 'studying' the oil and gas platforms.
Forum: Military Aviation
19th May 2018, 10:54
Replies: 164
Views: 65,033
Posted By GlosMikeP

Yes it was a major mistake not to uphold our well...

Yes it was a major mistake not to uphold our well stated commitment to keep pace with the Boeing world-wide fleet. I heard it with my own ears from what was then the Procurement Executive. Things get...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th May 2018, 08:48
Replies: 164
Views: 65,033
Posted By GlosMikeP

Not Past It Yet

Cutting up ZH105 was a seriously bad decision. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/full_size_0314/1472838-large.jpg

That aircraft cost around £150m when it arrived in 1993. How anyone came to the...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th May 2018, 07:52
Replies: 164
Views: 65,033
Posted By GlosMikeP

Doesn't Add Up!

If the E-3D is 'oh so last century' and increasingly difficult to maintain, why have the USAF, French and NATO committed to the Block 40/45 upgrade? Doesn't add up. What I sense is someone wants a...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Mar 2018, 09:20
Replies: 81
Views: 45,146
Posted By GlosMikeP

Not an advance print, as I understand it, but run...

Not an advance print, as I understand it, but run through the night. I dare say there was a contingency plan in place as events escalated.
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Mar 2018, 22:47
Replies: 81
Views: 45,146
Posted By GlosMikeP

Maps

Not quite. I walked into the HQSTC glass house the morning we supposedly 'lost comms' to see stack after stack of thousands of FI OS maps. They left for better locations pretty quickly.
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jan 2018, 13:43
Replies: 37
Views: 6,104
Posted By GlosMikeP

Having lived through the 1970s and Labour...

Having lived through the 1970s and Labour governments that looked much like the present Labour front bench, I'd rather see the most incompetent of Conservative governments running things than go back...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jan 2018, 08:12
Replies: 83
Views: 41,095
Posted By GlosMikeP

Here's Canopus to get your wallet fluttering. ...

Here's Canopus to get your wallet fluttering.
3959
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jan 2018, 08:14
Replies: 83
Views: 41,095
Posted By GlosMikeP

PS, TTN They will do any aircraft in any...

PS, TTN They will do any aircraft in any configuration as long as you can tell them what it is.

They even managed to do the A&AEE Comet (Canopus) for me in its colours and marking before DERA...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jan 2018, 16:02
Replies: 83
Views: 41,095
Posted By GlosMikeP

They are truly excellent. Before completion they...

They are truly excellent. Before completion they send photos of the raw wooden blank then again after painting to ensure nothing gets missed. Posted with great care UPS, packed to survive any...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jan 2018, 23:19
Replies: 83
Views: 41,095
Posted By GlosMikeP

Beautifully Crafted Models

Have a look here for models made to your specific requirements by scale, colour and markings - the lot. I've had several made for Shack, Sentry and others - all first class.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jan 2018, 17:26
Replies: 37
Views: 14,128
Posted By GlosMikeP

Not Unnoticed

DefenceSynergia Press Release ? 3 January 2018 | Defence Synergia (http://www.defencesynergia.co.uk/defencesynergia-press-release-3-december-2018/)
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Sep 2017, 00:02
Replies: 81
Views: 45,146
Posted By GlosMikeP

Reaching FIEZ

How right you are Pontious. It was me who phoned Octagon and OC8 and asked!

The question asked of me at HQSTC, while I was the desk officer for AEW at the time was, 'How long can a Shackleton stay...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jun 2011, 22:12
Replies: 26
Views: 9,859
Posted By GlosMikeP

Beery Photos

Alistair

Check your PMs.

GMP
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Apr 2007, 08:17
Replies: 27
Views: 6,835
Posted By GlosMikeP

I thought a Prescott was a functional SI unit...

I thought a Prescott was a functional SI unit incorporating mass as well as bulk....

Ah! The old Imperial units' Slug!:eek:
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Feb 2007, 17:53
Replies: 2
Views: 910
Posted By GlosMikeP

The caravan trick is widely used by people...

The caravan trick is widely used by people working as contractors, to save B&B costs. V sensible solution - and your own space to study too, free from noisy bars etc.
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Feb 2007, 17:49
Replies: 84
Views: 17,534
Posted By GlosMikeP

Anyone broached the life-insurance question when...

Anyone broached the life-insurance question when in a war-zone? There's another hot potato....

There is something afoot on the life assurance I believe, although I don't know what, who's doing it...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Feb 2007, 09:02
Replies: 84
Views: 17,534
Posted By GlosMikeP

Well with a bit of luck, common sense will win...

Well with a bit of luck, common sense will win the day and the MOD contact will come attached to a late but welcome contribution from the Station commander's fund and Squadron fund.

Perhaps...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Feb 2007, 17:56
Replies: 84
Views: 17,534
Posted By GlosMikeP

Exactly as it should be, and as it was at Lossie...

Exactly as it should be, and as it was at Lossie in the 80s.

What happened to the 'band of brothers' principles in the intervening years?
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Feb 2007, 12:58
Replies: 84
Views: 17,534
Posted By GlosMikeP

What surprises me most by this is that the thread...

What surprises me most by this is that the thread made it past a couple of posts before the Squadron Fund, Station Commander's Fund and the old tradition of a wake on the deceased's bar bill -...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jan 2007, 11:26
Replies: 48
Views: 5,426
Posted By GlosMikeP

Try this then. When I was at NATO the French...

Try this then. When I was at NATO the French referred to this government as 'The Pink Parliament'.
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Dec 2006, 17:54
Replies: 12
Views: 2,168
Posted By GlosMikeP

Not lost on T/O but did once join up with another...

Not lost on T/O but did once join up with another on the approach to Lossie in 79. ATC had lost/confused us both in their flap at being suddenly red with loads of aircraft short of fuel and no good...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Dec 2006, 23:08
Replies: 32
Views: 4,983
Posted By GlosMikeP

Advert for Deming with CMMI attached..... ...

Advert for Deming with CMMI attached.....

Taxi for another 1.....
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Dec 2006, 15:15
Replies: 25
Views: 5,103
Posted By GlosMikeP

sad if true and not at all how it worked with the...

sad if true and not at all how it worked with the Falklands war, when much dross and dead wood got swept aside.
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Dec 2006, 15:11
Replies: 16
Views: 2,137
Posted By GlosMikeP

Stuck-up windbag the equivalent of a Wg Cdr would...

Stuck-up windbag the equivalent of a Wg Cdr would be a civil service Grade 7 or whatever it's called this week.

Put in an official complaint aginst him for breaching the civil service code if you...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Dec 2006, 11:42
Replies: 26
Views: 9,859
Posted By GlosMikeP

RifRaff Thanks, 8 direct (sounds like a wine...

RifRaff
Thanks, 8 direct (sounds like a wine seller!) was my next move, but fortunately Wensleydale has come up trumps with, it seems, a complete set of Powerpoint slides of when Beery got a...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Dec 2006, 20:36
Replies: 26
Views: 9,859
Posted By GlosMikeP

Mind if I send this to the author of the book to...

Mind if I send this to the author of the book to go with his photo, if we ever find one? What an end for such a great guy!

Anyone on 8 got time to look through the scrapbook and see if there's...
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