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Forum: Military Aviation
28th Feb 2017, 21:50
Replies: 28
Views: 5,155
Posted By monkeytennis

It's a shaped charged warhead, not much shrapnel....

It's a shaped charged warhead, not much shrapnel. Lots of video of people using Anti Tank missiles in Syria vs large groups of personnel and often many walking (running!) away from the blast.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Nov 2016, 20:29
Replies: 8
Views: 5,795
Posted By monkeytennis

I would assume that the E-X crews of the world...

I would assume that the E-X crews of the world aren't total idiots and when they see a fast jet coming at them loaded for bear they begin to piss off in the other direction and drop low...and when...
Forum: Freight Dogs
3rd Feb 2016, 22:32
Replies: 39
Views: 37,518
Posted By monkeytennis

Finningley. They're already running a 737 six...

Finningley. They're already running a 737 six days a week into here, a Europe Airpost aircraft.

Would be great to see that ramped up to several widebodies per day.
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Jul 2015, 16:25
Replies: 13
Views: 10,024
Posted By monkeytennis

So all these things have been missing since 2011....

So all these things have been missing since 2011. How many aircraft have been shot down by terrorists so far with them?

None, that I've heard of.

Non-story.
Forum: Freight Dogs
17th Jun 2015, 09:40
Replies: 13
Views: 22,538
Posted By monkeytennis

This beast flew from Doncaster (UK) to Tripoli...

This beast flew from Doncaster (UK) to Tripoli this morning. I know appearances can be deceptive but when it arrived in DSA it looked about ready for the scrapheap. Talk about patchwork.
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Oct 2013, 20:37
Replies: 74
Views: 44,070
Posted By monkeytennis

Not allowed to take anything sharp past security...

Not allowed to take anything sharp past security (SLF). Once past, order burger and fries from the Wetherspoons in the departure lounge and am given...a knife! :ugh:
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Aug 2013, 17:27
Replies: 78
Views: 26,506
Posted By monkeytennis

Amazing vid, but I bet the original 'soundtrack'...

Amazing vid, but I bet the original 'soundtrack' was better than KOL! :ok:
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Aug 2013, 23:08
Replies: 2,582
Views: 644,752
Posted By monkeytennis

Meanwhile...allah akhbar indeed...:eek: ...

Meanwhile...allah akhbar indeed...:eek:

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Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jun 2013, 20:29
Replies: 99
Views: 19,233
Posted By monkeytennis

I' sure they could raise the cash they need by...

I' sure they could raise the cash they need by selling rides in it, after all you can buy a ride in a B17 in the US. Then again, 'elf and safety innit? :}
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
16th Jun 2013, 19:50
Replies: 35
Views: 9,790
Posted By monkeytennis

It's like watching the Daily Mail on TV! :}

It's like watching the Daily Mail on TV! :}
Forum: Military Aviation
27th May 2013, 17:29
Replies: 41
Views: 9,840
Posted By monkeytennis

Please don't say it was an execution. It was a...

Please don't say it was an execution. It was a brutal and inexcusable murder. :(
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Apr 2013, 16:42
Replies: 5
Views: 2,231
Posted By monkeytennis

My google-fu fails me - which aircraft can lift...

My google-fu fails me - which aircraft can lift 80 tons and do it for £20k?
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Mar 2013, 20:35
Replies: 162
Views: 34,787
Posted By monkeytennis

Finningley - it's too damned quiet around here! :(

Finningley - it's too damned quiet around here! :(
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Feb 2013, 20:10
Replies: 80
Views: 24,621
Posted By monkeytennis

Have a hi-res of the cockpit. Looks like a car...

Have a hi-res of the cockpit. Looks like a car stereo in the middle there! And does that instrument in the top left mean you aren't allowed over 260 knots? (Non flying SLF here) :}
...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Oct 2012, 09:17
Replies: 19
Views: 3,255
Posted By monkeytennis

What a mess. Bring them all home and stop wasting...

What a mess. Bring them all home and stop wasting lives on an unwinnable and morally corrupt conflict. :sad:
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Oct 2012, 21:14
Replies: 23
Views: 4,727
Posted By monkeytennis

Weld the f*cker to the seat!

Weld the f*cker to the seat!
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Oct 2012, 21:02
Replies: 23
Views: 4,727
Posted By monkeytennis

They're using more than one aircraft according to...

They're using more than one aircraft according to the beeb! WTF :}
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Sep 2012, 18:56
Replies: 41
Views: 12,896
Posted By monkeytennis

Ouch my tables!!

Ouch my tables!!
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Sep 2012, 12:27
Replies: 233
Views: 44,204
Posted By monkeytennis

Mike said: Everyone here keeps telling me...

Mike said:

Everyone here keeps telling me it's perfectly alright for RAFAT to go on flying for two miles at 300ft eyeball MSD over built-up areas, except kharmael who tells me it is something that...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Dec 2011, 18:46
Replies: 228
Views: 50,500
Posted By monkeytennis

Watch it turn out to be the CIA's best prank...

Watch it turn out to be the CIA's best prank ever.

"Let's let slip a UAV has been lost near Iran, then watch and see them arsing about for a week trying to find it and fail, then see if they...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Nov 2011, 16:27
Replies: 15
Views: 2,615
Posted By monkeytennis

You think it's quiet there? Have you visited...

You think it's quiet there? Have you visited Doncaster Robin Hood Sheffield International Airport recently??:bored:
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Aug 2011, 17:06
Replies: 184
Views: 253,160
Posted By monkeytennis

Local news (Calendar here in Yorkshire) reporting...

Local news (Calendar here in Yorkshire) reporting fatality, ITN saying condition unknown.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th May 2011, 18:56
Replies: 29
Views: 6,290
Posted By monkeytennis

I'll believe it when I see it. Who is going...

I'll believe it when I see it.

Who is going to pay £300 to fly to AMS on a Jetstream when Jet2 will do it for less than £50 at Leeds or EMA, or you could use Easyjet from Manchester for less than...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Apr 2011, 07:06
Replies: 431
Views: 266,896
Posted By monkeytennis

YT link here: YouTube - Airbus A380 Jumbo...

YT link here:

YouTube - Airbus A380 Jumbo Jet Clips Tail Of Another Plane While Taxiing At JFK Airport NO SOUND

loads a bit quicker.

:eek:
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
5th Apr 2011, 19:04
Replies: 78
Views: 25,594
Posted By monkeytennis

Very interesting thread guys. As a child of the...

Very interesting thread guys. As a child of the 80s who lived next door to an RAF station and had watched 'Threads' :eek: I didn't fancy my own chances much but can't imagine what it must have been...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
13th Feb 2011, 16:10
Replies: 78
Views: 16,450
Posted By monkeytennis

Well £45k IS a good salary when compared to the...

Well £45k IS a good salary when compared to the national average. It's what I get (or thereabouts) for being a Personnel Manager for a very large UK retailer.

IMHO it's nowhere near enough to pay...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2011, 20:45
Replies: 7
Views: 2,810
Posted By monkeytennis

Ow my ears

Great vid, shame about the :mad: awful soundtrack!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Dec 2010, 13:55
Replies: 788
Views: 189,032
Posted By monkeytennis

Looks like it.

Just seen a Thomson 757 depart to the North off 02 and that's not a usual type for DSA sadly.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Nov 2010, 15:41
Replies: 788
Views: 189,032
Posted By monkeytennis

It's a real shame if it has completely gone, was...

It's a real shame if it has completely gone, was a decent forum with mainly well mannered and jovial members.

Would like to know the real reasons behind it's disappearance. :(
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Sep 2010, 10:43
Replies: 788
Views: 189,032
Posted By monkeytennis

Not sure about some of that info, DSA is around 9...

Not sure about some of that info, DSA is around 9 miles from the A1, and ten minutes from both the Armthorpe junction of the M18 and and Thorne junction of the M180.

I agree a new and nearer...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st Aug 2010, 19:55
Replies: 38
Views: 7,124
Posted By monkeytennis

Jobsworths

The security staff are just plain rude imo. Going to Palma the other week I was ordered to hand over my belt so some gorilla could swab it. No explanation was offered, no conversation or eye contact...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Jul 2010, 17:50
Replies: 19
Views: 6,106
Posted By monkeytennis

Good aren't they?

Reminds me of when the Concorde crash was all over the papers, a huge image of the crash site (into a hotel if you remember) on the front page.

A (blonde, female) colleague announced "I didn't...
Forum: Tech Log
16th Jun 2010, 22:34
Replies: 31
Views: 6,951
Posted By monkeytennis

" Every other action is being taken care of by...

" Every other action is being taken care of by the electronics."

That's the bit that puts me off, as SLF.
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jul 2009, 13:04
Replies: 42
Views: 17,943
Posted By monkeytennis

Slide?

I think that 'rod' is the safety slide hanging down.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
5th Sep 2008, 06:45
Replies: 4
Views: 883
Posted By monkeytennis

It was the bottom of the seat that was broken -...

It was the bottom of the seat that was broken - the rear of it was falling through the frame on the right hand side, leaving me wedged in at an angle. Your info is helpful though as I have complained...
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