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Forum: Military Aviation
19th Mar 2024, 13:24
Replies: 15
Views: 3,121
Posted By idle bystander

to quote Percy French, in Slattery's Mounted...

to quote Percy French, in Slattery's Mounted Foot: "[he] preferred the soldier's maxim, when desisting from the strife; best be a coward for five minutes, than a dead man all your life."
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Feb 2024, 07:48
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,407,009
Posted By idle bystander

Ah, the much loved deadload trials. I remember an...

Ah, the much loved deadload trials. I remember an item in Ark Royal's daily orders "Deadload driver volunteers wanted; applicants should be in possession of an Admiralty driving licence, and be good...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Feb 2024, 14:29
Replies: 122
Views: 18,466
Posted By idle bystander

You just contradicted yourself. The first...

You just contradicted yourself. The first sentence defines a woke person, and I'd be proud of it.
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jan 2024, 21:46
Replies: 1,144
Views: 615,909
Posted By idle bystander

You may very well be right that the aircraft was...

You may very well be right that the aircraft was unsserviceable, but that has nothing to do with the accident. No-one has made any claims that the aircraft failed the pilot in any way. The failure...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Oct 2023, 09:23
Replies: 42
Views: 9,398
Posted By idle bystander

But it is a bloody awful report, written by...

But it is a bloody awful report, written by someone with almost no understanding of, and seemingly little interest in, the norms of carrier operations. Sharkey's point is that had the BOI been...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Oct 2023, 16:44
Replies: 210
Views: 48,769
Posted By idle bystander

Isn't that the point?

Isn't that the point?
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Oct 2023, 18:49
Replies: 210
Views: 48,769
Posted By idle bystander

Boss? If youy believe numerous police dramas,...

Boss?
If youy believe numerous police dramas, they've been doing this for years.
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Oct 2023, 09:36
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,407,009
Posted By idle bystander

Exactly, which is why she's not the largest ...

Exactly, which is why she's not the largest

Well done dutypedant
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Sep 2023, 17:41
Replies: 257
Views: 104,961
Posted By idle bystander

Nothing wrong with the beret. Quite a smart one...

Nothing wrong with the beret. Quite a smart one in fact. Possession of one meant you had sufficient WAFU connections (in my case as a "sort of" of badger) to know that caps should never to be worn on...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Aug 2023, 12:18
Replies: 454
Views: 219,380
Posted By idle bystander

Whatever gave you that idea? As the report...

Whatever gave you that idea?
As the report makes clear, naval aviation is an order of magnitude more complex than operating from a land base, and nothing like "just flying from a mobile airfield"....
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Aug 2023, 17:00
Replies: 454
Views: 219,380
Posted By idle bystander

True to some extent. The ship's Air Engineering...

True to some extent. The ship's Air Engineering Department seems to have had many faults, and if I had been the Cdr AE I would have expected to be sacked if not court martialled.
But the...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jul 2023, 10:19
Replies: 1,422
Views: 469,619
Posted By idle bystander

a. even if they got in, they won't do it ... b....

a. even if they got in, they won't do it ...
b. they're not going to get in
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jun 2023, 13:32
Replies: 20
Views: 7,437
Posted By idle bystander

As a general rule with petrol engines, if the...

As a general rule with petrol engines, if the first thing you suspect is the carburettor, look at the ignition; and vice versa. Never fails with lawn mowers!
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Mar 2023, 08:49
Replies: 126
Views: 35,142
Posted By idle bystander

Love it! A rewording of the original Fleet Air...

Love it! A rewording of the original Fleet Air Arm song:
"Oh! they gave me a Seafire to beat up the fleet,
and I beat up the Rodney and Nelson a treat,
but I forgot the high mast on the old Formid...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2023, 15:23
Replies: 592
Views: 192,773
Posted By idle bystander

Pretty much par for the course for that woman and...

Pretty much par for the course for that woman and that paper.
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jan 2023, 13:33
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,407,009
Posted By idle bystander

Please don't. You may not have realised that this...

Please don't. You may not have realised that this was a joke ...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Dec 2022, 09:32
Replies: 1,144
Views: 615,909
Posted By idle bystander

About the last thing I want to see, if you don't...

About the last thing I want to see, if you don't mind
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Sep 2022, 17:23
Replies: 36
Views: 8,399
Posted By idle bystander

Neither, I hope, if you're any sort of poet ......

Neither, I hope, if you're any sort of poet ... nor, come think of it does it rhyme with poet. But I don't think the "et" is silent
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Aug 2022, 18:13
Replies: 442
Views: 170,621
Posted By idle bystander

there's no such thing!

there's no such thing!
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Apr 2022, 18:15
Replies: 10
Views: 5,004
Posted By idle bystander

Or down to the golden rivet.

Or down to the golden rivet.
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Mar 2022, 11:40
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,131,732
Posted By idle bystander

On the Beach is a great novel (the best bit is...

On the Beach is a great novel (the best bit is the motor racing), but actually implausable. Neville Shute was a great novelist, but his knowledge of nuclear physics and the persistence of radiation...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Mar 2022, 09:58
Replies: 64
Views: 9,868
Posted By idle bystander

SNAFU (an FLA, not a TLA): For many years the...

SNAFU (an FLA, not a TLA): For many years the Torpedo Control Sub System Mk 9 (TCSS9), fitted to all early RN nuclear submarines, had a key element known, officially, as the Supplies Null And Flood...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Feb 2022, 18:28
Replies: 21
Views: 22,773
Posted By idle bystander

If they've got one ...

Great new concept. If the Pongos have got one, surely the Crabs need one as well.
(The fishheads have had theirs since Copenhagen in 1801)
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Dec 2021, 09:21
Replies: 79
Views: 22,657
Posted By idle bystander

The sort of thinking that prolonged the Battle of...

The sort of thinking that prolonged the Battle of the Atlantic by 2 years. Good to see it's still around
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Oct 2021, 18:20
Replies: 4
Views: 2,565
Posted By idle bystander

"Missing Man" formation over Falmouth

3 Hawks over Falmouth yesterday in Missing Man Formation. Is that something people practice, or did something happen?
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Jul 2021, 07:54
Replies: 109
Views: 40,124
Posted By idle bystander

What has changed is that women have realised that...

What has changed is that women have realised that they don't have to pretend they are entertained by the sort of boorish behaviour epitomised by the carved penis incident you describe, and the rest...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Apr 2021, 08:18
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,407,009
Posted By idle bystander

I'm a great admirer of Max Hastings' writing, but...

I'm a great admirer of Max Hastings' writing, but of one thing it's clear - his understanding of maritime warfare is meagre to non-existent.
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Apr 2021, 08:05
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,407,009
Posted By idle bystander

@WEBF: I think you'll find that either it...

@WEBF: I think you'll find that either it "comprises ships that can ..." or "is composed of ships that can". Even as a WE they taught you English, surely?
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Mar 2021, 12:57
Replies: 122
Views: 57,793
Posted By idle bystander

@Tankertrash OK, I over reacted, for which I...

@Tankertrash OK, I over reacted, for which I apologise. As an NCI Coast Watch watchkeeper I spend many happy hours at Nare Point watching the very area of water where these guys might have ditched...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Mar 2021, 09:01
Replies: 122
Views: 57,793
Posted By idle bystander

I hope your navigation in the air is better than...

I hope your navigation in the air is better than that. The Helford River is one of the most beautiful sailing areas on the Sout Coast, but, though tidal all the way up to Gweek, is not "an arm of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2021, 08:45
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,407,009
Posted By idle bystander

This is so true. Throughout my career the ships I...

This is so true. Throughout my career the ships I served in suffered from blocked heads - normally the CPOs' heads. We generally blamed the Chief Stoker.
Sorry - I'll get my coat ...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Dec 2020, 16:01
Replies: 39
Views: 11,806
Posted By idle bystander

I never understood what those "benefits' might...

I never understood what those "benefits' might be. From my time in the (real) Ark Royal I recollect that the ability for the Navigator to step off the bridge and into Flyco (and vice versa) to...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Oct 2020, 10:06
Replies: 7,470
Views: 2,407,009
Posted By idle bystander

Oh dear oh dear oh dear. What has the "silent...

Oh dear oh dear oh dear. What has the "silent service" come to, to spout cr*p like that. Too much "light (the) blue (touchpaper)" influence, perhaps?
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Oct 2020, 17:52
Replies: 90
Views: 27,622
Posted By idle bystander

Actually - 15 jets to support that lot.

Actually - 15 jets to support that lot.
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Oct 2020, 08:16
Replies: 268
Views: 144,816
Posted By idle bystander

You forgot the 1 to post that there is no...

You forgot the
1 to post that there is no appostrophe in URLs
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