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Forum: Military Aviation
6th Feb 2013, 01:41
Replies: 114
Views: 66,445
Posted By RIHoward

Fitting refuelling equipment at 214 Sqdn

Found this pic in Profile Publications Number 66 "The Vickers Valiant" published in 1966

http://zkt.blackfish.org.uk/XD864/images/Valiant_refuelling.jpg

original copyright - Profile...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Jan 2013, 23:27
Replies: 114
Views: 66,445
Posted By RIHoward

The Valiant should have been scrapped in 1956

The trouble with British Aircraft pre 1956 (including the Valiant) was the double whammy of building aircraft with a design method that could not guarantee safety in a catastrophic failure [Safe...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jul 2011, 12:02
Replies: 67
Views: 17,878
Posted By RIHoward

Tench Report

The Tench Report gives details of procedures for BoIs, published in 1987 the regulations at that time were the 1956 regs Tench gives a summary in his report. Before '56 I guess QRs etc will be...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jul 2011, 18:55
Replies: 67
Views: 17,878
Posted By RIHoward

Post '89 of course

Thanks Doh! :\
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jul 2011, 18:22
Replies: 67
Views: 17,878
Posted By RIHoward

Flight Magazine's "Rate Adjusted" graph

Here's the rate adjusted graph from Flight Magazine, I'm sorry I didn't post it with the other one I've only just managed to find it in my "filing system". And sorry for not having the publication...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jul 2011, 15:14
Replies: 67
Views: 17,878
Posted By RIHoward

The Post War Reality

Most of the post war crashes were in my view down to the change to new materials like DTD683 and the design strategy used by UK/US A/c designers, that of 'safe-life'. These shortcomings were finally...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Oct 2010, 10:50
Replies: 59
Views: 38,441
Posted By RIHoward

Oh dear Oh Dear it's getting really ugly

LookingNorth still chuntering on, petty minded, sore loser, compartmentalised mind, and ignorant of the facts. Now he's starting to look and sound like a Troll must have the last word in his bigoted...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Oct 2010, 17:21
Replies: 59
Views: 38,441
Posted By RIHoward

More on Tench

What we are seeing in the response of LookingNorth is a typical Authoritarian Follower's response (http://members.shaw.ca/jeanaltemeyer/drbob/TheAuthoritarians.pdf).

In this case the Authority of...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Oct 2010, 03:04
Replies: 59
Views: 38,441
Posted By RIHoward

@LookingNorth

I find the way you argue similar to the BoI, You ignore any inconvenient evidence that contradicts what you say. Your approach seems to be to challenge me for my opinion of the BoI rather than...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Oct 2010, 12:10
Replies: 59
Views: 38,441
Posted By RIHoward

@LookingNorth

Oh really?
I think you should pay more attention to the sources and not start with the pre-conceived idea that the BoI were right. The Tench report should alert you to the possibility of a cover up....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Aug 2010, 12:43
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

Colin No one is suggesting the Germans were...

Colin

No one is suggesting the Germans were involved in the Soviet Nuclear program. The point is the Germans 'helped' with the first Russian missiles based on the Nazi A-4 rocket, they were...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Aug 2010, 00:11
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

Have a good weekend

@CNH

Again I find your approach not only disruptive to the thread, but you are now wilfully ignoring supplied sources, as is clear from your first response in your last post above...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Aug 2010, 20:35
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

@Tim

;)Nice one TIm!

One has to draw the line somewhere.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Aug 2010, 18:58
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

I think the terms we're using are confusing...

I think the terms we're using are confusing things somewhat so to clear things up a little.

This is what I mean by 'nukes'

nukes= military grade nuclear weapons.


Well I'd say Grapple Z...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Aug 2010, 23:19
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

Well there was a step change in '53 with Joe 4...

Well there was a step change in '53 with Joe 4 which was a Russian 400Kt H-Bomb.

Yes but...
You're assuming they'd all reach their targets, would not blow up accidentally and that they would...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Aug 2010, 22:52
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

@tornadoken on the Various 'gaps'

The bomber and other so called gaps were known to be unfounded at the time.

From Baiting the Bear BBC Timewatch 1996

Dino Brugioni CIA photo analyst 1948-82

Narrator

Dino Brugioni CIA...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Aug 2010, 20:57
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

Thanks for the interjection SHJ It depends...

Thanks for the interjection SHJ

It depends what you mean by usable I guess.

Blue Danube bombs weren't that safe though not as scary as Yellow Sun Mk1's. The dates when more stable military...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Aug 2010, 10:31
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

@Sultan and the Gavin Liar sub thread.

Not averse to the odd derogatory remark yourself then Sultan? Only it's "the mojority [sic] of posters to this thread" that get it from you. Smack of Hypocrisy ?

I did post a link to a large print...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Aug 2010, 22:49
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

@ Dick

Dick is trying to psychologically profile me! how weird, why not just present the facts as he sees them? who knows what motivates these bluff merchants! He ain't very good because my age is under my...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Aug 2010, 17:59
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

New Wikipedia sub thread

bral

I agree you have to be careful about Wikipedia, but the article I pointed to just gives a definition of what is meant by 'Primary Sources' a definition I agree with on the whole.
Especially...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Aug 2010, 16:55
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

Hmmnnn CNH Is that what I actually said CNH?...

Hmmnnn CNH

Is that what I actually said CNH? Or are you deliberately misrepresenting what I said, I find your approach dishonest CNH. You just come on here with slurs and ne ne ne ne ners and...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Aug 2010, 15:09
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

bral (http://www.pprune.org/members/13567-bral) ...

bral (http://www.pprune.org/members/13567-bral)

I don't think it's quite as unambiguous as you describe,

Wikipedia has this.
Primary source - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Aug 2010, 13:44
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

Swept wing thread anybody?

The point I was trying to make is that its much easier and cheaper to test wing forms mathematically, there's no need to build expensive ground rigs for measuring until the designs are more finalised...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Aug 2010, 18:57
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

@CNH

Yes but the Treasury managed to virtually halve the numbers of V-bombers, this reflects the difficulty in producing bombs seen as they were hand made, luxury devices that eventually numbered around...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Aug 2010, 17:11
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

ColinB Can You Be More Specific?

Suspect Sources?

Irrational? Bizarre?

like for instance?
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Aug 2010, 13:45
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

Taken together with ALL the other evidence this...

Taken together with ALL the other evidence this chaps statement rather confirms that the UK's 'deterrent' was propaganda not substance.

It's anecdotal evidence and should be seen as such.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Aug 2010, 13:25
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

@brai In my last post which you either have...

@brai

In my last post which you either have not read or failed to understand. there were at least 5 quotes from 'original sources' 3 CIA documents a dispatch from the US Ambassador in Moscow and a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
14th Aug 2010, 01:12
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

Some Weekend Reading

First an apology I mis-read GDP figures from G.C. Pedden's book 'Arms, Economics and British Strategy'
which I read about a year ago it was US defence spending that was at 12.7 % GDP in '54. I guess...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Aug 2010, 14:17
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

Lord Toad David Icke is of course nuts. ...

Lord Toad

David Icke is of course nuts.

All I'm saying is that according to the CIA the Soviets posed no military threat to Western Europe. at this time.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Aug 2010, 13:29
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

Thanks for that feathers I agree the UK...

Thanks for that feathers

I agree the UK failed to turn most of the swords to plough shears, there were any number of reasons for this some of which you've pointed out.

One fascinating one for...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Aug 2010, 12:32
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

tornadoken What is the source of your...

tornadoken

What is the source of your information?

You have to say that Thor was a stop gap, statically sited on the surface with a LOX fuel system that meant you'd have to stand down after a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Aug 2010, 12:15
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

Tim as I've said you're entitled to your opinion....

Tim as I've said you're entitled to your opinion.

The CIA report is in the public domain, I have read the report, now whether the CIA shared this information with UK intelligence is obviously up...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Aug 2010, 00:26
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

OK Tim thanks for your politeness you're...

OK Tim thanks for your politeness you're obviously entitled to your opinion.

But I have to say that the CIA's assessment of the Soviet threat is in the public domain as is what Krushchev's...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Aug 2010, 13:01
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

The Conspiracy!

tornadoken

Thanks for your informative post.

I'm sure the vast majority of the populations of USSR UK USA and most of the rest of humanity thought it was for real.

But we now know what the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Aug 2010, 21:56
Replies: 99
Views: 16,568
Posted By RIHoward

SACEUR

SACEUR bombs were American W28 designs 'Anglicised' as Red Snow deployed from 1962 to 1972 under the NATO nuclear weapons sharing program and possibly as warheads for Blue Steel again in '62. This...
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