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Forum: Military Aviation
25th Oct 2013, 06:50
Replies: 279
Views: 35,074
Posted By chippymick

Well I can’t vouch for the veracity of the...

Well I can’t vouch for the veracity of the cutting about in MIG’s malarkey but I can absolutely guarantee that the man doesn’t have a doctorate in political science or economics.

How do I know?
...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Oct 2013, 10:08
Replies: 279
Views: 35,074
Posted By chippymick

Hi parabellum. The Case-Church Amendment...

Hi parabellum.


The Case-Church Amendment (http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095553737) passed by the US Senate in June 1973, prohibited any further US military...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Oct 2013, 05:30
Replies: 279
Views: 35,074
Posted By chippymick

Hi Atom, You will probably enjoy reading it...

Hi Atom,

You will probably enjoy reading it but McDonald’s biography of Giap has a few flaws.

Firstly, McDonald took at face value pretty much everything Giap told him.

Secondly, the book...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Oct 2013, 12:44
Replies: 279
Views: 35,074
Posted By chippymick

I’ll bet London to a brick you’ve never heard...

I’ll bet London to a brick you’ve never heard about any of the stuff I’ve posted. Ask yourself if HJ can’t knock a hole in it, why is that so?

I’m happy to have my perspective challenged.

Can I...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Oct 2013, 12:08
Replies: 279
Views: 35,074
Posted By chippymick

Atom I'm not backpedalling- I'm learning. ...

Atom

I'm not backpedalling- I'm learning.

Look, I doubt it.

But if you are in the mood for learning. Your newest besty HJ raised ADFA’s Bob Hall and Derrill De Heer’s ‘Wandering Souls’...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Oct 2013, 10:17
Replies: 279
Views: 35,074
Posted By chippymick

I'm Australian. You could have saved a great...

I'm Australian.

You could have saved a great deal of electrons and typing time and just went with.

"I'm really not as sure"

But don't let me stop you holding forth on a subject you clearly...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Oct 2013, 09:38
Replies: 279
Views: 35,074
Posted By chippymick

What a bloody drama Queen. “As I'm now...

What a bloody drama Queen.

“As I'm now OBVIOUSLY banned”, Clearly not, as you have OBVIOUSLY posted it.

Why am I reminded of Sebastian and his teddy from ‘Brideshead revisited’?

If you...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Oct 2013, 06:14
Replies: 279
Views: 35,074
Posted By chippymick

Hanoi Jane I assume this is directed at me ...

Hanoi Jane I assume this is directed at me

“but in 30 years you'll be dead and twits like Michael will be making stuff up to suit their purposes.”

Please feel free to indicate anything that I...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Oct 2013, 10:57
Replies: 279
Views: 35,074
Posted By chippymick

West Coast. I’d like to interrupt the...

West Coast.

I’d like to interrupt the travelogue to pick up on a point you made and attempt to put the thread back on topic.

“The here and now is interesting enough.”

Why yes it is.....
...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Oct 2013, 15:11
Replies: 279
Views: 35,074
Posted By chippymick

Many thanks Toadstool. You are of course...

Many thanks Toadstool.

You are of course correct, on all accounts. My bad.

Best regards

Mick
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Oct 2013, 14:52
Replies: 279
Views: 35,074
Posted By chippymick

I'm not looking for any particular concession but...

I'm not looking for any particular concession but I think you'll find that rather than 'Smarter that me' I think you will find it is 'Smarter than me'.

Now that I have cleared that up.

Any...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Oct 2013, 14:27
Replies: 279
Views: 35,074
Posted By chippymick

Sure. Bring it on. I'll have my people talk...

Sure.

Bring it on. I'll have my people talk to your people etc...

But I must warn you in advance, although I have an exceptionally large penis, I've never flown a MIG.

That could possibly...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Oct 2013, 13:44
Replies: 279
Views: 35,074
Posted By chippymick

Thanks for your contribution HJ People...

Thanks for your contribution HJ

People certainly were the prize. I’ll give you that.

Except of course the ones that were killed by quota between 1955 and 1956. A democide that Giap presided...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Oct 2013, 04:26
Replies: 279
Views: 35,074
Posted By chippymick

For someone with such firm opinions I’m...

For someone with such firm opinions I’m interested in how those opinions were informed?

They certainly have little connection to historical reality, as HJ would tell you.

If he was honest.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Oct 2013, 11:48
Replies: 279
Views: 35,074
Posted By chippymick

Jesus wept! I’ve just seen somebody on the...

Jesus wept!

I’ve just seen somebody on the wrong end of an argument, (he started) after being flogged like a rented mule ultimately resorting to making an appeal to a higher authority.

Get...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Oct 2013, 11:00
Replies: 279
Views: 35,074
Posted By chippymick

I admit surprise. I wouldn’t have thought...

I admit surprise.

I wouldn’t have thought you would pick that one.

I thought you would have gone for Ngo Dinh Khoi.

Live and learn.

I also think that in the interests of accuracy you...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Oct 2013, 10:16
Replies: 279
Views: 35,074
Posted By chippymick

HJ Last I looked a forum was a place of...

HJ

Last I looked a forum was a place of debate.

I’ve looked at your original premise and subsequent arguments and found them wanting.

It isn’t a question of life experience or personal...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Oct 2013, 09:42
Replies: 279
Views: 35,074
Posted By chippymick

I don’t agree. At all. This week another...

I don’t agree. At all.

This week another centurnarian war criminal died. Erich Priebke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Priebke) popped his clogs and got a fraction of the column inches and...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Oct 2013, 08:47
Replies: 279
Views: 35,074
Posted By chippymick

Greatest cop out in the short history of the...

Greatest cop out in the short history of the internet.

I’ve some easier questions if you prefer.

Post 1975, how many members of the victorious ‘National Liberation Front’ were given ministerial...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Oct 2013, 07:20
Replies: 279
Views: 35,074
Posted By chippymick

Hi Hanoi Jane I think that McCain’s youthful...

Hi Hanoi Jane

I think that McCain’s youthful misdemeanour’s while unfortunate are at least well known. I guess it comes from the transparency required to have a tilt at the leadership of one of...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Sep 2012, 03:40
Replies: 94
Views: 51,286
Posted By chippymick

From a journal article authored by myself and...

From a journal article authored by myself and Mario Mariachi posted at the BMF Forum:



There was at least one other British Serviceman who qualified for the Campaign Medal under the terms set...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Sep 2012, 03:35
Replies: 94
Views: 51,286
Posted By chippymick

For the reasons Pontius Navigator pointed out in...

For the reasons Pontius Navigator pointed out in post Number 3 there was no RAF involvement in Vietnam combat after 1964. There was however RAF involvement prior to December 1964.

The existence of...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th May 2011, 11:57
Replies: 352
Views: 52,598
Posted By chippymick

The awards and decorations allocated for the...

The awards and decorations allocated for the battle of Long Tan have been a contentious issue since 1966.

Oddly enough, given the ill feeling generated by the RAAF's initial refusal to fly the...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Sep 2010, 10:01
Replies: 80
Views: 32,324
Posted By chippymick

Jig Peter The RAF’s first operational...

Jig Peter

The RAF’s first operational helicopter unit was formed at Seletar in April 1950. ‘The Far East Air Force Casualty Evacuation Flight’ was equipped with Dragonfly Mk 2’s and the...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Sep 2010, 12:09
Replies: 80
Views: 32,324
Posted By chippymick

"Confrontation was indeed the most successful...

"Confrontation was indeed the most successful example of successful diplomacy backed by land, sea and air forces shown to be "ready to go" - a sharp contrast to the mess that was being made in Viet...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jul 2010, 13:48
Replies: 45
Views: 11,663
Posted By chippymick

Good yarn but...... I'm sure that old mate...

Good yarn but......

I'm sure that old mate will get back to me about the numbers of airframes and airman lost in the famous battle of Vung Tau.

History matters, lets not turn it into a...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jul 2010, 13:35
Replies: 45
Views: 11,663
Posted By chippymick

Oh well, it's for him to say. Specifically...

Oh well, it's for him to say.

Specifically he needs to address why the lessons learnt in combat by every other UH1B operator from 1962 onwards were not applied by the RAAF by 1966. Up to and...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jul 2010, 12:06
Replies: 45
Views: 11,663
Posted By chippymick

Check your facts. Caribou destroyed by...

Check your facts.

Caribou destroyed by mortar fire at Vung Tau.

Don't make me laugh cobber.

The facts I've attached are the names the dates and the locations. The stuff that historians...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jul 2010, 09:59
Replies: 45
Views: 11,663
Posted By chippymick

Given the lack of RAAF vision WRT Vietnam any...

Given the lack of RAAF vision WRT Vietnam any RAAF revisionism should be stomped to death at birth.

The RAAF helos were utterly unprepared for Vietnam and the RAAF have no excuse for it. None.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jul 2010, 09:07
Replies: 45
Views: 11,663
Posted By chippymick

The RAAF Historian failed to recognise that...

The RAAF Historian failed to recognise that helicopter technology around 1960 was pretty rudimentary as demonstrated by the types being operated by British forces in Malaysia and US forces in Vietnam...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Oct 2009, 21:38
Replies: 3
Views: 914
Posted By chippymick

Top stuff Smiley. Thanks very much. ...

Top stuff Smiley.

Thanks very much.


Regards

Mick
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Oct 2009, 10:34
Replies: 3
Views: 914
Posted By chippymick

1960's French Bonanza.

A request for help, if I may.

I'd like to know where to look to find out who owned and operated c35 Beech Bonanza with French registration F-OAML, Construction number D3226, in September 1967.
...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Dec 2008, 09:49
Replies: 3
Views: 914
Posted By chippymick

Thanks for the replies. The Viet Minh claim...

Thanks for the replies.

The Viet Minh claim a French aircraft in 1946. Is this plausible?

If so, what is it likely to be? I believe that the French were operating ex-Japanese aircraft in 1946....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Dec 2008, 06:47
Replies: 3
Views: 914
Posted By chippymick

First French air loss in Vietnam

Does anyone know what is considered the first French aircraft lost in the First Indochina War (1945 onward)?

Thanks very much in advance.

Cheers

Mick
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