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Forum: Military Aviation
25th Apr 2022, 10:37
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,140,249
Posted By Levelling_the_Land

Maybe, maybe not (wrt Israel and post 4668). An...

Maybe, maybe not (wrt Israel and post 4668). An interesting book on the Cyber arms race is:

"Nicole Perlroth’s sobering investigation into the cyber weapons arms race, This Is How They Tell Me the...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Oct 2021, 20:22
Replies: 62
Views: 24,227
Posted By Levelling_the_Land

Recounted in reasonable detail from p311 in my...

Recounted in reasonable detail from p311 in my copy of "The Silent Deep"

(For clarity, that's the HMS Warspite incident)
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jun 2021, 11:45
Replies: 152
Views: 42,471
Posted By Levelling_the_Land

In "unrelated" news ...

In "unrelated" news

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/23/russian-ship-fired-warning-shots-at-royal-navy-destroyer-hms-defender-moscow-says

"A Russian military ship fired warning shots...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2021, 20:36
Replies: 1,217
Views: 417,041
Posted By Levelling_the_Land

Interesting Series of Podcasts from Sky News...

Interesting Series of Podcasts from Sky News which are mildly relevant to some of this, called "Into the Grey Zone"
...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Sep 2020, 20:06
Replies: 12
Views: 3,215
Posted By Levelling_the_Land

Also tomorrow from 9pm on Sky History Channel, 3...

Also tomorrow from 9pm on Sky History Channel, 3 Battle of Britain documentaries.
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Sep 2020, 20:27
Replies: 7,469
Views: 2,414,373
Posted By Levelling_the_Land

Seems to me someone has been reading too much...

Seems to me someone has been reading too much Heinlein (rocks falling from space)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_Is_a_Harsh_Mistress
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Mar 2019, 00:01
Replies: 5,109
Views: 13,212,946
Posted By Levelling_the_Land

Train Drivers aren't required. To run the London...

Train Drivers aren't required. To run the London Underground Central Line at max capacity, drivers don't touch the controls. They run automatically. Drivers are there because the unions require them...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Sep 2018, 15:03
Replies: 13
Views: 3,108
Posted By Levelling_the_Land

Gaahhh. :ugh: 1997-2010. Too much speed...

Gaahhh. :ugh:

1997-2010. Too much speed reading of Wikepedia and not enough proof reading.
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Sep 2018, 10:39
Replies: 13
Views: 3,108
Posted By Levelling_the_Land

Let's clarify that as due to varying reading...

Let's clarify that as due to varying reading skills (my own initially...), the nuance of what you said may be missed!

Labour were in Govt 1994-2010

This is how police numbers varied
...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jul 2018, 11:02
Replies: 2
Views: 1,564
Posted By Levelling_the_Land

Thanks NutLoose! Swam it, raised about £450,...

Thanks NutLoose!

Swam it, raised about £450, plus about another £100 gift-aid. Thanks to everyone who contributed, still time for a fiver if you haven't :)
...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jun 2018, 15:27
Replies: 2
Views: 1,564
Posted By Levelling_the_Land

fish Getting wet to raise money

Afternoon All,

Tomorrow morning I’ll be swimming 10 kilometres in Alton Water to raise money for the RAF 100 Appeal. As this year is the 100th anniversary of the RAF and 10k is 100x100m, I thought...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Apr 2018, 12:00
Replies: 7,469
Views: 2,414,373
Posted By Levelling_the_Land

Re: the deck coating. It's almost as if R&D...

Re: the deck coating.

It's almost as if R&D is a continual process of learning and improvement rather than magically arriving at a perfect solution.

For clarity, I know nothing of this coating,...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Mar 2017, 22:41
Replies: 66
Views: 24,844
Posted By Levelling_the_Land

From Engines post and assuming a constant...

From Engines post and assuming a constant deceleration

v^2=u^2+2as

130 knots is approx 66.9 m/s
distance is 100m, so deceleration is 22 (ish) m/s^2

which is 2.3g. (Various bits of rounding...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Dec 2014, 16:41
Replies: 10
Views: 2,613
Posted By Levelling_the_Land

This looks like, as MTM has implied, that it's...

This looks like, as MTM has implied, that it's influenced by "Starship Tropers".

The film (IMO) is execrable. The book, however, by Robert Heinlein is a completely different kettle of fish. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Dec 2014, 09:13
Replies: 85
Views: 15,360
Posted By Levelling_the_Land

NHS isn't a Black Hole of Incompetence

Beagle, I'll have to pull you up on "the black hole of NHS incompetence".

I agree the health budget is huge, and the analysis by many here of the relative budgets of departments, spending cuts...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Nov 2014, 23:39
Replies: 1,221
Views: 970,143
Posted By Levelling_the_Land

Always look on the bright side of life

Typhoon93,

it's at this point that I'll post my first extended post to this forum, and quote possibly my last, as this is the only real contribution I can make.

If you have had asthma, you...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Aug 2013, 20:45
Replies: 2,582
Views: 647,703
Posted By Levelling_the_Land

Rush to war

Lots of fast jet noise high above East Anglia today. On my hols not a million miles from Cromer and there's been a day of constant background rumble, and it isn't thunder...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Oct 2012, 21:39
Replies: 283
Views: 131,416
Posted By Levelling_the_Land

I make no comment on the veracity of anything, as...

I make no comment on the veracity of anything, as I'm not and never have been in the RAF. A quick Google ("RAF exercise Copper Flag Phantoms" were the keywords) brings this up from Hansard:
...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jul 2012, 16:59
Replies: 162
Views: 24,964
Posted By Levelling_the_Land

This from my MP: " Thank you for your email...

This from my MP:

" Thank you for your email regarding Lance Corporal Bale Baleiwai. I appreciate your concern on this issue.

I entirely support the campaign and understand that Ministers...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
27th Sep 2011, 07:21
Replies: 14
Views: 2,913
Posted By Levelling_the_Land

I haven't paid much attention to their colour,...

I haven't paid much attention to their colour, but next time I see one, I'll check.

Bit misty round here this morning to check anything though!
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
26th Sep 2011, 11:23
Replies: 14
Views: 2,913
Posted By Levelling_the_Land

Avro RJ?

I live not a million miles from the posted location. I haven't seen a C17, though I've seen quite a few Avro RJ. I appreciate they're substantially smaller than a C-17, but if someone's unfamiliar...
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