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1st Mar 2004, 08:14
Replies: 99
Views: 18,405
Posted By Chinese Vic

Aaahh, so I was being over-sensitive and followed...

Aaahh, so I was being over-sensitive and followed it up by being un-officerlike. My mistake!

Do you really think that the term isn't derisory?

Perhaps I should have mentioned the lengthy...
1st Mar 2004, 04:03
Replies: 99
Views: 18,405
Posted By Chinese Vic

'Ex-Hairy'

I have served in the RAF for 17 years, half of which as an avionics technician and the rest as a commissioned officer. I tried my hand at flying but ultimately had a capacity lack - no regrets, and...
26th Feb 2004, 12:55
Replies: 17
Views: 2,201
Posted By Chinese Vic

I hate to say it but it is the RAF that has been...

I hate to say it but it is the RAF that has been behind the drag curve on the UAV front. The Watchkeeper IPT (now re-named the 'Tac UAV IPT') is almost entirely green-suited, and there is not a...
16th Feb 2004, 14:37
Replies: 26
Views: 3,318
Posted By Chinese Vic

FJJP That's fair enough, but I have used...

FJJP

That's fair enough, but I have used Global Security many times on a variety of subjects, and was merely trying to ensure our prospective colleague didn't take everything posted as gospel.
...
15th Feb 2004, 23:55
Replies: 26
Views: 3,318
Posted By Chinese Vic

Website link

Although some of the editorials are occasionally a little extreme for your purposes, the Global Security website is a useful source for political/military information - take a look at:
...
19th Jan 2004, 20:35
Replies: 2,219
Views: 431,523
Posted By Chinese Vic

Haven't experienced it but saw it in use - the 1"...

Haven't experienced it but saw it in use - the 1" (ish) lip where the ramp met the deck plating almost caused the jet to be airborne before the end of the ramp!:\
14th Jan 2004, 05:56
Replies: 5
Views: 1,861
Posted By Chinese Vic

SBFI et al, Check your PMs Cheers ...

SBFI et al,
Check your PMs


Cheers

CV:ok:
13th Jan 2004, 14:32
Replies: 5
Views: 1,861
Posted By Chinese Vic

Sorry, slow to respond (no change there then!) -...

Sorry, slow to respond (no change there then!) - I'l get the address this morning.

CV:rolleyes:
10th Jan 2004, 14:29
Replies: 5
Views: 1,861
Posted By Chinese Vic

There's one on CHOTS...pm me for the address. ...

There's one on CHOTS...pm me for the address.

Cheers

CV:ok:
9th Jan 2004, 05:35
Replies: 11
Views: 1,294
Posted By Chinese Vic

I've read the White Paper and the 'Supporting...

I've read the White Paper and the 'Supporting Essays' (and a right riveting read they were, too...):zzz:

To be honest, there's no real substance or clear idea as to where we're going, other than...
19th Dec 2003, 01:49
Replies: 69
Views: 12,357
Posted By Chinese Vic

40MB for the Canberra/Veritas vid set to Bohemian...

40MB for the Canberra/Veritas vid set to Bohemian Like you by the Dandy Warhols.

(3:32 plus lead in/lout out and credits....)

CV
16th Dec 2003, 02:45
Replies: 69
Views: 12,357
Posted By Chinese Vic

U2 - Elevation?:) CV

U2 - Elevation?:)

CV
10th Dec 2003, 20:24
Replies: 69
Views: 12,357
Posted By Chinese Vic

LILO I use Adobe Premiere as my editing tool...

LILO

I use Adobe Premiere as my editing tool - you can overlay music, bring up or chop original soundtracks, use the awesome special effects etc etc. Very comprehensive and quite expensive - but...
9th Dec 2003, 05:47
Replies: 69
Views: 12,357
Posted By Chinese Vic

I've used Also Sprach Zarasthrustra (sp?), O...

I've used Also Sprach Zarasthrustra (sp?), O Fortuna, 'Bohemian Like You' by the Dandy Warhols, 'Year 3000' by Busted, Liberty Bell (Theme from Monty Python) to name but a few...probably blown my...
6th Dec 2003, 17:05
Replies: 38
Views: 4,723
Posted By Chinese Vic

Best::D My first trip on a C-17, coming home from...

Best::D My first trip on a C-17, coming home from VERITAS out of Seeb via Thumrait. The loadie produced two outstanding hot meals for everyone on board (including us 'self loading freight') -chicken...
21st Nov 2003, 05:32
Replies: 66
Views: 12,697
Posted By Chinese Vic

'Blue' Side of Int

PN

If, by the 'Blue' side of Int you mean ATO/ACO breakout and plotting, CSAR procedures/words of the day, ISOPREPS etc etc then you'll find that the OS (Int) specialisation would be quite glad to...
28th Oct 2003, 06:39
Replies: 12
Views: 1,716
Posted By Chinese Vic

How about "Have any of your aircrew or ops staff...

How about "Have any of your aircrew or ops staff not not been deployed at a rate above harmony guidelines?"
28th Oct 2003, 06:35
Replies: 109
Views: 14,594
Posted By Chinese Vic

:( Marham....please don't make me go back.....!

:( Marham....please don't make me go back.....!
10th Jul 2003, 01:22
Replies: 24
Views: 4,452
Posted By Chinese Vic

Indeed I did - no equine banter here!!! ;)

Indeed I did - no equine banter here!!!
;)
8th Jul 2003, 05:52
Replies: 24
Views: 4,452
Posted By Chinese Vic

The issue is not whether I like criticism or not...

The issue is not whether I like criticism or not - the issue is the desire to remove a perfectly useful and effective weapon from service.

Whilst not as accurate as a PGM, the BL755 is a good...
5th Jul 2003, 03:00
Replies: 24
Views: 4,452
Posted By Chinese Vic

Oh right. Is that the sort of war that we win...

Oh right. Is that the sort of war that we win without hurting anyone then is it?
The sort of war where we put to one side the weapons that have been specifically designed to take out the type of...
4th Jul 2003, 06:33
Replies: 24
Views: 4,452
Posted By Chinese Vic

I was deployed on TELIC and recall the fierce...

I was deployed on TELIC and recall the fierce debate when the BL755s were being called into use. The comment that really stands out for me was from an artillery officer in the Army Liaison Cell of...
9th Jun 2003, 06:14
Replies: 24
Views: 2,886
Posted By Chinese Vic

Have to agree with the General...once spotted a...

Have to agree with the General...once spotted a VR(T) officer wearing a flying suit in the bar at LOO. Said Flt Lt was wearing a peculiar set of wings so I sauntered over and bought the guy a drink,...
20th May 2003, 20:03
Replies: 4
Views: 1,536
Posted By Chinese Vic

'Nick From Cranwell'

Well, I heard it and the man deserves to be shot. By what he said, he purported to be aircrew (probably an officer although I can't be 100% sure) and stated that he 'had been within a week of flying...
25th Apr 2003, 00:16
Replies: 19
Views: 2,431
Posted By Chinese Vic

Aaaahh...the 'Combat Air Wing'....you should see...

Aaaahh...the 'Combat Air Wing'....you should see the pictures of the fly-past of a proper Wing! I'll post them when I get home....

:ok: CV
24th Apr 2003, 23:59
Replies: 11
Views: 1,997
Posted By Chinese Vic

Oh, man.....let it go!!! If the SHAR was...

Oh, man.....let it go!!!

If the SHAR was truly viable as a AMRAAM shooting escort/sweep WITH the legs to get to the target with the bombers, loiter until they egress and sweep out again - don't...
22nd Apr 2003, 00:04
Replies: 6
Views: 1,366
Posted By Chinese Vic

Snoop No, really - the Iraqis have full-scale models of...

No, really - the Iraqis have full-scale models of all our aircraft, ready-prepared for just this eventuality....

CV:p
19th Apr 2003, 11:42
Replies: 275
Views: 39,515
Posted By Chinese Vic

Cool Not again...... WEBF, the RN is already good...

Not again......

WEBF, the RN is already good enough at trumpeting its successes without you doing it for them!

:rolleyes:

CV
19th Apr 2003, 11:40
Replies: 6
Views: 1,293
Posted By Chinese Vic

...the Government announces that there is a free...

...the Government announces that there is a free 'packet' service....
12th Apr 2003, 15:29
Replies: 275
Views: 39,515
Posted By Chinese Vic

Thumbs down And then there's today's report on the BBC...

And then there's today's report on the BBC website of the F3s returning home to Leuchars, with a nice picture of a GR4!
8th Apr 2003, 21:35
Replies: 5
Views: 1,226
Posted By Chinese Vic

Cool I'm at the same airbase as the RAAF F-18 guys. ...

I'm at the same airbase as the RAAF F-18 guys. They're a very professional bunch, doing a bloody good job and the Aussie Nation should be proud of them!

CV
7th Apr 2003, 20:43
Replies: 13
Views: 1,563
Posted By Chinese Vic

Talking For the same reason that we've (according to the...

For the same reason that we've (according to the MOI) been defeated in Umm Qasr, An Nasiriyah, An Najaf, Karbala.......

CV
6th Apr 2003, 21:19
Replies: 14
Views: 2,209
Posted By Chinese Vic

Tusa is a failed infanteer captain, who was first...

Tusa is a failed infanteer captain, who was first trotted out by Sky News during Op Allied Force - clearly an air-only campaign about which he knew nothing. Until now I thought it was just his...
6th Apr 2003, 21:07
Replies: 275
Views: 39,515
Posted By Chinese Vic

Angry Is is just me, or is the reporting ever so...

Is is just me, or is the reporting ever so slightly slanted? One M1 brews up and it's 'a major propoganda coup for the Iraqis' - hundreds of Iraqi APCS and Tanks destroyed on the road to Baghdad and...
12th Mar 2003, 13:12
Replies: 15
Views: 3,325
Posted By Chinese Vic

There is the small issue of trying to protect...

There is the small issue of trying to protect 3/5/lots of miles of perimeter fence...you can't really stop people getting in.
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