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21st Feb 2024, 08:11
Replies: 62
Views: 10,949
Posted By typerated

Cant believe this is public - Beadwindow?

Cant believe this is public - Beadwindow?
8th Feb 2024, 08:39
Replies: 3
Views: 671
Posted By typerated

Aussie NH-90s to Ukraine .....NOT

The truth is finally starting to come out. It took only 90 seconds and two questions from Senator David Fawcett to Foreign Minister Penny Wong to confirm what many have long suspected – the only...
6th Feb 2024, 18:40
Replies: 38
Views: 6,364
Posted By typerated

You obviously really don't know! so the Tornado...

You obviously really don't know!
so the Tornado GR1 being withdrawn from low level attacks in GW1 was a sign of being unprepared and the Tornado being obsolete? or was there another reason maybe?
6th Feb 2024, 05:28
Replies: 38
Views: 6,364
Posted By typerated

I think your understanding is lacking. The...

I think your understanding is lacking.
The Battle and Blenheim had only flown 3 and 4 years before. And were revolutionary at the time.
Yes they were very vulnerable but that was much more a...
4th Feb 2024, 06:07
Replies: 34
Views: 13,469
Posted By typerated

"Squadron exchanges were a regular occurrence at...

"Squadron exchanges were a regular occurrence at Coltishall, and while on 41 Mike participated in a particularly interesting one with F6 wing of the Swedish Air Force at Karlsborg, flying the AJ37...
4th Feb 2024, 06:07
Replies: 34
Views: 13,469
Posted By typerated

Royal Air Force and the Viggen ...

Royal Air Force and the Viggen




Original text by Ulf Edlund
23rd Jan 2024, 21:52
Replies: 19
Views: 3,316
Posted By typerated

The interdiction role (that most F-16s end up...

The interdiction role (that most F-16s end up spending most time doing) would obviously have been better undertaken by the XL.

But the ANG units flying the F-16 as an interceptor also seemed to be...
21st Jan 2024, 18:40
Replies: 19
Views: 3,316
Posted By typerated

I think the USAF missed a trick by not ordering...

I think the USAF missed a trick by not ordering the F-16XL (E) instead of the standard model from the mid 80s.
Yes the XL lost against the F-15E for the F-111 augmentation buy - it was too small to...
19th Jan 2024, 03:07
Replies: 1,144
Views: 612,443
Posted By typerated

and the CAA is also guilty for letting him (and...

and the CAA is also guilty for letting him (and others like him ) be approved for low level aerobatics in front of a crowd with minimal currency. I'm surprised he was deemed current enough not to be...
16th Jan 2024, 21:19
Replies: 1,144
Views: 612,443
Posted By typerated

I think the CAA having pushed the display line...

I think the CAA having pushed the display line further out is a poor ambulance at the bottom of the cliff. How much more safe is a more distant display line?
It's really easy to bust - diving...
14th Jan 2024, 18:15
Replies: 176
Views: 39,765
Posted By typerated

Yes I know this. And your point is?

Yes I know this.

And your point is?
10th Jan 2024, 21:32
Replies: 8
Views: 1,930
Posted By typerated

Slightly tongue in cheek but did the Binbrook...

Slightly tongue in cheek but did the Binbrook jets have the range to get out of the North Coates Bloodhounds MEZ?
2nd Jan 2024, 23:34
Replies: 19
Views: 3,204
Posted By typerated

Totally - but it is a very different case afloat....

Totally - but it is a very different case afloat.
But as a land based CAS machine it was lets say unfanicied.
2nd Jan 2024, 23:11
Replies: 19
Views: 3,204
Posted By typerated

I'm not disagreeing but it is interesting the...

I'm not disagreeing but it is interesting
the USAF went for the A-10
US ARMY went for (eventually) Apache
and the Luftwaffe went for the armed Alpha Jet.
No other Air Force apart from the RAF...
20th Dec 2023, 23:06
Replies: 36
Views: 8,188
Posted By typerated

Only just has the UK ordered more! and...

Only just has the UK ordered more!

and bizarrely does not have many more T-6 Texans than the RNZAF - when you compare the size of the force
29th Nov 2023, 07:28
Replies: 4
Views: 1,129
Posted By typerated

I was thinking it's unlikely to be NZ - but the...

I was thinking it's unlikely to be NZ - but the new RNZAF P-8s have link 16.
14th Nov 2023, 22:00
Replies: 50
Views: 13,694
Posted By typerated

Go on Bob, Give us a summary... maybe on...

Go on Bob,
Give us a summary... maybe on another thread?

You can start by shooting down my thinking - which was a get a unit of Gripens that sit between Valley and the Typhoon/F-35s OCUs.
...
13th Nov 2023, 23:25
Replies: 176
Views: 39,765
Posted By typerated

I saw the trailer and it looks utterly...

I saw the trailer and it looks utterly unwatchable.
Hype and over dramatised to a painful degree.
It would be so much more powerful if the program was not trying to squeeze drama and emotion out...
6th Nov 2023, 22:49
Replies: 256
Views: 97,774
Posted By typerated

Fair enough - but that was then - bit short of...

Fair enough - but that was then - bit short of Hunters (or any fast jets hours ) today!

The RAFAT (or BBMF) are not the right tools to get teenagers to want to join the RAF/ Military - far from it.
6th Nov 2023, 22:45
Replies: 256
Views: 97,774
Posted By typerated

Exactly!

Exactly!
6th Nov 2023, 22:42
Replies: 256
Views: 97,774
Posted By typerated

spot the sad aircraft spotter.....

spot the sad aircraft spotter.....
6th Nov 2023, 05:18
Replies: 256
Views: 97,774
Posted By typerated

The RAF is not in the business of airshow...

The RAF is not in the business of airshow attendance or showing off it's history.
Disband the RAFAT as the personnel are desperately needed elsewhere . Although perhaps convert to training Ukrainian...
18th Aug 2023, 08:11
Replies: 420
Views: 189,243
Posted By typerated

Finally will be a fighter without a gun! Maybe?

Finally will be a fighter without a gun!
Maybe?
9th Jun 2023, 21:40
Replies: 97
Views: 29,093
Posted By typerated

I'd have thought the Ukrainian Air Force would be...

I'd have thought the Ukrainian Air Force would be happy enough to gets blokes trained in steam driven Hawk T1s.
Wouldn't care if they are painted Red too.
Better use of the Sqn in my opinion.
3rd May 2023, 20:32
Replies: 141
Views: 26,155
Posted By typerated

Probably just wanted to watch the traffic in the...

Probably just wanted to watch the traffic in the pattern at Wainfleet. Although it might have closed by 2008,?
21st Mar 2023, 04:02
Replies: 1,392
Views: 459,660
Posted By typerated

Still, it's firmly one the comedy ADF procurement...

Still, it's firmly one the comedy ADF procurement purchases.

And maybe the ADF inches ahead of the UK on getting less bang for the buck - well done quite an achievement!
20th Mar 2023, 08:29
Replies: 1,392
Views: 459,660
Posted By typerated

Super Hornets? Greater capability?- you are...

Super Hornets? Greater capability?- you are having a larf!
Did you hear about the Air Force officer asking the supplier if he can get for a fuel cap for a Super Hornet.
The supplier thinks for a...
14th Mar 2023, 07:07
Replies: 6
Views: 2,154
Posted By typerated

I take your point. You may well be spot on! But...

I take your point. You may well be spot on!
But it's does seem attack helicopters have suffered very heavy losses in Ukraine - lofting unguided rockets is verging on comical - maybe desperate is a...
14th Mar 2023, 04:32
Replies: 1,540
Views: 339,950
Posted By typerated

Totally agree. Report in the Sydney Morning...

Totally agree.
Report in the Sydney Morning Herald recently was war likely within 3 years.
If you had 3 years to prepare I'd be not retiring anything (even the NH-90s!) and building up ammunition...
14th Mar 2023, 03:20
Replies: 6
Views: 2,154
Posted By typerated

I think some are going to be built in Poland - a...

I think some are going to be built in Poland - a win for both countries.
Unless the aircraft is not that useful?
I wonder if they will be used exclusively for first tours as an extended TWU...
14th Mar 2023, 02:22
Replies: 6
Views: 2,154
Posted By typerated

Polish FA-50

Poland is getting the first of their Korean FA-50's this summer.

There is a photo released of a Polish machine taking off carrying dumb bombs.

I wonder what they plan they might use them for? ...
6th Mar 2023, 08:05
Replies: 225
Views: 42,785
Posted By typerated

Yes there would have been Harriers on the Ex -...

Yes there would have been Harriers on the Ex - there were on all Mallet Blow's
But your area is a long way from the Exercise area - the ground attack aircraft (such as Harrier) did not route over...
6th Mar 2023, 05:11
Replies: 481
Views: 352,902
Posted By typerated

Seems to me both sides use disinformation: ...

Seems to me both sides use disinformation:

"Saturday Flying

As we have done in the past RAF Valley will soon be conducting some limited flying training on occasional Saturdays. This decision...
24th Feb 2023, 23:41
Replies: 126
Views: 34,788
Posted By typerated

Totally. Surely the future is not having...

Totally.
Surely the future is not having 'aircrew' touch the aeroplane for take off or landing - these can be automatic functions - let the computer do this.
This halfway house of some auto...
22nd Feb 2023, 23:36
Replies: 35
Views: 6,635
Posted By typerated

On a Bomber's Moon ...

On a Bomber's Moon
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