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Forum: Military Aviation
5th Apr 2024, 23:44
Replies: 69
Views: 6,531
Posted By dogle

Ninthace - was it not ‘Gallia omnia divisia est...

Ninthace - was it not ‘Gallia omnia divisia est in partes tres’ - much more difficult to translate grammatically under my very demanding Latin master [who was ex-RAF, “five horrid years” in India in...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2024, 02:24
Replies: 10,620
Views: 4,742,714
Posted By dogle

I side with PP and meleagertoo on viewing the...

I side with PP and meleagertoo on viewing the refinery image - that is not a petroleum fire, but more likely the result of someone hitting the ESD button on arrival of incoming.

I also note the...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jan 2024, 22:32
Replies: 3
Views: 1,234
Posted By dogle

Aerial Intelligent Vehicles - new research on the ?ultimate stealth aircraft?

This is to share a report which I found most intriguing ... with whom it may concern ...

https://www.cn.chiba-u.jp/en/news/press-release_e240123/

The full text unfortunately appears to be...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Dec 2023, 00:39
Replies: 1
Views: 1,803
Posted By dogle

Kalamata fatality

https://greekreporter.com/2023/12/27/pilot-killed-greek-air-force-training-jet-crashes/

Sad news. I was not aware that the T-2E was still in service.
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Nov 2023, 23:02
Replies: 10,620
Views: 4,742,714
Posted By dogle

Very interesting reading on Ukraine's use of...

Very interesting reading on Ukraine's use of mini-UAVs:

https://www.politico.eu/article/future-warfare-400-army-strike-drone-unit-2m-tank/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-gb

... but with perhaps...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Jun 2023, 22:29
Replies: 524
Views: 446,974
Posted By dogle

Aerotoxic Syndrome

A search of PPRuNe on 'aerotoxic' has revealed a wide miscellany of threads going back many years, but no common link.

I am therefore kicking off this new thread to draw attention to some new...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Apr 2023, 07:24
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,146,642
Posted By dogle

Thanks, Uberteknik, for that headsup. This...

Thanks, Uberteknik, for that headsup.
This Kyivpost article the other week shows an intriguing image of a lashup of applique-wings on a conventional bomb - allegedly Russian - purportedly attached...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Feb 2023, 15:28
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,146,642
Posted By dogle

Claymore-style mines have been widely copied and...

Claymore-style mines have been widely copied and adopted by various nations, and I imagine that such might come in quite handy in case of Stalin-era-like infantry wave attacks by the RF. However, I...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Nov 2022, 21:49
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,146,642
Posted By dogle

Fulsome thanks to those here who have been...

Fulsome thanks to those here who have been working so hard to keep the rest of us appraised of the latest developments.

Right now Kherson is very much in focus, but for those not familar with the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
17th Jul 2022, 22:49
Replies: 29
Views: 16,186
Posted By dogle

Here's a more recent link: ...

Here's a more recent link:

https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1189282/all-crew-bodies-at-plane-crash-site-now-retrieved/
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Aug 2021, 23:20
Replies: 1
Views: 1,586
Posted By dogle

Crazy? ... a necessary qualification?

I am grateful to the publishers for including this salute - albeit all too briefly - in their English-language version, to one of the earliest pioneers of military aviation:
...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Nov 2020, 18:14
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By dogle

Pursuant to our late CO’s brilliant metaphor .......

Pursuant to our late CO’s brilliant metaphor .... long have I lurked in the nether regions of our ‘virtual crewroom’, just cleaning up the ‘tea swindle’ mugs but with ears always a-flapping (twixt...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Oct 2020, 15:58
Replies: 250
Views: 72,928
Posted By dogle

No doubt all of us who knew what really happened...

No doubt all of us who knew what really happened have seen fit to draw a respectful veil of silence over dead_pan’s earlier mention of the highly secret Wiggins Aerodyne development, which was so...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Mar 2020, 19:41
Replies: 240
Views: 109,473
Posted By dogle

NutLoose, thank you so much for making public the...

NutLoose, thank you so much for making public the Rotodyne / Chinook comparison (one which I had considered privately in the wayback).
What an opportunity lost ... one of so many in that era.
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Sep 2016, 12:12
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By dogle

I was most pleasantly surprised earlier today...

I was most pleasantly surprised earlier today when my lair was overflown by an aircraft in yellow U.S. livery, almost certainly the venerable Stearman (UK registration). It was a lovely sight, and...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jun 2016, 10:24
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By dogle

The Charge to Production theory of the Two Balls

WW II was a time of immense industrial activity, in which vast numbers of civilians suddenly found themselves doing completely unfamilar jobs in pursuit of the War Effort.

My late father was one...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jun 2016, 19:58
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By dogle

Wink Thanks topgas for those splendid photographs. ...

Thanks topgas for those splendid photographs.

Whoops, here we go again ..... the (still unresolved) Mystery of the Two Balls .... which has much intrigued me, although I recall thinking...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Jan 2015, 19:27
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By dogle

fredjhh's memoirs?

Conversation in the Crewroom having lapsed for a moment, whilst our aircrew ponder a while, and quietly contemplate the stove ...

.... like many others I am very much looking forward to reading...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Dec 2014, 13:41
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By dogle

Dogle's Law (depreciation, used cars, for the purchase of).

Danny is so right, and the impecunious young officer of today would do well to note his words of wisdom (likewise perhaps the not-so-young!).

(Of course in the immediate aftermath of the war,...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Nov 2014, 19:17
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By dogle

On "boondocks" mentioned recently, I was...

On "boondocks" mentioned recently, I was expecting our crew members from south of the Tropic of Capricorn, or thereabouts, to jump in and say that the word was merely a corruption of 'bundu' (a view...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Sep 2014, 18:30
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By dogle

An other - somewhat unkind? - Lightning chestnut...

An other - somewhat unkind? - Lightning chestnut was:

Q. What is the turning circle of a Lightning on full reheat?

A. Forget it, you have fuel exhaustion before you manage a 360 that way!
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Apr 2014, 10:48
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By dogle

It seems that USS Wakefield, formerly SS...

It seems that USS Wakefield, formerly SS Manhattan (indeed sister to SS Washington) in her civilian life, was a handsome ship and enjoyed quite an eventful wartime career -...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Apr 2014, 00:05
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By dogle

Splendid, HF, thank you so much. May I put...

Splendid, HF, thank you so much.

May I put in a word in defence of Mona's Isle, home of tailless cats and four-horned sheep?

It is to me (not having served there) a lovely place; in peacetime,...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Mar 2014, 21:26
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By dogle

Wwwop, may I second MPN11's warm welcome (and...

Wwwop, may I second MPN11's warm welcome (and join the queue of those anxious to set up your drinks on the bar, all gasping to hear more).

Amazing coincidences - oooh, 'tis a small world - it is...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Mar 2014, 16:24
Replies: 183
Views: 196,080
Posted By dogle

Latin dictionaries commonly offer you a clue to...

Latin dictionaries commonly offer you a clue to the declension by indicating secondly the genitive singular ending, not the nominative plural ... as you will no doubt now recall! FWIW, the Dons...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
6th Mar 2014, 22:11
Replies: 26
Views: 3,348
Posted By dogle

I trust that the OP is well content ... and I...

I trust that the OP is well content ... and I tip my hat to mixture. (I shall remain silent in the matter of that outfit which once briefly sported a logo which swiftly became known as the...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Mar 2014, 09:56
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By dogle

I enjoyed the BBC radio interview, broadcast 0930...

I enjoyed the BBC radio interview, broadcast 0930 today, with North Yorkshire author and WWII Lancaster pilot Bill Spence, marking his nomination for a literary award. He sounded very fit, and like...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jan 2014, 21:51
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By dogle

Oh, no, Danny - by no means unworthy ..... and...

Oh, no, Danny - by no means unworthy ..... and but barely in jest (where so many a true word be spoken!).

The late Professor Parkinson wrote lightheartedly in his most popular work about the...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jan 2014, 10:18
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By dogle

It was indeed, Danny. Rudolf Kaiser - Wikipedia,...

It was indeed, Danny. Rudolf Kaiser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Kaiser)
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Jan 2014, 20:47
Replies: 28
Views: 6,882
Posted By dogle

Before you rush out to buy new batteries, peeush,...

Before you rush out to buy new batteries, peeush, here's a tip which might just save your outfit some useful cash. I note that the problem arises at temperatures which shouldn't affect the battery...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
4th Dec 2013, 14:03
Replies: 20
Views: 2,793
Posted By dogle

I'm sure Linux would be much more popular but for...

I'm sure Linux would be much more popular but for the ongoing "geekspeak" problem mentioned in the OP.

obgraham, if your computer has a working CD drive, I'd like to suggest a workaround which...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Nov 2013, 19:47
Replies: 63
Views: 8,573
Posted By dogle

Thanks, folks, for your most generous and greatly...

Thanks, folks, for your most generous and greatly illuminating responses to my OP query.

I now need to confess that I expected the response to be 'Oh, too difficult!' rather than 'Oh, too dear!' ...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Nov 2013, 22:29
Replies: 63
Views: 8,573
Posted By dogle

Could civilian AAR ever happen?

AFAIK, AAR has never been attempted seriously in (commercial) civilian operations. With the ?quadrupling of fuel costs in recent years, perhaps there is now an incentive.

Yesterday's...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Oct 2013, 19:41
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By dogle

Aahhh, Grey Lady indeed ... truly a 'proper'...

Aahhh, Grey Lady indeed ... truly a 'proper' car!

Now, those mirrors which the chauffeur so disdained - it seems that Peugeot was putting the side mirrors in that more logical place long before...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Oct 2013, 14:27
Replies: 12,908
Views: 4,855,518
Posted By dogle

Thank you so much, Danny, for that clarification...

Thank you so much, Danny, for that clarification - I was labouring under the mistaken impression that the Vengeance's dive brakes could be operated delicately at less than full whack.

Smudge -...
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