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Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Apr 2016, 08:48
Replies: 57
Views: 15,206
Posted By Ali Barber

Forgive my total ignorance, but do I understand...

Forgive my total ignorance, but do I understand correctly that all military service was "opted out" so you get nothing for years contributed to state pension? I did 37 years and now working abroad...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Nov 2015, 17:24
Replies: 313
Views: 169,158
Posted By Ali Barber

Did have to request a fuel priority to cross the...

Did have to request a fuel priority to cross the runway and taxi back after diverting off a Q scramble and landing on one engine.
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Mar 2015, 13:16
Replies: 89
Views: 19,166
Posted By Ali Barber

Don't know the difference between Sunni and...

Don't know the difference between Sunni and Shiite, but I presume they use the same Koran. If one side blows up a mosque, surely they're defacing copies of the Koran which usually seems to get...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jan 2015, 07:41
Replies: 19
Views: 3,981
Posted By Ali Barber

50p piece for £8? Doesn't even include the £3...

50p piece for £8? Doesn't even include the £3 delivery cost. Where does the other £7.50 go? No mention of any service charity, or any other charity for that matter.
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Dec 2014, 04:07
Replies: 6
Views: 1,858
Posted By Ali Barber

Had 2 letters signed off at 1* in MoD with...

Had 2 letters signed off at 1* in MoD with "onageristic estimate" in them. The onager being a form of African mule, it means "wild ass guess"!
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Nov 2014, 08:41
Replies: 35
Views: 9,898
Posted By Ali Barber

Increased the passenger capability or...

Increased the passenger capability or incorporated a smoking lounge!
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Oct 2014, 08:40
Replies: 42
Views: 8,417
Posted By Ali Barber

IS & Article 5

With the IS about to take a town on the Turkish border, if they then cross in to Turkey, can the Turks then invoke Article 5 and force a bigger NATO response, including NATO boots on the ground? What...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Aug 2014, 19:51
Replies: 97
Views: 17,001
Posted By Ali Barber

Good for him! I'm assuming he's a higher rate...

Good for him! I'm assuming he's a higher rate tax payer. Maybe he can "deed/gift of covenant" (whatever it is called) and give back more than he gets? (Not a tax lawyer, but signed up at recent...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jul 2014, 03:59
Replies: 10
Views: 2,243
Posted By Ali Barber

So, fire them and pay redundancy, rehire next...

So, fire them and pay redundancy, rehire next week as a civvie contractor and pay back redundancy, fire again next week and you're on your own as you haven't worked long enough to get redundancy. ...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jun 2014, 22:49
Replies: 43
Views: 12,322
Posted By Ali Barber

End of an era?

I believe I am the last serving ex-Lightning pilot still in the RAF. In about 10 minutes, that was my last working day in the RAF. Did I ever tell you WIWOL ................
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Mar 2014, 09:53
Replies: 12
Views: 5,144
Posted By Ali Barber

Just a few days to go. My clearance chit doesn't...

Just a few days to go. My clearance chit doesn't say to turn off the lights after me, but I'm doing it just in case!
:ok:
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Feb 2014, 20:53
Replies: 18
Views: 5,058
Posted By Ali Barber

F3 took off in cold power with flap up, F6 in...

F3 took off in cold power with flap up, F6 in reheat with flap down. No guns on the F3. F6 had a cranked wing versus straight on the F3, but never noticed any difference from that. Other than...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Dec 2013, 04:29
Replies: 58,121
Views: 11,013,693
Posted By Ali Barber

Finally, a practical demonstration of the...

Finally, a practical demonstration of the coriolis effect!
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Nov 2013, 11:17
Replies: 6
Views: 3,872
Posted By Ali Barber

My wife and daughter did tandem skydives onto the...

My wife and daughter did tandem skydives onto the Palm a few weeks ago. Fantastic looking views according to the video. Amazing they can operate a jump site there, so close to skyscrapers and...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Oct 2013, 20:08
Replies: 66
Views: 11,758
Posted By Ali Barber

Lightning auto-ILS legally gave you a 50ft lower...

Lightning auto-ILS legally gave you a 50ft lower decision height than if you flew it yourself.
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Oct 2013, 21:58
Replies: 17
Views: 3,516
Posted By Ali Barber

I wouldn't call it an ambush. The cuts in the...

I wouldn't call it an ambush. The cuts in the Army are based on a false premise that the "slack" (if there is such a thing) would be taken up by the Reserves, who won't be there because not enough...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Sep 2013, 19:49
Replies: 29
Views: 7,558
Posted By Ali Barber

Never having been in that situation as I'm an...

Never having been in that situation as I'm an airman rather than a grunt, but I've just finished reading "Outlaw Platoon"; an excellent book about a US Army platoon commander in Afghanistan. He...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Sep 2013, 15:00
Replies: 15
Views: 4,026
Posted By Ali Barber

She's brilliant!

She's brilliant!
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Sep 2013, 19:30
Replies: 10
Views: 4,301
Posted By Ali Barber

460 Sqn RAAF was based at Binbrook for part of...

460 Sqn RAAF was based at Binbrook for part of their wartime existence. In the early 80s, the survivors hired a 747 to come over for a reunion and hold a memorial service at Binbrook church. They...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Aug 2013, 13:19
Replies: 646
Views: 157,454
Posted By Ali Barber

Thrush - censorship rules dictate that I leave...

Thrush - censorship rules dictate that I leave you to figure it out!
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Aug 2013, 01:51
Replies: 63
Views: 18,138
Posted By Ali Barber

What exactly is the point of the boneyard, other...

What exactly is the point of the boneyard, other than to look good on Google Earth?
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Aug 2013, 10:59
Replies: 224
Views: 56,148
Posted By Ali Barber

During the 80's at Binbrook the TACEVAL team...

During the 80's at Binbrook the TACEVAL team expected to see a deployment plan drawn up. There was always a blank Op Order for just this purpose where you simply filled in the gaps. The team said...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jul 2013, 23:14
Replies: 28
Views: 6,758
Posted By Ali Barber

It's like the list of impossible acronyms (anyone...

It's like the list of impossible acronyms (anyone flown a supplier's ILS?). I once phoned a guy up because I had no idea what he was on about in his letter; turned out, neither did he - he was just...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th May 2013, 20:12
Replies: 3
Views: 3,203
Posted By Ali Barber

Should still be breaking news in about 3 days...

Should still be breaking news in about 3 days time. I hate 24 hr news channels, there's not enough news to justify them (or not enough enough news sources that they use).
Forum: Military Aviation
21st May 2013, 14:26
Replies: 18
Views: 14,977
Posted By Ali Barber

http://images.quickblogcast.com/103828-96655/Tenni...

http://images.quickblogcast.com/103828-96655/TennisGirl_450x675.jpg

And the caption is .........
Forum: Military Aviation
1st May 2013, 23:06
Replies: 12
Views: 5,144
Posted By Ali Barber

QROPS

I'm about 6 months from bailing out and plan to work overseas. I've got some appointments with Independent Financial Advisers, but I'm looking for any comments from anyone with practical experience...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2013, 23:08
Replies: 68
Views: 19,282
Posted By Ali Barber

The Lightning camera was in the intake so,...

The Lightning camera was in the intake so, instead of seeing what the gunsight showed, you interpreted the film from where the pitot tube was. One Sqn boss had us looking at his film trying to...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2013, 06:10
Replies: 15
Views: 3,853
Posted By Ali Barber

From the comments section: Those RAF Tycoons...

From the comments section:

Those RAF Tycoons sure are cool

- Serfer Dude , Chavtown EUSSR, United Kingdom, 28/4/2013 17:11
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2013, 20:03
Replies: 38
Views: 5,534
Posted By Ali Barber

"Day-to-day management would be undertaken by a...

"Day-to-day management would be undertaken by a private company, possibly from abroad". :ugh:
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2013, 20:20
Replies: 92
Views: 33,067
Posted By Ali Barber

Not quite, but I did once do a low level circuit...

Not quite, but I did once do a low level circuit at night in yellow, trying to get into Pisa en route back from Cyprus, as all I'd found at the end of my home made Tac to Tac approach was an empty...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Mar 2013, 09:56
Replies: 20
Views: 4,622
Posted By Ali Barber

Time to go switching

Time to go switching
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2013, 01:11
Replies: 121
Views: 35,717
Posted By Ali Barber

1ACC didn't like being referred to as 1 Amateur...

1ACC didn't like being referred to as 1 Amateur Camping Club in an exercise ATO
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Jan 2013, 19:12
Replies: 18
Views: 4,869
Posted By Ali Barber

With apologies for taking the thread back to the...

With apologies for taking the thread back to the original pic, shouldn't the A be more sloped? Corporate recognition and all that?
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Dec 2012, 18:09
Replies: 15
Views: 2,198
Posted By Ali Barber

If it's flying "pay", how can it be an...

If it's flying "pay", how can it be an "allowance"? I'd be surprised if it was tax deductible, but don't take my word for it.
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Nov 2012, 07:07
Replies: 79
Views: 1,202,836
Posted By Ali Barber

Didn't they have one that started the run from...

Didn't they have one that started the run from too far back and broke the nose leg when it hit the ramp? (or something along those lines)
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