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Forum: Military Aviation
1st Sep 2023, 06:48
Replies: 75
Views: 18,187
Posted By mikeoneflying

OND probably more difficult than you believe

What is wrong with a OND in business studies course? Probably more useful than a lot of A level courses.

Course content used to be Economics, Economic History. Economic Geography, Accountancy,...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jul 2023, 06:12
Replies: 40
Views: 10,195
Posted By mikeoneflying

I am sure he will be fine -- Lord Wallace in NY hons list

I am sure Mr Wallace will be fine -- Lord Wallace in NY honours list coming down the pipe.

Or maybe from Mr. Sunak on his departure from number 10!

I am sure Mr Wallace will already have...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
16th Jul 2023, 07:50
Replies: 123
Views: 25,608
Posted By mikeoneflying

New F-35 paint job coming soon to a UK motorway

It will be interesting to see the response when they try and paint a F-35 landing on a UK motorway.
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jun 2023, 07:28
Replies: 71
Views: 13,914
Posted By mikeoneflying

X-15 film drama narrated by James Stewart

To make the connection back to Strategic Air Command….a film narrated by James Stewart…..X-15 is a 1961 American aviation drama film that presents a fictionalized account of the X-15researchrocket...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jun 2023, 19:07
Replies: 71
Views: 13,914
Posted By mikeoneflying

Bombers B-52 (released in the UK as No Sleep till Dawn)

For those old enough to remember —- Bombers B-52 (released in the UK as No Sleep till Dawn) .The film stars Natalie Wood (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Wood) and Karl Malden...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jun 2023, 08:44
Replies: 17
Views: 3,438
Posted By mikeoneflying

1A-63 Pampa two-seater jet

If I remember rightly -- I thought a 1A-63 Pampa two-seater jet crashed at Hurn airport in 1992.

Commander Juan Carlos Sapolsky, the pilot, and Captain Omar Dario Gelardi, were killed instantly....
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jun 2023, 05:34
Replies: 47
Views: 9,259
Posted By mikeoneflying

CND used to kindly leave directions on the M4 for...

CND used to kindly leave directions on the M4 for the drivers so they did not miss the turn off to Burghfield.
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Mar 2023, 21:45
Replies: 196
Views: 46,310
Posted By mikeoneflying

DreamWorks, ESPN and Netflix are happy to have...

DreamWorks, ESPN and Netflix are happy to have scenes in their films depicting the nine-dash line.
So when they write the film and TV versions of China taking over the Falklands on behalf of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Mar 2023, 21:33
Replies: 196
Views: 46,310
Posted By mikeoneflying

I wonder what China are offering Argentina to...

I wonder what China are offering Argentina to take this stance.

I am sure China would be quite happy to kick start their economy and get on track all the stagnating investments they have made in...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Feb 2023, 08:26
Replies: 42
Views: 8,891
Posted By mikeoneflying

Zero length launch

The zero length launch -- USAF did quite a lot of work on this in 1950's.

Was thought to be a way of dispersing aircraft away from airfields.

For example fire the aircraft out of a barn on a...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Feb 2023, 10:33
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,147,501
Posted By mikeoneflying

Her death comes just days after Major General...

Her death comes just days after Major General Vladimir Makarov, recently fired by Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found dead in a suspected suicide outside of Moscow.

Colonel Vadim Boiko,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
13th Feb 2023, 17:11
Replies: 32
Views: 5,277
Posted By mikeoneflying

I was lucky enough to see an Optica at a...

I was lucky enough to see an Optica at a airshow-- if I remember rightly the manufacturer had great hopes in the plane for police work in the UK and overseas.

This was dashed after the crash of...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Feb 2023, 06:04
Replies: 291
Views: 110,222
Posted By mikeoneflying

UK to examine threat

A series of incursions by suspected Chinese spy balloons (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chinese-spy-balloon-china-shot-down-video-b2279622.html) into Western airspace has prompted...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Feb 2023, 06:06
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,147,501
Posted By mikeoneflying

Attack targets deeper in Russia

I would imagine the reason they want the jets is that they can directly attack targets deeper in Russia or with a heavier payload.

Maybe, even attack any countries allied to the Russian that...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Feb 2023, 17:30
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,147,501
Posted By mikeoneflying

Ukraine shopping list include F-16s and F-35s...

Ukraine shopping list include F-16s and F-35s from the U.S., Eurofighters, Tornados, French Rafales, and Swedish Gripen jets.

This was at the beginning of the year.
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Feb 2023, 08:09
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,147,501
Posted By mikeoneflying

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will arrive in the UK today, in his first visit since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year.

Downing Street said he would be holding meetings with Prime...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2023, 17:11
Replies: 370
Views: 128,583
Posted By mikeoneflying

n Costa Rica exports account for around 40...

n Costa Rica exports account for around 40 percent of GDP. Costa Rica´s main exports are electronic components (18 percent of total exports), medical equipment (7.3 percent), pineapples (7 percent)...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2023, 11:38
Replies: 370
Views: 128,583
Posted By mikeoneflying

I thought the Navy was going to arm U2 aircraft...

I thought the Navy was going to arm U2 aircraft with anti shipping missiles during the cold war.

Launch the U2 from a carrier.

Maybe could use a U2 to launch an attack or at least get a closer...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2023, 08:58
Replies: 370
Views: 128,583
Posted By mikeoneflying

Second Balloon sighted over Costa Rica then...

Second Balloon sighted over Costa Rica then Venezuela.- according to UK Daily Mail.

Washington Post --China is Latin America’s second-largest trading partner, just behind the United States,...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2023, 05:59
Replies: 370
Views: 128,583
Posted By mikeoneflying

99 Red Balloons

Pentagon now saying second balloon over Latin America -- will we get to 99 Red Balloons -- 99 Red Balloons," a protest song. In the lyrics, a boy and girl innocently release a batch of balloons into...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Feb 2023, 21:25
Replies: 370
Views: 128,583
Posted By mikeoneflying

The Chinese will auto destruct the balloon over...

The Chinese will auto destruct the balloon over the sea -- the balloon might even have the capability to auto destruct if attacked.

I wonder when the next balloon is due?
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Feb 2023, 18:37
Replies: 370
Views: 128,583
Posted By mikeoneflying

I don't think it anything to do with intelligence...

I don't think it anything to do with intelligence gathering just a way of putting a weed up the administration.

Its a cheap way way to get the worlds attention and difficult to counter without...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Feb 2023, 18:17
Replies: 370
Views: 128,583
Posted By mikeoneflying

Maybe these balloons will become a common sight...

Maybe these balloons will become a common sight -- probably Europe/UK next on the target list -- if that's possible.

Forget gunboat diplomacy -- balloons are cheaper.
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jan 2023, 08:58
Replies: 164
Views: 65,830
Posted By mikeoneflying

In the BBC Sailor TV series I always liked...

In the BBC Sailor TV series I always liked Captain Wilfred Graham and 'Little Wilf'. (a wooden ventriloquist dummy dressed like the Captain)......little Wilf would ask 'So Big Wilf (the...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Jan 2023, 17:30
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,147,501
Posted By mikeoneflying

Its the reconstruction contracts of the country...

Its the reconstruction contracts of the country where the big money will be made.

Those who gave a lot of help will expect a large slice of that pie.

Last estimate I saw was in excess of $6...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Dec 2022, 06:51
Replies: 32
Views: 12,177
Posted By mikeoneflying

That's no way to talk about the Red Arrows!

That's no way to talk about the Red Arrows!
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Dec 2022, 17:34
Replies: 46
Views: 7,311
Posted By mikeoneflying

The cat landing on feet -- was tried with bombs!

The cat idea was tried with bombs..it was thought a falling cat would always try and land not only feet first but on something firm eg a ship rather than the sea.

How a terriified cat could...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Dec 2022, 17:29
Replies: 46
Views: 7,311
Posted By mikeoneflying

Speckled Jim

Skinner's ideas were based upon stimulus and response -- the pigeons got more food the better they zeroed in on the target.

Problem was the pigeons could not identify between friendly and enemy...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Nov 2022, 08:10
Replies: 74
Views: 19,763
Posted By mikeoneflying

Why don't we buy a Isostatic press from China

Why don't we buy a Isostatic press from China.

I am sure they copied the Belgium one years ago.

In the 1980's the Chinese 'borrowed' a lot of US Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) embargoed...
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