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Forum: Military Aviation
13th Feb 2006, 18:33
Replies: 128
Views: 19,460
Posted By Muff Coupling

Sorry chaps and chapesses, All well wide of...

Sorry chaps and chapesses,

All well wide of the mark. According to Ministry of Defence archives only one aircraft has gone on record as " the example of a most cost effective, operationally...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Jan 2006, 19:04
Replies: 135
Views: 23,416
Posted By Muff Coupling

Let me get this right. NATO coalition...

Let me get this right.

NATO coalition deploys to Afghanistan (not true if Australia nd NZ are involved, they used to or still are part of SEATO), so is it a UN Force?. This; overtretches UK...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Sep 2005, 21:12
Replies: 22
Views: 5,453
Posted By Muff Coupling

Could well have foundation. Heard a similar...

Could well have foundation. Heard a similar debate in the corridors of power a few days ago.

Its all about shrinking budgets and expeditionary forces for NATO 2020 and SDR chapter 5? If your admin...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jul 2005, 20:42
Replies: 240
Views: 40,559
Posted By Muff Coupling

Calli, You must have 2 years service left to...

Calli,

You must have 2 years service left to transfer onto the 2005 scheme. This might be a shocker to some!

I only found out at a OTT brief recently. Effectively, if you have less than 2 years...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jun 2005, 20:39
Replies: 58
Views: 30,214
Posted By Muff Coupling

Small technical point..the F15E has a working...

Small technical point..the F15E has a working gun..the Typhoon has:hmm:
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jun 2005, 20:29
Replies: 59
Views: 10,182
Posted By Muff Coupling

Reds as fuel wasters...yep..makes sense. Disband...

Reds as fuel wasters...yep..makes sense. Disband them and save the public the agony of 28 formation changes in 30 odd minutes. Still thats time for a leg over in the motor, tom tit, latte grande and...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jun 2005, 20:23
Replies: 17
Views: 5,166
Posted By Muff Coupling

Wokka and mates?...Clearly, a contradiction in...

Wokka and mates?...Clearly, a contradiction in terms!
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jun 2005, 19:50
Replies: 240
Views: 40,559
Posted By Muff Coupling

Ginseng..please read my post properly. If a...

Ginseng..please read my post properly.

If a Gp Capt (Army full Col equiv) and Maj Army pilot on PES (A) (as Army pilot Lt Col's must revert back to CS) are both on AFPS 05...the PES (A) Maj at IDD...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jun 2005, 22:02
Replies: 240
Views: 40,559
Posted By Muff Coupling

Biggus and Co....just to add fuel to the debate. ...

Biggus and Co....just to add fuel to the debate.

I hear that the Army have already been through the hoops on the issue of PA Spine sic Flying pay et al.

I hear that they have a few pilots who...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jun 2005, 18:02
Replies: 240
Views: 40,559
Posted By Muff Coupling

Oggin..have a good look at your benefits under...

Oggin..have a good look at your benefits under both schemes first. But the problem we have found, is that every individual will end up with slightly different outcomes. Date of join, age, length of...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jun 2005, 19:24
Replies: 240
Views: 40,559
Posted By Muff Coupling

Climebear, Not a generalisation about 55 I'm...

Climebear,

Not a generalisation about 55 I'm afraid.

To gain the optimum benefit from AFPS 05 scheme from Apr 2005, you still need to serve to 55 ("normal retirement age")... i.e. those that...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jun 2005, 19:36
Replies: 240
Views: 40,559
Posted By Muff Coupling

The FPS 2005 will be available on or around the...

The FPS 2005 will be available on or around the 06 Apr 2006. It is here now..in effect, as all those joining the services from that date will be on that scheme and has therefore been enacted by...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th May 2005, 17:17
Replies: 24
Views: 11,084
Posted By Muff Coupling

SASless..I think I get your last point..but a...

SASless..I think I get your last point..but a small technical point.

You state that an Air Force might be required as an Air Corps might not be sufficient.

A Corps (in this sense - as opposed...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th May 2005, 16:39
Replies: 18
Views: 3,836
Posted By Muff Coupling

Hardly a surprising concept. Consider - Tpt...

Hardly a surprising concept.

Consider - Tpt fleet effectively funded by the Army vote.
BH funded by the Army - Less a few yellow canaries and a few senior helitaxis at Northholt, all other RAF...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th May 2005, 23:52
Replies: 31
Views: 4,079
Posted By Muff Coupling

£194M to "improve thier performance at night and...

£194M to "improve thier performance at night and poor visibility..can't see the logic in WHL statement somehow.

Does the aircraft "performance" change in the dark? Does the aircraft / engines know...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Apr 2005, 18:27
Replies: 17
Views: 2,873
Posted By Muff Coupling

Oh dear..if substantiated, sounds like another...

Oh dear..if substantiated, sounds like another spasm of poor man management for the light blue hatted fraternity:(

Just what is going on with you boys? Where is your head of arm in all this?...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Mar 2005, 17:22
Replies: 8
Views: 1,240
Posted By Muff Coupling

In essence cambridge mate..a load of polibable...

In essence cambridge mate..a load of polibable which the UN will lack the b***s to uphold against China, leaving George W to rope Tony and a smattering of ANZACS into a "Bomb China back to the Stone...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Mar 2005, 18:30
Replies: 5
Views: 1,364
Posted By Muff Coupling

Er..so link from NAO to MOD then:confused: ...

Er..so link from NAO to MOD then:confused:

Connect the complete fiasco over BRH / SABR et al.. Wastelands and competion. Doesnt look like any money (let alone £3bn) is going yo be spent on BH in...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Feb 2005, 21:03
Replies: 18
Views: 2,343
Posted By Muff Coupling

As Moses descended from the Mount with laws...

As Moses descended from the Mount with laws written in tablets of stone..you can bet FLynx will be ordered in stone. Tony cannot go to the polls with 4000 ish jobs under threat from the UK'sonly hel...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th Feb 2005, 21:03
Replies: 34
Views: 3,340
Posted By Muff Coupling

As Moses descended from the Mount with laws...

As Moses descended from the Mount with laws written in tablets of stone..you can bet FLynx will be ordered in stone. Tony cannot go to the polls with 4000 ish jobs under threat from the UK'sonly hel...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Feb 2005, 21:01
Replies: 15
Views: 3,265
Posted By Muff Coupling

No Beaver..but...Do remember a Puma being US...

No Beaver..but...Do remember a Puma being US recovered by Chinook in Alderbanana some years ago..as the whole effort passed by the OM window, for drop off in dispersal..Stash barked out that he...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Feb 2005, 19:40
Replies: 24
Views: 5,443
Posted By Muff Coupling

Dont forget the wagon load of Swindnik SWL4 Helis...

Dont forget the wagon load of Swindnik SWL4 Helis just ordered from Poland (NATO member) either!!:oh:
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Feb 2005, 19:35
Replies: 17
Views: 2,941
Posted By Muff Coupling

To be more precise ..the Gazelle AH1 in Royal...

To be more precise ..the Gazelle AH1 in Royal Marines service will retire..AH1 in Army service will probably retire about 2017:uhoh:
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jan 2005, 23:14
Replies: 11
Views: 2,445
Posted By Muff Coupling

A mate of mine who was an Army Pilot recounted an...

A mate of mine who was an Army Pilot recounted an incident where his Gazelle Fenestron was fitted the wrong way round...apparently it led to some exciting maneouvres in a crowded dispersal and...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Dec 2004, 15:02
Replies: 44
Views: 8,306
Posted By Muff Coupling

Annnd..the Serbian version of the Strela 10 can...

Annnd..the Serbian version of the Strela 10 can chase an F18 for 3.5 minutes, (at 480kts + probably covering the distance from Dover to Calais) in salvo shot flying better close formation than the...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Nov 2004, 20:10
Replies: 31
Views: 5,229
Posted By Muff Coupling

As a bemused outsider reading this thread I am...

As a bemused outsider reading this thread I am curious as to the founding principle behind the title of, (what although sounds to have been a good excuse to turn money into urine,) an "Attack Pilots...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jun 2004, 20:41
Replies: 1
Views: 1,254
Posted By Muff Coupling

No..but heard about the chap who broke down on...

No..but heard about the chap who broke down on the A1..jumped acroos the fence, over the active runway, across dispersal. through a hangar fullof AH, into the line offfice and asked to use the phone...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jun 2004, 20:36
Replies: 19
Views: 3,107
Posted By Muff Coupling

Good times...Waterloo Bks...76 - 79! Some...

Good times...Waterloo Bks...76 - 79!

Some good chaps..passed through and onward.

Recall, PLW...Humphry Drinking ML..last known position in Jersey Airport! Buggers Grips Jim..theres a...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Apr 2004, 20:17
Replies: 37
Views: 5,701
Posted By Muff Coupling

What is more interesting about the report is the...

What is more interesting about the report is the overall % reduction in operational capability, that this un-surprising, (bearing in mind MR4, ASTOR, AH - contract signed in 96, BOWMAN - 16 years...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Feb 2004, 23:34
Replies: 11
Views: 1,769
Posted By Muff Coupling

There is NO FRI in this years Pay Award - check...

There is NO FRI in this years Pay Award - check it out on the MODWEB Portals!! FRI was always a temporary measure until ALL forms of additional / specialist pay are reviwed in full between 2005...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Feb 2004, 23:23
Replies: 4
Views: 1,269
Posted By Muff Coupling

Any "much improved, rationalised and more...

Any "much improved, rationalised and more efficient " system being actively "presented" at this time must start to raise amber captions.

Fairer for who? The Treasury most likely. "A new pay system...
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Aug 2003, 03:58
Replies: 17
Views: 3,617
Posted By Muff Coupling

Not impressed.....better than this was done by...

Not impressed.....better than this was done by Lynx AH1 in 1979. It would be tempting main rotor head departure to do any of the profiles shown in the phots between 19,000lb and max op overload of...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Aug 2003, 05:08
Replies: 68
Views: 9,459
Posted By Muff Coupling

Best bit of banter and mud slinging for a...

Best bit of banter and mud slinging for a while..all the elements of a internet bar brawl...this is what PPRUNE used to be like:E

Just a thought...CGS might just have missed the point about AH in...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Aug 2003, 04:06
Replies: 15
Views: 1,902
Posted By Muff Coupling

There may be some truth in the cash squeeze...not...

There may be some truth in the cash squeeze...not just on the Blue Eagles either. MOD is effectively bankrupt..so looks like another round of cost saving measures inbound.

Pure Military Airshows...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Apr 2003, 05:38
Replies: 14
Views: 2,079
Posted By Muff Coupling

Absolute dead ringer frag pattern from a Strela 1...

Absolute dead ringer frag pattern from a Strela 1 or 2 (SA 7 or 14/16 both in Iraq..see Janes)..like the French Etendard in the FRY. Who said Shilka..do me a favour...23mm would leave holes larger...
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