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Forum: Military Aviation
19th Mar 2023, 10:16
Replies: 74
Views: 11,942
Posted By throwaway1

Maybe on the Klassic. Perfectly feasible to fly...

Maybe on the Klassic. Perfectly feasible to fly double asymmetric in the J solely from the LHS.

When taxiing around and on the take-off / landing roll during unprepared / natural surface ops, the...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Oct 2022, 06:05
Replies: 51
Views: 8,324
Posted By throwaway1

Brize uses QNH, everywhere else in the UK Mil...

Brize uses QNH, everywhere else in the UK Mil appears to use QFE. AIDU plates have both (M)DA and (M)DH printed on them, though the altitude rather than the height is the primary.
When flying IF...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Sep 2022, 14:55
Replies: 101
Views: 23,809
Posted By throwaway1

Emulating the civvies is probably why it’s...

Emulating the civvies is probably why it’s rumoured that crews will have to go through security screening with the pax for Strat lifts at RAF Melton Runway (Brize).
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Sep 2022, 14:47
Replies: 47
Views: 17,775
Posted By throwaway1

Yes. By test pilots. The aircraft has been able...

Yes. By test pilots. The aircraft has been able to do it for yonks as we have watched the Europeans doing it. How many years until a frontline crew is able to do it and be competent enough to be...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jul 2022, 19:42
Replies: 54
Views: 10,909
Posted By throwaway1

Lovely to learn something from all the "TacAT...

Lovely to learn something from all the "TacAT experts" who've suddenly decided their opinion on how C-130 flies and despatches para is valid. Insertions sausage-side below 500' in all* weather by day...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jan 2022, 23:47
Replies: 24
Views: 5,842
Posted By throwaway1

We all need to remember the difference between a...

We all need to remember the difference between a T&E crew doing a highly controlled capability demonstration on SPTA and the lowest common denominator crew being able to perform it operationally and...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jan 2022, 17:27
Replies: 11
Views: 5,500
Posted By throwaway1

Well if we have the cash to spare to buy some...

Well if we have the cash to spare to buy some soft-roader TacAT aircraft then why not buy something with some capability to plug the gap left next year? Seedcorn some existing operatives and then...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Sep 2021, 08:01
Replies: 108
Views: 41,006
Posted By throwaway1

The shape of warfare is changing and the Cold War...

The shape of warfare is changing and the Cold War missions that the legacy types were ace at aren't really relevant from both a risk-taking or financial-burden (keeping everyone current) level. C-130...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Sep 2021, 08:01
Replies: 108
Views: 41,006
Posted By throwaway1

As an afterthought (and to address the posters in...

As an afterthought (and to address the posters in this thread gleefully posting footage and pics of Atlas doing natural surface Ops, dropping 24 CDS containers, and banging out flares) clearly there...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Aug 2021, 20:06
Replies: 108
Views: 41,006
Posted By throwaway1

Pitting was not a good example of why C-130...

Pitting was not a good example of why C-130 should be kept, all it demonstrated was that a mass of mobility assets is occasionally useful.
Pitting was also not a good example of how good the A400M...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Aug 2021, 00:50
Replies: 108
Views: 41,006
Posted By throwaway1

This is the crux of why people who are in the...

This is the crux of why people who are in the know are upset.

The A400M is really good at what people think the C130 does, but funnily enough the operators of Albert only spend a tiny proportion...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Apr 2021, 06:33
Replies: 455
Views: 142,264
Posted By throwaway1

That’s already where we are supposed to be now....

That’s already where we are supposed to be now. Albeit the green army still aren’t getting anything from A400M in terms of Airborne Assault and resupply, or in-theatre airlift, so the C-130 stagged...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Mar 2021, 11:37
Replies: 58
Views: 21,506
Posted By throwaway1

Can't post link because I'm new but Twitter is...

Can't post link because I'm new but Twitter is reporting a second Titan 321 being painted up in UK colours in NI. G-GBNI
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Mar 2021, 09:33
Replies: 455
Views: 142,264
Posted By throwaway1

Probably the line of thought taken by the people...

Probably the line of thought taken by the people potentially axing the C-130 based on Top Trump numbers and not what it can actually do with that carrying capacity.
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Feb 2021, 11:32
Replies: 455
Views: 142,264
Posted By throwaway1

Purposefully being controversial: If A400M can...

Purposefully being controversial: If A400M can carry most of what a C-17 does in terms of physical size and distance, and there are more of them, it might make sense to find savings in the aircraft...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Feb 2021, 08:13
Replies: 455
Views: 142,264
Posted By throwaway1

To oversimplify, J is a K with knobs on that...

To oversimplify, J is a K with knobs on that never got cleared for the full gamut of capabilities that the legacy aircraft could perform. It is still a C-130 with decades of accumulated knowledge and...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Oct 2020, 08:47
Replies: 25
Views: 8,693
Posted By throwaway1

C-130J crew model has an ALM in the middle seat...

C-130J crew model has an ALM in the middle seat for LL lookout, especially at night on gogs, and for lending some SA to the drivers when doing some of the more high-end stuff. Another ALM is down the...
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