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Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jan 2024, 10:09
Replies: 2,111
Views: 624,817
Posted By layman

rattman Quite agree about the relative...

rattman

Quite agree about the relative importance, with irion ore exports also worth over $100 Bn a year.

What I was attempting to highlight was the 'incentives' the Chinese market privudes for...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jan 2024, 08:59
Replies: 2,111
Views: 624,817
Posted By layman

Australian lobster (median price) was around...

Australian lobster (median price) was around $250/kg pre trade-war and dropped to around $100/kg afterwards.

While I hope exporters have filed away their 'lessons learned', I can understand why...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Nov 2023, 06:09
Replies: 32
Views: 4,555
Posted By layman

Optus copying AT&T outage?

It might seem Optus have not learned much from history. This outage seems to 'rhyme' with the 1990 AT&T network crash.

Main points - a one-line software error caused 70 million uncompleted phone...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
10th Nov 2023, 04:14
Replies: 8
Views: 1,754
Posted By layman

From the ARRSE site Most Beautiful Aircraft...

From the ARRSE site

Most Beautiful Aircraft | Page 796 | Army Rumour Service (arrse.co.uk) (https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/threads/most-beautiful-aircraft.109170/page-796)

"A B-26 Marauder...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Nov 2023, 20:44
Replies: 10,621
Views: 4,746,116
Posted By layman

A brief article on growing Ukrainian 'partisan'...

A brief article on growing Ukrainian 'partisan' activity in Crimea together with a Ukrainian perspective on the importance of Crimea to Ukraine
...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
20th Aug 2023, 13:09
Replies: 12
Views: 3,242
Posted By layman

Flingwing Do you have a name or approximate...

Flingwing

Do you have a name or approximate dates? I've been doing a bit of research for a U3A presentation on the air war over New Guinea / New Britain and have collected a few histories /...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
25th Jun 2023, 00:35
Replies: 4,450
Views: 3,718,261
Posted By layman

smiling monkey Qantas & Kuala Lumpur ...

smiling monkey

Qantas & Kuala Lumpur

Others will know if this is true or not ...

I was told a story many years ago by a pilot out of Singapore, that KL ATC had cleared a Qantas aircraft to...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st May 2023, 21:51
Replies: 310
Views: 101,640
Posted By layman

Not military ... and 'blind selection' of pilots...

Not military ... and 'blind selection' of pilots could be somewhat problematic but

https://gap.hks.harvard.edu/orchestrating-impartiality-impact-%E2%80%9Cblind%E2%80%9D-auditions-female-musicians...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th May 2023, 09:19
Replies: 19
Views: 3,914
Posted By layman

Was out for a run at the time & saw them too -...

Was out for a run at the time & saw them too - started about 8:20?

Looked at Flightradar about 8:30 but nothing showing
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Apr 2023, 01:35
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,146,877
Posted By layman

Ukrainian 'kamikaze' drones

Some of this has been posted before but I don’t think a description of the Ukrainian ‘kamikaze’ quad-copter drones has been.

The Ukrainians are using FPV (first person view) via VR heasdsets, with...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
15th Mar 2023, 04:23
Replies: 108
Views: 33,215
Posted By layman

Trials to start "this week" Sydney Seaplanes and...

Trials to start "this week" Sydney Seaplanes and South Coast Seaplanes conducting the trials ... to Rose Bay. Didn't see a mention of flights to the coast....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th Feb 2023, 20:16
Replies: 35
Views: 5,132
Posted By layman

OPC Not a lawyer but worked in and around,...

OPC

Not a lawyer but worked in and around, and socialised with, OPC lawyers for many years.

Heard many a tale of simple ideas being 'impossible' to articulate because of conflicts with existing...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
20th Jan 2023, 01:04
Replies: 148
Views: 57,161
Posted By layman

While the stories are problematic for the news...

While the stories are problematic for the news organisations, they are not always the journo's doing. Sub-editors 'play' with the story and can (sometimes) stuff up mightily what may have been quite...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
4th Jan 2023, 07:51
Replies: 545
Views: 130,968
Posted By layman

Stating the ‘bleeding obvious’, finding MH370...

Stating the ‘bleeding obvious’, finding MH370 won’t be easy even if it’s likely location becomes better known.

As an example, it took nearly 70 years to find the German armed merchant cruiser,...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Sep 2022, 22:02
Replies: 1,602
Views: 361,128
Posted By layman

Historical interest - French submarine cancellation

​​​​​​https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-16/leaked-document-officials-kept-in-dark-over-french-submarines/101445670

Reporting on a ‘leaked’ 10 page paper prepared by Kim Gillis, a member of the ...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
20th Aug 2022, 13:01
Replies: 22
Views: 5,899
Posted By layman

Southern handler thanks - was only looking...

Southern handler

thanks - was only looking at images and trying (incorrectly) to place the event

To add to the rumours ...

No knowledge myself but talking to people who know local AFP...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
15th Aug 2022, 11:46
Replies: 22
Views: 5,899
Posted By layman

Landside - near Virgin check-in

Landside - near Virgin check-in
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Jul 2022, 23:54
Replies: 19
Views: 3,313
Posted By layman

And to continue to derail the thread Fitting...

And to continue to derail the thread

Fitting a RR-Merlin to the North American P-51 made a good aircraft into one of the best (for that time at least)
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
7th Jun 2022, 22:07
Replies: 56
Views: 39,532
Posted By layman

Redacted report from Defence

Obtained by Senator Rex Patrick; reported on ABC web site

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-08/pilot-error-caused-raaf-super-hornet-eject/101131502

Primary cause was ”substandard adherence to...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th May 2022, 12:23
Replies: 85
Views: 23,499
Posted By layman

A P-47 Thunderbolt is pushed into position for...

A P-47 Thunderbolt is pushed into position for take-off from the USS Manila Bay, Saipan, Marianas Islands, June 23, 1944 : WWIIplanes (reddit.com)...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
25th Apr 2022, 06:06
Replies: 10
Views: 2,369
Posted By layman

Squawk7700 Impressive (to me at least) -...

Squawk7700

Impressive (to me at least) - both the display and the camera work.

Some months back I was fortunate to see a solo PC-21 practice display at West Sale (audience of two - myself and a...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2022, 06:34
Replies: 1,602
Views: 361,128
Posted By layman

Gnadenburg agree with your comments on...

Gnadenburg

agree with your comments on Singapore (a Claytons democracy?)

But ... they are "very" independent and, from admittedly old inside information (I knew someone who knew someone who...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2022, 02:46
Replies: 2,111
Views: 624,817
Posted By layman

Sorry, ORAC, didn't see your heading ... but now...

Sorry, ORAC, didn't see your heading ... but now I can't change mine
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Apr 2022, 02:45
Replies: 2,111
Views: 624,817
Posted By layman

Beware Greeks (Chinese) bearing gifts ...

Probably old news to most on here. Brief look but couldn't find the 2018 article (my poor search skills?)

In 2018 it was alleged the servers at the African Union were downloading to Shanghai each...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Mar 2022, 02:22
Replies: 148
Views: 37,939
Posted By layman

Even the videos of missile hits / near misses are...

Even the videos of missile hits / near misses are potentially very useful in thinking about tactics.

(Very) amateur military historian that I am, I have recently been reading of WWII aircraft not...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Mar 2022, 06:15
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,146,877
Posted By layman

RatherBeFlying I think this has been...

RatherBeFlying



I think this has been raised on here previously. Not so much the casualties (apart from PoWs), but today I was listening to a talk by a former senior Australian Defence public...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Mar 2022, 03:54
Replies: 150
Views: 53,751
Posted By layman

It might be just me, but I think that: 1)...

It might be just me, but I think that:
1) retrieving the ‘whole’ aircraft is impressive
2) doing it from 12,400 feet is impressive
3) completing the task so quickly is impressive

Then again,...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Mar 2022, 04:13
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,146,877
Posted By layman

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/inside-the-...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/inside-the-separatist-republic-that-triggered-the-war-in-ukraine/100871262

A report from an Australian journalist in Donetsk: a different view of (pre &...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Feb 2022, 21:27
Replies: 41
Views: 8,454
Posted By layman

Had a chat with a tow truck driver about car...

Had a chat with a tow truck driver about car reliability.

He said he’d offered his friend ‘frequent tow miles’ for his Land Rover ...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Feb 2022, 20:49
Replies: 41
Views: 8,454
Posted By layman

Just an observation from the edges of the GAFA ...

Just an observation from the edges of the GAFA

Longreach: having my last flat white for 650km, (next one in Mt Isa) I counted cars 😬.

About 7 out 10 were Toyota 4WD of various types, mainly...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
18th Feb 2022, 20:25
Replies: 264
Views: 32,133
Posted By layman

Jerry Seinfeld thought our flag was the Union...

Jerry Seinfeld thought our flag was the Union Jack at night!
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
9th Feb 2022, 02:25
Replies: 150
Views: 34,406
Posted By layman

Thrice jabbed and supporting of mandates and...

Thrice jabbed and supporting of mandates and ‘medical apartheid’

And I’ll continue to support mandates and medical apartheid until I am no longer hearing the seemingly never ending tales of the...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
16th Dec 2021, 21:53
Replies: 108
Views: 33,215
Posted By layman

Next step along the way

Report from the ABC
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-17/national-capital-authority-seaplanes-lake-burley-griffin/100707800

NCA support the planned use. Possibly two
operators - Sydney...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Nov 2021, 04:45
Replies: 1,602
Views: 361,128
Posted By layman

tartare Happened to at Jervis Bay today. The...

tartare

Happened to at Jervis Bay today. The plan was for nuclear reactor there to produce weapons grade uranium.

I think it was only in 1969 the government finally conceded it wasn’t going to...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
30th Sep 2021, 22:15
Replies: 9,802
Views: 1,814,240
Posted By layman

Victoria reported 1,438 cases yesterday. ...

Victoria reported 1,438 cases yesterday.

Also reported that 93% of these cases were unvaccinated.

In a couple of weeks about 7% of theses cases will end up in hospital (~100) with about 1%...
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