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25th Feb 2024, 18:09
Replies: 108
Views: 34,592
Posted By airsound

Thanks waffler - what a good idea! airsound

Thanks waffler - what a good idea!

airsound
6th Feb 2024, 16:33
Replies: 163
Views: 41,913
Posted By airsound

Don't know if he's wearing another ribbon, Nutty,...

Don't know if he's wearing another ribbon, Nutty, but he is sitting looking unbearably smug alongside Ms Braverperson - which is surely a resigning offence?

airsound
21st Oct 2023, 18:59
Replies: 241
Views: 155,423
Posted By airsound

Pug Possibly because Finningley (sorry, Robin...

Pug Possibly because Finningley (sorry, Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield, or some such snappy title) came to be the way it is because it was a cold war V-bomber station, and I guess you...
19th Sep 2023, 19:52
Replies: 84
Views: 32,241
Posted By airsound

I guess those 6000 people haven't experienced the...

I guess those 6000 people haven't experienced the almost unbearable emotion of Il Frecce Tricolori painting the sky with the largest Italian flag in the world - while the hearing is almost overcome...
10th Sep 2023, 17:51
Replies: 20
Views: 4,697
Posted By airsound

On two separate days? I accept that there may...

On two separate days?
I accept that there may have been operational reasons for using the Titan jet - but if a trip by the PM to India for a big international meeting isn't exactly the kind of thing...
10th Sep 2023, 15:41
Replies: 20
Views: 4,697
Posted By airsound

UK VIP Transport

Living near Brize, and often seeing Vespina, the RAF'S brightly coloured VIP Voyager, I assumed she was being used to get the Prime Minister et al to and from India for the G20. But no, it seems that...
14th Aug 2023, 15:12
Replies: 9,390
Views: 4,205,701
Posted By airsound

Here's the official announcement, which is...

Here's the official announcement, which is presumably why the BBC chose to call it breaking news. Doesn't say how close they were, other than ...
28th Jun 2023, 15:13
Replies: 453
Views: 137,377
Posted By airsound

Thanks for those sad pics, chopper. And I second...

Thanks for those sad pics, chopper. And I second your thanks to all Fat Albert crews.

My gratitude is accompanied by seething rage against the firkin eejits who made this decision, and the people...
14th Jun 2023, 17:15
Replies: 453
Views: 137,377
Posted By airsound

Forces.Net has this lovely footage of the Mach...

Forces.Net has this lovely footage of the Mach Loop. Particularly sweet to see the shadows following them....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG1q5YkqGnM

airsound...
13th Jun 2023, 09:55
Replies: 453
Views: 137,377
Posted By airsound

Speaking as an ancient trucky (Transport Command,...

Speaking as an ancient trucky (Transport Command, originally….), I’ve been incandescent about the binning of the Herc. So I’ve been putting together a Letter to the Times, to be signed by a few...
9th Jun 2023, 16:45
Replies: 453
Views: 137,377
Posted By airsound

Well, if I remember correctly, in the excellent...

Well, if I remember correctly, in the excellent monthly(?) Lyneham comic strip, the station itself was known as RAF Wootton Lynestoke

airsound
21st May 2023, 11:04
Replies: 453
Views: 137,377
Posted By airsound

Thanks, pr00ne, for that correction! I was a...

Thanks, pr00ne, for that correction! I was a Hastings, Andover and Belfast man meself, so wasn't fully up with the Allsoggy. But anyway, as you obviously have better info than Wiki does, will you...
20th May 2023, 12:04
Replies: 453
Views: 137,377
Posted By airsound

pr00ne Not according to Wiki, which says...

pr00ne

Not according to Wiki, which says "56 aircraft were produced for the RAF under the designation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_military_aircraft_designation_systems) Argosy C Mk 1...
23rd Mar 2023, 15:11
Replies: 442
Views: 169,796
Posted By airsound

OC RAFAT, Wg Cdr Adam Collins, explains it all ...

OC RAFAT, Wg Cdr Adam Collins, explains it all
https://twitter.com/rafredarrows

8-ship - same as La Patrouille de France...

airsound
23rd Mar 2023, 14:17
Replies: 21
Views: 9,397
Posted By airsound

Report out...

Report out...
14th Jan 2023, 13:20
Replies: 132
Views: 49,036
Posted By airsound

Thanks for posting those contract details, Lima...

Thanks for posting those contract details, Lima Juliet. https://bidstats.uk/tenders/2022/W45/786301120
But that document appears to be the source for at least some of the iNews article.

For...
8th Dec 2022, 16:40
Replies: 1,144
Views: 612,443
Posted By airsound

dastocks, you suggest that ;Yes it is one of his...

dastocks, you suggest that ;Yes it is one of his fundamental duties. But another is conducting mandatory briefings of display participants. There is more than one briefing during the day. That was...
4th Dec 2022, 07:31
Replies: 1,144
Views: 612,443
Posted By airsound

I can confirm that the Coroner, Ms Penelope...

I can confirm that the Coroner, Ms Penelope Schofield, is holding this inquest without a jury.

airsound
28th Nov 2022, 15:56
Replies: 1,144
Views: 612,443
Posted By airsound

I can't see this posted anywhere else - and I'm...

I can't see this posted anywhere else - and I'm not even sure this is the right place for it, since the 'Trial' finished in 2019.

But anyway, the Inquest is finally due to start on Wednesday 30...
15th Nov 2022, 17:14
Replies: 1,258
Views: 576,623
Posted By airsound

By the time this is fixed, they'll probably have...

By the time this is fixed, they'll probably have dumped the Warthog.

Oh, wait.... they've tried that before, more than once?

airsound
4th Nov 2022, 20:29
Replies: 16
Views: 3,416
Posted By airsound

Any chance that the sad Royal Air Force - or the...

Any chance that the sad Royal Air Force - or the even sadder UK Ministry of Defence - could look on this excellent purchase, and learn something?

No, I thought not....

airsound
26th Oct 2022, 13:55
Replies: 453
Views: 137,377
Posted By airsound

OK, thanks T28B! Although the piece didn't tell...

OK, thanks T28B!
Although the piece didn't tell us much that was new, it did tell it in a succinct way - and I also thought it was of interest that it came from a Dutch site.

airsound
25th Oct 2022, 19:39
Replies: 453
Views: 137,377
Posted By airsound

I've just - well, half an hour ago - had an email...

I've just - well, half an hour ago - had an email notification that David Thompson has replied to this thread. But his reply has not materialised, which makes me think it has been binned by someone...
24th Oct 2022, 10:01
Replies: 453
Views: 137,377
Posted By airsound

CAEBr - I do so agree. The brochure also...

CAEBr -
I do so agree. The brochure also describes the C-130J as
So why the f*** are they selling the damn things???

airsound (ex trucky)
23rd Sep 2022, 10:08
Replies: 118
Views: 26,089
Posted By airsound

Thanks for that pic, Beags. I was doing the...

Thanks for that pic, Beags. I was doing the commentary for that display, directly addressing Her Majesty (via loudspeakers, of course.)

Anyway, I understood that my annual report included the...
13th Sep 2022, 13:53
Replies: 36
Views: 8,362
Posted By airsound

I've just discovered a set of blazer buttons...

I've just discovered a set of blazer buttons belonging to my uncle, who died on 31 August 1940, flying a Hurricane on 257 Sqn in the Battle of Britain. The picture shows his button alongside my own....
13th Sep 2022, 11:09
Replies: 137
Views: 33,690
Posted By airsound

Thanks for that pr00ne. Nevertheless, to the...

Thanks for that pr00ne.

Nevertheless, to the uninitiated it might seem like a not very good look for the RAF. And, heaven knows, the RAF could do with some 'good looks' just now.

airsound
13th Sep 2022, 10:38
Replies: 137
Views: 33,690
Posted By airsound

That same Luxaviation Embraer Legacy 600, G-LEGC,...

That same Luxaviation Embraer Legacy 600, G-LEGC, seems to be taking their majesties from Edinburgh to Belfast. It was also used from Aberdeen to Northolt on 9 Sep, and Northolt to Edinburgh on 12...
28th Aug 2022, 19:53
Replies: 442
Views: 169,796
Posted By airsound

I wonder why Red 10 referenced "a number of...

I wonder why Red 10 referenced "a number of engineering issues" for the team's non-appearance at Sidmouth when it seems pretty clear that there was a bird strike.

airsound
26th Aug 2022, 17:35
Replies: 442
Views: 169,796
Posted By airsound

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/red-arrows-c...

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/red-arrows-cancel-sidmouth-airshow-display-and-blame-engineering-issues/ar-AA118kWk

Wonder if Rhyl is also affected....

airsound
28th Jul 2022, 11:08
Replies: 28
Views: 10,812
Posted By airsound

(US) Navy Times is reporting problems there as...

(US) Navy Times is reporting problems there as well...
25th Jul 2022, 12:04
Replies: 76
Views: 17,241
Posted By airsound

I’m sad to say that it’s not just this year’s...

I’m sad to say that it’s not just this year’s show that was so feeble. The rot was already well established in 2018. I was working at that show, and I was horrified by the lacklustre flying displays....
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Jul 2022, 17:48
Replies: 344
Views: 169,212
Posted By airsound

No, I wasn't thinking of any of those things,...

No, I wasn't thinking of any of those things, Lonewolf! I was merely reacting to ericferret's startling idea to The KC-46 immediately leapt to my mind as a prime example of a procurement where that...
Forum: Rotorheads
20th Jul 2022, 16:45
Replies: 344
Views: 169,212
Posted By airsound

Nothing specifically to do with helicopters. What...

Nothing specifically to do with helicopters. What it does have to do with are national attitudes to procurement, where lessons are being offered - and maybe even learned.

airsound
Forum: Rotorheads
19th Jul 2022, 17:04
Replies: 344
Views: 169,212
Posted By airsound

You mean like the USAF did with the KC-46? ...

You mean like the USAF did with the KC-46?

airsound
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