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Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2004, 20:03
Replies: 28
Views: 4,604
Posted By nimrodnosewheel

Dear God Gents (& Ladies), beauty truly is in the...

Dear God Gents (& Ladies), beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder. As a sprog at Coningsby in the late 60s, early 70s I have very fond memories of many happy days at the "crash gates" watching...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2004, 17:00
Replies: 8,153
Views: 1,306,642
Posted By nimrodnosewheel

I have today emailed my MP Sir Robert Smith...

I have today emailed my MP Sir Robert Smith (Hereditary Peerage, did nothing to warrant it), Lib Dem for West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine. His neighbouring Lib Dem in Gordon Const., Malcolm Bruce, has...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2004, 03:16
Replies: 28
Views: 4,604
Posted By nimrodnosewheel

Really amazed it's taken to the bottom of Page 2...

Really amazed it's taken to the bottom of Page 2 to hear it for the F4 - Phantom. Beautiful lines, awesomely powerful, crap turning and even crappier vis out of the cockpit, but what a warbird. In...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2004, 01:31
Replies: 25
Views: 2,619
Posted By nimrodnosewheel

NLB Totally agree on Phantom Over Vietnam by...

NLB

Totally agree on Phantom Over Vietnam by John Trotti, USMC. Brilliant flying & combat descriptions and lots of humour as well, for example (from the glossary)

GUARD

An emergency comms...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jan 2004, 15:16
Replies: 33
Views: 4,560
Posted By nimrodnosewheel

Moggie et al, Not forgetting the two drop...

Moggie et al,

Not forgetting the two drop tanks offloded by a GR1 at Lossie, 21.12.99, right on the boundary road on takeoff. A helluva job to clean up and left the gentle smell of AVGAS wafting...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jan 2004, 07:25
Replies: 33
Views: 7,024
Posted By nimrodnosewheel

All that was lackng was "I was just hoping be...

All that was lackng was "I was just hoping be able to get down to taste a slice of Mom's good ol' Apple Pie".

Nobody believes this is real, do they?!!
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jan 2004, 22:11
Replies: 6
Views: 933
Posted By nimrodnosewheel

Some more cherished freedoms in the good ol' US...

Some more cherished freedoms in the good ol' US of A:

1. The Freedom to avoid paying tax

2. The Freedom to censor books, plays and television

3. The Freedom to execute illiterates, the...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jan 2004, 19:40
Replies: 28
Views: 3,796
Posted By nimrodnosewheel

BEagle. Of course you can patent an idea,...

BEagle.

Of course you can patent an idea, isn't that what all patents are? The only problem for Tony D is that having brought it out into the public domain before patenting it he would not now be...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jan 2004, 03:32
Replies: 153
Views: 54,607
Posted By nimrodnosewheel

Touche Pontius, though I distinctly remember the...

Touche Pontius, though I distinctly remember the gas chamber at Henlow in the late 70s being called just that. The memories of the glint in the eye of the Regt instructor as he lit the CS pellet are...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Dec 2003, 06:32
Replies: 112
Views: 18,379
Posted By nimrodnosewheel

From a marketing point of view one asks oneself a...

From a marketing point of view one asks oneself a very simple question, "Would this ad make anyone want to join the Air Force?" In my opinion its a big NO, ergo it is money down the drain as far as...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Dec 2003, 06:07
Replies: 153
Views: 54,607
Posted By nimrodnosewheel

Pontius N:- are you splitting hairs?! Napalm...

Pontius N:-

are you splitting hairs?! Napalm has now become a generic term for LPJ but it must have had some form of composition to prevent it burning itself out until it had attached to the oil...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Dec 2003, 16:54
Replies: 153
Views: 54,607
Posted By nimrodnosewheel

Good site for piccies, memories etc:- ...

Good site for piccies, memories etc:-

www.blackburnbuccaneer.co.uk

www.blackburnbuccaneer.co.uk
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Dec 2003, 18:45
Replies: 153
Views: 54,607
Posted By nimrodnosewheel

Morning Gents. I dredged this one up from...

Morning Gents. I dredged this one up from hungover memory banks this morning. They weren't too clear so Google'd a couple of helpful sites for the facts. However, am I right in saying this is the...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Dec 2003, 17:09
Replies: 153
Views: 54,607
Posted By nimrodnosewheel

Doubledolphins, I'm curious. Am I just being...

Doubledolphins, I'm curious. Am I just being thick or is there something my junior years and woeful lack of historical knowledge has missed? Why were "quaint" Mustangs shooting at Buccaneers. Had N...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Dec 2003, 07:24
Replies: 153
Views: 54,607
Posted By nimrodnosewheel

Talking Saddest sight I ever saw, decommissioned Bucc...

Saddest sight I ever saw, decommissioned Bucc hulks in an Elgin scrap yard, proud and mighty former war beasts now only scrap aluminium & perspex. Most heartening sight, every day passing the "gate...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Dec 2003, 03:37
Replies: 46
Views: 6,010
Posted By nimrodnosewheel

For f**ks sake BUS, take a look at Squire's post...

For f**ks sake BUS, take a look at Squire's post above, read, mark, digest. Which evidence do you trust. I had a look at CDI and couldn't find any background info, methinks it's slightly govt...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Dec 2003, 18:22
Replies: 46
Views: 6,010
Posted By nimrodnosewheel

GrantT "Let's keep this thread on topic" ...

GrantT

"Let's keep this thread on topic"

Couldn't agree more, I'm just staggered that the topic has only generated two pages of posts so far. I'd have thought it would have been the hot one for...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Dec 2003, 03:37
Replies: 46
Views: 6,010
Posted By nimrodnosewheel

Bootz & Tony Draper et al, surely it's about...

Bootz & Tony Draper et al, surely it's about decorum. This was, afetr all, one of the most historic moments in Iraq probably since SH came to power. I for one would have preferred a bit more dignity...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Dec 2003, 03:47
Replies: 46
Views: 6,010
Posted By nimrodnosewheel

Now there's a problem. For the past six months...

Now there's a problem. For the past six months the (ever increasing) terrorist activity has been put down to SH running the show in secret with a willing army of accolytes hoping for a slice of the...
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