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Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jul 2014, 02:03
Replies: 27
Views: 4,935
Posted By Norma Stitz

I think the criticism focus for this thread...

I think the criticism focus for this thread should rather be - as is normally the case - the language used by the media, as it is them that usually string phrases like 'reassurance of fellow NATO...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jun 2014, 02:36
Replies: 20
Views: 7,042
Posted By Norma Stitz

Tom - once again I suggest you go to this site:...

Tom - once again I suggest you go to this site: VAW VRC Ready Room | On the USS Midway in San Diego (http://vaw-vrcreadyroom.org/)

NS
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jun 2014, 02:32
Replies: 83
Views: 12,324
Posted By Norma Stitz

Sorry, but just to add to the list of 'funnies'...

Sorry, but just to add to the list of 'funnies' for Americans and their shortcomings, a friend of mine was seeing in some Keflavik-based F-15s back in the late 1980s to Lossiemouth. One of the...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th May 2014, 16:34
Replies: 17
Views: 4,296
Posted By Norma Stitz

I wonder if it'll mention when I had him in my...

I wonder if it'll mention when I had him in my Alfa doing 110mph along a motorway 'somewhere in the south'? Top chap, and his non-aviation exploits in Northern Europe at the end of WW2 are also...
Forum: ATC Issues
5th May 2014, 15:21
Replies: 7
Views: 3,811
Posted By Norma Stitz

The basics of the FAA's ATC computer system is...

The basics of the FAA's ATC computer system is that it's used to aircraft being on recognised routes, reflected in the computer 'brain'. When an aircraft flies a direct route, i.e. made up of point...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Apr 2014, 01:51
Replies: 29
Views: 7,622
Posted By Norma Stitz

I can't see what everyone is worried about...all...

I can't see what everyone is worried about...all of the ZZxxx serials have been out of sequence (e.g. C-17s ZZ17x, just so '17' could appear in the serial), 51 Sqn RIVET JOINTs so they could get...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Apr 2014, 12:16
Replies: 20
Views: 7,042
Posted By Norma Stitz

C-2As are not based at Miramar...some circuits...

C-2As are not based at Miramar...some circuits maybe, but not based. VRC-30 are based at North Island, and VRC-40 at Norfolk, VA. Type command rests with CACCLW at Point Mugu, CA (only because the...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Mar 2014, 02:41
Replies: 179
Views: 172,678
Posted By Norma Stitz

Re the 'still flying' F-117 discussion, they've...

Re the 'still flying' F-117 discussion, they've been operating from Groom Lake, not Tonopah.
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Mar 2014, 02:32
Replies: 20
Views: 7,042
Posted By Norma Stitz

If you Google 'VAW VRC Foundation', you should...

If you Google 'VAW VRC Foundation', you should come up with a few pages (including Facebook) where you should be able to summon some crew up, or draw a pentagram on the floor...:)
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Mar 2014, 18:10
Replies: 20
Views: 7,042
Posted By Norma Stitz

PAX, to and from a carrier

PAX, to and from a carrier
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Mar 2014, 11:38
Replies: 85
Views: 30,682
Posted By Norma Stitz

Haraka you said: "The KC10 grey scheme of some...

Haraka you said: "The KC10 grey scheme of some years ago was initially left over paint at Mac Air ( allegedly ), before all the "European One" etc. stuff kicked in retroactively."

All KC-10As were...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Mar 2014, 11:34
Replies: 85
Views: 30,682
Posted By Norma Stitz

Hemp was good for large aircraft parked on...

Hemp was good for large aircraft parked on concrete aprons at ISK, Marham, St. Mawgan, Brize, etc...but only for the naked eye. Trouble is ISK also had a hangar painted brightly in the 80s so you...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Mar 2014, 11:18
Replies: 20
Views: 7,042
Posted By Norma Stitz

I've flown in one, if that helps...

I've flown in one, if that helps...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Feb 2014, 17:54
Replies: 1,628
Views: 482,717
Posted By Norma Stitz

PN et al - surely the Nimrod floor was in the...

PN et al - surely the Nimrod floor was in the same place as the Comet's, therefore nowhere near the optimum if looking at the fuselage cross section and what was clearly DH106 hull sat atop an...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2014, 11:23
Replies: 179
Views: 172,678
Posted By Norma Stitz

Chopper re 'TR-3B' - the rumours at the time were...

Chopper re 'TR-3B' - the rumours at the time were for a 'TR-3' or 'TR-3A' (and the name Black Manta connected). To this day, it's still believed that the designation came about from distilled...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Jan 2014, 18:10
Replies: 104
Views: 18,099
Posted By Norma Stitz

No one at any point seems to have indicated that...

No one at any point seems to have indicated that a NOTAM went out in December for the carrier, albeit to play 'out west' but presumably the weather encouraged them into the North Sea. Needless to...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Dec 2013, 01:22
Replies: 24
Views: 3,540
Posted By Norma Stitz

The BMT is a completely new venture, and has...

The BMT is a completely new venture, and has nothing to do with the Royal Tournament which ceased in 1999. In the case of all things ceremonial, nothing is like the 'good old days' when higher...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Apr 2013, 01:49
Replies: 165
Views: 35,828
Posted By Norma Stitz

So, how convenient would it be for the US Joint...

So, how convenient would it be for the US Joint Chiefs of Staff to polish the INT product on the whole 'DPRK thing' just a little bit more than usual to help highlight the whole DoD budget...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Feb 2013, 01:38
Replies: 29
Views: 7,454
Posted By Norma Stitz

I think Blue Tail has a point, and his comments...

I think Blue Tail has a point, and his comments on the model's inaccuracies are spot on - if you're going to do something, at least do it right.

At least it won't be nicked, cos there's no crime...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Dec 2012, 18:09
Replies: 23
Views: 5,439
Posted By Norma Stitz

Biggus - your points are quite correct, though...

Biggus - your points are quite correct, though there were two P-3 teams (one offering new build and the other with refurbed airframes). The fable goes that not even BAe (as it was then) thought...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Aug 2012, 11:13
Replies: 43
Views: 12,548
Posted By Norma Stitz

XV277 et al ZH762 was 'written off' when it...

XV277 et al

ZH762 was 'written off' when it flew into trees at Boscombe....the fable goes that the helium involved caused those attempting to hang onto nose-guide ropes were Pinky & Perky-esque...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th May 2012, 17:09
Replies: 1,802
Views: 389,199
Posted By Norma Stitz

My condolences to the Joint Harrier Force on...

My condolences to the Joint Harrier Force on hearing this news today...your trusty steed should never have gone after all.
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Dec 2011, 01:35
Replies: 43
Views: 20,194
Posted By Norma Stitz

Knowing how to contact the BBC archives may get...

Knowing how to contact the BBC archives may get you somewhere; their recent love of the Army yielded their Silver Jubilee review on iPlayer: BBC iPlayer - Silver Jubilee: Review of the British Army...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Dec 2011, 01:30
Replies: 121
Views: 90,671
Posted By Norma Stitz

Hi - Basil Dodd was working as an ops officer for...

Hi - Basil Dodd was working as an ops officer for the Civil Aviation Authority through the late 80s (at least); he casually mentioned having flown a U-2 one lunchtime which - back then - was the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Aug 2011, 20:23
Replies: 62
Views: 36,741
Posted By Norma Stitz

Firstly, JW411, sorry to hear of Peter Moore's...

Firstly, JW411, sorry to hear of Peter Moore's passing.

Secondly, as it was I that drove Peter to inspect said 'hole' that very day after the landing, it was an unfortunate hole in the proverbial...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Oct 2010, 07:15
Replies: 160
Views: 36,543
Posted By Norma Stitz

A very wishy-washy official statement from the US...

A very wishy-washy official statement from the US DoD:

Statement by Press Secretary Geoff Morrell on the U.K. Strategic Defense and Security Review ...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Oct 2010, 19:51
Replies: 27
Views: 7,762
Posted By Norma Stitz

Nice find, forget....and that puts it to bed. I...

Nice find, forget....and that puts it to bed. I take it we'll leave 'The Dripper' (the shiny, plasma-shrouded 'thing' dripping balls of light seen at night from Edwards AFB North Base) to another...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Oct 2010, 20:08
Replies: 27
Views: 7,762
Posted By Norma Stitz

Sorry 'Forget'...it just happens as others have...

Sorry 'Forget'...it just happens as others have said, but not always....it's just an upper wind thing!

Thanks GreenKnight121.....Semper Fi!
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Oct 2010, 17:21
Replies: 59
Views: 23,339
Posted By Norma Stitz

Er...yes, the government is saying just that

Er...yes, the government is saying just that
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Oct 2010, 17:07
Replies: 59
Views: 23,339
Posted By Norma Stitz

Slight correction for you RAFEng, 74 gave up the...

Slight correction for you RAFEng, 74 gave up the J at the start of '91 and flew the FGR.2 until the end in Oct '92
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Oct 2010, 17:02
Replies: 27
Views: 7,762
Posted By Norma Stitz

Hi 'forget'....alas my claim comes from (opens...

Hi 'forget'....alas my claim comes from (opens cloak) being a dot spotter in my teens and early 20s and seeing the trails dissipate in such a way (closes cloak).

Thanks Diedtrying for the Golden...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Oct 2010, 16:50
Replies: 7,469
Views: 2,415,434
Posted By Norma Stitz

F-35C is designed as a replacement for the...

F-35C is designed as a replacement for the F/A-18A and C models of the Hornet (the so-called 'legacy Hornet' since the arrival of the Super Hornet in USN service), therefore is a swing-role A-A/A-G...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Oct 2010, 15:40
Replies: 2,041
Views: 561,914
Posted By Norma Stitz

Some of the finest RAF folk I ever met served on...

Some of the finest RAF folk I ever met served on the Mighty Hunter, and the good people of Forres and surrounding areas need recognition for their enduring support over the years.
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Oct 2010, 15:37
Replies: 160
Views: 36,543
Posted By Norma Stitz

RIVET JOINT is on a RC-135 platform....three ex...

RIVET JOINT is on a RC-135 platform....three ex KC-135 tankers are earmarked for conversion for the UK
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Oct 2010, 15:01
Replies: 160
Views: 36,543
Posted By Norma Stitz

Ah....60 Chinooks in total

Ah....60 Chinooks in total
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