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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Mar 2024, 11:34
Replies: 19
Views: 13,892
Posted By 6foottanker

A memorial plaque is on display in the 10 Sqn...

A memorial plaque is on display in the 10 Sqn crew room. I can’t provide a photo of small enough resolution to upload though. It lists the Sqn, crew, location and date of the crash.
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Mar 2023, 06:32
Replies: 30
Views: 5,220
Posted By 6foottanker

Skynet exists...

Skynet exists (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/skynet-enduring-capability-skec-programme)
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Nov 2022, 08:43
Replies: 10
Views: 3,446
Posted By 6foottanker

Rather like having to send an email a day to...

Rather like having to send an email a day to qualify for MS apps on Modnet, just post your question 10 times on here and voila! IM access! And blunty defeating aircrew initiative shown!
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jun 2022, 20:44
Replies: 144
Views: 57,995
Posted By 6foottanker

https://www.military-airshows.co.uk/team1.htm ...

https://www.military-airshows.co.uk/team1.htm

Scroll down for both the original team members and the reason Bondy’s back again.
Forum: Military Aviation
8th May 2021, 14:38
Replies: 6
Views: 3,185
Posted By 6foottanker

No credit to Honeywell for the schematics?😜

No credit to Honeywell for the schematics?😜
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jun 2020, 07:21
Replies: 25
Views: 14,236
Posted By 6foottanker

No more fuel. If you recall not too long ago, a...

No more fuel. If you recall not too long ago, a Voyager flew direct to Buenos Aires. The limitation is crew duty, and the provision of crew rest facilities has enabled carriage of additional crew...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jun 2020, 16:36
Replies: 25
Views: 14,236
Posted By 6foottanker

Because previously, other commercial competitors...

Because previously, other commercial competitors have never had the excess capacity to offer the direct MPN option to the U.K. Government! This may be Air Tanker proving a point. And yes, limited...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th May 2020, 19:52
Replies: 9
Views: 4,127
Posted By 6foottanker

QWIC is on at the moment, so a whole breadth of...

QWIC is on at the moment, so a whole breadth of sorties are being flown.
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Feb 2020, 20:01
Replies: 34
Views: 12,581
Posted By 6foottanker

Tanker moving a straggler F-35 from Lajes, with a...

Tanker moving a straggler F-35 from Lajes, with a second tanker to keep the F-35 going all the way to Nellis, having already brought the rest out to Beaufort earlier in the week.
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jan 2020, 21:29
Replies: 41
Views: 40,586
Posted By 6foottanker

No, nor on arrival.

No, nor on arrival.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Nov 2019, 19:30
Replies: 165
Views: 69,381
Posted By 6foottanker

One major benefit is that Lossie will in the...

One major benefit is that Lossie will in the future be able to take Voyager - something that currently means every large Lossie Sqn move has to be done through Brize or occasionally Prestwick. This...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jun 2019, 19:15
Replies: 23
Views: 10,538
Posted By 6foottanker

Your thinking appears that be entrenched in the...

Your thinking appears that be entrenched in the times before 9-11. An RS of 3 hours could not cater for the UK’s response to the perceived aviation terrorist threat, which QRA is regularly called out...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Nov 2018, 20:11
Replies: 14
Views: 3,883
Posted By 6foottanker

F-16s refuel at around 315 IAS, and would more...

F-16s refuel at around 315 IAS, and would more likely refuel mid-20K. Very unlikely to be able to operate above FL280 due to non-RVSM capability of formations. Normal for a block of airspace with...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Mar 2018, 14:15
Replies: 12
Views: 4,333
Posted By 6foottanker

No RAF at Travis now, as I was the last! RAFLO...

No RAF at Travis now, as I was the last! RAFLO moved (excuse the pun) to McCarran (Vegas) about 10 years ago, and the exchange programme was wound up when I left in 2013. The C-17 crew training that...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Aug 2017, 20:35
Replies: 5
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Views: 5,654
Posted By 6foottanker

Flown the 10 for a few hours (IP) and can only...

Flown the 10 for a few hours (IP) and can only think it is to either stop a bit of PIO (moving left and right but having trouble stopping astern) or to shack your position once you've moved back to...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jul 2017, 16:52
Replies: 56
Views: 12,196
Posted By 6foottanker

A turn south would have flown us into the lead...

A turn south would have flown us into the lead (easterly) jet, and you are assuming both F-15s don't change track. They were requested to stop climb as they approached the tanker (and reduced climb...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jul 2017, 09:10
Replies: 56
Views: 12,196
Posted By 6foottanker

Agreed that the F-15s should have awareness of...

Agreed that the F-15s should have awareness of the activity of Area 8, but the report failed to mention that the tankers have no awareness of the bookings for the Wash ATA either. A simple info...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jul 2017, 17:57
Replies: 56
Views: 12,196
Posted By 6foottanker

Once I'd picked my coffee mug off the carpet, I...

Once I'd picked my coffee mug off the carpet, I took a snap of the TCAS for posterity. Just grabbed the camera from it's storage location by the side stick...

AARA 8 is capped at FL 160 as at the...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jun 2017, 17:05
Replies: 17
Views: 17,937
Posted By 6foottanker

We had a few established crew fail the Voyager...

We had a few established crew fail the Voyager anthros a few months back because of the rather arbitrary measurements that are in place, despite the flight deck being ENORMOUS! Nothing that a quick...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jun 2017, 10:35
Replies: 10
Views: 5,375
Posted By 6foottanker

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2702425/putin-aircra...

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2702425/putin-aircraft-carrier-fleet-dover-raf-typhoons/

Not unusual for a tub to be on Q.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th May 2017, 13:42
Replies: 228
Views: 80,854
Posted By 6foottanker

What's this then?? ...

What's this then??

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/qualifying-time-for-accumulated-campaign-service-medal-reduced
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Mar 2017, 07:47
Replies: 22
Views: 10,908
Posted By 6foottanker

Didn't come tanking though. Lame.

Didn't come tanking though. Lame.
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Mar 2017, 12:56
Replies: 1,029
Views: 472,726
Posted By 6foottanker

Forces News reporting a verdict of not guilty on...

Forces News reporting a verdict of not guilty on the 3 charges of perjury and false records.
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Aug 2015, 15:44
Replies: 13
Views: 4,672
Posted By 6foottanker

Madras is the 10 Sqn AAR call sign, Tartan is the...

Madras is the 10 Sqn AAR call sign, Tartan is the 101 Sqn call sign. However, they are currently used day about, so Monday is Madras 11, Tuesday is Tartan 21, Wednesday would be Madras again. Crew...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jan 2015, 04:47
Replies: 39
Views: 9,607
Posted By 6foottanker

Vasco, Listen to regie and stop talking like...

Vasco,

Listen to regie and stop talking like you have a clue what you're on about. Or are you a bluntie in disguise?!?

Regie listed correctly: 3 brackets on leg to lajes on the two and single...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Dec 2014, 19:00
Replies: 0
Views: 1,426
Posted By 6foottanker

Pilot killed as US F-16 crashes on ops

F-16 pilot killed in Middle East crash (http://www.airforcetimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2014/12/01/air-force-f-16-pilot-killed-middle-east/19733527/)

SHAW PILOT IDENTIFIED IN SOUTHWEST ASIA...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Sep 2014, 20:05
Replies: 34
Views: 7,290
Posted By 6foottanker

Other than the finger, Goose?

Other than the finger, Goose?
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Dec 2013, 21:12
Replies: 20
Views: 10,120
Posted By 6foottanker

Thumbs up Technically, no Voyager does not yet fly that...

Technically, no Voyager does not yet fly that route because we have no ETOPS clearance for the military version of the jet. Neither do we have MAA approval to charge for carrying passengers...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Oct 2013, 15:03
Replies: 19
Views: 6,899
Posted By 6foottanker

Heard part of the mayday call whilst crewing in...

Heard part of the mayday call whilst crewing in for my flight on Tuesday morning. Called as an engine failure by the flight lead, who sounded remarkably calm under the circumstances. Not sure...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Aug 2013, 16:30
Replies: 24
Views: 3,380
Posted By 6foottanker

Stupid forward slash :*

Stupid forward slash :*
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Aug 2013, 16:20
Replies: 24
Views: 3,380
Posted By 6foottanker

Stupid upload

Stupid upload
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Aug 2013, 16:14
Replies: 24
Views: 3,380
Posted By 6foottanker

OK, who knows what this is?

Whilst being Her Maj's representitive in the former colony of America, I was asked to attend the memorial of a former Second World War Spitfire and Beaufighter pilot.

Whilst there, the family...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Aug 2012, 14:57
Replies: 25
Views: 7,478
Posted By 6foottanker

Being based at Travis on the mighty '10, I'll...

Being based at Travis on the mighty '10, I'll fill you all in: Learjet it was, filmed earlier this year. It was the first cloudy day we had had in a month, which ruined many of the planned shots....
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jul 2012, 13:48
Replies: 79
Views: 32,190
Posted By 6foottanker

I think some of the UK readers would be shocked...

I think some of the UK readers would be shocked by the limited hours and general lack of experience and worldly flying knowledge of some of the current generation of US pilots, especially aircraft...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jul 2012, 13:54
Replies: 28
Views: 11,234
Posted By 6foottanker

I didn't specify which Amazon site, but try here:...

I didn't specify which Amazon site, but try here:

US site:

Amazon.com: Combat Pilot (A BBC Documentary): Royal Air Force, Content Media: Movies & TV

UK site (Import):

Combat Pilot [DVD]...
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