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Forum: Military Aviation

29th Feb 2024, 23:13

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Posted By Lordflasheart

Ceegar for Duncan

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Duncan has it - Seafire 47 -

HMS Perseus - (Captain HA Traill CBE) Steam Catapult trials 1951 from Rosyth, off May Is. - sea trials of the prototype BXS.1 slotted-tube steam catapult - the...

Forum: Military Aviation

20th Nov 2023, 09:17

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Posted By Lordflasheart

How Many Ships ?

How Many ?

SLXO - Post 7116 - quotes 1SL in his answer to Question 311 - remarking about 'the move from an analogue Navy to a digital Navy'

1SL has just learned that the term 'Digital Navy'...

Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Apr 2021, 18:30

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Posted By Lordflasheart

... ^^^ Wot Asturias said ^^^ :ok: ...

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^^^ Wot Asturias said ^^^ :ok:

Actually it was the talented Mr Ripley who initially articulated the idea of CSG backup (from a distance of 500 miles plus.) Even if fully-armed dip clearance...

Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Apr 2021, 08:08

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Posted By Lordflasheart

... ^^^ Wot Asturias said ^^^ :ok: One of...

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^^^ Wot Asturias said ^^^ :ok:

One of the (six) Black Sea Fleet Kilos will have surfaced within range, given them the bird and disappeared back into its black hole before any distant support...

Forum: Military Aviation

10th Dec 2020, 18:04

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Posted By Lordflasheart

They'll need all of that saving to repair the...

They'll need all of that saving to repair the damage caused by the engine room leak while tied up in Pompey in October .....
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Forum: Military Aviation

25th Jan 2020, 10:05

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Posted By Lordflasheart

Who's the Crowsnest Project Manager ?

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Thanks for that Asturias :)

This article from 2015, tells much of the sorry story. https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2015/05/royal-navy-crowsnest-decision/

A nice one-liner from the above -...

Forum: Military Aviation

24th Jan 2020, 10:21

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Posted By Lordflasheart

... Different departments of LM I gather,...

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Different departments of LM I gather, perhaps with a chinese wall to prevent any possible conflict of interest ;)

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Forum: Military Aviation

23rd Jan 2020, 18:54

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Posted By Lordflasheart

... Some might argue that this is only an...

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Some might argue that this is only an iteration of the previous version, which sadly, failed under the duress of operational conditions, on 22 March 2003 ....

Is this 'little hiccup' an...

Forum: Military Aviation

25th May 2019, 16:26

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Posted By Lordflasheart

........ Thank you JTO - a nice dose of hard...

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Thank you JTO - a nice dose of hard home-truth and common sense there.

HMS QE just entering Portsmouth Harbour 1730A - Sorry about the Portland duff gen earlier. - Ships Twitter had it...

Forum: Military Aviation

25th May 2019, 08:25

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Posted By Lordflasheart

Update - Saturday 0900A

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QE came past Dungeness an hour ago at a cracking 23kts, Now slowed to 18kts in traffic.
I wonder who's in charge ? Destination still showing as Portland.

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Forum: Military Aviation

23rd May 2019, 18:43

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Posted By Lordflasheart

...... I'd say you're on the money there...

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I'd say you're on the money there Davef........... Are there any Merlins based in Scotland these days ?

I would guess the cost of a Merlin per flying hour way exceeds the total...

Forum: Military Aviation

23rd May 2019, 12:34

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Posted By Lordflasheart

...... Thursday 1330A progress. She's...

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Thursday 1330A progress.

She's sailed, heading for the North Sea, HM Tug Hopetoun in attendance. Destination seems to be Portland.

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Forum: Military Aviation

22nd May 2019, 23:14

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Posted By Lordflasheart

Order - Counter Order - ***ing Disorder

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Order - Counter Order - ***ing Disorder

While the QE idly swings around her anchor above the Forth Bridges, according to Sky - if you believe it -...

Forum: Military Aviation

21st May 2019, 22:12

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Posted By Lordflasheart

QE Captain Un-sacked

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QE Captain Un-sacked

According to the Telegraph etc. today, May 21st. Captain Cooke-Priest had to be unsacked, because the Navy has no-one else available to drive the boat back to...

Forum: Military Aviation

17th May 2019, 18:58

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Posted By Lordflasheart

QE Captain Sacked - A thread of its own ?

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Does this (to my mind) extraordinary event deserve a thread all of it's own ?

Being ‘Dismissed one’s Ship’ was, in my simple Supplementary List day, something of a shameful punishment for a...

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