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Forum: Military Aviation
15th Feb 2024, 17:46
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

Thread drift but that experience was almost...

Thread drift but that experience was almost exactly the fate of 1st Royal Welch Fusiliers, same time, same place. Generals deployed on a forward slope, no time to dig in properly, German artillery...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Feb 2024, 10:17
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

For ever. My study is pre Great War. It was...

For ever. My study is pre Great War.
It was always a trade off between defined military need and Treasury. Some very clever and devoted Defence staff just about won enough, but by Christmas 1914 the...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2024, 13:04
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

First, nobody will be more glad than me if the...

First, nobody will be more glad than me if the total voyage and exercise is a complete success.
Secondly, late is late, delayed is delayed. I know sh1t happens, but it happens too often, not just...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2024, 09:25
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

A ship that size would it not be...

A ship that size would it not be "sweeps"?
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2024, 23:04
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

The lack of any statement or press release, with...

The lack of any statement or press release, with the eyes of the informed defence community on the carriers, is disgraceful.
Yes, we the tax-payers do indeed have a right to know what is going on....
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2024, 19:34
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

One had noticed!

One had noticed!
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2024, 19:11
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

I doubt it. The honourable tradition of "the buck...

I doubt it. The honourable tradition of "the buck stops here" went overboard years ago ............ the VVSOs just join the queue to put their snouts in the House of Lords trough. Not only the Royal...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2024, 18:23
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

Move along, nothing to see, nothing at sea...

Move along, nothing to see, nothing at sea .........................................
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2024, 22:54
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

Seemingly defending the Indefensible takes a lot...

Seemingly defending the Indefensible takes a lot of words.
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2024, 15:01
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

A masterpiece of British understatement sir.

A masterpiece of British understatement sir.
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2024, 14:46
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

That's all right then, move along, nothing to see...

That's all right then, move along, nothing to see here folks.
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Feb 2024, 09:57
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

That's an OBE for the spin doctor. Don't mention...

That's an OBE for the spin doctor. Don't mention the Houthis or relieving Ike ............... sweep it under the table.
Always look on the bright side of life.
Where is Lord West or Sharkey when...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Feb 2024, 22:55
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

Bloody hell. What a bunch of incompetent prats we...

Bloody hell. What a bunch of incompetent prats we have become.
I weep for my country.
Beyond belief.
Apologists step forward and lie to me that those responsible for defence of the realm are not...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Feb 2024, 19:42
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

I disagree. It brought smile to my chops, a...

I disagree. It brought smile to my chops, a reassuranc that, although I am an idiot, I am not alone.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2024, 21:26
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

Profound, even erudite, but not enlightening.

Profound, even erudite, but not enlightening.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2024, 20:38
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

D Tel on line writing of sending an HMS carrier...

D Tel on line writing of sending an HMS carrier to the Gulf.
Some RN credence?
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jan 2024, 22:14
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

At least in the 1930s we had Churchill and a...

At least in the 1930s we had Churchill and a shed-full of decorated ex-officers [both main parties] in the Commons. We also had a Civil Service that did what it was ordered to do by democratically...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Dec 2023, 19:10
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

WEBF do you really have to shout at us every now...

WEBF do you really have to shout at us every now and then to make sure that we are awake?

The contributions are valuable [although some are not convinced,] but they are not made extra valuable by...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Nov 2023, 19:31
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

Thank you very much ........ I am surprised but...

Thank you very much ........ I am surprised but facts are facts. Yes I knew about commodores ......... similar status to brigadier [long before "stars" were fashionable]. The RAF appear to have...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Nov 2023, 22:13
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

Thank you. Serious question from serious amateur...

Thank you. Serious question from serious amateur military historian whose RN knowledge ended at Trafalgar:

Including or excluding commodores [sort of one star with caveats] how does this compare...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Nov 2023, 10:36
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

how is the admiral to ship ratio bearing up these...

how is the admiral to ship ratio bearing up these days?
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Nov 2023, 10:00
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

Unfortunately Jocksit is not going to happen. The...

Unfortunately Jocksit is not going to happen. The only way it would is if the English had a vote.
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Nov 2023, 20:42
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

Please what is or are or was "top...

Please what is or are or was "top trumps"
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Nov 2023, 13:37
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

My understanding is some of the shortfall is...

My understanding is some of the shortfall is addressed by womanning.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Oct 2023, 19:08
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

Thank you, happy to have my ignorance exposed...

Thank you, happy to have my ignorance exposed ..... every day a school day.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Oct 2023, 17:35
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

Could the F35s launch from dockside if required?...

Could the F35s launch from dockside if required? I fear the answer is "no". Which implies 8 fewer available of an already derisorily-sized fleet.

Woe, woe, thrice woe.
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Oct 2023, 19:21
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

The self-diagnosed pedantic weather guesser is...

The self-diagnosed pedantic weather guesser is duly rebuked, but in truth there were not one and a half couple, and never will be.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Sep 2023, 09:27
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

I note the reports claim that HMS P o W is UK's...

I note the reports claim that HMS P o W is UK's largest carrier. I was not aware that we had three or more.

Duty Pedant.
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Aug 2023, 08:27
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

and which VSO signed it off?

and which VSO signed it off?
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jun 2023, 22:02
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

Funny old thing!

Funny old thing!
Forum: Military Aviation
21st May 2023, 22:16
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

Thank you, depressing is it not?

Thank you, depressing is it not?
Forum: Military Aviation
21st May 2023, 19:52
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

Examples please? And was it/ were they in an...

Examples please? And was it/ were they in an election year?

I think the tabloids, the red tops and the Mail could easily do a bit of stirring on a quiet day.

Anyway, it will not happen, the...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st May 2023, 18:57
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

The RN has been let down by its leadership. ...

The RN has been let down
by its leadership.
It has needed only one or two chiefs to fall on their swords (and forgo the Lords) for the poltics to change favourably.
This since 1980.
the British...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th May 2023, 14:55
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

Which carrier do you suppose please?

Which carrier do you suppose please?
Forum: Military Aviation
18th May 2023, 20:05
Replies: 7,468
Views: 2,404,980
Posted By langleybaston

That gives HMS P o W a year and a half to get...

That gives HMS P o W a year and a half to get sorted, meanwhile HMS QE gets worn out I suppose.
Might we have as many as a dozen Lightnings embarked by then?
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