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Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jul 2018, 07:57
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

Thanks Cpants - let's just hope it never comes to...

Thanks Cpants - let's just hope it never comes to that!!!
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jul 2018, 10:01
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

can you post the image - it's blocked for anyone...

can you post the image - it's blocked for anyone outside the USA due to Privacy laws etc
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jul 2018, 19:04
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

volunteers one step forward

volunteers one step forward
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Jul 2018, 08:32
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

In service to 2050................ really??

In service to 2050................ really??
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jul 2018, 11:49
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

Not good when you're being benchmarked against...

Not good when you're being benchmarked against Allegiant................... still it could be Lion I guess..
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jul 2018, 11:37
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

maybe someone can do a cut'n paste from N...

maybe someone can do a cut'n paste from N America? or a summary???
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jun 2017, 09:05
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

they'll all be up for sale in a few weeks the way...

they'll all be up for sale in a few weeks the way things are going.........
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Apr 2016, 10:48
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

Avtur - it said the leak it was "just above the...

Avtur - it said the leak it was "just above the Galley" so it was probably the chip pan ..................
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Apr 2016, 09:52
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

Any update on performance in RAF colours? So...

Any update on performance in RAF colours?

So far the sky doesn't seem to have fallen on our heads as prognosed by some........
Forum: Military Aviation
28th May 2015, 15:48
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

so the sky hasn't fallen on our heads... yet???

so the sky hasn't fallen on our heads... yet???
Forum: Military Aviation
27th May 2015, 14:00
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

any updates???

any updates???
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jan 2015, 09:26
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

indeed - but then no aeroplane is completely safe...

indeed - but then no aeroplane is completely safe all the time -

balance of probabilities really

since the Rivet Joint doesn't litter the highways & byways in the same way as the F-104G or...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jan 2015, 09:13
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

not totally unknown unknowns tho - a number of...

not totally unknown unknowns tho - a number of these aircraft have been flying around for years

This does not mean to say they tick all the boxes for a modern safety case - on thee other hand it...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Jul 2014, 14:47
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

It's arrived Let's get on with using it ...

It's arrived

Let's get on with using it

but not forget it may have serious issues eventually
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jun 2014, 17:43
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

To be fair the people banging on have at least a...

To be fair the people banging on have at least a partial point

Why do we have a system that is going to allow the RJ's to enter service when it's clear they aren't following the current rule...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th May 2014, 14:01
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

and scapegoat elected:- "The MOD's Chief of...

and scapegoat elected:-

"The MOD's Chief of Materiel (Air), Air Marshal Simon Bollom, who oversaw the procurement of the aircraft, said:"
Forum: Military Aviation
26th May 2014, 08:19
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

"At 500ft? on lift off??" Didn't both the...

"At 500ft? on lift off??"

Didn't both the B-47 and the B-52 have attitude issues on take off?

And somewhere I've still go a copy of the first ed. of "handling the Big Jets" where people are...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th May 2014, 10:58
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

Chugalug I suspect that everyone involved at...

Chugalug

I suspect that everyone involved at the top has decided the damn things will fly in service come what may

no-one will put this in writing and by "phasing" full time ops they think they...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th May 2014, 16:38
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

wellll there always has to be a moment when there...

wellll there always has to be a moment when there are NO USAF personnel on board

TBH this is just allowing creeping acceptance - we fly it at a few airshows so the GB Public see it , and no doubt...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th May 2014, 17:01
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

I wish you were right Novan... but the...

I wish you were right Novan...

but the thread will continue forever with all those who believe the RJ shouldn't be approved rending their clothes and wailing and pouncing on every small issue and...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd May 2014, 16:24
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

be fair RP! Tecumseh at al have spent pages...

be fair RP!

Tecumseh at al have spent pages explaining how they believe that "airworthy" means it meets the specs especially on failures and failure rates - if it doesn't meet those then it cannot...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd May 2014, 16:19
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

"That responsibility starts with the person doing...

"That responsibility starts with the person doing the job, and should run right up through every department."

I thought that was what Cullen said...........

certainly a lot of oil companies...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Apr 2014, 17:04
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

he may of course take into account the risks of...

he may of course take into account the risks of NOT having Rivet Joint in service and the losses to British servicemen and women and British interests that might thus occur......................
...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Apr 2014, 18:04
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

DV & others I can see the issues of the past...

DV & others

I can see the issues of the past are seared into everyone's brain - my question is it possible to move on?

I totally agree with " The concept of an“implicit Safety Case” does not...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Apr 2014, 08:25
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

The desperately sad deaths caused in the Chinook...

The desperately sad deaths caused in the Chinook & Nimrod crashes was made much worse by the rush for VCO's and the MoD to shift the blame

We have to ask though if these two incidents should drive...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Apr 2014, 08:21
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

A lot of people - the Great British Public, the...

A lot of people - the Great British Public, the press, MP's, the Treasury..... - are going to have a lot of questions if the RAF ground Rivet Joint on the basis it "is not airworthy" when dozens of...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Apr 2014, 11:24
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

If MAA don't approve RivetJoin after we've bought...

If MAA don't approve RivetJoin after we've bought it and its been in service for years with the USAF I doubt the Treasury or No. 10 will ever allow the RAF to buy another aircraft ever...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Apr 2014, 07:48
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

saves us all a bucket load of cash tho' ...

saves us all a bucket load of cash tho'

probably waiting for the new financial year when (hopefully) there is an allocation for fuel.................... :ok:
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2014, 09:05
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

ten months for heavens sake.... If the...

ten months for heavens sake....

If the balloon goes up somewhere next month they'll be out of Boscombe in 3 days and working for sure - and then returned for another 10 month wait no doubt when...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Jan 2014, 11:49
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

has to wait until 6th April and the new Financial...

has to wait until 6th April and the new Financial Year before they can fill 'er up for the trip...................

or, more likely, awaiting a suitable collection of politicians and SO's to be...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Nov 2013, 16:37
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

"Steptoe" perhaps................

"Steptoe" perhaps................
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Nov 2013, 08:26
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

Are we going to rename thm ? "Rivet Join" is...

Are we going to rename thm ?

"Rivet Join" is so......... non RAF -

surely we should call it "Campania" or similar

Or get the tabloids in a frenzy by calling it "Duchess"
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Jul 2013, 11:42
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

well that shot his fox and no mistake ;)

well that shot his fox and no mistake ;)
Forum: Military Aviation
20th May 2013, 07:53
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

however many committees and studies we have you...

however many committees and studies we have you can't guarantee safety

You have to take a balanced view - is the additional capability worth the risk?

You get different answers in war-time -...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th May 2013, 08:15
Replies: 927
Views: 425,114
Posted By Heathrow Harry

for the record:- Rivet Amber was a...

for the record:-

Rivet Amber was a special, somewhat experimental and very costly ($35 million in 1960's dollars) RC-135E, highly modified with a large section of the metal...
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