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Forum: Military Aviation
29th Feb 2020, 12:41
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

Incidentally, have any ME students graduated yet...

Incidentally, have any ME students graduated yet on the few Phenoms which haven't collided with each other?

Has anyone yet seen any report on the 2 Phenoms (ZM335 & ZM336) which had the mid-air on...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Feb 2020, 13:25
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

[...]and Captain Blackadder definitely did not...

[...]and Captain Blackadder definitely did not shoot that delicious plump-breasted pigeon!
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Dec 2019, 09:15
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

RetiredBA/BY, probably just the salary and...

RetiredBA/BY, probably just the salary and pension deals!

Meeting up with ex-sqn chums now flying for the airlines, I don't think that I would have enjoyed the Groundhog Day style. I guess...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Dec 2019, 06:21
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

And I thought I'd taken an age.... Went to...

And I thought I'd taken an age....

Went to RAFC as a Flt Cdt at 17, did a year then off to University as an APO / Plt Off (and much Chipmunkery) until I went back to RAFC at 22. Finished JP...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jul 2019, 18:38
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

Rather than stoop to such awful depths, perhaps...

Rather than stoop to such awful depths, perhaps they'll simply look at https://www.nats.aero/careers/trainee-air-traffic-controllers/benefits/ , then pull the black and yellow and kiss the RAF...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jun 2019, 11:55
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

UAV869, it's had to do that because MFTS ME...

UAV869, it's had to do that because MFTS ME advanced training on the Phenom has yet to be delivered. Wrong aircraft in the first place as it was never designed for the training role - not helped by...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Aug 2017, 17:19
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

BV, I haven't actually been commenting about the...

BV, I haven't actually been commenting about the FJ training system! Your comment about input and output I took to be generic - it is equally applicable to EFT output to ME.

The need for...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Aug 2017, 14:24
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

FCL.745.A is: It is not the same as...

FCL.745.A is:



It is not the same as those 2-3 hours of stalling and spinning of that 'common core ' EFT course; I note that fully-developed spinning is 'demo only'.... And even flapless and...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Aug 2017, 07:16
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

To quote General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay...

To quote General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett:



:hmm:
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Aug 2017, 18:29
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

UPRT is not part of a basic flight training...

UPRT is not part of a basic flight training course; please see EASA Opinion 06/2017 for a more complete explanation. And direct the attention of 22Gp to the topic....

I recall once talking to a ba...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Aug 2017, 11:57
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

Non-aerobatic RAF pilots???

Do I hear right? Does the latest 'common core' EFT syllabus really include no aerobatics before pilots are streamed? So that those going to the Phenom will never have turned their bums to the sun...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Aug 2017, 06:33
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

iRaven, that table states that it is a...

iRaven, that table states that it is a 'simplified' take-off analysis.

Although it would seem to show that at +5°C, the aircraft could only use the short RW at Cranwell with 54% fuel, it takes no...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Aug 2017, 07:33
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

No mate. What I meant was that it used to be...

No mate. What I meant was that it used to be quite common for aircrew to be in various ground posts - and when the need arose, they could be hoiked out and given some refresher flying before...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Aug 2017, 18:33
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

just another jock y (sic), the reference to...

just another jock y (sic), the reference to people 'hidden away' meant all those who used to be on various ground tours, QFI-ing on UASs or on various 'aircrew annotated' posts.

My Wg Cdr...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Aug 2017, 19:33
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

BV, I'm not saying that the RAF should still have...

BV, I'm not saying that the RAF should still have as many aircraft, pilots and aerodromes as was the case 60 or even 35 years ago.

But I do question the massive reduction in numbers and the...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Aug 2017, 07:18
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

The Hunter was already hampered by the lack of...

The Hunter was already hampered by the lack of any AAMs back in the 1970s...

On the topic of numbers, at the end of 1956 the RAF had 16 squadrons of Hunters stationed at Biggin Hill, Church...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Aug 2017, 21:48
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

BV wrote: Which assumes that the targets...

BV wrote:

Which assumes that the targets aren't too widely dispersed. Although the Typhoon is supremely capable, unlike the 'Hunter wing' to which you referred earlier, it cannot be in 2 parts...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Aug 2017, 19:31
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

And if just one of your Typhoon pilots was down...

And if just one of your Typhoon pilots was down with a cold, you'd have lost 25% of your fleet strength.

Quantity has a quality all of its own....
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Aug 2017, 09:32
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

Reading Robert Jackson's book Hawker Hunter The...

Reading Robert Jackson's book Hawker Hunter The Operational Record*, it is interesting to note the number of fast jet pilots trained on the Hunter alone in 1955:



When once we had an air force,...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Aug 2017, 06:35
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

The venerable JPs had a UUPI - an ultrasonic...

The venerable JPs had a UUPI - an ultrasonic undercarriage position indicator which gave a short burst of beeps when a transmission was made with landing gear down. Inaudible to the pilots, but...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Aug 2017, 12:11
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

Hi Haraka - as I only speak English, a smattering...

Hi Haraka - as I only speak English, a smattering of French and German and can usually order a meal in Spanish, I didn't understand most of that link with its peculiar mixture of upper and lower case...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Aug 2017, 09:07
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

When I was a university undergraduate, one of our...

When I was a university undergraduate, one of our ULAS QFIs was an ex-Cranwellian, who'd been on one of the last Provost / Vampire courses. He and his course colleagues had been rather disparaging...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Jul 2017, 21:40
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

What an ugly looking thing that T-6C is..... ...

What an ugly looking thing that T-6C is.....

What with that, the Grob Prefect and the Phenom, Arse-scent seem to have captured the market for ugly looking aeroplanes.
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2016, 13:42
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

I have a vague recollection that about 3 chaps on...

I have a vague recollection that about 3 chaps on 13GE went straight onto the Mk5, despite never having flown before?

It was in the period when the Mk3s were going to Warton for conversion into...
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Feb 2016, 13:28
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

Hardly! Just one engine control and 3 gauges -...

Hardly! Just one engine control and 3 gauges - RPM, JPT and oil pressure.

Pre-landing checks were very simple:
Below 140 KIAS
Airbrakes in
Landing gear button pressed.
3 reds...3 greens
Fuel...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Feb 2016, 12:05
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

BobViking wrote: And when the supply of...

BobViking wrote:

And when the supply of ex-military QFIs dries up, as inevitably it will, what then? Whence will come the snake-oil salesmens' next instructors?

Even in the lowly GA world,...
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Dec 2015, 14:35
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

It wouldn't surprise me to learn that tailchasing...

It wouldn't surprise me to learn that tailchasing has been taken out of the dumbed-down post-Marston report UAS syllabus, but surely not for anything beyond that?
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Dec 2015, 08:14
Replies: 384
Views: 229,298
Posted By BEagle

I looked at that G210TP glass cockpit and...

I looked at that G210TP glass cockpit and wondered just how easy it would be to have a quick squint at the instruments during a decent tail chase...

With all that gucci glass, will Bloggs be...
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