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Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Mar 2023, 08:23
Replies: 164
Views: 53,494
Posted By Bing

Pretty sure the only RN carrier the Japanese sank...

Pretty sure the only RN carrier the Japanese sank was the Hermes which was hardly surprising given her air group of ~12 Swordfish. Certainly the crew of Indomitable thought they were heading East...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Feb 2023, 13:36
Replies: 58
Views: 15,151
Posted By Bing

I'm just surprised MOD appears to have acquired a...

I'm just surprised MOD appears to have acquired a fleet of 5 aircraft in under a decade. Surely that's what we should be celebrating?
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2023, 12:24
Replies: 103
Views: 19,020
Posted By Bing

Of course the Army's problems aren't helped by...

Of course the Army's problems aren't helped by spending around £14 Billion on armoured vehicle programmes, none of which have produced serviceable vehicles. Which makes anything the other two...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2023, 11:15
Replies: 164
Views: 53,494
Posted By Bing

That sounds more like the RFA than the RN, they...

That sounds more like the RFA than the RN, they work to merchant navy rules for basically the same pay.
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Dec 2022, 09:00
Replies: 137
Views: 28,969
Posted By Bing

If only it was as understated as the French...

If only it was as understated as the French equivalent.

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Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Nov 2022, 08:10
Replies: 55
Views: 9,348
Posted By Bing

The Secret Horsepower Race by Calum Douglas...

The Secret Horsepower Race by Calum Douglas answers all the possible questions about the engine configuration choice of the British, American, and German manufacturer and is well worth a read. BMW...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Nov 2022, 16:47
Replies: 68
Views: 29,828
Posted By Bing

But how do you fix the QOL issues without money?...

But how do you fix the QOL issues without money? Which isn't the answer.
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Sep 2022, 19:40
Replies: 6,785
Views: 2,095,353
Posted By Bing

It's a sea water cooled coupling, so there's no...

It's a sea water cooled coupling, so there's no requirement for it to be greased. What with all the sea water surrounding the ship.
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Aug 2022, 16:29
Replies: 6,785
Views: 2,095,353
Posted By Bing

Except there are two baskets.

Except there are two baskets.
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Aug 2022, 07:50
Replies: 220
Views: 51,537
Posted By Bing

It's almost as if the same word can mean...

It's almost as if the same word can mean different things in different languages...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Aug 2022, 07:27
Replies: 6,785
Views: 2,095,353
Posted By Bing

For the Telegraph website once the page has...

For the Telegraph website once the page has loaded right click anywhere and select 'View Page Source' (this will vary by browser but works in Chrome). You'll get a new tab which shows the code that...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Jul 2022, 20:13
Replies: 54
Views: 9,584
Posted By Bing

Crete? Was almost a failure though,

Crete? Was almost a failure though,
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Jul 2022, 12:33
Replies: 6,785
Views: 2,095,353
Posted By Bing

I'm sure I've read somewhere the thinking was...

I'm sure I've read somewhere the thinking was that the Treasury were only going to fund two carriers, irrespective of how big they were or weren't.
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Jul 2022, 11:07
Replies: 144
Views: 52,185
Posted By Bing

I think the plan is not to be the Defence...

I think the plan is not to be the Defence Secretary who 'Killed the Nation's Top Gun Aces!' in the eyes of the tabloids, while also not spending any money. Think of it like musical chairs for...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Mar 2022, 09:29
Replies: 16
Views: 3,654
Posted By Bing

MJ89, you're right that it would have to boost...

MJ89, you're right that it would have to boost itself from a negative speed to a positive one. On the plus side for self defence purposes the target will be flying towards it...
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Feb 2022, 08:04
Replies: 8
Views: 1,366
Posted By Bing

I think six years is also when resettlement...

I think six years is also when resettlement benefits kick in on leaving service so there's at least a consistency to it.
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Jan 2022, 08:14
Replies: 114
Views: 25,293
Posted By Bing

You mean they can manage to not have hot water...

You mean they can manage to not have hot water and lighting for less than we do?
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jan 2022, 21:03
Replies: 21
Views: 6,186
Posted By Bing

At what point do they become an Historic Flight?

At what point do they become an Historic Flight?
Forum: Military Aviation
7th Jan 2022, 19:21
Replies: 67
Views: 14,612
Posted By Bing

I believe the towed array takes away a lot of...

I believe the towed array takes away a lot of that advantage as for it to work you have to go at relatively slow speed and stay on a steady course. It's also quite a way behind the ship so any...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jan 2022, 11:09
Replies: 10
Views: 2,405
Posted By Bing

Timelord, just Googled, those are truly awful...

Timelord, just Googled, those are truly awful slides, they read like a stream of consciousnesses not an attempt to communicate anything.
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jan 2022, 09:22
Replies: 10
Views: 2,405
Posted By Bing

For one thing they'd have had to wait until the...

For one thing they'd have had to wait until the following year for PowerPoint to be released.
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Dec 2021, 19:13
Replies: 28
Views: 7,874
Posted By Bing

There's also a Sea Balliol in the Sri Lankan Air...

There's also a Sea Balliol in the Sri Lankan Air Force Museum. Although to be fair it's a bit of trek to see it.
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Dec 2021, 12:30
Replies: 62
Views: 20,212
Posted By Bing

Maybe someone realised the UK isn't that...

Maybe someone realised the UK isn't that different to the ~30 countries using Blackhawk variants and having niche requirements isn't cheap?
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Dec 2021, 08:12
Replies: 403
Views: 191,096
Posted By Bing

WW2 era British carriers had a steam feed to the...

WW2 era British carriers had a steam feed to the bow which could be used to give a relative wind direction indication. Some pictures show calibrated markings around it to give the angle. Probably...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Dec 2021, 20:17
Replies: 403
Views: 191,096
Posted By Bing

It's about six hours expenditure by the NHS, or...

It's about six hours expenditure by the NHS, or as someone else put it 'barely gets you to an early breakfast on new year's day'. NHS budget is £150B so ~£400m a day.
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Nov 2021, 19:49
Replies: 403
Views: 191,096
Posted By Bing

Richmond's Lynx was 4km down and was successfully...

Richmond's Lynx was 4km down and was successfully recovered so 1 mile is well within current capability.
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Nov 2021, 17:13
Replies: 48
Views: 8,985
Posted By Bing

I think they got theirs from coal, which is an...

I think they got theirs from coal, which is an expensive way of doing it but they didn't have a lot of other options.
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jul 2021, 16:24
Replies: 160
Views: 56,400
Posted By Bing

From what I read a while back the issue is to do...

From what I read a while back the issue is to do with changing the centres of thrust and mass of the engines, which affects the relief from aero-elastic bending, fatigue life, etc. So a 'like for...
Forum: Military Aviation
6th May 2021, 12:16
Replies: 77
Views: 12,698
Posted By Bing

I think FRS.1's radar was Blue Fox with Blue...

I think FRS.1's radar was Blue Fox with Blue Vixen being the upgrade for the F/A2.

My understanding is that the random colour/word combination was chosen as during the war the Allies had been able...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jan 2021, 19:25
Replies: 20
Views: 4,970
Posted By Bing

No that would be double plus ungood.

No that would be double plus ungood.
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Dec 2020, 10:53
Replies: 58
Views: 22,316
Posted By Bing

I would have thought the bell with 'Hermes' on...

I would have thought the bell with 'Hermes' on was probably saved when she was sold to India? So probably in one of the RN museum collections if not on actual display.
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Dec 2020, 10:33
Replies: 42
Views: 17,995
Posted By Bing

That sounds a lot like my Dad's accident on 16...

That sounds a lot like my Dad's accident on 16 Feb '68, according to the report he slid along the ground for about 140' parting company with the seat fairly early on.
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Dec 2020, 09:40
Replies: 39
Views: 11,209
Posted By Bing

To be honest I suspect all the other benefits are...

To be honest I suspect all the other benefits are just post-hoc justifications once they'd decided they wanted two separate paths for the trunking. Certainly from my brief time on CVS it seems...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Dec 2020, 14:17
Replies: 39
Views: 11,209
Posted By Bing

You don't need two islands for a nuke as there's...

You don't need two islands for a nuke as there's no trunking for the gas turbines. On the QE Class there was a given amount of space taken up by that so the choice was one big island or two small...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Nov 2020, 12:31
Replies: 23
Views: 6,378
Posted By Bing

Wake homing air dropped torpedoes were a thing in...

Wake homing air dropped torpedoes were a thing in WW2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_24_mine
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