Curious, OTIS has runways 05/23 and 14/32 but no 09/27 thus no ‘east-west’ runway.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&source=hp&q=Otis+Air+National+Guard+Base+Airport&ie=UTF8&cd=1&split=0&vps=1&jsv=205b&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=6.881357,14.941406&geocode=Fd2newId1-3L-w

Anyway, there’s an awful lot of ponds there, if no one heard a bang they may have heard a splash 😀

Or this……..:eek:

In theory the money in circulation is equal to the gold reserves held by that country. Does Scotland have its own gold reserves ?

http://badassoftheweek.com/index.cgi?id=283661830799

Seems feasible :rolleyes:

As Dennis says, marksman badge. Awarded for getting 25 out of 30 rounds in a 4 inch group at annual range practice. This uniform is not aircrew but an electronics tradesman aka ‘Sparky’- no aircrew brevet on the front of the jacket.

Back in the days of the CB radio craze the govt said we couldn’t use the US band radios because they would interfere with military communication, it was then pointed out by some knowledgeable (or not) person that the frequency was last used by Lancaster bombers; that being 27.124 MHz AM.

I think it was more to do with the lack of duty paid on imported rigs, interference with televisions and the fact the frequency was already allocated to radio control models and amateur radio.

I seem to remember that in the late 70’s the Wessex helicopters we had at Shawbury were fitted with functional radios covering the 27 MHz band although I’m not sure if that was ever used operationally.

I don’t see how the aircraft speed comes in to it ?
It would suggest that if the aircraft were stationary the engine would produce no power.

Isn’t it more to do with the mass flow ( of air ) through the engine ?