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October 21, 2014 at 9:34 pm in reply to: Oman Pics, Hunter, Jaguar USS Midway #923720

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Great pics JB of this forgotten time in our recent history keep them coming.
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October 12, 2014 at 8:38 pm in reply to: Lee on Solent/Daedalus Update #385281

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Gerry, Thanks for the updates,keep us informed.

October 8, 2014 at 8:56 pm in reply to: Lee on Solent/Daedalus Update #385313

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Flown into Lee on Solent many times,a great location but all this uncertainty does not bode well.How long will it be until the first housing developments start to encroach the airfield.
Just a question? Who will be paying for the runway resurface, it’s been put back twice,I hope this goes ahead but I have my doubts what are the owners getting out of it in these austere times.

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September 29, 2014 at 10:59 pm in reply to: Short Belfast Status – Cairns Airport – Updated to April 2018 #861322

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Do we know how many are left around the world ?

September 29, 2014 at 10:38 pm in reply to: Managers and directors… #1842448

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Charliehunt
British Leyland and BAC were in the back of my mind when posting my last reply,hopefully the practices from both sides are now in the past.
My point being we need to invest in the future of our industrial base via training and R&D so we have good quality apprenticeships and a sound base for the future which will eventually flow through to good management practices and employee relationships.

September 28, 2014 at 9:51 pm in reply to: Managers and directors… #1842509

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One major problem we have in the UK which started in the late seventies and still prevails to this day is the culture of not valuing careers in the engineering field,many young good hardworking people have been steered into the so called promised world of IT,Finance and the arts.
Don’t get me wrong they all have a place but for far to long we have neglected the engineering fields and look where that has got us.
We had some excellent companies in the UK but were run into the ground by bad decisions from board level to higher management,many who never understood what the shop floor was about.
We need to value and promote all types of engineering in the schools and then we might have a chance of producing decent managers for the future which in turn will give us a chance at competing against the Germans who seem to be ever more present within UK industry.

September 27, 2014 at 10:26 pm in reply to: NPPL Licence Anguish #385437

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Just reminds me of returning to our airfield a couple of weeks ago,farnborough asked us to contact another facility(military) for the continuation of our flight this was all well and good but the speed of delivery from the controller was lightning and difficult to understand not just by us but other pilots in the area as well.
They need to slow down a bit especially for us folk down south!

September 18, 2014 at 8:31 pm in reply to: Leeming Javelin moving to Jet Age Museum (Hooray!) #875091

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Hopefully this can be saved and returned to a decent condition,the Javelin whatever it’s faults deserves some recognition for the service it gave the RAF IMHO.

July 31, 2014 at 10:14 pm in reply to: 2014 – RNHF Sea Fury incident at Culdrose #923674

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Pratt & Whitney Dependable engines.
Bristol Centaurus Undependable engines.

July 31, 2014 at 9:52 pm in reply to: 2014 – RNHF Sea Fury incident at Culdrose #923753

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I have flown with Chris Goate carrying out aeros in the CAP 10 out of Yeovilton,it is not a surprise the guy managed to get the aircraft down a very competent pilot.

A pity about the damage to the aircraft, but hey these things can be repaired.We need these classic fighters in the air not sat around in hangers,hopefully the issues surrounding the RNHT Sea Fury can be sorted and this classic will once again be gracing our skies.

July 19, 2014 at 2:54 pm in reply to: Instrument radiation? #929248

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Looks as though the Boscombe Aviation Collection better close down then,on a visit last year to their Old Sarum site we spent many enjoyable hours sat inside Canberra,Swift and Hunter cockpits.
How far do we go with this, in Somerset it is well known there is background radiation that permeates into the atmosphere life is a risk we just need to be sensible.
A couple of weeks ago I was in a position (the right hand seat) to carry out a practice display in a Hunter T7 above Duxford with the aircraft age 50 + and all that radiation some would say a risk too far.

May 30, 2014 at 11:25 pm in reply to: Interesting views from some warbird operators about the future of operating in the UK #901670

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Iam afraid these are the times we live in, too much regulation,litigation,blame culture,looking over your shoulder,risk assesments,method statements it goes on and on what happened to good old common sense!

May 30, 2014 at 10:33 pm in reply to: What Book Are You Reading? #1852604

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Drama in the air by John Beattie a great collection of stories from the cockpit,the truth is always better than fiction.

May 30, 2014 at 9:07 pm in reply to: Vulcan not going to RIAT #901833

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I hope the people who seem indifferent to the Vulcan not flying at RIAT will think again,especially looking forward to 10 years time when this aircraft will be a museum piece.This aircraft needs to fly which in turn brings in the cash and hopefully prolong it’s flying life.
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