Dan
what the heck were they confusing for a Vulcan????
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…probably the Javelin!! :rolleyes:

At one time the Philippine Air Force was going to have them. If they can’t afford them, why can’t NZ give them away rather than scrap them? VERY surprised at this, as I thought Indonesia might want them , at least for spares?

Old Warden programme looks good with full WW1 scenario. Hope to make it and if i do, will be near the Control Tower gate at 12.00. MOF, I was queuing alongside you to go through RIAT security, but I guess I had my transparency cloak on!!

Albert
Well back and now rested from doing the night security looking after the helicopters and I can tell you the pod contains a camera used for hydrographics work down south. They were en-route to Cosford apparently to take part in some tri-service photo thing.
There was some friendly competition between the German CH-53 crew and the Dutch Chinook crew as to who had the biggest chopper!
OAW

Ah, thanks for that! That’s about what I thought the Lynx pod would be used for, as I hadn’t heard of the need for an additional radar or even an AEW Lynx?

Never been to Woodchurch. Can someone provide directions to get to it from the West?

It is almost certainly the old Frog/Novo Sea Hawk which is available in plastic packets from obscure model traders at air shows everywhere.
And if you think that is bad then you obviously never met the Gannet – three moulded in heads, no wheel wells, rotten decals, etc. I believe lots of Frog models of that period (the Supermarine N.113 [Scimitar prototype] and the Sea Vixen, for example) were of the same standard – think about that when moaning about the Airfix Blenhiem…

Airfix do a 1/48th scale Hawker Sea Hawk? 😮

Wrong! Classic Plane make a 1/48th Sea Hawk and MPM make one in 1/72nd scale – both excellent kits!

Flood.™

Saturday at Farnborough.

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The SBAC may longer stage shows at Farnborough in the future so after a long absence I felt it was time to return.

Heres a few photos of the historic types.

Septic.

….were they staging them shorter before????

The PhilAF cannot afford brand new aircraft like the JAS-39, so they should accept the ROCAF offer of F-5E/Fs. This is their cheapest option, despite the maintenance costs. I visited several Phil.AF bases in 1980 and I was told that their F-5As had their noses painted black to look like F-5Es!!! If that isn’t desperate, what is? At that time, I saw the F-8H Crusaders in operational condition at Basa Air Base and was told they are a nightmare to maintain! They should never have bought them, as they were unsuitable as land-based aircraft in that climate. I agree with ‘Arthur’ and ‘Seahawk’ that they need more COIN aircraft and choppers, so some Tucanos would suit their needs.