PII: I know that now don’t I! I’ll be ever so much more careful next time that you can be sure of.
Google: mate I’m as shocked as you are mate, guess there is a time for firsts and lasts 😉
From what I have read lately the Faruzea Aerea del Peru don’t have the funds to upgrade their 29’s, they didn’t even fully upgrade their Su-22’s. With this in mind I dobut that they have enough money for such a high flight time for their pilots.
Ok now you’re being silly 😛
Buger: Mate again you excell yourself, the question we’d all like to know is “Where is this magical place called McDonalds Island” I need a refund on some food I ate years ago, and besides I think the Hambugler has stollen GWB’s brain and given it to Grimice to make patties out of 😛
1. In pic #3 of the first set, the Helo serial 82+03, what is that? It looks like a puma of a sort, Is it an S-92? If so, when did the Luftwaffe get it/them.
2. In the following pic (#4 of the first set), I see a Lynx, is that a Marinen one? Which type are they using now, have they upgraded them?
3. The A310 MRTT, have any more joined the fleet yet? I read a couple of months ago that the first one had just joined the service, just curious about the others. IIRC the First one had a name (August something) are the others similarly named?
4. I miss the old Marinien colours on the Tornados, it was great, this doesn’t look nice at all 🙁
5. The Phantom in the last pic of the second set has a small R on the side of it, is that Richthoffen geschwadder?
6. The tiger, I don’t like the mast mounted sight, glad Australia is getting the roof mounted one. Also, weren’t the Germans getting the gun in the nose as well? I believe that I read somewhere that the gremans had decided to add the gun (could be wrong though).
7. Third set, second pic, the plane in front of the Typhoon taking off looks like a Zlin, is it? If so who owns it and are they still in military use?
8. The chaps in the military uniforms: The two in the middle are from a naval service of some sort, Hat and rank epulettes give that much away, not sure which country, the other two guys in Green would be Army types, and that leaves the last guy at the back in Black with the big cap, that is of a similar style to Russian navy officers, as such I’d guess that they are from a former soviet block country.
Burger: my friend, though Sparta and it’s history do interest me a great deal, I sadly think that invading Troy is a lost cause, next you’ll be telling me that a big wooden horse stands at our gate and that the Greeks have left over night.
I can’t understand your obsession with the destruction of Bulgaria though, I mean Hitler hated the Jews because he was part Jew. Applying that rule are you part Bulgarian? One has to wonder!
I was always impressed with the RMAF for buying the 29’s and they have used them well and they look great.
I was impressed also with the Thai AF for buying the L-39’s, it showed that countries that had been stuck with limited choices (what ever the US was offering at the time), had faith in what was coming out of the East.
Mate I can vouch for that, when I was on the Connie up in the Gulf back in 97 during a breif stint with the USN I couldn’t wait to get letters from my daughters and the COD’s brought them in 😉
What is the latest news on it’s replacment?
As for Unsung hero, most definately, these planes take more of a pounding on landing than any other plane, remember, when they land, they are carring a very heavy load.
They were lucky to get out of it, didn’t know that the Herkybirds could fly with less than four engines, they aren’t really designed for it.
The answer to this question is simple, the Irish Air Corps (no offence), but they seems to do alright with the limited resources they have!
Art: Playful as ever 😛 Actually I was going to leave out the country and have people guess it, was originally thinking of using France as the basis of the subject! As for blowing this country up, go ahead, it would be a hell of a lot quicker than the death our Illustrious leader has planed for us (Follow America into the fire, Iraq is a safe place).
Buger: Mate do you even read the info before you post?
Mix: mate it’s a hypothetical, not real but a what if situation, yes capitalism is rooted in the russian lifestyle now, but look at what it’s done to the country, my favourite city of Vladivostok is crumbling because no one will clean it up, and the Mafia is the law in that part despite what the government think.
Pla: Interesting thought but it looses the plot of my idea, guess you really are a man of peace.
Srbin: very interesting idea mate, but there are resources in West Africa that an expanding nation could use, don’t forget, Nigiria has oil too 😉
I had a book some time ago all about the different projects of the time it wasn’t the book above but had a similar title and had most of the projects in it (most not all because there were so many destroyed as the allies advanced).
The top project was listed in it as was the Horten bomber, as has been stated, the bomber was never flown and according to the book (if memory serves), it was only on paper.
There were some facinating design concepts in the book including a glider with a scram jet attached to the side and armed with two 30mm cannons.
Very well spotted mate
Dis: Nice Falcon pic mate, is that a real pic? It looks great in the green!
just wait a bit and they will start to surface, the 29K is now a full green for production as the IN are going to get them, so pics will surface.
What I’d like to know is will the IN use the Tu-22M3’s in a part time tanker role for supporting IDF’s a/c? If so don’t you think that this would make a great pic?