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  • August 25, 2007 at 2:16 pm in reply to: What was your first Airshow? (Old thread ex 2003) #1288972
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    My first…

    was 1990 only a couple of months after we’d moved back into this country (Dad in Army) at Boscombe Down.

    What stood out? The Red Arrows, RAF Tornado low pass, Vulcan, Hunter and the looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong queues for the toilets!

    August 24, 2007 at 6:10 pm in reply to: RAAF F111 sinks North Korean Drug Ship #2517993
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    Wouldn’t that be wonderful to see in this country, a Government with the balls to get of its bum and do something about criminals that actually works!

    Although I think it will be some time before we see clips of RAF Typhoons bombing illegal ships in the North Sea. :diablo:

    August 22, 2007 at 11:18 am in reply to: Mirror, mirror on the wall ……………….. #1292941
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    is it me, or is that a military aircraft….? lol.:D 😉

    got no picture since my hard drive is not working, but I rather like the dragon rapide….. elegant and so very basic. DH seemed to produce some beautiful designs.

    I think by the time that photo was taken the Hunter had been withdrawn from military servive a few years before thus making it a civilian aircraft…. :p

    August 21, 2007 at 10:59 pm in reply to: Mirror, mirror on the wall ……………….. #1293384
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    I can’t believe anyone thinks it can be anything but the venerable Hunter!

    August 20, 2007 at 11:21 am in reply to: Russia 'renewing bomber patrols' #2518410
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    How to close to UK and US shores could Russian Bears get by flying only in Russian and/or International airspace?

    August 18, 2007 at 11:44 am in reply to: Russia 'renewing bomber patrols' #2518596
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    So we have the chance to know if the russians did manage to put any noise reduction device on the Bear propsw:dev2::dev2:

    2 questions
    First what is the supposed combat radius of the Bear and Blackjack?
    Second while on patrol are they armed with nuke Kh-55(am i right about the missile type)?

    Im glad they flying,it seems we’ll have a lot of more pics in the INTERCEPTION thread

    According to Wikipedia the range of the Bear is 9400 miles and Blackjack is 7640 miles, I’m sure you can work out approximate combat radius from this. :rolleyes:

    August 17, 2007 at 4:16 pm in reply to: Yeager for Legends 07 #1299055
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    I’ve heard not the best things about his character in the past. Besides, he wasn’t the first to go past mach 1

    To be honest this is something I have thought for some time. Was the first unofficial supersonic flight British, American or German?

    I only say those countries because at that time I don’t think anybody else had sufficiant aviation knowledge to do this!

    August 14, 2007 at 4:36 pm in reply to: The best from the smallest? #1302404
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    As an example, you could possibly describe the Saab range of aircraft as fitting the bill as Sweden is not known for it’s military might.

    August 14, 2007 at 4:30 pm in reply to: 'Top Gun' #1302413
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    High slap, low slap…

    tsh tsh

    😎

    August 5, 2007 at 10:49 am in reply to: Captions wanted. Apache #528019
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    Air traffic; “NO, use the other helepad!”

    August 4, 2007 at 8:38 pm in reply to: A-10 Thunderbolt/warthog #2522439
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    Thanks contrailjj it is mentioned on the wikipedia entry that she still exsisted but did not say where !!

    Still it is good to see that the once obsolete A10 all of a sudden becomes useful and just because the huge tank battles of the cold war never happened it can be of more use at other things.

    curlyboy

    Was the A10 used for anything other than tankbusting during Gulf War 1?

    August 1, 2007 at 11:02 am in reply to: What flight names do the British Typhoon squads use? #2523481
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    Well, no one else had put anything up yet so I thought I better!

    August 1, 2007 at 11:00 am in reply to: What flight names do the British Typhoon squads use? #2523483
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    Zulu Foxtrot Milkshake,
    Alpha Knuckle Underwear

    Hot Shots, USA :rolleyes:

    July 31, 2007 at 9:44 am in reply to: Strange jumbo #2523879
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    Having the engines mounted on twin unit pylons looks absolutely amazing, could it (or has it) been done for real?

    July 29, 2007 at 8:12 pm in reply to: Spotted #1319350
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    These guys most likely. Fancy a ride?

    http://www.thruxtonracing.co.uk/experiences/other_arrows.html

    John

    These guys were out again earlier today doing circuits around Thruxton.

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