Back to the subject of the thread please guys. Plenty of forums out there if you want to debate the pros and cons of the NHS.

I’m sure anything there is useless but it does seem like a reasonable excuse to bulldoze Birmingham. After all without removing the city how could we get accurate geophysics results. The resultant clear area could then be redeveloped into a facility to restore, store and operate all of the spitfires that will undoubtedly be found over the next few years.

Roll on the AL2O3 airforce.

1992 30 years ago? Holy crap I must be 40 in a couple of weeks.

A single engined type has never really been suited for RCAF use. The simple fact is that while most bird ingestions in the CF-18 would result in a return to base and an engine swap the same incident in the 35 would likely result in the loss of the airframe and a pilot with a significant chance of lasting injuries due to ejection. A loss rate of 3-6 airframes a year due to bird ingestion would seem unacceptable to me given the unit cost of the aircraft.

Would the silent eagle not be an option or are the operating costs too high?

I wonder if all the over stamping matches up indicating that they were stamped by the same machine? 😉

Does anyone have a large crate and a couple of excavators?

Could be a locally fitted air scoop to give the rear seat occupant a little relief from the African heat?

Maybe after the pullout from Afghanistan the world will stop pussyfooting around Pakistan and realise that it’s more foe than friend. A strategic realignment with India would make sence in the long run.