Brilliant shots RAB like the two fokker’s and the Chinook lovely sound:D Why are Air Berlin stopping there routes in the UK Be no more AB Fokker in UK 🙁

JAmes

Hi Blair welcome to the Fourm hope you enjoy it here:cool: just wondering have you ever found drugs or other bad stuff in you job?

James

Hi James,
The EA6B Prowler is the ECM aircraft which is based in Washington State, when they embark on Atlantic based ships they have a hell of a journey. They sound absolutley awesome on the cat shot as they have no afterburner. They are being replaced by an F18 version, which will mean that most aircraft bar the E2C and the S60 will be F18 based airframes. Don’t worry your not being rude James; it’s my job, I am in the British Fleet Air Arm and one of my tasks is working on a project to help develop long lead training skills for our 2 new aircraft carriers. The USN have a great history of operating big carriers which can generate massive sortie rates so I embark on various ships (so far the Theodore Roosevelt, Harry S Truman and no IKE) and look at how they run the flight deck and other aviation related departments. It’s a great job but difficult when you are trying to take an interest in what is going on on deck when what you really want to do is take photos….!

All the best

Si

I guessed you was to do with the RN but the Fleet air arm wow:eek: What a job so basicly you are the chap responsible for when are two new aircraft carriers come out on how they run the flight deck and other aviation related stuff? Was you there on your own with the americans or with some people from RN?

All the best
Regards
james

Fantastic shots Danny like the Spanair mad dog’s and the RAF herk:cool: What type is it I know its one off the old ones which are the best.

James

Newforest

Mate the Air Transat glided 21,500ft in 77nm (or 88.5 statute miles) to end up at 13,000ft 8nm from the runway threshold. This is a glide ratio of about 1:21 which is excellent.

Dean

Isnt that the world record for flying with no engines the A330 Air Transat one?

James

Yes but to us old farts it will aways be a DC-9 ! 😀

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But its real name is DC-9 80 😀 .

James

So did the BN Islander, Westland Lynx and BAe Hawk go out of production within the last few weeks..??? :rolleyes:

But, agreed, it’s still a small fraction of what was once developed and produced in the UK. I doubt if there is any other country on this planet which has so systematically and thoroughly wound up a once succesful industry. But maybe they were inspired by the British motorcycle and car industry…?

B.ugger forgot about the Lynx ,Hawk and the Nimrod 😮 Are they still making Islander on the IOW then? But yeah You see what I mean we was once country that built nearly everthing to nothing.You say the ATP was not very good but isnt A Very good Freighter aircraft now?

BTW was there a maritime patrol aircraft verison off the ATP?

James