Drakens are still flying in the US. A number of ex-Danish examples are still on the register.

National Test Pilot School in the US.

http://www.ntps.com/HTML/Aircraft/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ8IJQmCt18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZeehlhC6T0

TJ

The latest video from the laser lady. Here she is out yesterday with a friend blatantly lasering at aircraft. She has already proved with her Jan 20th video that AH-64s are using her area for routine flying. This lady and her friends are going to cause a serious accident one of these days!

‘2 Mini-Sun Golden UFOs, January 23, 2010 Pennsylvania’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRAkkrfYI5g

AH-64 over her property.

‘LOOK who’s checking out UFO WOODS. January 20, 2010’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHGMkM4bPP8

TJ

Everything flying now is one giant conspiracy theory. Watch the following video of these claimed morphing aircraft. They can’t even work out why an airliner can produce three contrails!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSMxdo0FCSA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZlhRE1KgmM

Have a look at his You Tube channel. Filming at extreme zoom and with the aircraft at that height atmospheric distortion is going to produce all sorts of anomalies. Unable, or unwilling, to acknowledge those facts they peddle this as fact.

You just have to look at the comments on the videos to see how gullible people really are. Obviously the comments are edited so they reside happily in their own little world of agreement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYAmJ55xYEw

His You Tube Channel

http://www.youtube.com/user/RodsUFOFiles

You really couldn’t make it up!

TJ

Direct link to laser attack video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fok47TgJiY

‘UFO- Compilation of Lazer attacks on airplanes by MoreSeeingUFOspa(aka Alison Kruse)’

TJ

I totally agree with you on this, ATFS. That programme you metioned is available on the web if you search the title. It was made in 2008 and obviously sparked the interest of the UFO community. It also highlighted the idiotic practice of shining laser pointers at aircraft.

The owner of Gillilands Ranch at the end of last year closed it off to the public. Probably because since then he’s made a nice tidy profit off the back of the media and UFO hunters!

http://naturalplane.blogspot.com/2009/10/james-gilliland-declares-eceti-ranch.html

It is the gullibility and naivety of some of these people that astounds me. At least the ‘researchers’ in the programme can admit that a strobing light is
actually an aircraft!

The danger to aviation safety comes from those that believe that the little green men are mimicking normal aircraft. The theory was put out by a UFO nutjob going by the name of Dr Bruce Cornet. With the advent of You Tube every UFO nutjob with a video camera has been out filming these ‘fake, morphing alien craft’.

http://www.realufos.net/2009/11/ufos-that-mimic-planes-advent-of-mime.html

No harm in that, but the problem is that some of them are trying to communicate using laser light pens and powerful torches.

One such lady is Alison Kruse in the U.S. Here she is blatantly shining a laser pen at an aircraft. Although it is clearly at a distance the problem arises
if a helicopter flew close to her house and she pointed a laser pen at it. Video from a You Tuber who reported her to the FAA.

Alison Kruse lives in Pennsylvania to the east of two major aiports. The traffic pattern is visible from her raised location. Not suprisingly aircraft transit over her location!

Her You Tube Channel. Well worth a view just to see how gullible people can be.

http://www.youtube.com/user/MOREseeingUFOsPA

The ‘orbs’ that she is filming with her night vision camera is the traffic pattern of Allegheny County airport, Pennsylvania. She believes that the ‘orbs’ are coming out of the woods next to her house and invites people down to watch her film. Obviously the aircraft transit over the area where she lives!

TJ

Mod Edit: No “hot linking”, please!

Interview of Ed Strongman, Chief Test Pilot – Military, on flying the A400M

Number 1 ‘Flying the A400M’

http://www.iag-inc.com/podcast.html

TJ

Probably. Harrier GR9s did –

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1216149/VIDEO-New-precision-missile-takes-Taliban-leaving-civilians-unharmed.html

Not a Harrier, but a Tornado. The media got it all mixed up apparently.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/04/29/325824/bae-systems-wins-uk-harrier-gr79-maintenance-deal.html

‘BAE’s ongoing Harrier GR9 upgrade will see the aircraft receive Capability D- and EA-phase equipment from mid-2009, says Ebdon. This will include digital Joint Reconnaissance Pod integration and the addition of MBDA’s Brimstone air-to-surface missile, which has recently undergone during firing trials with the Harrier at the China Lake test range in California.’

TJ

I’ve just had a look at them on Google Earth and was left wondering why are they there? It really does look as if the RAF completely forgot about them when they were decommissioning the type and they’ve just been left to rot alone. 🙁

They are there for ground instructional use.

http://raf-lincolnshire.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=88

Jags are still alive at RAF Cranwell for ground instruction. They taxi under their own power.

An aircraft enthusiast visited RAF Cranwell and photographed the Jags during December 2009.

http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=18675

http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcranwell/aboutus/dcae.cfm

TJ