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May 12, 2006 at 9:28 am in reply to: Ahhhh………… #1290246

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Well me and the lads could have sworn it was blue, but having looked at shots of the aircraft it could well have been this one.

Shame he didn’t get down a bit so we could get a better look!

May 11, 2006 at 3:09 pm in reply to: Ahhhh………… #1291094

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Hmmm – certainly a late model, PR blue and D-Day markings. Coupled with the fact certain ex-jag pilots are at BBMF we figured he was paying a return visit.

Must be the RR one then……… still around as of 1400 isf formating with a Yak

May 7, 2006 at 3:38 pm in reply to: Cold war prototypes that didn't make it #2574598

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And nobody’s suggested TSR2 yet!

May 6, 2006 at 12:48 pm in reply to: British helicopter down in iraq #2575539

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Very sad.

4 crew – Lynx or Puma?

May 1, 2006 at 8:01 am in reply to: Ejection Pics #2580787

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I posted this on Historic a week or so ago, but I suppose it fits this thread well enough too

April 26, 2006 at 7:01 pm in reply to: Harrier GR1 Ejection #1312954

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I got rid of the text to the left, and I did wonder about the effect in the cockpit, but it does look real to me.

If you were going to edit a picture to use, you’d use the right type of aircraft wouldn’t you?

April 26, 2006 at 4:29 pm in reply to: Harrier GR1 Ejection #1313147

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OK – got the picture from the magazine. I made an error from memory – the gear’s up. Ignore the title – the article was ‘lads mag’ on ‘how I survived ejecting over hostile territory’ stuff – not matched to the picture.

April 18, 2006 at 7:09 am in reply to: Westland Wessex – XS523 #1324683

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http://www.ukserials.com has it delivered as 4 March 1965

And a quick look on Google can fill in some blanks:

Sep 1968 she was ‘S’ with 845 NAS

1980 ‘LS810’ with 781 NAS

and looks like she ended up as ‘824’ with 771 NAS before being allocated maintenance serial A2692

Ian

April 4, 2006 at 10:20 am in reply to: C-5 crash at Dover AFB #2602388

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Is that just dirt on the wing over the missing No1 engine or soot/fire damage?

March 27, 2006 at 12:01 pm in reply to: Cold Coltishall (Thurs 23/3) #473132

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😡
Its not the end of the Jaguar quite yet! Just a relocation for the last 18 months of service.

March 18, 2006 at 8:12 am in reply to: Ducted Fans #1343961

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Hang on – did you really mean a Swift flying?! 😮

March 8, 2006 at 9:40 am in reply to: Italian STOVL Carrier – Cavour ? #2060682

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Further to my earlier statement about Cavour being equiped for CTOL, not only was the Bucc heavier, but its landing speed was 165 kts.

Typhoon and Rafale are around 130 kts approach speed and lighter than Buccaneer.

No, she wouldn’t be ideal due to somewhat small deck, but she could fly CTOL if equiped with catapult and arrestor gear.

March 7, 2006 at 10:32 pm in reply to: Italian STOVL Carrier – Cavour ? #2060757

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I was doing some thinking on the Cavour and it’s air wing if F35B falls by the wayside.

Cavour is 232m long.

Hermes was 235m ( 774′ ) – she operated Buccaneers and Sea Vixens in her time, some pretty heavy bits of kit. The Bucc was 28000 kg max as opposed to Typhoons 21000 kg.

Modern jets are pretty fast off the ground too, so would Rafale or a navalised Gripen be viable if she was fitted with CTOL gear?

March 7, 2006 at 7:09 pm in reply to: Canberra Canopies #1355570

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Maybe some will come up for disposal this year as the RAF winds down its Canberra spares.

March 1, 2006 at 10:52 pm in reply to: Eurofighter Typhoon's bogus graphic #2577964

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Regarding Typhoon not flying at night, a quick Google produced enough complaints from residents near Coningsby about 0300 take offs to give the truth to that story.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/actionnetwork/F1621126?thread=1499855

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