Still misnamed, though, given that it hasn't gone anywhere near Dakar for more than a decade.

Paying driver Robert Kubica off to Alfa Romeo as reserve driver, thanks to their new sponsor ( Polish petrol company ) PKN Orlen.

And tomorrow sees the start of this year's ( still misnamed ) Paris-Dakar Rally, with Alonso driving for Toyota.

`The previousy linked 'AIRAC-2' .pdf file has been updated again

I'm lulling you into a false sense of security....or saving it until the next time I'm bored, or something. Given the various goings-on over the past few days, I was expecting it to be NOTAMed as open if only in case of possible diverts.....sod's law that the only previous one was in between the tim...

I checked yesterday morning, in the afternoon ( around 16:00hrs ) and again late in the evening but no NOTAM was up on the NATS website.....was it taken down early?

First one of the year, unless I'm mistaken....

B) FROM: 20/01/03 15:30
C) TO: 20/01/03 17:30
E) FAIRFORD MIL ATZ ACTIVE, AD, RWY 09/27 OPEN

T erminate W ith E xtreme P rejudice Dates back to the 1960s, in particular the Vietnam War and the deliberate targeting of specific individuals ( civilian as well as military, and sometimes not even on the opposition's side ) by the CIA and Units operating under their control. Project Phoenix was ...

Interestingly, one of the others TWEPed in the attack was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was the commander of the Kata'ib Hezbollah militia and whose headquarters the Americans bombed last weekend. You have to wonder it he was the actual target this time around and that Soleimani was collateral damage (...

IRG General Qassim Soleimani

Don't think so.
Nothing heard from my location & I've not seen anything logged on the Milscanners newsgroup.

The Great Wall Matt Damon ( playing an English Knight ) and a bunch of Chinese warriors versus a load of monsters ( makes a welcome change from zombies these days ) Completely and uttery silly, but very entertaining. Ghost in the Shell The 2017 Scarlett Johansson remake. Why did they bother? I gave...

It was '41s routing that confused me....out over the Irish Sea where it lurked for a bit, then down to the Bay of Biscay where it lurked a bit more, then to the Azores. With the number of MC-130s already deployed ( from both Europe & CONUS ) I don't think they'll miss it. Edited to add.... Seen...

It's another one of those deployments where they aren't exactly keeping it secret what they're sending. Along with the 82AbD & 352 SOG, the 160 SAOR have also deployed ( no secret, it's all been on various official USAF & Army facebook & twitter feeds! ) The MC-130 I caught this morning ...

There's obviously a bit of a rush on today.....
Former footballer Chris Barker ( 39 )

Don't know about Lakenheath, but Mildenhall aircraft have been up over the last couple of days and are up again today.
Mostly KC-135s, but today there's at least one MC-130 up.

KCs have been heading down South.....82AbDiv deployment related?

If you have a deadpool list, I'd add.... Chris Rea Ozzy Osbourne Sean Connery Dennis Skinner One of the 'Rolling Stones' One of the remaining 'Beatles' Gerry Adams Chuck Yeager Buzz Aldrin Gina Lollobrigida Billy Connolly HM Queen ( especially if Phil pops his clogs ) And a couple of outside bets......

From the latest NOTAM ( a couple of civi frequency changes included ) : Q) EGTT/QCACF/IV/B/AE/000/022/5456N00249W002 A) EGNC B) FROM: 19/10/01 00:01C) TO: PERM E) CARLISLE AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES COMMUNICATION FACILITIES CHANGE APP AND TWR FREQ TO READ 123.605 MHZ CHANGE ATIS FREQ TO READ 118.430 MHZ Q...

Gallipoli ( on Amazon Prime ) It's not ANZACS, but it's a hell of a lot less sanitised. Also different in showing part of it from the Turkish perspective. Shame series 2 hasn't been made ( yet? ) Whinges? Poor weapons (SMLE) drills, wrong ammo ( Mk.VI Round-Nosed .303 not Mk.VII ) and the obligatory...

It's a cock-up on the page...if you scroll down to the bottom - 'Step 2', where you select how many tickets you want to buy - the price is £49

Yep, the plotline wasn't exactly hidden, was it, especially given that they have form for rehashing it every few films.....what with the Luke-Leia almost-incest ( and the one thing that's always bugged me with that is that both Yoda and Obi-Wan would have known who they were, but did nothing ) and t...

Other alternatives to FC are available..... http://www.military-airshows.co.uk/freq.htm Bear in mind that the frequencies are in the middle of one of their occasional changes, as per 138AEW's topic : https://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=84790

From reviews I've read and heard, 'Rise of Skywalker' looks to be one of those films which polarises opinion - it either gets lauded as being better than the greats such as 'Alien' & 'Firefly', or condemned as being worse than dross such as 'The Last Starfighter' o 'Sunshine'. If even half of th...

Over the last few days I've watched the 3 of the best Christmas movies ever.....
Sint, Silent Night & Hogfather.