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Chris G wrote:The north / south divide continues, why doesn't the BBMF send the Lancaster north more often?

To be fair, I've seen it at Leuchars mor eoften than it hasn't been there.

Somewhere in my dim and distant mind I can recall seeing a picture of this (Big white letters) - can anyone confirm, and also which season this was (Was it early in their life?)?

One trip north of the border, to Leuchars

m he Royal Air Force Typhoon Display Team 2012 will be based at RAF Leuchars in Scotland with the pilot and ground support team being provided by Number 6 Squadron in addition to their Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) mission. Typhoon’s deployment in support of the UN mission in Libya last year meant that...

One would imagine that the co-ordinates of all the main Argentine Air Force bases are already stored for use in the RN's Tomahawks.

Yep all very fair points, but comment still stands that if you're doing that a Hawk with an Aden cannon and a couple of Sidewinders could do the job just as well and for less cost Which is fine, so long as the weather is fine and there are no clouds in the sky. The minute you get overcast rainy wea...

Geoffers wrote:T I know some other types were shown in old newsreels (including a Stirling bombay) but the word "Halifax", for instance, was never mentioned..

To be completely fair, it was, but only by the German nightfighter pilot talking about his log book....

All three are Bv138s, at a guess I'd say the first and second are the same aircraft, taken by turning the camera around.

Hee hee - I've only seen two of them so far!

I wonder if ZJ785 will have an enhanced avionics/DASS fit, and we'll see the other 4 rotated through Eurocopter to have their systems upgraded now.

G-CFFW becoming ZJ785 (Wonder where ZJ784 went....)

http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?c ... gmark=CFFW

Gearing up for the Olympics?

G-CFFW has been around for a while, reported in 2008, but seems a bit camera shy!

Is it in the middle window in between the guns? Looks more like a dog to me! My thoughts too! Was this Liinc ever based at Scampton - or used in the Dambusters movie? Maybe the ghost of the dog-whose-name-shall-not-be-mentioned hitched a lift! Just checked - seems not! m Oh well, it would have made...

Consternation in Peterborough

http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news ... ntsSection

MartinNeedham wrote:
leader12 wrote:. I assume that they'll get standard ZZ*** serials,

It's really anyone's guess - the new batch of Chinook HC6s have apparently been given ZK serials, first time in a long while that has happened!!

Pedantic hat on here but TNT are selling - 200 QT/QC's and the RAF want the same. I'm claiming it was due to the fact it's freezing here today and my finger slipped!! Anyway lets cut the crap, what colour scheme do you think they'll be in? Grey I hope, but probably the same scheme as the 32 Squadro...

Maisie wrote:Anyway lets cut the crap, what colour scheme do you think they'll be in?

Grey I hope, but probably the same scheme as the 32 Squadron aircraft

Sounds like a reasonable idea to me. As long as the vendor doesn't see that is the UK govt. buying and increase the price. They appear to be looking for the QC version which IIRC is a bit rarer than the usual 146-200. . TNT have two 146-100 QCs they want to sell. The UK Govt needs two -100 QCs, but...

The problem is finding enough British helicopter pilots who are available to fly them."

So if they are 'borrowed' they will be operated by British 'operators'. Mmm, Little Birds in British markings based on HMS Ocean......

The SAS used (US Operated) Little Birds in Iraq

http://www.eliteukforces.info/gallery/u ... lebird.php

stratocaster wrote:That seems strange considering they have bought Typhoons,still,a nice wee mix there in the inventory!

Not putting all their eggs in one basket - like with the original F3/F-15 mix.

They weren't going to get F-22s, so what else were they left with?

One of the other ex-8 Flight A109s is apparently at Middle Wallop, awaiting approval of Director of Special Forces to be allowed to go on display. Not strictly related to the original question (Now they have been idnetified!) The RAF do still operate two A109Es as part of 32 Squadron (down from thre...

It's smaller than I thought it would be - I'd imagined something bigger

AnglianAV8R wrote:A nice aeroplane, sadly just too late. I've often pondered on what might have been if it had been adapted to the maritime patrol task, instead of Nimrod ? An interesting equivelant to the Orion with an arguably more suitable fuselage and simpler to modify than the Comet.

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php?topic=25003

Very nice - lovely light.

Didn't realise the Bells had been given 'AH' mk numbers - presumably the Brueni ones are AH1s?

LOvely stuff Arthur, 1991 was my first IAT and I remember thinking 'Are they all like this?'

Very smart, but I preferred their 111s!!

Interesting undercarraige fairning on the NG drawing - I wonde rif this is the 'fatter' Albert that LM have been threatening for a few years now (with a wider fuselage to fit all the things that won't go into a C-130 but will fit, say, an A400M)

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