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How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
I like the way the pilot is leaning his elbow on the side of the combing, just like a van driver on the way to the next drop...
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I like the way the pilot is leaning his elbow on the side of the combing, just like a van driver on the way to the next drop...
He's not looking where he's going. He could have someone's eye out with that!
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
If you can't look cool not sure there's much point being in the RAF.
T & P
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‘RONNIE PICKERING!’
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
I reckon he's on his way to pick up an old IKEA Billy bookcase from Gumtree. Easy when the hoods down.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Who? WHO?
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
The caption said an early Soyuz. Must be an awesome fisheye lens or an open sided simulator?
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Phantom's in the West.
I like this photo. All the greys.
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I like this photo. All the greys.
Two-day life expectancy: F-4 Phantoms in Cold War Germany
All photos copyright Ian Black Throughout the Cold War, Britain’s Royal Air Force had military aircraft based in West Germany. For the airmen of RAF Germany the thought that the vast forces o…
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spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Yes, quite a few by the looks of it.
McDonnell Douglas Phantom in UK service - Wikipedia
No idea on the F's, DownwardDog would maybe have a steer on that?
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Yes. The UK had the F-4K aka Phantom FG1 and FGR2 which were 'improved' by adding British built RR Spey engines which made it draggy and killed its high altitude performance. After the Falklands another squadron was needed for air defence so the MoD, in a rare outbreak of common sense, bought ex USN F-4Js in the mid 80s from the boneyard and didn't fuck around with them. These 15 jets had the GE J79 engine and were known as the F-4J(UK) or Phantom F3.
The F-4Js were handsome beasts.
No F-1x fighters were ever procured although the F-14 AND F-15 both lost out to the Tornado F3 in that procurement effort. The Germans wanted to put the APG-65 radar from the F/A-18 into the Eurofighter but the British were of the unmovable opinion that they were the only nation on earth that could design and build radars for combat aircraft so the Eurofighter got CAPTOR (which can trace its lineage back to the EE Lightning via the Sea Harrier and Lynx) at vast cost and delay.
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Yes. The UK had the F-4K aka Phantom FG1 and FGR2 which were 'improved' by adding British built RR Spey engines which made it draggy and killed its high altitude performance. After the Falklands another squadron was needed for air defence so the MoD, in a rare outbreak of common sense, bought ex USN F-4Js in the mid 80s from the boneyard and didn't fuck around with them. These 15 jets had the GE J79 engine and were known as the F-4J(UK) or Phantom F3.
The F-4Js were handsome beasts.
No F-1x fighters were ever procured although the F-14 AND F-15 both lost out to the Tornado F3 in that procurement effort. The Germans wanted to put the APG-65 radar from the F/A-18 into the Eurofighter but the British were of the unmovable opinion that they were the only nation on earth that could design and build radars for combat aircraft so the Eurofighter got CAPTOR (which can trace its lineage back to the EE Lightning via the Sea Harrier and Lynx) at vast cost and delay.
I'm half way through this episode of this podcast that references the sudden rustling up of a second Harrier squadron (?) during the Falklands just after they were all expecting to be downsized.
207. Harrier
We Have Ways of Making You Talk
In this rare foray away from the Second World War Al Murray and James Holland are joined by aviation writer Rowland White to discuss the role of the Harrier 809 in the Falklands War. How challenging was it to fly the legendary Harrier Jump Jet and what did the Argentinian pilots make of the battle? We Have Ways has a membership club which includes a live version of the podcast streamed on the internet each Thursday evening. A new audiobook offering a Canadian soldier’s view of the battle in Italy will be available free to members from Monday. Join at Patreon.com/wehaveways A Goalhanger Films production Produced by Joey McCarthy Exec Producer Tony Pastor Twitter: #WeHaveWays @WeHaveWaysPod Website: www.wehavewayspod.com Email: wehavewayspodcast@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Listen on Apple Podcasts: We Have Ways of Making You Talk: 207. Harrier on Apple Podcasts
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Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, – and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of – wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air…
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or ever eagle flew –
And, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, – and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of – wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air…
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or ever eagle flew –
And, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
T & P
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Fucking hell, Russia... 
www.theguardian.com
Thieves target Russia's nuclear war ‘doomsday’ plane
Radio equipment stolen from Ilyushin-80 aircraft designed to protect Putin and top officials
A work colleague of mine back in the early nineties was an aircraft fitter who served in 29 Squadron on Phantoms. Some of the tales he told of their service in the RAF made us glad we had a Navy.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Fucking hell, Russia...
Thieves target Russia's nuclear war ‘doomsday’ plane
Radio equipment stolen from Ilyushin-80 aircraft designed to protect Putin and top officials
Nice to think that was some spy like mission, but much more likely stolen to end up on Ebayski.
gosub
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FAA also had f4's for a time
Correct, but Jonesey wasn’t maintaining them!
gosub
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My Dad was talking to one of the former FAA Harrier pilots about Afghanistan where they had to rely of RAF maintenance. He'd tried to get RAF to fix some damage to his planes wing. Got fobbed off, so he put a 9mm through the wing. RAF engineers complained. As soon as he formerly received the complaint, he as Senior Naval Officer on Station then shot the other wing and told them to fix that one as well, which they didCorrect, but Jonesey wasn’t maintaining them!
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Maybe these scoundrels are branching out?
Thieves steal rare Nazi uniforms, weapons from Dutch museums
Thieves have stolen rare Nazi helmets, weapons and uniforms worth more than 1.5 million euros ($1.77 million) from two Dutch World War Two museums in recent months, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
www.reuters.com
