Russian Long Range Bombers disrupt UK airspace
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DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
There are 13 Tu-160s in service with Russian LRA. 10 will be relifed and updated to Tu-160M standard. So far, they've finished 1. It's militarily irrelevant anyway as the the 'White Swan' has a fearsome thirst on her and can't go anywhere without massive Midas support of which the Russian air force has only 19. That's why the Backfire is reserved for politically charged stunts like the recent Venezuela deployment and the Bear continues as the backbone of LRA.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
The worst thing about this is the risk of my mother starting to sing this again, throughout my childhood ... :
Soviet Airman's Song
Our planes are roaring, roaring for the battle,
High in the air above the clouds we speed,
Our bombs are ready, our machine-guns rattle,
Against the world’s imperialist greed,
Chorus
Flying higher, higher and higher,
Our emblem the Soviet Star,
And ever propeller is roaring,
Defending the USSR,
(shout) Red Front ! or (Shout) Y-C-L (My mum's preferred version...)
But to the workers and the toiling masses,
A gleam of hope all our propellers whirl,
We drop them leaflets while we bomb their bosses,
The first Red Air Force of the world,
Chorus
Our proud machines obey our every order
There is no flight our pilots do not dare,
We form an iron ring above our border
The workers first squadrons of the air,
Chorus
And should dictators with snouts come rooting
Around the soil of our free Soviet land,
Our guns can sting the jaws that gape for looting,
Our bombs will smash the greedy hand
Soviet Airman's Song
Our planes are roaring, roaring for the battle,
High in the air above the clouds we speed,
Our bombs are ready, our machine-guns rattle,
Against the world’s imperialist greed,
Chorus
Flying higher, higher and higher,
Our emblem the Soviet Star,
And ever propeller is roaring,
Defending the USSR,
(shout) Red Front ! or (Shout) Y-C-L (My mum's preferred version...)
But to the workers and the toiling masses,
A gleam of hope all our propellers whirl,
We drop them leaflets while we bomb their bosses,
The first Red Air Force of the world,
Chorus
Our proud machines obey our every order
There is no flight our pilots do not dare,
We form an iron ring above our border
The workers first squadrons of the air,
Chorus
And should dictators with snouts come rooting
Around the soil of our free Soviet land,
Our guns can sting the jaws that gape for looting,
Our bombs will smash the greedy hand
dylanredefined
Not a house elf a tiger
And if the commissar turns his back
Off to tokyo we will dash
Off to tokyo we will dash
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
They did quite a good line in oddball trains too. This one was jet-powered:
The French (I think) did similar:
Not sure why they never took off...
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
lol
They did quite a good line in oddball trains too. This one was jet-powered:
Whereas this was entirely sane:
2hats
Dust.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
I wave to the British hovertrain everytime I pass through Peterborough. I wish we had a nationalised railway again with a department coming up with wacky ideas, boldness these days doesn't extend much beyond the Parry People Mover.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
We discussed this very question (WW2 a/c vs Bear) at a RAFA/RAAFA lunch this week. The conclusion was that while a Ki-84, DH Hornet or Sea Fury would be in with a sporting chance the odds on favourite WW2 type (jets excluded) for splashing a Bear would be a Dornier 335 Pfeil.
nogojones
spelling is overrated
Probably the conveyor belt was going too slow
gosub
~#
Only a matter of time before some news outlet decides it must have live footage and rents a seat in a Hunter
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Can just see Sky doing that with someone like these people. http://www.fighter-jet.co.uk/fighter-jet-rides/
The L39 Albatross probably a better bet than the Hunter. (I'd watch though...)
likesfish
You can't park here sir
hopefully its an ex crab air pilot or I could see things going horribly horribly wrong
coley
Well-Known Member
We discussed this very question (WW2 a/c vs Bear) at a RAFA/RAAFA lunch this week. The conclusion was that while a Ki-84, DH Hornet or Sea Fury would be in with a sporting chance the odds on favourite WW2 type (jets excluded) for splashing a Bear would be a Dornier 335 Pfeil.
Doesn't know if it's coming or going.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
theres a crab joke in there somewhere....
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
not coming or going but scuttling sideways
likesfish
You can't park here sir
Doesn't know if it's coming or going.[/QUOTE
actually have a manga featuring that planeWe discussed this very question (WW2 a/c vs Bear) at a RAFA/RAAFA lunch this week. The conclusion was that while a Ki-84, DH Hornet or Sea Fury would be in with a sporting chance the odds on favourite WW2 type (jets excluded) for splashing a Bear would be a Dornier 335 Pfeil.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
ATC would never let them get close enough. They couldn't fly under the 'MARSEP' regime which allows military aircraft to take responsbility for their own separation and deconfliction.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
it would be quite amusing though - journo pays the pilot/operator enough to break ATC's rules, appears in the middle of an interception in an unknown/unwelcome fast jet and gets shot down by our slip-on wearing hero for refusing to obey his 'fuck off, or else...' warning.
you can imagine Sky News trying to do a 'and how do you feel?..' piece to the aforementioned hack as he/she plummets into the atlantic...
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
And anyway, even if they were carrying bombs the bombs weren't necessarily primed. A complex process, without which the bombs are just a dead weight (though a useful exercise).
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