Planes

Victor Meldrew

@jegga I’d have it!

Jeremy Clarkson once bought a a BAC Lightning fighter and parked it in his front garden in Chipping Norton.

When the local council complained, he said he used it for leaf-blowing.

Machpants

@Machpants said in Planes:

@Paekakboyz F15Es are the shit. During TLP (best multi-national air training there is) we had a pair with us on the course. They'd take off first, self sweep (A2A), drop the most ordnance (along with the Tornado GR), then self escort out and land last. We had better SA with our data link, and the best heat seeker in the world with ASRAAM - but yeah awesome machines.

We often see RAF Hawk trainers doing low level stuff around our area. Think they are from RAF Culdrose.

Once in a while they get chased by USAF F15's as part of the training - which is seriously awesome.

If they're from Culdrose, and that's RNAS (Royal Naval Air Station) Culdrose ;), they'll be FRADU (Fleet Requirements and Air Direction Unit) Hawks - flown by old retired buggers and a few youngsters getting extra hours in training. Busy place Culdrose, I did a few years there, on and off - my wife is Cornish and family is mostly there too, whereabouts are you?

Oh they're not FRADU anymore, in the current MoD desperation to say 'we've got a lot of squadrons', they are now 736 NAS. All the small flying units such as RAF Flying Training Schools, or Ooperational Evaluation Units have been given Squadron plates so it looks better for PR

Victor Meldrew

@Machpants said in Planes:

my wife is Cornish and family is mostly there too, whereabouts are you?

Live nr Looe. Once saw 2 x F15's flying quite low along the valley which runs between Liskeard & Bodmin. Pretty cool thing to catch.

antipodean

?

jegga

I like this

Mar 8, 2020 / Military Aviation

The Air Force’s New Weapon Is…Shipping Containers?

The USAF could sprinkle potential battlefields and hotspots with shipping containers years in advance, each hiding a lethal drone.

Machpants

@antipodean said in Planes:

?

I've got that one in my log book

Machpants

@jegga said in Planes:

I like this

Mar 8, 2020 / Military Aviation

The Air Force’s New Weapon Is…Shipping Containers?

The USAF could sprinkle potential battlefields and hotspots with shipping containers years in advance, each hiding a lethal drone.

Nice idea, who dows the monthly maint checks? haha

Kirwan

@Machpants said in Planes:

@jegga said in Planes:

I like this

Mar 8, 2020 / Military Aviation

The Air Force’s New Weapon Is…Shipping Containers?

The USAF could sprinkle potential battlefields and hotspots with shipping containers years in advance, each hiding a lethal drone.

Nice idea, who dows the monthly maint checks? haha

Or stops them being stolen?

Machpants

@Machpants said in Planes:

@antipodean said in Planes:

?

I've got that one in my log book

In fact, just checking, my first flight in that (sept twenty years ago fuck I'm old) was a basic maneuvre trip and it broke down

jegga

Machpants

My pilot during the 2nd Gulf War, Flight Commander (I was Deputy), and good mate Cobby - his son has done a pretty good vid for his Uni course

Crucial

Wish this had sound. A beautiful plane in a beautiful place

Biggin Hill Historic Aircraft Centre, RNZAF Ohakea | Another clip...

Another clip from the Marlborough Sounds which we've put up before but still a good one for new visitors. You can really appreciate the helicopter work by Toby Reid (son of helicopter and Anson...

shark

I see the poster is a chap called Brendon Deere. I'm sure there was a NZ fighter ace by the name of Allan Deere in WW2. Pretty sure I read his book. Any relation?