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Machpants

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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:

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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?