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How NOT to do a triple roll at a low height.....
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Boac » Mon May 13, 2024 1:59 pm
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Bangladeshi Yak130. Sadly one dead and other critical.
with videso of the (back seater?) ejection
Hazarding a guess ^! since the back-seater was a...
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Just couldn't quite pull off the second bounce.
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Mon May 13, 2024 2:51 pm
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Fri May 10, 2024 5:41 pm
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USS Nimitz
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GrumpyPilot » Thu Mar 21, 2024 4:15 am
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Back in 2008, PBS produced a documentary about the deployment of the USS Nimitz. The film crew had unfettered access to the ship (minus the nuclear...
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Thanks - I guessed so. Hope Ark didn't have any inferiority complexes. =))
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Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:36 pm
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Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:37 pm
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RAF cuts 30 Typhoons
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Ex-Ascot » Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:49 am
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The Royal Air Force is to retire 30 Typhoons next year. They are only 40% into their expected service.
Surely there can't be a worse time to cut...
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RAF sources said retaining the T1s would cost 'in excess of' £300 million for upgrades and storage. A spokesman said: 'Retaining Tranche 1 Typhoons...
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Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:03 pm
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Failed Trident missile launch
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ricardian » Thu Feb 22, 2024 7:51 pm
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Seen on another site:
I don't like it when I see unfair and untrue sensationalised headlines. Ie. 'Royal Navy submarine fails in missile firing.'...
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Good point, whoever posted it on the other site and for copying it over ricardian.
The first of the three rocket motors doesn't ignite until the...
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Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:34 pm
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Wed Dec 27, 2023 6:22 pm
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B-21
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PHXPhlyer » Fri Dec 02, 2022 5:17 pm
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Pentagon to unveil its newest nuclear stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider
WASHINGTON - America’s newest nuclear stealth bomber is making its public...
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Video of flight:
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Sat Nov 11, 2023 4:21 pm
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Royal Navy Aircraft carrier breaks down again.
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TheGreenAnger » Mon Aug 29, 2022 6:15 am
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HMS Prince of Wales breaks down day after leaving Portsmouth.
UK’s biggest warship suffers propeller shaft damage off south coast after setting sail...
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Compare and contrast - what two governments will spend money on - reaping the 'peace dividend' for the RN! :ymdevil:
Ark later fitted with British...
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Tue Oct 31, 2023 6:25 pm
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How many of these will get off the drawing board?
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ian16th » Wed Jan 23, 2019 2:07 pm
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I suppose today, this should be titled 'How many of these will get out the computer?'
Future flying thingies.
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A fascinating aviation archaeological artefact. The British were at the forefront in the science or theory behind the potential use of catapults to...
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Last post by OneHungLow
Wed Oct 11, 2023 4:01 pm
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South African Submariners washed off deck of submarine.
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OneHungLow » Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:34 pm
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Huge seas have been pummeling the Cape Coast for the last 4 days.
Three SA Navy personnel died on Wednesday after a huge wave hit a submarine in...
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Hundreds of mourners gathered at the St John The Evangelist Catholic Church in Fish Hoek, Cape Town, on Saturday to bid a final farewell to the...
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Sun Oct 01, 2023 12:57 pm
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F-35 only 50% availability.
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OneHungLow » Wed Sep 27, 2023 9:07 am
A highly critical US government report has revealed that almost half of the nation’s fifth-generation Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth jets...
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Wed Sep 27, 2023 9:07 am
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Tricci Frecolore ejection
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Boac » Sat Sep 16, 2023 4:50 pm
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A little late, but should be OK.
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The aircraft hit the family's car...
The engine flameout may have been due to a bird strike apparently...
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Sat Sep 16, 2023 8:06 pm
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Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:15 pm
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Aircraft drone makes history landing on Royal Navy carrier at sea
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CharlieOneSix » Mon Sep 11, 2023 3:59 pm
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A pilotless plane has flown on and off a Royal Navy aircraft carrier for the first time.
The W Autonomous Systems (WAS) drone flew from the Lizard...
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Boac - I think you have misunderstood what sea trials and work up periods are about. Aircraft come and go and I dare say PoW has had a few aircraft...
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Thu Sep 14, 2023 7:21 pm
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Wed Sep 13, 2023 2:27 pm
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The Grant Shapps thread
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Boac » Wed Sep 06, 2023 4:35 pm
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I'm sure we are going to need a dedicated one for this idiot. The RN must be absolutely delighted with this LBC chat
....or maybe there is a new...
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Would he get a separate sentence for each personality?
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Last post by Woody
Fri Sep 08, 2023 3:39 pm
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F35 Accident thread
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Boac » Fri Sep 08, 2023 10:35 am
To my amazement, an F-35(A) was lost at Hill AFB in the states in October 2022 due to wake turbulence 'confusing the flight control system'. Yes, the...
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Fri Sep 08, 2023 10:35 am
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Civilian Photographer's U2 Photos
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PHXPhlyer » Wed Sep 06, 2023 5:19 pm
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Arizona photographer gets photo of a lifetime during spy plane flight from miles up in the sky
An Arizona photographer is one of a handful of people...
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It looks like the U2 might finally be drawing to the end of its active life.
The U.S. Air Force may be ditching its aging U-2 spy plane in...
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Thu Sep 07, 2023 5:59 pm
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New Channel 4 documentary Top Guns: Inside the RAF
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CharlieOneSix » Fri Aug 18, 2023 10:01 pm
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A six part series takes viewers behind-the-wire at RAF Lossiemouth. It follows Team Lossie personnel as they deploy to Estonia on Operation Azotize...
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This video contains content from Channel 4, who has blocked it in your country (UK) on copyright grounds.
I got it on You tube yesterday but can't...
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Thu Aug 31, 2023 6:29 am
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V22 Osprey down Tiwi Islands??
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EA01 » Sun Aug 27, 2023 3:55 am
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I was only watching one perform at the Pacific Airshow 2 weeks ago, wonder if it is the same onoe?, how many Osprey's would the US have in Aust. at...
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Surely it is not surprising that an aircraft that uses a relatively new technology to operate would suffer a higher accident rate than other...
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Tue Aug 29, 2023 6:20 am
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The RAF's armourers
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ricardian » Thu Aug 24, 2023 1:47 pm
This book may interest those with an interest in RAF armourers. More RAF-related books on the same website
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Thu Aug 24, 2023 1:47 pm
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Nuclear Test Medal.
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Alisoncc » Sun Jul 30, 2023 1:52 am
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Came across interesting article the other day re: UK Govt issuing commemorative medal to those involved in the testing of the UK's nuclear device....
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Trying to find an article I read a couple of years back, no joy, but I found this:
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Sun Jul 30, 2023 12:39 pm
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RAF AVO (Aviation Officer)?
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ricardian » Thu Jul 13, 2023 8:19 pm
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Have just chatted with a chap who joined the RAF in 1970, left in 1998 to become an AVO and retired in 2012. I asked what was an AVO? To which he...
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Is resistance futile?
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